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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, Nov 18, 2016 from 4:30-8:30 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Saturday, Nov 19, 2016 from the funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at the Christ the King Cemetery in Franklin Lakes.
Sylvia D. Carey, age 58 of Wayne, died rather suddenly on Wednesday, November 16, 2016. She had successfully battled breast cancer for more than seven years before succumbing to a conspiracy of complications on Wednesday.
Sylvia had worked as a paralegal at CT Corporation in Manhattan up until the tragic events of September 11, 2001. On that day, she walked from lower Manhattan to the George Washington Bridge, then managed to hitchhike her way back home to Wayne. That was the last day she ever worked in New York City. She soon found a new position with Continental Corporate Services in Nutley and was currently working there.
Sylvia grew up in Passaic and at the age of eleven her family moved to Wayne. Moving to a new town is often difficult for kids her age and fitting in at her new school presented the usual challenges. The school bullies never let her forget how tall she was, unusually so, but she excelled in school nevertheless. She joined the Ecology Club at Wayne Hills High School and compelled her family to start recycling years before it was in vogue. She bundled up newspapers from all around and had her Mom bring them to the school for collection. She was also a member of the marching band in high school. She played accordion, clarinet, as well as the organ. Sylvia was an excellent accordion player and had taken lessons since childhood, winning several State competition trophies along the way. She went on to earn her college degree and was fluent in three languages; English, Spanish and German. She spent many summers in Germany with her extended family and even spent a year abroad at Marburg University in Germany, which surely helped polish her skills with the language.
To say that Sylvia was a devoted Catholic would be an understatement. She felt truly in touch with the Holy Spirit and attended Mass at many of the local churches. She knew all the priests at each of the local churches, and she even traveled around to other area parishes to feed her spiritual need for God’s word. Sylvia spent much of her free time tending to the infirm and elderly at nursing homes, particularly at the Llanfair House and was a regular Eucharistic minister at numerous facilities. She was endearingly referred to by a local priest as a “roaming Catholic,” a moniker she was not particularly fond of, but accurate nonetheless. Truth be told, Sylvia was inspired by one of the nuns at her childhood parish in Passaic and she likely wished she could have been a nun herself. She had taken no less than three pilgrimage-type journeys to Italy and loved the religious atmosphere in Rome. She was currently learning the Italian language with a dream to becoming a religious writer for the Vatican someday. She was very much the ‘church lady’ and sought spiritual reinforcement daily.
Sylvia was also devoted to her family. She lived just a block away from her parents and visited them daily. She played an integral role in caring for her ailing mother over the past few years, despite battling her own cancer. Sylvia also took an active role in the upbringing of her two nieces and nephew and also served as Godmother to Audrey and was the confirmation sponsor for Henry. She loved Audrey, Grace and Henry as if they were her own children and they will all miss her dearly.
Sylvia is survived by her father; Walter Auth of Wayne, by her sister; Dorothy Auth and her husband Stephen Edgington of Montclair, and her brother; Ron Auth of Cedar Knolls, her two nieces; Audrey and Grace Edgington of Montclair, and nephew Henry Edgington of Montclair, as well as her very special aunt and godmother; Maria Burkard and her husband Bernard of Germany. Sylvia was predeceased by her mother, Elisabeth, in April of 2016.
After her diagnosis more than seven years ago, Sylvia was grateful for all the new treatments which became available and aided her in the battle against this disease. She credits modern medicine and her her deep spirituality for all those years she was able to remain here with her loving family. In her memory, donations would be greatly appreciated to “The Breast Cancer Research Foundation,” 60 East 56th Street, 8th floor, New York, NY 10022 or visit www.bcrfcure.org for more information.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, Nov 18, 2016 from 4:30-8:30 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Saturday, Nov 19, 2016 from the funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at the Christ the King Cemetery in Franklin Lakes.
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, Nov 18, 2016 from 4:30-8:30 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Saturday, Nov 19, 2016 from the funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at the Christ the King Cemetery in Franklin Lakes.
Sylvia D. Carey, age 58 of Wayne, died rather suddenly on Wednesday, November 16, 2016. She had successfully battled breast cancer for more than seven years before succumbing to a conspiracy of complications on Wednesday.
Sylvia had worked as a paralegal at CT Corporation in Manhattan up until the tragic events of September 11, 2001. On that day, she walked from lower Manhattan to the George Washington Bridge, then managed to hitchhike her way back home to Wayne. That was the last day she ever worked in New York City. She soon found a new position with Continental Corporate Services in Nutley and was currently working there.
Sylvia grew up in Passaic and at the age of eleven her family moved to Wayne. Moving to a new town is often difficult for kids her age and fitting in at her new school presented the usual challenges. The school bullies never let her forget how tall she was, unusually so, but she excelled in school nevertheless. She joined the Ecology Club at Wayne Hills High School and compelled her family to start recycling years before it was in vogue. She bundled up newspapers from all around and had her Mom bring them to the school for collection. She was also a member of the marching band in high school. She played accordion, clarinet, as well as the organ. Sylvia was an excellent accordion player and had taken lessons since childhood, winning several State competition trophies along the way. She went on to earn her college degree and was fluent in three languages; English, Spanish and German. She spent many summers in Germany with her extended family and even spent a year abroad at Marburg University in Germany, which surely helped polish her skills with the language.
To say that Sylvia was a devoted Catholic would be an understatement. She felt truly in touch with the Holy Spirit and attended Mass at many of the local churches. She knew all the priests at each of the local churches, and she even traveled around to other area parishes to feed her spiritual need for God’s word. Sylvia spent much of her free time tending to the infirm and elderly at nursing homes, particularly at the Llanfair House and was a regular Eucharistic minister at numerous facilities. She was endearingly referred to by a local priest as a “roaming Catholic,” a moniker she was not particularly fond of, but accurate nonetheless. Truth be told, Sylvia was inspired by one of the nuns at her childhood parish in Passaic and she likely wished she could have been a nun herself. She had taken no less than three pilgrimage-type journeys to Italy and loved the religious atmosphere in Rome. She was currently learning the Italian language with a dream to becoming a religious writer for the Vatican someday. She was very much the ‘church lady’ and sought spiritual reinforcement daily.
Sylvia was also devoted to her family. She lived just a block away from her parents and visited them daily. She played an integral role in caring for her ailing mother over the past few years, despite battling her own cancer. Sylvia also took an active role in the upbringing of her two nieces and nephew and also served as Godmother to Audrey and was the confirmation sponsor for Henry. She loved Audrey, Grace and Henry as if they were her own children and they will all miss her dearly.
Sylvia is survived by her father; Walter Auth of Wayne, by her sister; Dorothy Auth and her husband Stephen Edgington of Montclair, and her brother; Ron Auth of Cedar Knolls, her two nieces; Audrey and Grace Edgington of Montclair, and nephew Henry Edgington of Montclair, as well as her very special aunt and godmother; Maria Burkard and her husband Bernard of Germany. Sylvia was predeceased by her mother, Elisabeth, in April of 2016.
After her diagnosis more than seven years ago, Sylvia was grateful for all the new treatments which became available and aided her in the battle against this disease. She credits modern medicine and her her deep spirituality for all those years she was able to remain here with her loving family. In her memory, donations would be greatly appreciated to “The Breast Cancer Research Foundation,” 60 East 56th Street, 8th floor, New York, NY 10022 or visit www.bcrfcure.org for more information.
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