NORTHVALE, N.J.—Longtime Northvale Clerk Wanda Worner, 65, passed away Sunday, Feb. 2, after serving nearly three decades as one of the borough’s key administrators.
Borough officials placed memorial bunting over the municipal building entrance on Feb. 3 and it will remain in place for a month.
Mayor Patrick Marana said borough flags would be lowered to half-staff on Feb. 7, the day of Worner’s wake.
The borough’s Planning Board held a rare moment of silence in remembrance of Worner at its Feb. 6 meeting, said Marana.
“The Borough of Northvale is saddened by the recent passing of our longtime Borough Clerk, Wanda Worner. Wanda served the Borough of Northvale as Clerk for 28 years,” said Mayor Patrick Marana in an email.
“The Borough of Northvale offers our condolences to the family at this difficult time. Everyone please keep them in their thoughts and prayers,” Marana added in a statement.
Marana also said, “While serving as Clerk, Wanda came up with the ‘paperless environment’ for Council meetings and showed this concept to other towns around Bergen County.
She was also a long-time member of the Bergen County Municipal Clerks Association, for which she was a past President. She also trained and groomed several Northvale Deputy Clerks who went on to outstanding careers as Borough Clerks in other towns.”
According to an online obituary, Worner (nee Buckman), 65, of Dumont, formerly of Paramus, was the devoted mother of Joan Ali Diore and her husband, Joseph, of Dumont, and Arlene Marie Gray and her husband, Joseph, of Dumont. Cherished “Mima” of Victoria, Caitlyn, Joey, Jason and Marik. Dearest sister of Patricia MacAloon, Irene Kearns, Bruce Buckman, Janet Berger and Steven MacAloon. Wanda was predeceased by her parents, Howard and Alice Buckman and her brother, Howard “Dennis” Buckman.
“Wanda will be forever missed for her easy-going nature, eagerness to help anyone in need, her great sense of humor and her good advice. She will always be loved and cherished dearly by her children and grandchildren, in addition to many friends and family,” notes the obituary.
Visitation is Friday, Feb. 7, from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at Pizzi Funeral Home, 120 Paris Ave., Northvale.