Obituary of Catherine Curley

Curley, Catherine, age 92, of Mahwah, died on Wednesday, June 24th, 2015. Catherine was born in New York, NY and lived in Paramus before moving to Mahwah 27 years ago. She was a graduate of The Cathedral High School in Manhattan and attended Hunter College in NY. Catherine was an Executive Secretary for the Dean's Office at Bergen Community College. She was a volunteer at The Valley Hospital's Luckow Pavillion and a member of The Valley Hospital Auxiliary. Catherine was a parishioner of St. Elizabeth's R.C. Church in Wyckoff, NJ, and a member of St. Elizabeth's Rosary Society and Dinner Club. Catherine was devoted to her family, faith and community. She is survived by her children, Patricia A. Hummel, Robert J. Curley, Maureen J. Bergan and her husband, Stephen, Jo-Ann G. Curley and her husband, Raghu Ramachandran, Catherine J. Nyhan, and Jeffrey R. Curley. Also surviving are 9 grandchildren, Kara Wilson, Jonathan Hummel, Patrick Hummel, Kaitlin Bergan, Christopher Bergan, Meredith Bergan, Sean Nyhan, Gregory Nyhan, and Fiona E. Curley, and 2 great-grandchildren, Julia Wilson and Thomas Wilson. She was predeceased by her husband, Rowland, in 1974 and her son-in-law, William Nyhan, in 2007. The family will receive friends on Saturday, June 27th from 4-8pm at the Vander Plaat Funeral Home, www.vpfh.com, 257 Godwin Ave. Wyckoff, NJ. Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Monday, June 29th at 9:45am at St. Elizabeth's R.C. Church, 700 Wyckoff Avenue, Wyckoff, NJ. Interment to follow at Christ the King Cemetery, 980 Huron Road, Franklin Lakes, NJ. In lieu of flowers, contributions in Catherine's memory may be made to The Valley Hospital Foundation, 223 North Van Dien Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ 07450.