Obituary of Gayle E Kloepfer

Norman Dean Home for Services 16 Righter Avenue Denville, New Jersey 07834 (973) 627-1880 Star Ledger, web site—No Daily Record Neighbor News Kloepfer, Gayle E, 62, died at her home in Lake Telemark, Rockaway, NJ on Wed. Dec. 26, 2012. Gayle was born in Morristown and grew up in the Cedar Lake section of Denville before moving to Lake Telemark in 2006. She graduated from Morris Knolls High School in Denville and later graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University in Florham Park with a bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Learning. She started her teaching at Sarah Ward Nursery Schools in Newark and she has been their Executive Director. The children of the Sarah Ward Schools were Gayle’s life and she loved them as if they were her own. Gayle was very independent, however very giving. Her thoughts were always for others and she made sure all were taken care of before herself. She loved gardening, sun worshiping and wishing on a star. She enjoyed reading, needle point and Knitting, loved listening to Jazz and Blues, enjoyed art and she enjoyed a good beer, a cigar and most of all she loved the Outer Banks in North Carolina. She is survived by her sister and her husband Meredith and Gary Petrillo, her niece and her husband Korinne and Brian Klug and their son Corben as well as her nephew Nick Petrillo all of Denville as well as her nephew Vinson Petrillo and his fiancé Jessica Nogay of New York City. All services are private and being handled by Norman Dean Home for Services, Denville, NJ, www.normandean.com. Please share a memory of Gayle by lighting a candle on our web site. Donations are being accepted to Sarah Ward Nursery School 27 Jay St. Newark, NJ 07103.