Fredene Skowronek, age 96 years, of Bridgewater Township, NJ, died on Monday, August 28, 2017 at home, surrounded by her loving family.

Born in New York City, NY, February 19, 1921, daughter of the late Henry and Teresa Sobel Furstenberg, Fredene had lived for the past sixty-five years in Bridgewater, NJ, having formerly lived in Somerville, NJ.

A homemaker, she earned her B.S. in Biology from New York University. 

The true matriarch and rock of her family, Fredene will forever be remembered as a loving and wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister and friend.

Not one who was afraid to speak her mind, she lived her life instilling values of what it meant to be a “good” person on all those in her family. Her sense of style and particular brand of humor will not soon be forgotten, as the family will keep her legacy alive though the telling of the many rich stories that made up her phenomenal ninety-six years.

An avid golfer up until her early eighties, Fredene was a longtime member of the Raritan Valley Country Club and, “The Club” was a source of loving and dear friends to her and her late husband, Marvin. Marvin Skowronek, DDS, died in 2007 after sixty-four years of marriage to Fredene. The two met when he was a waiter and she a guest, and their love was instantly palpable. They were true “lovebirds” in every sense. An elegant couple, they are certainly dancing together and playing golf again in heaven.

In addition to her husband and parents, Fredene was preceded in death by a sister and brother-in-law, Leona & Robert Ittelson; and her brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Sidney and Esther Skowronek, Bernice Skowronek and Leon Sales.

Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, Kenneth J. and Sharon Skowronek of Raritan Township, NJ; a daughter, Barbara Levenstien of Bridgewater, NJ; her grandchildren and their spouses, Amy and Desmond Chamberlain, Mark Levenstien and his wife, Laurel Glaser, Paul Skowronek and his wife, Claudie Newman, Abby Levenstien and her husband, Peter Perron and Julie and Brian Brissett; her great grandchildren, Noah, Henry and Sarah Chamberlain and Aaron and Charlotte Brissett; a brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Joshua and Marion Skowronek; a sister-in-law, Rita Sales; and many extended family and friends.

Graveside Services officiated by Rabbi William Kraus will take place on Wednesday, August 30, 2017 at 2:30 p.m. in Temple Sholom Cemetery, 118 Chimney Rock Road, Bridgewater, NJ 08807 under the care and direction of Wright & Ford Family Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 38 State Highway 31, Flemington, NJ. Please begin to arrive at 2:15 p.m. on Wednesday at the cemetery. Funeral home staff will be there to assist with parking.

Shiva will take place at the Skowronek home in Bridgewater on Thursday from 2:00-4:00 and 6:00-8:00 p.m., with services at 7:30 p.m. The family will also receive friends on Friday from 2:00-4:00. Please contact the funeral home at 908-782-3311 for further information.

Please visit Fredene’s permanent memorial site at www.wrightfamily.com to send a public or private message of condolence and to share stories and photographs of her life.

As is customary in the Jewish faith, no flowers please. Those wishing to make a contribution in Fredene’s memory may do so to the American Macular Degeneration Foundation, P.O. Box 515, Northampton, MA 01061-0515 or to
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