Obituary of Josephine "Jay" M. White

White, Josephine M. “Jay”, (nee Schipano) age 87, died Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at Chilton Memorial Hospital. She was born in Garfield, NJ and lived in Paterson where she raised her family before moving to Wayne in 1988. Prior to her retirement, Jay was the Office Manager and Bookkeeper at St. Gerard’s RC Church for over 30 years where she was a parishioner and active in many church groups over the years. She was predeceased by her beloved husband, Charles in 1988. Jay is survived by her daughter, Alice Van Gieson and her husband, Bill of Wayne, three grandchildren; Allison Leszkowicz and her husband Christopher and Lauren Terranova and her husband Christopher and Ryan Van Gieson and two great grandsons; Christopher R. and Luke W. Leszkowicz all of Wayne. A Funeral Mass will be held on Friday, 11:00 AM at St. Gerard R.C. Church, 501 West Broadway, Paterson, NJ. The interment will follow at St. Nicholas Cemetery, Lodi, NJ. Arrangements by the Vander Plaat Funeral Home, www.vpfh.com, 257 Godwin Ave. Wyckoff, NJ 07481.