NANCY E. LODEMA

MEMORIAL DONATIONS MAY BE MADE IN HER NAME TO: ST. THOMAS THE APOSTLE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH 210 ROUTE 206 NORTH SANDYSTON, NEW JERSEY 07826 OR TO KAREN ANN QUINLAN HOSPICE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION 99 SPARTA AVENUE NEWTON, NEW JERSEY 07860 VISITATION: TUESDAY: NOVEMBER 26, 2024 4PM TO 7PM STICKLE-SOLTESZ FUNERAL HOME FUNERAL MASS: WEDNESDAY: NOVEMBER 27, 2024 9AM ST. THOMAS THE APOSTLE RC CHURCH 210 ROUTE 206 NORTH SANDYSTON, NJ 07826 INTERMENT: WEDNESDAY: NOVEMBER 27, 2024 FOLLOWING FUNERAL MASS GEORGE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL PARK 234 PARAMUS ROAD PARAMUS, NJ 07652 Nancy E. Lodema (nee Wallner), 83 years, of Montague, New Jersey, passed away on November 23, 2024. She was born on August 28,1941 in The Gotham Hospital in New York, New York to Albert and Helen Wallner (nee Shaefer). Nancy was predeceased by her loving husband of 58 years Edward Lodema. They lived in Franklin Lakes, Waldwick and 30 years in West Milford, where they raised their five children. The following 15 years they enjoyed retirement in New York and Florida, then returned to live in Montague, NJ. Nancy was a West Milford Township school bus driver for seventeen years. Nancy was a lifelong crafter and enjoyed quilting, painting, and crocheting. She was also an avid gardener. When her kids were young, she was a Cub Scout Leader. She was very involved over the years in the Catholic Church. She served as lector, eucharistic minister, and a catechism teacher at St. Joseph’s R.C. Church in West Milford, NJ. In her retirement, she continued to serve at St. Thomas the Apostle R.C. Church in Sandyston, NJ. Nancy is survived by her children Kevin Lodema and his wife Kelly of Montague, NJ, Daniel Lodema and his wife Kelli of Raymond, NE, James Lodema and his wife Patricia of Andover, NJ, Karen Sabyan and her husband Glenn of Wantage, NJ, and Tara Guarino and her husband Raymond of Newfoundland, NJ; her cherished grandchildren Jesse Lodema and his wife Melinda, Nikole Maillet and her husband Michael, and Breann Lodema; Matthew Lodema and his wife Margaret, Benjamin Lodema and his wife Annie; Ashley Hopper and her husband John, James Lodema, Jr. and his wife Elise, and Bradley Lodema, Kaylee and Ryan Westerfield; Haley and Kaitlyn Sabyan; and Dillon and Conner Guarino; her adored great grandchildren Eva, Abigale, Sage, Kaden, Brynn, Johan, Elizabeth, Bryce, Scarlett, Clint, and Jane; her loving siblings Richard Wallner, Patricia VanKleeff, Jean Bayer, and Robert Wallner; as well as many nieces and nephews. The family will receive visitors on November 26, 2024 from 4pm to 7pm at the Stickle-Soltesz Funeral Home, 187 La Rue Road, Newfoundland, NJ 07435 (For GPS use 1 Post Place). Funeral Mass will take place on November 27, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. at St. Thomas the Apostle RC Church, 210 Route 206 North, Sandyston, NJ 07826, followed by the interment at 12:30 pm at George Washington Memorial Park in Paramus, NJ. Memorial donations may be made in her name to the St. Thomas the Apostle Roman Catholic Church, 210 Route 206 North, Sandyston, NJ 07826 or to Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice Memorial Foundation, 99 Sparta Ave., Newton, NJ 07860. Log onto www.sticklesolteszfuneralhome.com tribute wall to personally post your condolences, memories, photos, and videos, as well as obtaining driving directions to the funeral home.

NANCY E. LODEMA

August 28, 1941 - November 23, 2024