Obituary of Rosemarie Fallon

FALLON, Rosemarie S. (nee Swan) age 96 of Waldwick, died peacefully at home surrounded by her family on Saturday, November 12, 2011. Born in Newark, NJ in 1915, Rose lived in Nutley and Orange before moving to Waldwick in 1955. She was a faithful parishioner of St. Luke's R.C. Church and a member of the Rosary Altar Society. Rose volunteered her time to the Valley Hospital Auxiliary and was a member of the Waldwick Senior Citizens. She enjoyed a full life with her husband and family. In her early career, she was a bookkeeper and also taught swimming to children with special needs at that Ridgewood YMCA. Surviving are her devoted children, Susan Marshall of Tuckerton, NJ, Edmond of Yorktown Heights, NY, Raymond of Montvale, Patricia Pesanello of Mahwah, Katherine Fallon of Van Nuys, CA, James of Allendale and Thomas of Waldwick. Rose also leaves her fifteen adoring grandchildren and her great granddaughter, Lillian. Rose was pre-deceased by her husband Raymond J. Fallon in 1988. Funeral mass will be held Wednesday 10:00 AM at St. Luke's R.C. Church, 340 Franklin Tpk., Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ. Interment will follow in the Church Cemetery. Visiting is Tuesday, 6:00 to 9:00 PM at the Vander Plaat Funeral Home (www.vpfh.com), 257 Godwin Avenue, Wyckoff, NJ. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to St. Luke's Knights of Columbus Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 144, Waldwick, NJ 07463.