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October 2, 2017
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 4-8 PM on Friday, October 6, 2017 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9 AM on Saturday, October 7, 2017 from the funeral home then to Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, 580 Ratzer Road, Wayne where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington.
Teresa Gaffney, age 78, of Mallory Villages, Florida, formerly of Wayne, NJ, passed Monday, October 2, 2017.
Teresa, who was known as Terry, was born in Harrison, New Jersey on May 25, 1939 to Theresa and Theodore Piwaski. She attended Our Lady of Czestochowa Grammar School in Harrison and then Kearny High School. At Kearny High School, she was a twirler and the Vice President of her Senior Class. It was at Kearny High School that she met the love of her life, John Gaffney. They met as freshmen. After graduating from Kearny High School in 1956 and John completing two years of service in the Army, John and Terry dated for two years and were married on November 19, 1960. The couple lived in Kearny and Lake Hiawatha before moving to Wayne in 1969. The couple lived on Bullens Avenue in Wayne for 45 years before retiring to The Villages in Florida in 2014. The couple had three sons; Brian, Teddy and Johnny.
Terry was an active participant in the lives of her children and was a volunteer with the Wayne Little League, the Wayne Boys Club and the Our Lady of the Valley Grammar School Cub Scouts and CYO. She was an active member of the Wayne Elks and Our Lady of the Valley Parish.
Terry worked as a staff accountant with several women’s clothing companies and took classes at William Paterson College.
Terry had a strong faith in God and a tremendous love of life. She loved to dance, travel, shop, complete projects in her house, make ceramic and stain glass works of art, complete puzzles, read and watch TV game shows. Most of all she loved her family and friends. She loved her children Brian, Teddy and Johnny and their spouses Linda, Theresa and Claudine. She loved her eight grandchildren, Michael, Katelyn, Megan, Marie, Sean, Faith Mary, Maeve and Matthew as well as her sister Joanna and all of her cousins, nephews and nieces and relatives. Most of all, she loved and supported her husband John, with whom she shared 57 years in a loving and committed marriage.
Terry will be sorely missed by her family and friends.
In Lieu of flowers, those planning an expression of sympathy in Terry's name are asked to consider the Boys & Girls Club of Wayne, 153 Garside Avenue, Wayne, NJ 07470.
If you would like to send a private condolence directly to the family use this condolence section.
Friends may visit with the family from 4-8 PM on Friday, October 6, 2017 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9 AM on Saturday, October 7, 2017 from the funeral home then to Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, 580 Ratzer Road, Wayne where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington.
October 2, 2017
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 4-8 PM on Friday, October 6, 2017 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9 AM on Saturday, October 7, 2017 from the funeral home then to Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, 580 Ratzer Road, Wayne where a 10 AM Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington.
Teresa Gaffney, age 78, of Mallory Villages, Florida, formerly of Wayne, NJ, passed Monday, October 2, 2017.
Teresa, who was known as Terry, was born in Harrison, New Jersey on May 25, 1939 to Theresa and Theodore Piwaski. She attended Our Lady of Czestochowa Grammar School in Harrison and then Kearny High School. At Kearny High School, she was a twirler and the Vice President of her Senior Class. It was at Kearny High School that she met the love of her life, John Gaffney. They met as freshmen. After graduating from Kearny High School in 1956 and John completing two years of service in the Army, John and Terry dated for two years and were married on November 19, 1960. The couple lived in Kearny and Lake Hiawatha before moving to Wayne in 1969. The couple lived on Bullens Avenue in Wayne for 45 years before retiring to The Villages in Florida in 2014. The couple had three sons; Brian, Teddy and Johnny.
Terry was an active participant in the lives of her children and was a volunteer with the Wayne Little League, the Wayne Boys Club and the Our Lady of the Valley Grammar School Cub Scouts and CYO. She was an active member of the Wayne Elks and Our Lady of the Valley Parish.
Terry worked as a staff accountant with several women’s clothing companies and took classes at William Paterson College.
Terry had a strong faith in God and a tremendous love of life. She loved to dance, travel, shop, complete projects in her house, make ceramic and stain glass works of art, complete puzzles, read and watch TV game shows. Most of all she loved her family and friends. She loved her children Brian, Teddy and Johnny and their spouses Linda, Theresa and Claudine. She loved her eight grandchildren, Michael, Katelyn, Megan, Marie, Sean, Faith Mary, Maeve and Matthew as well as her sister Joanna and all of her cousins, nephews and nieces and relatives. Most of all, she loved and supported her husband John, with whom she shared 57 years in a loving and committed marriage.
Terry will be sorely missed by her family and friends.
In Lieu of flowers, those planning an expression of sympathy in Terry's name are asked to consider the Boys & Girls Club of Wayne, 153 Garside Avenue, Wayne, NJ 07470.
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