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Friends may visit with the family from 4-7 PM on Friday, February 19, 2016 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9:30 AM on Saturday, February 20, 2016 at the funeral home.
Interment will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
Sydney Crane (nee Dwyer) age 95, of Wayne, passed peacefully on Wednesday, February 17, 2016.
She was born in Paterson where she lived before moving to Wayne fifty-seven years ago. She graduated from Saint Marys High School in Paterson with the Class of 1938. Sydney continued her education at Saint Marys School of Nursing where she received her certification as a Registered Nurse with the Class of 1941. After becoming an RN she worked her way to becoming the Head Nurse of Obstetrics at Saint Marys Hospital. In 1968 she began a seventeen-year career as a School Nurse with the Paterson Board of Education before retiring in 1985.
On January 17, 1945 Sydney married the love of her life Harold Crane at Saint Marys Church in Paterson. Harold was on leave from the Army Air Corps and they had a small window of opportunity to get married. The day of their marriage there was a snowstorm and the family had to shovel out the church in order for the wedding to proceed. Sydney and Harold had a happy and loving marriage of twenty-eight years before his passing in 1973 at the age of fifty-three.
Sydney will be remembered for always being particular about her appearance. Outfits had to match shoes, nails had to be done just so, and many would remark they couldn’t believe her age because of her up to date looks and style. Most of all Sydney loved her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was a huge part of their lives and they were her inspiration. She even learned to bake cookies for them! Now to many baking would seem like a normal grandma’s duty. But those who know Sydney know that all through her married years Harold was the family cook and the kitchen was a place for Sydney to avoid.
At the age of 92 macular degeneration got the better of her and she had to give up driving. That was a difficult thing for her because she loved to shop and keep her wardrobe up to date. Her grandchildren stepped in and helped her to learn how to shop online. Another memory of Sydney would be her Saint Anthony Statue with its New York Yankee batting helmet. If the Yankees won the statue was fine, if they lost she would turn and punish the statue, making it face the wall until the next game.
Sydney was the loving wife of the late Harold Crane (1973); devoted mother of Robert Crane and his wife Suzanne of Wayne; cherished grandmother of Sean Crane and his wife Janet, Kimberly Hammermueller and her husband Kurt, Kristin Crane and David Hansen, and Jonathan Crane; much loved great-grandmother of Aiden Crane, Remington Crane, and Kayla Hammermueller.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to Preakness Volunteer Fire Company #4, 1739 Ratzer Road, Wayne would be greatly appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family from 4-7 PM on Friday, February 19, 2016 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9:30 AM on Saturday, February 20, 2016 at the funeral home.
Interment will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 4-7 PM on Friday, February 19, 2016 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9:30 AM on Saturday, February 20, 2016 at the funeral home.
Interment will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
Sydney Crane (nee Dwyer) age 95, of Wayne, passed peacefully on Wednesday, February 17, 2016.
She was born in Paterson where she lived before moving to Wayne fifty-seven years ago. She graduated from Saint Marys High School in Paterson with the Class of 1938. Sydney continued her education at Saint Marys School of Nursing where she received her certification as a Registered Nurse with the Class of 1941. After becoming an RN she worked her way to becoming the Head Nurse of Obstetrics at Saint Marys Hospital. In 1968 she began a seventeen-year career as a School Nurse with the Paterson Board of Education before retiring in 1985.
On January 17, 1945 Sydney married the love of her life Harold Crane at Saint Marys Church in Paterson. Harold was on leave from the Army Air Corps and they had a small window of opportunity to get married. The day of their marriage there was a snowstorm and the family had to shovel out the church in order for the wedding to proceed. Sydney and Harold had a happy and loving marriage of twenty-eight years before his passing in 1973 at the age of fifty-three.
Sydney will be remembered for always being particular about her appearance. Outfits had to match shoes, nails had to be done just so, and many would remark they couldn’t believe her age because of her up to date looks and style. Most of all Sydney loved her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was a huge part of their lives and they were her inspiration. She even learned to bake cookies for them! Now to many baking would seem like a normal grandma’s duty. But those who know Sydney know that all through her married years Harold was the family cook and the kitchen was a place for Sydney to avoid.
At the age of 92 macular degeneration got the better of her and she had to give up driving. That was a difficult thing for her because she loved to shop and keep her wardrobe up to date. Her grandchildren stepped in and helped her to learn how to shop online. Another memory of Sydney would be her Saint Anthony Statue with its New York Yankee batting helmet. If the Yankees won the statue was fine, if they lost she would turn and punish the statue, making it face the wall until the next game.
Sydney was the loving wife of the late Harold Crane (1973); devoted mother of Robert Crane and his wife Suzanne of Wayne; cherished grandmother of Sean Crane and his wife Janet, Kimberly Hammermueller and her husband Kurt, Kristin Crane and David Hansen, and Jonathan Crane; much loved great-grandmother of Aiden Crane, Remington Crane, and Kayla Hammermueller.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to Preakness Volunteer Fire Company #4, 1739 Ratzer Road, Wayne would be greatly appreciated.
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