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May 28, 2018
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 4-8 PM on Thursday, May 31, 2018 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 10 AM on Friday, June 1, 2018 at the funeral home.
Theresa M. Duncan, age 78, of Wayne passed peacefully on Monday May 28, 2018.
She was born and raised in Paterson. At the age of sixteen, in the mid 1950’s, Theresa had open heart surgery in New York City. This was cutting edge surgery at that time and Theresa was blessed with a longer than ever expected life. She was blessed with two sons Thomas and Joseph and when they would give her a hard time she would react with a Fred Sanford like reaction grabbing her chest and feigning that she was having a heart attack. For years she worked as a hair dresser in Pompton Lakes and babysat friends and families children. Continuing her devotion to children, she worked for several years as an Aide for the Wayne Board of Education at the Lafayette School.
Theresa loved to watch television and videotaped, watched, and re-watched everything she could. She loved anything to do with Hollywood and would always read the TV Guide cover to cover. She could tell you what was on television and at what time it aired. She was a great cook and specialized in all sorts of Italian specialties. Her loving touch on stuffed mushrooms, stuffed clams, and stuffed artichokes will never be duplicated. If she made you stuffed clams and you didn’t return the clam shells afterword you can bet you wouldn’t make the same mistake twice. Most of all Theresa will be remembered for her love of her grandchildren. She loved them all deeply and was always proud of their accomplishments.
Theresa was the loving mother of Thomas Duncan (Lorre) of Pompton Lakes and Joseph Duncan (Debra) of Wayne; cherished grandmother of Joseph, Thomas, Michael, Anthony, Alexis, and Nicholas Duncan; devoted daughter of the late Mildred Blanco and her step-father the late Joseph Blanco; loved sister of the late Louis Ciros (2002).
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to the Wayne Memorial First Aid Squad, PO Box 2004, Wayne, NJ 07474, would be greatly appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family from 4-8 PM on Thursday, May 31, 2018 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 10 AM on Friday, June 1, 2018 at the funeral home.
May 28, 2018
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 4-8 PM on Thursday, May 31, 2018 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 10 AM on Friday, June 1, 2018 at the funeral home.
Theresa M. Duncan, age 78, of Wayne passed peacefully on Monday May 28, 2018.
She was born and raised in Paterson. At the age of sixteen, in the mid 1950’s, Theresa had open heart surgery in New York City. This was cutting edge surgery at that time and Theresa was blessed with a longer than ever expected life. She was blessed with two sons Thomas and Joseph and when they would give her a hard time she would react with a Fred Sanford like reaction grabbing her chest and feigning that she was having a heart attack. For years she worked as a hair dresser in Pompton Lakes and babysat friends and families children. Continuing her devotion to children, she worked for several years as an Aide for the Wayne Board of Education at the Lafayette School.
Theresa loved to watch television and videotaped, watched, and re-watched everything she could. She loved anything to do with Hollywood and would always read the TV Guide cover to cover. She could tell you what was on television and at what time it aired. She was a great cook and specialized in all sorts of Italian specialties. Her loving touch on stuffed mushrooms, stuffed clams, and stuffed artichokes will never be duplicated. If she made you stuffed clams and you didn’t return the clam shells afterword you can bet you wouldn’t make the same mistake twice. Most of all Theresa will be remembered for her love of her grandchildren. She loved them all deeply and was always proud of their accomplishments.
Theresa was the loving mother of Thomas Duncan (Lorre) of Pompton Lakes and Joseph Duncan (Debra) of Wayne; cherished grandmother of Joseph, Thomas, Michael, Anthony, Alexis, and Nicholas Duncan; devoted daughter of the late Mildred Blanco and her step-father the late Joseph Blanco; loved sister of the late Louis Ciros (2002).
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to the Wayne Memorial First Aid Squad, PO Box 2004, Wayne, NJ 07474, would be greatly appreciated.
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