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February 17, 2008
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 from 2-4 and 7-9PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 8:30 AM on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd., Wayne then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne where at 9:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in George Washington Memorial Park, Paramus.
Theresa Baldino (nee LaCroce) age 58 of Wayne died Sunday, February 17, 2008, while receiving the loving comfort of her husband and daughter by her side.
She was born in Jersey City, raised in Union City, where she graduated from Saint Michaels High School with the class of 1967. She moved to Rutherford, when she married Anthony, having lived there until 1995 when she moved to Wayne.
Theresa met her husband Anthony at a party hosted by her brother Greg. It was Greg’s intention to introduce his sister to one of his friends at the party. When the intended friend showed up with a date, Anthony stepped in. They fell in love, and married.
She received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Elementary Education and went on to receive her Masters Degree in Early Childhood Education at Jersey City State University, Jersey City.
Theresa was employed by the Union City Board of Education for thirty-five years before retiring in 2006. She was a pioneer in bi-lingual teaching having helped many Spanish speaking students become proficient in English. She was also an Adjunct Professor at Kean College and Montclair State Teachers College having taught ESL (English as a Second Language). In her retirement, the teacher in her could not be suppressed, she volunteered as an ESL instructor at the Wayne Public Library and taught ESL for the Wayne Adult School.
She is best described as a family oriented, very approachable, reserved, kind, gentle soul with a dry sense of humor. It is these personality traits, and her love of teaching, that helped her connect with students of all ages.
Beloved wife of twenty-five years to Anthony Baldino; loving mother of Kimberly Baldino; devoted sister of Gregory LaCroce and his wife Susan of N. Bergen and Candy LaCroce also of N. Bergen; cherished aunt of Rebecca and Christina.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Christian Foundation for Children and Aging, 1 Elmwood Ave., Kansas City, KS 66103 or the Wayne Public Library, 461 Valley Road, Wayne, NJ 07470 would be appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 from 2-4 and 7-9PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 8:30 AM on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd., Wayne then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne where at 9:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in George Washington Memorial Park, Paramus.
February 17, 2008
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 from 2-4 and 7-9PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 8:30 AM on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd., Wayne then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church, Wayne where at 9:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be in George Washington Memorial Park, Paramus.
Theresa Baldino (nee LaCroce) age 58 of Wayne died Sunday, February 17, 2008, while receiving the loving comfort of her husband and daughter by her side.
She was born in Jersey City, raised in Union City, where she graduated from Saint Michaels High School with the class of 1967. She moved to Rutherford, when she married Anthony, having lived there until 1995 when she moved to Wayne.
Theresa met her husband Anthony at a party hosted by her brother Greg. It was Greg’s intention to introduce his sister to one of his friends at the party. When the intended friend showed up with a date, Anthony stepped in. They fell in love, and married.
She received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Elementary Education and went on to receive her Masters Degree in Early Childhood Education at Jersey City State University, Jersey City.
Theresa was employed by the Union City Board of Education for thirty-five years before retiring in 2006. She was a pioneer in bi-lingual teaching having helped many Spanish speaking students become proficient in English. She was also an Adjunct Professor at Kean College and Montclair State Teachers College having taught ESL (English as a Second Language). In her retirement, the teacher in her could not be suppressed, she volunteered as an ESL instructor at the Wayne Public Library and taught ESL for the Wayne Adult School.
She is best described as a family oriented, very approachable, reserved, kind, gentle soul with a dry sense of humor. It is these personality traits, and her love of teaching, that helped her connect with students of all ages.
Beloved wife of twenty-five years to Anthony Baldino; loving mother of Kimberly Baldino; devoted sister of Gregory LaCroce and his wife Susan of N. Bergen and Candy LaCroce also of N. Bergen; cherished aunt of Rebecca and Christina.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Christian Foundation for Children and Aging, 1 Elmwood Ave., Kansas City, KS 66103 or the Wayne Public Library, 461 Valley Road, Wayne, NJ 07470 would be appreciated.
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