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April 30, 2011
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Tuesday, May3, 2011 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM.
A Funeral Mass will be offered 9:00 AM on Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at the Holy Cross RC Church, 17 Van Duyne Avenue, Wayne, NJ. (please meet directly at the church on Wednesday morning)
Theresia Maria Paquet, age 76 of Wayne died Saturday, April 30, 2011 at the Chilton Memorial Hospital, Pequannock.
She was born in Hirschau, Germany and was raised on the family farm. The farm help sustain the family through World War II. When Theresia was just eighteen years old her mother placed her on the SS America and she traveled to New York City all by herself. She spoke only German and was taken in by her aunt Margaret Weiss in Palisades Park, NJ. Here she worked as a nanny and housekeeper until she met the love of her life James Paquet through her cousin Joseph Weiss. They married on February 5, 1954 at Saint Michael's RC Church, Palisades Park. They had their first child James, Jr. and James enlisted in the United States Army for two years. During that time Theresia lived with James’ parents in Palisades Park. After his return from the Army they rented an apartment in Palisades Park where they had two more children. James put together $4800.00 and bought a piece of property in Wayne, NJ. He built a home on the property with his father and in six months they moved in. Their last two sons were born here in Wayne. They have lived in that same home for over fifty years.
She was a dedicated parishioner of Holy Cross RC Church, Wayne.
Theresia was a dedicated mother, grandmother and great-grandmother who took great pride in all of her families accomplishments. She made all kinds of clothing for her grandchildren and great-grandchildren and always had words of encouragement for them. She had a deep faith and would say the Rosary every night together with her husband.
She was the devoted wife of fifty-seven years to James Paquet; loving mother of James Paquet, Jr. and his wife Barbara of Trinity, FL, Theresa Loeven and her husband of Colombia, NJ, Margaret Van Glahn and her husband Richard of Denville, Joseph Paquet and his wife Natalie of St. Paul, MN and William Paquet and his wife Laurie of Staunton, VA; cherished grandmother of Anne, Cathy, Lorraine, Angela, Mary, Michael, Rebecca, John, Richard, Daniel, Sara, Kathryn, Joseph and Valerie; much loved great-grandmother of Owen and Kayla.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in Theresia’s memory are asked to consider the Christian Foundation for Children and the Aging (CFCA), PO Box 805105, Kansas City, MO 64180-5105 (800) 875-6564 would be appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Tuesday, May3, 2011 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM.
A Funeral Mass will be offered 9:00 AM on Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at the Holy Cross RC Church, 17 Van Duyne Avenue, Wayne, NJ. (please meet directly at the church on Wednesday morning)
April 30, 2011
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Tuesday, May3, 2011 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM.
A Funeral Mass will be offered 9:00 AM on Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at the Holy Cross RC Church, 17 Van Duyne Avenue, Wayne, NJ. (please meet directly at the church on Wednesday morning)
Theresia Maria Paquet, age 76 of Wayne died Saturday, April 30, 2011 at the Chilton Memorial Hospital, Pequannock.
She was born in Hirschau, Germany and was raised on the family farm. The farm help sustain the family through World War II. When Theresia was just eighteen years old her mother placed her on the SS America and she traveled to New York City all by herself. She spoke only German and was taken in by her aunt Margaret Weiss in Palisades Park, NJ. Here she worked as a nanny and housekeeper until she met the love of her life James Paquet through her cousin Joseph Weiss. They married on February 5, 1954 at Saint Michael's RC Church, Palisades Park. They had their first child James, Jr. and James enlisted in the United States Army for two years. During that time Theresia lived with James’ parents in Palisades Park. After his return from the Army they rented an apartment in Palisades Park where they had two more children. James put together $4800.00 and bought a piece of property in Wayne, NJ. He built a home on the property with his father and in six months they moved in. Their last two sons were born here in Wayne. They have lived in that same home for over fifty years.
She was a dedicated parishioner of Holy Cross RC Church, Wayne.
Theresia was a dedicated mother, grandmother and great-grandmother who took great pride in all of her families accomplishments. She made all kinds of clothing for her grandchildren and great-grandchildren and always had words of encouragement for them. She had a deep faith and would say the Rosary every night together with her husband.
She was the devoted wife of fifty-seven years to James Paquet; loving mother of James Paquet, Jr. and his wife Barbara of Trinity, FL, Theresa Loeven and her husband of Colombia, NJ, Margaret Van Glahn and her husband Richard of Denville, Joseph Paquet and his wife Natalie of St. Paul, MN and William Paquet and his wife Laurie of Staunton, VA; cherished grandmother of Anne, Cathy, Lorraine, Angela, Mary, Michael, Rebecca, John, Richard, Daniel, Sara, Kathryn, Joseph and Valerie; much loved great-grandmother of Owen and Kayla.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in Theresia’s memory are asked to consider the Christian Foundation for Children and the Aging (CFCA), PO Box 805105, Kansas City, MO 64180-5105 (800) 875-6564 would be appreciated.
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