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January 5, 2012
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Sunday, January 8, 2012 from 1-4 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 8:30 AM on Monday from the funeral home, then to Annunciation RC Church, Wayne, where at 9:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes, NJ.
Virginia Schwarzlow (nee McAlinden), age 90 of Wayne, died on Thursday, January 5, 2012.
Born in Norfolk, Virginia, she grew up in the Parkchester section of the Bronx. After graduating from Cathedral High School in Manhattan, she attended Hunter College in New York City.
In the early 1940’s, she was introduced to Robert Schwarzlow by one of her cousins. She actually knew Robert through her job, where she frequently spoke to him on the phone for business purposes. Through conversation, she discovered that her cousin in Rutherford, New Jersey was friends with Robert and they met face-to-face at a family gathering. Their relationship blossomed and they married in 1943. They moved to Norfolk, Virginia where Robert was stationed in the Navy. Soon after WWII, they moved to Rutherford and raised their family. They later moved to Wyckoff in 1965 before she moved to Wayne in 1984.
Virginia’s early career included working at a bakery in Passaic where her sons recall her bringing home treats almost every day. She also worked in the administrative offices of Fairleigh Dickinson University before becoming a secretary with Union Camp in New York City. Conveniently, Union Camp moved to Wayne and she continued to work there until her retirement in 1985. It was at Union Camp that she met her dear friend, Jane Dent.
Virginia and Jane toured the world together. All told, Virginia visited seventy five countries. She has literally been all over the world, from Africa to China, Europe to Australia, and many other destinations. As a young mother, Virginia planned adventure trips for her family to rented cabins deep in the Canadian woods. Somehow, she found these exotic, wilderness destinations and her family was never quite sure what to expect. They often traveled to visit with her sister Eileen Wholey at Pleasant Mountain in Maine and for several summers they enjoyed a cabin at Lake Neepaulin in Sussex where Virginia won a swimming competition, along with the trophy to prove it. She was an excellent swimmer, and an even better bridge player.
The greatest joys in her life most recently were her two great-grandchildren and together, they extended her life at least a few years. She loved her family dearly and was very proud of all of them.
Virginia lived her life with passion. She was always happy and had a great attitude. Her laugh was infectious, and she laughed often.
Virginia is survived by her two sons; Bob Schwarzlow and his wife Carol of Palm Coast, Florida, and Bill Schwarzlow and his wife Pat of Wanaque, two grandchildren; Billy and his wife Kim and Craig, and two great-grandchildren. Virginia was predeceased by her husband Robert in 1973 and her two sisters; Eileen Wholey in 1997 and Doris Nolan in 2006.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Sunday, January 8, 2012 from 1-4 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 8:30 AM on Monday from the funeral home, then to Annunciation RC Church, Wayne, where at 9:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes, NJ.
January 5, 2012
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Sunday, January 8, 2012 from 1-4 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 8:30 AM on Monday from the funeral home, then to Annunciation RC Church, Wayne, where at 9:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes, NJ.
Virginia Schwarzlow (nee McAlinden), age 90 of Wayne, died on Thursday, January 5, 2012.
Born in Norfolk, Virginia, she grew up in the Parkchester section of the Bronx. After graduating from Cathedral High School in Manhattan, she attended Hunter College in New York City.
In the early 1940’s, she was introduced to Robert Schwarzlow by one of her cousins. She actually knew Robert through her job, where she frequently spoke to him on the phone for business purposes. Through conversation, she discovered that her cousin in Rutherford, New Jersey was friends with Robert and they met face-to-face at a family gathering. Their relationship blossomed and they married in 1943. They moved to Norfolk, Virginia where Robert was stationed in the Navy. Soon after WWII, they moved to Rutherford and raised their family. They later moved to Wyckoff in 1965 before she moved to Wayne in 1984.
Virginia’s early career included working at a bakery in Passaic where her sons recall her bringing home treats almost every day. She also worked in the administrative offices of Fairleigh Dickinson University before becoming a secretary with Union Camp in New York City. Conveniently, Union Camp moved to Wayne and she continued to work there until her retirement in 1985. It was at Union Camp that she met her dear friend, Jane Dent.
Virginia and Jane toured the world together. All told, Virginia visited seventy five countries. She has literally been all over the world, from Africa to China, Europe to Australia, and many other destinations. As a young mother, Virginia planned adventure trips for her family to rented cabins deep in the Canadian woods. Somehow, she found these exotic, wilderness destinations and her family was never quite sure what to expect. They often traveled to visit with her sister Eileen Wholey at Pleasant Mountain in Maine and for several summers they enjoyed a cabin at Lake Neepaulin in Sussex where Virginia won a swimming competition, along with the trophy to prove it. She was an excellent swimmer, and an even better bridge player.
The greatest joys in her life most recently were her two great-grandchildren and together, they extended her life at least a few years. She loved her family dearly and was very proud of all of them.
Virginia lived her life with passion. She was always happy and had a great attitude. Her laugh was infectious, and she laughed often.
Virginia is survived by her two sons; Bob Schwarzlow and his wife Carol of Palm Coast, Florida, and Bill Schwarzlow and his wife Pat of Wanaque, two grandchildren; Billy and his wife Kim and Craig, and two great-grandchildren. Virginia was predeceased by her husband Robert in 1973 and her two sisters; Eileen Wholey in 1997 and Doris Nolan in 2006.
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