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July 11, 2011
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 2-4 and 7-9 PM on Thursday, July 14, 2011 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd., Wayne. A Funeral Mass will be offered 10 AM on Friday, July 15, 2011 at the Annunciation RC Church, 45 Urban Club Road, Wayne –please meet at the church.
Interment will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
Vera LaMendola (nee Dorso) age 86 of Wayne died peacefully on Monday, July 11, 2011 at St. Josephs Wayne Hospital, Wayne.
She was born and raised in Paterson having lived in Wayne for over fifty years.
As a young girl she worked as a saleslady at various Paterson stores including Meyer Brothers and Kresge’s 5-10 but had to stop working because of health issues.
Vera was dedicated to her Catholic faith and was a parishioner of Annunciation RC Church, Wayne where she served as a Eucharistic Minister and was a member of the Prime Timers. She was also a member of the Servants of Holy Cross and the 3rd Order of Franciscans. For many years she volunteered her time and talents at the Kilroy House in Wayne.
In 1961 Vera married the love of her life Alfonse LaMendola at St. Anthony’s RC Church, Paterson. The enjoyed a loving, faith filled marriage for twenty five years before he unexpectedly passed in his sleep in 1986.
She was the loving wife of the late Alfonse LaMendola(1986); loved sister of Eleanor Romania and her husband Nicholas of Wayne, and the late Daniel Dorso, Carmela Olivieri, Alfonse Dorso, Mary Fedina, and Michael Dorso; cherished aunt of 13 nieces and nephews and many great-nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to St. Judes, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 would be appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family from 2-4 and 7-9 PM on Thursday, July 14, 2011 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd., Wayne. A Funeral Mass will be offered 10 AM on Friday, July 15, 2011 at the Annunciation RC Church, 45 Urban Club Road, Wayne –please meet at the church.
Interment will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
July 11, 2011
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 2-4 and 7-9 PM on Thursday, July 14, 2011 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd., Wayne. A Funeral Mass will be offered 10 AM on Friday, July 15, 2011 at the Annunciation RC Church, 45 Urban Club Road, Wayne –please meet at the church.
Interment will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa.
Vera LaMendola (nee Dorso) age 86 of Wayne died peacefully on Monday, July 11, 2011 at St. Josephs Wayne Hospital, Wayne.
She was born and raised in Paterson having lived in Wayne for over fifty years.
As a young girl she worked as a saleslady at various Paterson stores including Meyer Brothers and Kresge’s 5-10 but had to stop working because of health issues.
Vera was dedicated to her Catholic faith and was a parishioner of Annunciation RC Church, Wayne where she served as a Eucharistic Minister and was a member of the Prime Timers. She was also a member of the Servants of Holy Cross and the 3rd Order of Franciscans. For many years she volunteered her time and talents at the Kilroy House in Wayne.
In 1961 Vera married the love of her life Alfonse LaMendola at St. Anthony’s RC Church, Paterson. The enjoyed a loving, faith filled marriage for twenty five years before he unexpectedly passed in his sleep in 1986.
She was the loving wife of the late Alfonse LaMendola(1986); loved sister of Eleanor Romania and her husband Nicholas of Wayne, and the late Daniel Dorso, Carmela Olivieri, Alfonse Dorso, Mary Fedina, and Michael Dorso; cherished aunt of 13 nieces and nephews and many great-nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to St. Judes, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 would be appreciated.
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