Obituary of Karen L Kraft

Kraft, Karen L. age 68 of Totowa passed away on September 3, 2014. She was born in Jersey City to Karl and Thelma ( nee Grasser ) Kraft and was raised in Totowa where she has lived most all of her life. She graduated from Passaic Valley High School in 1963 and Fairleigh Dickinson University. Karen served as Legal Administrator at the prestigious law firms of Evans, Hand, Allabough & Amoresano and Klein, Chapman and Kreindler & Relkin. For the last five years she served as the Business Manager for St. Stephen's of Hungary Parish, New York, N.Y. Karen was a devoted and life-long Catholic. She was a longtime parishioner of St. Bonaventure R.C. Church, Paterson, and served as a Catechist in the religious education program there for twenty-four years. In addition to her dedication to teaching, she faithfully served as a Eucharistic Minister and as a member the Board of Trustees for St. Bonaventure R.C. Church. Beyond her service to St. Bonaventure, she also served as President and a member of the Board of Trustees for the Passaic County Interfaith Hospitality Network. Karen was predeceased by her parents Karl and Thelma Kraft, and her younger brother, Duane Kraft. She is survived by her sons Gary Kraft and his wife Ivonne of Wayne and Glenn Kraft and his wife Maria of Totowa and her three loving grandsons, Gary Kraft, Jr., Noah Sosa and Thomas Gallo. Karen was a very devoted and loving mother and grandmother. She will be greatly missed. All are invited to attend a Mass of Christian Burial on Saturday, September 6, at St. Bonaventure R.C. Church, Paterson at 10:15 AM. Interment will be private. The family has asked that donations in her memory be made to St. Bonaventure R.C. Church, 174 Ramsey Street, Paterson, N.J. 07501. Festa Memorial Funeral Home, 111 Union Blvd., Totowa has been entrusted with the Arrangements.