Arlene N. (Spinella) Donkersloot Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Arlene N. (Spinella) Donkersloot of Parsippany, New Jersey, who passed away at the age of 86, on January 9, 2025. Family and friends can send flowers and/or light a candle as a loving gesture for their loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Arlene N. (Spinella) Donkersloot to show support.
As we bid Arlene N. farewell, let us not mourn the absence of her physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of her spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Arlene N. is not truly gone, but merely transformed, her energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Anthony Spinella and Ida Spinella (Costella). She is survived by: her husband Peter of Parsippany; her daughter Cheryl Vandenberg (Robert) of Sparta; her grandchildren, Deanna Duda (Richard) of Massapequa Park, NY, Ryan Madrid (Michelle Gelb) of Tinton Falls and Tyler Vandenberg (Melissa) of Sparta; and her great grandchildren, Madison, Christian, Mason and Jackson.
Visitation was held on Sunday, January 12th 2025 from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM at the Allwood Funeral Home (660 Allwood Rd, Clifton, NJ 07012). A funeral Mass was held on Monday, January 13th 2025 at 11:00 AM at the Our Lady of Mount Carmel R. C. Church (910 Birch St, Boonton, NJ 07005). An entombment was held on Monday, January 13th 2025 at 12:15 PM at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery (225 Ridgedale Ave, East Hanover, NJ 07936).
