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Official Obituary of

Charite Zephyr

1929 ~ 2025 (age 96) 96 Years Old
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Charite Zephyr Obituary

VANITE DES VANITES TOUT N'EST QUE VANITE (Ecclesiaste 1" verset 2 a 4)

Des la naissance, l'homme s'approche vers sa mort, chaque jour qui passe, a chaque respiration on s'achemine vers sa destination qui n'est autre que le lieu d'ou l'on vient.

Ainsi Mme Catina PIERRE PAUL, nee Charite Zephyr a termine le trajet entame le 1 Janvier de l'annee 1929, le 21 Mars Dernier pour retoumer a sa demeure. Nee de la dame Etienna JEAN et Samuel Zephyr a Limonade, De tres tot, elle embrassa la vie et devient autonome. Travailleuse infatigable, elle a epouse le feu Catina PIERRE PAUL, avec qui elle a enfante deux enfants: Jacquecin qui n'a vecu 5 annees et Micheline PIERRE PAUL qui l'accompagnait jusqu'a sa mort le 21 Mars Dernier.

Sa qualite mere solitaire lui confere un caractere autoritaire comme c'est le cas pour la plupart des familles monoparentales, pourtant elle etait une mere pour ses nombreux neveux et nieces qu'elle accueillait chez elle, comme est le cas pour Dominique DUMAS avec qui elle partageait son toit pendant la plus grande partie de sa vie.

Meme quand sa physique ne repondait plus, elle voulait faire tout par elle-meme d'ou son caractere de femme autonome. Puisque le createur Universe! qui l'a mise sur notre chemin a fait son appel que son saint nom soit beni.

 

UTTERLY MEANINGLESS, EVERYTIDNG IS MEANINGLESS. (Ecclesiastes 1 v 2-4)

From birth, man approaches death; with each passing day, with each breath, we move toward our destination, which is none other than the place from which we came.

Thus, Mrs. Catina Pierre Paul, born Charite Zephyr, completed the journey she began on January 1, 1929, returning home on March 21, 2025. Born to Etienna Jean and Samuel Zephyr in Limonade (Haiti), she embraced life very early and became independent. A tireless worker, she married the late Catina Pierre Paul, with whom she had two children: Jacquecin, who lived for five years, and Micheline Pierre Paul, who accompanied her until her death on March 21.

Her single-mother nature gives her an authoritarian character, as is the case with most single-parent families. Yet, she was a mother to her many nieces and nephews, whom she welcomed into her home, as is the case with Dominique Dumas, with whom she shared her home for most of her life.

Even when her physical condition was failing, she wanted to do everything on her own, hence her character as an autonomous woman. Since the Universal Creator who placed her on our path made his call, may his holy name be blessed.

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Services

Open Viewing
Saturday
April 5, 2025

9:45 AM to 10:15 AM
St. Joseph Catholic Church
110 Telfort St.
East Orange, NJ 07018

Funeral Mass
Saturday
April 5, 2025

10:15 AM
St. Joseph Catholic Church
110 Telfort St.
East Orange, NJ 07018

Interment following funeral service
Saturday
April 5, 2025

12:00 PM
Hollywood Cemetery
1621 Stuyvesant Avenue
Union, NJ 07083

Reception

The Appian Way
619 Langdon Street
Orange, NJ 07050

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