Rosemarie Charneski

Rosemarie Charneski, 88, passed away on Wednesday, December 4, 2024, at Robert Wood Johnson University Medical Center in Somerville, NJ. She was born and grew up in New Brunswick, NJ, the daughter of the late Stephen and Rose Meckowski. Mrs. Charneski was a resident of Manville since 1959 when she married the love of her life, Raymond Charneski, settling into their own home which they were so proud to have built for their future family. Rosemarie retired from the Middlesex Visiting Nurse Association in the early 2000s but quickly realized she wanted to be busy. She spent time with her grandchildren, and became more active in Sacred Heart parish where she was a faithful communicant since coming to Manville. She volunteered in several important roles over the years – mentoring young couples in Pre-Cana, teaching CCD, serving as a eucharistic minister making home visits, working the summer festival in the pitza fritz booth, making pierogies, participating in summer camp and even becoming the Christ the King School nurse till it’s closing. Rosemarie was a loving wife, mother, sister, grandmother and friend. In recent days, she loved most the outings with her grandchildren and children, and coffee and conversation with her friends. She was an independent woman who still enjoyed gardening and hanging her laundry on the clothes line. Of all her plants, her fig trees were her favorite. She enjoyed trying all the meals and treats shared with her, especially if they were made with her figs. Rosemarie was predeceased by her husband Raymond Charneski in 2007. She is survived by her children, Raymond and wife Sandy of Manville, Kenneth and wife Susan of Manville, and daughter Diane Wanko of Annandale; her sister, Arlene Satorski of Saint Augustine, FL, and by her six grandchildren Stephen, Matthew, Allison and Kasey Charneski and Nicholas and Ryan Wanko. The visitation will take place on Wednesday, December 11, 2024 from 4:00 to 8:00 PM at the Ketusky Funeral Home, 1310 Brooks Blvd., Manville, NJ. The Funeral will take place on Thursday, December 12, 2024 8:00 AM from the Ketusky Funeral Home followed by a 9:00 AM Mass at Christ the Redeemer Parish, Sacred Heart Church in Manville, NJ. Burial will follow at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Hillsborough, NJ. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in her memory to: Disabled American Veterans at https://help.dav.org/ways-to-give/. Transform Veteran Lives-DAV (Disabled American Veterans).

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Rosemarie Charneski

April 19, 1936 - December 4, 2024