Theresa Sabeh

Theresa Sabeh, age 87, of Wayne, passed peacefully at home on Saturday, February 06, 2021.

She was born in Paterson to Daniel and Edith Miller and lived in East Paterson and Paterson before moving to Wayne in 1963. She graduated from Pope Pious XII High School in Passaic with the Class of 1951.

She met the love of her life Anthony Sabeh while at a dance at St Anne’s in Fair Lawn. They married at Saint Leos Church in East Paterson on July 3, 1955 and honeymooned in Bermuda.  They had a loving marriage of sixty three years that was blessed with four children.

Through the years Theresa has been a partner with her husband Tony in several ventures including: Terry’s Deli on East 2nd Street in Clifton, Viecalek’s Perogi on Passaic Avenue in Passaic, and later Hy-Grade Liquors on East 16th Street and 7th Avenue in Paterson. Later she worked at Anchor Savings Bank in Wayne and the BP Corporation in Wayne before retiring.

For about seventeen years Theresa volunteered at Saint Josephs Hospital in Wayne. She also went to LA Fitness in Wayne three times a week and took great pride in keeping fit. Through the years she made many friends and in retirement she enjoyed making a day of going out to lunch with many of them. She also enjoyed bus trips to the casinos in Atlantic City.  In her youth she was a model in New York City and would hush you if you told anyone she was voted Miss Paterson. She was truly a fashionista and the poise and confidence she learned when modeling was something she carried with her through the years. She was the life-of-the-party, beautiful inside and out, and always left the house dressed to perfection. Make no mistake Theresa was strong willed and determined when she had to be. She had a strong faith in God and was a parishioner of Our Lady of the Valley Church in Wayne for over fifty years.

Theresa was the devoted wife of the late Anthony “Tony” Sabeh (2018); devoted mother of Mark A. Sabeh and his wife Denise of Denville, Steven P. Sabeh and his wife Dawn of Butler, Linda Fragomeni and her husband Anthony of Branchville, and the late David A. Sabeh (1993); she was the cherished grandmother of Mark Sabeh, Jr., Grace Fragomeni, Gianna Sabeh, Clare Fragomeni, Stevie Sabeh, Christian Fragomeni, and Emily Sabeh; much loved great-grandmother of Aliyah Sabeh. She will be dearly missed by many loving nieces and nephews.  Theresa was the last surviving sibling of five daughters having been predeceased by her sisters Florence Silvio, Jeannette Gilchrist, Grace Anderson, and Alice Sudol.

In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Wayne First Aid Squad would be deeply appreciated.