Interment to follow in Holy Cross Cemetery, 340 Ridge Road, North Arlington. Joan is predeceased by her daughter Michele (1969), her sister Elizabeth Weisner and 2 step-brothers Charles and William Cooke.įuneral will be held on Friday gathering 11am for noon Prayer Service in the Calhoun-Mania Funeral Home, 19 Lincoln Ave., Rutherford. She is also survived by her sisters, Marion Cupo, Diane Cooke, Gloria Cooke Mayer and her brother Ronald Cooke. More Books by Elizabeth Cooke Rutherford Park. Joan is survived by her husband Alex, she will be deeply missed by her beloved children, Linda Aleles and husband Joe, Tina Osborne and husband Hal, Sandra Merli and husband Jim, Alexander and wife Debbie, Maria Godieski and husband Pete, her grandchildren, Ronnie, Jessica, Nicole, Tori, Jason, Robert, Michele, Laura, Patrick, James, Julie, Michelle, Alex, Emily and great-grandchildren, Ronnie, Jr., Ava and Gabe. Return to the statley environs of Rutherford Park and the embattled Cavendish family. Her large growing family was most important to her. She had very strong work ethics and passed it on to her family hoping they would strive to work as hard as she did.įor enjoyment Joan loved to gamble and go cruising. Together the owned and operated Quality Amusements in Rutherford for over 50 years before they retired 4 yrs ago.

Joan and her husband Alex raised their family and lived in Rutherford for 54 years. They remained married and very close for 58 wonderful years. She married the love of her life when she was 20 years old. She was born in Jersey City to Charles and Mary Cooke. Elizabeth had already researched this period because her mother’s brother David had enlisted early in the war, and been killed on the. Joan Viecelli,79, of Rutherford passed away on Sunday, July 12th, 2015. In 2012, the Berkley imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc commissioned three novels set in England prior to and during the First World War, inspired by the worldwide success of Downton Abbey.

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