Obituary: Dorine W. Taranowicz, 89

Dorine W. Taranowicz, 89, of Hamilton peacefully passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 9, at Capital Health Regional Medical Center in Trenton with her loving family by her side.

Born in Manning, Iowa, Dorine was a resident of Lawrence Township for 61 years prior to her moving to Hamilton three years ago.

Dorine was formerly employed by Penn Fruit and Dales Supermarket in Lawrence for many years and was a member of the Retail Clerks Union. She was later employed by General Motors, Inland Fisher Guide, in Ewing and retired in 1998 after 25 years of service. While at GM she was a proud member of the United Auto Workers Union.

Dorine was involved in numerous activities and charities, she enjoyed cooking for her family especially for the Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter holidays, and always in the Polish tradition. She loved her family in New Jersey and Iowa; they were everything to her.

She enjoyed going out to dinner and dancing with her husband, loved listening to Frank Sinatra music, and enjoyed her trips to Atlantic City and to the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa in Doylestown, Pa. She also was a very active member of St. Hedwig School PTA during her daughters' school years.

Dorine truly loved being with her husband and their love for God, each other, and their family was breathtaking. Nothing was impossible, they said, with God.

Daughter of the late Otto and Ella Kroeger, and step-daughter of the late Rose Kroeger, she was raised by her late beloved grandmother Minnie Biehl after her mother died at an early age.

Dorine is survived by her husband of 64 years, Charles; her four daughters, Bernadette Bac and her husband Gregory of Lawrence, Barbara Czepiga and her husband Walter of Lawrence, Patricia Smith and her husband Richard of Yardville, and Catherine Vasil and her husband Michael of Mercerville; a brother Russell Kroeger and his wife Myra of Wall Lake, Iowa; eight grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews in New Jersey and Iowa, and numerous cousins in Iowa.

Dorine is also survived by her brother-in-law, Anthony Tataranowicz and his companion Naomi Errico; and two sisters-in-law, Teresa Tataranowicz and Anne Guagliardo. She was a sister-in-law to the late Carmello Guagliardo.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Thursday, Nov, 17, at in Lawrence Township. Burial followed in St. Hedwig Cemetery, Ewing.

Memorial contributions may be made to SS Cyril and Methodius Seminary, 3535 Indian Trail, Orchard Lake, Mich., 48324, or to the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa, 654 Ferry Rd., P.O. Box 2049, Doylestown, Pa., 18901.