Mary Trautfetter

Mary Patricia (Pat) Trautfetter, 85, of Bloomfield NJ passed away on February 19, 2017. Born in Newark, NJ, on March 14, 1931, to the late John and Mary Forsythe. She was the devoted wife to the late Alvin Trautfetter, and loving sister to the late James Forsythe and Eileen Hunt. Mary Patricia worked as a legal secretary in Bloomfield before retiring. Mary was a parishioner at St. Thomas the Apostle Parish, Bloomfield, where she was a member of the Rosary Society and the September Club. Survivors include; her loving daughters and sons-in-laws, Nancy and John Withers and Maureen and John Ferrari, cherished grandchildren, Allison Withers and her fiancé, Justin Gecik, Jenna Taylor and her husband Howard, John Ferrari, and Michael Ferrari, and also several nieces and nephews. The family will receive family and friends from 3-8pm on February 22, 2017 at Halpin-Bitecola Brookdale Funeral Home, 1284 Broad St., Bloomfield. A funeral mass will be celebrated at 10:00 am on February 23, 2017 at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Byrd Ave., Bloomfield. Interment to follow at the Immaculate Conception Cemetery, 712 Grove St. Upper Montclair.