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Susan Lucianna

LUCIANNA Susan Ann, 48, of Cliffside Park, NJ, formerly of Leonia, NJ died peacefully with her family on Monday, August 20, 2007 after a long illness. She was born on April 22, 1959 in Englewood, NJ, and is the beloved daughter of Dolores and Frank Lucianna of Englewood Cliffs, NJ. Loving sister of Diane Lucianna, her husband Colin Wafer of Saddle River, NJ, and Nancy Lucianna, her husband Robert Biroc of Piermont, NY. Cherished aunt to Elizabeth and Derek Wafer and loving owner of Molly, her dear and lovable dog. Susan attended Manhattan College and Florida Atlantic University and graduated from Bergen Community College in 1999. She lived and worked in Highland Beach, FL from 1985 to 1990. She was a paralegal at the family law firm of Lucianna and Lucianna in Hackensack from 1991 until present. Even though she was afflicted by a debilitating disease, she touched many lives by understanding and helping clients at the law firm, many of whom did not realize that she was seriously ill. Susan was a world traveler who visited Russia, China, Thailand, Japan, Turkey, Bali, Chile, Australia, North Pole, Fiji and numerous other places. She was a gifted photographer who captured the essence of the places she saw and the people whose lives she touched. She was a beautiful, intelligent and gallant lady who left behind a legacy of love, beauty and understanding. We will never forget her. Funeral from McCorry Brothers, 780 Anderson Ave., Cliffside Park, NJ on Thursday, August 23, at 9 AM. Funeral Mass to be celebrated at St. Cecelia’s R.C. Church, 55 West Demarest Ave., Englewood, NJ, at 10 AM. Interment to follow at Madonna Cemetery, Fort Lee, NJ. Visiting hours on Wednesday, from 2-4 and 7-9 PM. In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions be made to the Susan Lucianna Breast Cancer Fund, 111 Main Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601.

Published in The Record and Herald News on 8/22/2007.

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Lucianna, Susan (MCattendee)

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ACTIONABLE OBIT: EXPIRES 25AUG07 Baltimore, MD MC1969 Gebrian, Sr. Susanne M.

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Sr. Susanne M. Gebrian

GEBRIAN, Susanne M. Sr., MHSH Sr. Susanne M. Gebrian, MHSH, a member of the Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart, died on Sunday (August 19, 2007) at her home in Terryville of cancer. Sr. Susanne was 78 and in her 50th year of ministry. Born Mildred Gebrian the youngest of 12 children to Peter and Anna (Vasko) Gebrian in Forestville. Sr. Susanne is survived by her sisters, Mary Piotrowski, Ann Rybczyk, and Julie Gebrian and her brother, Michael Gebrian, and many cherished nieces and nephews, grandnieces, nephews and her Sisters in Community the Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart. Sr. Susanne was preceded in death by her parents, Peter and Anna (Vasko) Gebrian, her sisters, Kate Klimkoski, Sophie Farago, Helen Bickford, Pauline Cetnarski, Eva VanVoorhis, and Veronica Gebrian and her brother John Gebrian. Sr. Susanne was first introduced to the Mission Helpers through a Paulist Priest in California where she was Secretary to the Vice President of an Advertising Firm. The Paulist Priest knew of the work of our Sisters in Texas. Sr. Susanne joined the Mission Helpers in 1958 where she served as a Catechist, Director of Religious Education on both the Parish and Diocesan Level staffs in North Carolina, Arizona, Washington D.C., Dayton, OH and Connecticut She received an undergraduate degree in Sociology from the College of Notre Dame with a Master in Theology, from Manhattan College. Sr. Susanne’s ministry in the New England area included Social Work with those who were poor and disenfranchised, her position as the Director of Thompson Ecumenical Employment Group. In 1994, Sr. Susanne work as a Social Worker as a Case Manager for Catholic Charities in Norwich, until her retirement in 2004. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday Aug. 25th at 9:30 a.m. at the Mission Helper of the Sacred Heart Motherhouse in Baltimore, MD. A Memorial Mass for Sr. Susanne will be celebrated in Bristol, at a later date. Scott Funeral Home, 169 Main St., Terryville is in charge of local arrangements. Contributions in Sr. Susanne’s memory may be made to Office of Mission Advancement, Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart, 1001 W. Joppa Rd. Towson, MD. 21204 scottfuneralhomeinc.com.

Published in the Hartford Courant on 8/23/2007.

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Gebrian, Sr. Susanne M. (MC1969)

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I was in Sr. Susanne’s graduate class (1967-68), graduation 1969, Manhattan College and stayed in contact with her through the years, especially in CT. She was a great credit to Manhattan College.

Jacqueline Keller
Mystic, CT 

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