Obituary of Frances M Mutsch

Mutsch, Frances M. (nee Conway) age 94 of Wyckoff died Wednesday, January 18, 2017. Born in Brooklyn, NY she lived in Manhattan before moving to Wyckoff 60 years ago. Frances was an Executive Secretary for Phillips Co., New York, New York for 12 years. She was an active parishioner of St. Elizabeth’s RC Church, Wyckoff where she was the Chairlady of the Bridge Club for many years. She also was involved in the Valley Hospital Bridge Club, the Wyckoff Women’s Club, the Hartung Group, and was an amateur singer who performed in the Ridgewood Choral Group and the Wyckoff Women’s Choir and in the 1940’s sang at the St. George Hotel, NY. In her early years she could be found with her friends, skating at the Park Circle Roller Skating Rink, Brooklyn, NY. Surviving are her children, Martin G. and his wife Debra of Atlantic, GA. Margaret Hamilton and her husband Donald of Burnt Hills, NY, Janet Webster and her partner Dr. Jurgen Garus of Germany and Helen Mutsch and her husband, Maurice Schlafer of NY, NY. Also surviving are her seven grandchildren, Alice, Emily Claire, Alexandra Grace, Joseph Martin, Brian Conway, William Evan and Wesley Martin; her loyal friend, Luann Spielsinger and her aid, Margaret Sarpong. She was predeceased by her husband, Martin Mutsch in 2000. The family will receive friends on Sunday from 2-4 and 6-8 pm and Monday from 10:30 -11:30 am at the Vander Plaat Funeral Home, www.vpfh.com, 257 Godwin Ave. Wyckoff, NJ. A Funeral Mass will be held on Monday at 12 noon at St. Elizabeth’s RC Church, 700 Wyckoff Ave. Wyckoff, NJ. Interment will follow at the Wyckoff Reformed Church Cemetery. Memorial Contributions to Autism Speaks 1060 State Road, 2nd floor, Princeton, NJ 08540 would be appreciated.