Obituary of Mary Ellen Cochran

COCHRAN, Mary Ellen (Mickey), age 74 of Franklin Lakes, NJ, died Saturday, December 8, 2007. Mickey was born in New York City on December 18, 1932. She was a graduate of Georgetown Visitation High School and College. Mickey was a long time resident of Franklin Lakes where she was a parishioner of Most Blessed Sacrament Church and a member of the Franklin Lakes Volunteer Ambulance Corps before moving to Longwood, FL. She devoted her life to her nine children and her grandchildren. Surviving are her children, Michael (Julie) Cochran, Susan (Rick) Jaye, and Nancy (Brad) Lenarz all of Orlando, Katie (Bruce) Dickerson of Londonderry, NH, Brian Cochran of Braintree, MA, Kevin (Maureen) Cochran of West Nyack, NY, Stephen (Michelle) Cochran of Wyckoff, NJ, and Megan (Mark) Ganton of West Caldwell, NJ, 28 grandchildren and her sister Anne McGinnity of Stamford, CT. Mickey was pre-deceased by her youngest son Christopher Cochran in 1987, and her grandson Ted Cochran in 2004. Funeral services will be held Saturday, December 15, 2007 at 11:00 am at the Most Blessed Sacrament Church, 787 Franklin Lakes Road, Franklin Lakes, NJ. Interment will follow in Christ the King Cemetery in Franklin Lakes. Visiting is Friday, December 14, 2007, 4:00 to 8:00 pm at the Vander Plaat Funeral Home (www.vpfh.com), 257 Godwin Avenue, Wyckoff, NJ 07481. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of the Comforter, 480 West Central Parkway, Altamonte Springs, FL 32714, or the Alzheimer Association, 988 Woodcock Road, Orlando, FL 32803.