Muriel Mota

Ms. Muriel (nee Schnitzer) Mota, 94, died peacefully on August 9, 2022 at Crane's Mill in West Caldwell, NJ.

Friends and family are invited for a time of remembrance that will be held on Sunday, August 14 at 4 pm in Hinman Hall at Crane's Mill, 459 Passaic Avenue, West Caldwell.

Born in Berlin, Germany, she and her brother left Germany via the Kindertansport in 1939 and were reunited with their parents who then moved to Canada and subsequently to Nutley, NJ. She also lived in Wayne and Roseland before moving to West Caldwell in 2010.

She graduated from Nutley High School in 1947. In 1951 she was married to Armando D. Mota and raised her two daughters before returning to the work force as a secretary in the banking industry for 12 years at Anchor Savings Bank in Wayne.

Following her divorce, Muriel became an avid bicyclist and was very active with the North Jersey Bicycle Club, the Morris Area Freewheelers and the Central Jersey Bicycle Club. Bicycling became her passion and she travelled the world on her bicycle. She also volunteered for the Raptor Trust and Morristown Soup Kitchen.

She was predeceased by her parents, Robert and Peggy (nee Rosenberg) Schnitzer and brother, Bert Schnitzer.

She is survived by her daughters, Gail Mota (Richard Lloyd) and Susan Mota (Carol Gulija); granddaughters, Elizabeth Leshen (Vincent Pretre) and Sara Leshen-Gross (Daniel Gross); and great-grandchildren, Hershel Gross and Marina Pretre.

Memorial donations to The Raptor Trust, 1390 White Bridge Road, Millington, NJ 07946 (https://theraptortrust.org/) or the ASCPA, P. O. Box 96929, Washington, DC 20090-6929 (www.aspca.org) would be greatly appreciated.

Condolences may be left at www.proutfuneralhome.com.