AUTH, Gertrude Ann, (nee Wallace), age 86, of Old Tappan and more recently of Toms River NJ died on August 31, 2014, at the John-Paul II Rehabilitation Facility and Nursing Home, in Danbury CT \u00a0Born in New York City, the daughter of \u00a0David and Honora (Donlon) Wallace, she was a New Jersey resident for 62 years.<\/p>\n
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Gertrude was a graduate of St. Nicholas of Tolentine High School, Bronx, NY and the Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School. \u00a0She worked as a secretary at the Revere Copper and Brass Company in New York City.<\/p>\n
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On September 9, 1950, Gertrude married William J. Auth\u00a0and began a career as a wife, mother of four children, and homemaker. \u00a0The couple moved to Old Tappan in February of 1956 and resided there until they retired to Toms River, NJ in 1991. While a resident of Old Tappan, she served her community as a grammar school Class Mother, a Cub Scout Den Mother, and a member of the Old Tappan Volunteer Fire Department’s Ladies Auxiliary. \u00a0Gertrude was always proud of the fact that during the construction of the Northern Valley Regional High School in Old Tappan, she and her good friend Isobel Elliker prevented the construction crew from bull-dozing down the largest tree on the tract of land that became the girl’s softball field. \u00a0That giant pine tree still stands there today providing a nice piece of shade behind the diamond.<\/p>\n
Gertrude was pre-deceased by her husband, Bill on December 24, 2013, and by her sister Marguerite Fox and brother George Wallace.\u00a0She is survived by her children, William Jr., Thomas and his wife Marcia, Robert and wife Elsa and Nancy Schaub and her husband Warren. \u00a0Gertrude is also survived by her brother Frank Wallace, and her grand children Katherine\u00a0Schaub, Eileen Schaub, and Maxwell-David Auth.<\/p>\n
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The family will receive visitors on November 7 from 3-5 PM and from 7-9 PM at Pizzi Funeral Home, 120 Paris Avenue, Northvale, NJ.<\/p>\n
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In lieu of flowers the family requests donations in her name to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.<\/p>\n
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www.pizzifuneralhome.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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