Viola M. Hogan (nee Iannaccone), 86, of Northvale passed peacefully away on May 9, 2013, surrounded by her loving family, after a 15 year battle with renal cell cancer.\u00a0 She was predeceased by her loving husband John L. \u201cJack\u201d Hogan in 1974.<\/p>\n
Viola\u2019s exceptional life began on August 20, 1926 in a house in Weehawken, NJ at the current site of the entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel.\u00a0 She was the youngest of four daughters born to Simon and Frances Iannaccone, both of whom were Italian immigrants.<\/p>\n
In 1936, the family moved to Northvale, where they purchased and cleared a large tract of land that they used for farming.<\/p>\n
During World War 2, she worked in Camp Shanks, which was a military point of departure.\u00a0 While working at Robert Geir in Piermont, she met her future husband Jack, the son of Dennis L. Hogan, Mayor of Piermont, NY.\u00a0 They married and built a house next to her parents in Northvale.\u00a0 For a time, Viola worked in the\u00a0 unemployment office and then raised her children.\u00a0 She also worked as a school crossing guard and later for Hydrotherm.<\/p>\n
She became \u201cNorthvale\u2019s First Lady\u201d when her husband was elected Mayor (1964 to 1974).\u00a0 She proved the extent of her love for Jack by caring for him for over 3 years after he was diagnosed with throat cancer.\u00a0 Widowed at 48 years of age, she immersed
\nherself into the well being of her family and worked to preserve Jack\u2019s memory with
\nthe dedication of the \u201cJohn L. Hogan Memorial Park.\u201d Her strength never wavered\u2014her love never faded.<\/p>\n
Viola was always close to her loving sisters, Anna Vicari, Margaret Iannaccone and the late Olympia Keegan.<\/p>\n
Besides raising her two children, Frances Weston (husband Ron) and Bergen County Clerk John S. Hogan (wife Ida) she was actively involved in all the lives of her grandchildren, Ronnie, Samantha,Rachel, Zach, John M., Ryan and Ava-Rose.<\/p>\n
A Funeral Mass will be celebrated Tuesday 10:00 AM at St. Anthony\u2019s R. C. Church, Northvale with interment to follow at Rockland Cemetery, Sparkill, NY.\u00a0 Visiting hours are Monday 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the Anthony R. Pizzi Funeral Home 120 Paris Ave, Northvale.<\/p>\n
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to Northvale Ambulance Corps would be greatly appreciated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Viola M. Hogan (nee Iannaccone), 86, of Northvale passed peacefully away on May 9, 2013, surrounded by her loving family, after a 15 year battle with renal cell cancer.\u00a0 She was predeceased by her loving husband John L. \u201cJack\u201d Hogan in 1974. Viola\u2019s exceptional life began on August 20, 1926 in a house in Weehawken, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-notices","category-obituaries","entry"],"yoast_head":"\n