Catherine W. Platz Obituary (1930 - 2017)

Mrs. Catherine W. Platz, 87, died surrounded by her loving family on December 18, 2017 at St. Barnabas Medical Center Hospice in Livingston. Visiting in the Prout Funeral Home, (www.proutfuneralhome.com), 370 Bloomfield Ave., Verona, NJ, will be Thursday, December 21 from 2- 4 and 7-9 pm. A Funeral Mass will be offered in Our Lady of the Lake Church, Verona, NJ, Friday at 10 am. She was born in the Bronx, NY and raised in West Orange, NJ before moving to Verona in 1970. She graduated from the Immaculate Conception High School, Montclair. Mrs. Platz worked as an Administrative Secretary for the Vice-President of Ballantine & Sons Brewing Company and then Chase Bank in Verona. Mrs. Platz was a member of the Verona Senior Citizens and a volunteer at St. Vincent's Nursing Home. She was also actively involved in Our Lady of the Lake Parish in the Shawl Ministry, Bethany Ministry and as a Eucharistic Minister. Mrs. Platz is survived by her brother, Walter J. Winrow and her sister, Claire W. Fagan and many loving nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband, Simon M. Platz and parents Walter J., Winrow and Josephine Winrow (nee Ryan). In memory of Catherine's kind nature, in lieu of flowers, donations to either St. John's Soup Kitchen, c/o St. John's Church, P.O. Box 200147, Newark, NJ 07102 or Our Lady of the Lake Endowment Fund, 22 Lakeside Avenue, Verona, NJ 07044 would be greatly appreciated.