Rose Horwatt, 81, a resident of the Paragon Village section of Hackettstown, NJ for the last three years, passed away peacefully at Compassionate Care Hospice, Dover, NJ, on Friday, April 18, 2008.
Born: On August 14, 1926, in Wilkes-Barre, Pa, she was a daughter of the late Stephen and Rose Syroid.
Personal: Her loving husband, Leonard, died in 1976.
Rose was employed for 16 years as an electronics tech at and was a solderer and inspector with Ethicon in Somerville, Criticon in Raritan, retiring from Siemens in Somerset, NJ.
Memberships: She was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Bound Brook, NJ.
Survivors: She is survived by two daughters, Linda Shortall and her husband Thomas R. of Cecil, Pa and Terry Ehlers and her husband Ed of Hampton, NJ; two sisters, Irean Finley and Dolly Zukosky, both of Wilkes-Barre, Pa, and four grandchildren, Amy, Lisa, Amber and Thomas.
Services: Visitation will be Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. in the Warren Hills Memorial Home, 234 West Washington Avenue, Washington, NJ.  A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. in the church, 201 Vosseller Avenue, Bound Brook, NJ 08805.  Burial will be in Resurrection Cemetery, Piscataway, NJ.  Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the Warren Hills Memorial Home, Washington, NJ.  To send an online condolence, please visit www.warrenhillsmemorialhome.com.
Memorials: In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Compassionate Care Hospice, 400 West Blackwell Street, Dover, NJ 07801.

 

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