Obituary of Theresa Mary Canon-Waage

Theresa Mary Canon-Waage, age 95 of Whitehouse, NJ, died Thursday, November 23, 2023 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset in Somerville, NJ.

Born in Brooklyn, New York, she was the daughter of the late Anthony and Mary (Polce) Canon. 

Terry grew up in New York and moved to New Jersey in 1955.  She spent the last 60 years, living in Whitehouse.

In her early career she was a Registered Nurse.  She later worked as a pre-school teacher for Kangaroo Kids in North Branch and the Whitehouse United Methodist Church Pre-School.

Terry was a very active member of Our Lady of Lourdes Church where she served as a Eucharistic Minister, and a leader of the Marriage Encounter program.  She was also a member of the Church Prayer Group and knitting group.  She belonged to the Golden Club of Whitehouse and enjoyed gardening.  The two most important things in Terry’s life were God and her family.  She loved them both fiercely. 

She was pre-deceased by her two sons, Matthew Connor and Martin Connor.

She is survived by her husband, Bruce Waage and her son, Tim Connor, her daughters, Nora Connor, Kathi Connor-Oyster and her husband, Lowell, Mary Rose Connor, and Tisa Connor Tzorfas and her husband Howard.  She is also survived by her six wonderful grandchildren, Tony, Brian, and Connor Oyster, Devon Connor, and Ryan and Kelly McMahon and her precious great grandchildren, Grace, Madison and Sawyer Oyster and Nolan McMahon as well as her two sisters, Margarete Saunders and Lorraine Yakush.

Friends may visit with the family on Monday, November 27, 2023 from 2:00 to 4:00 and 6:00 to 8:00 PM at the Kearns Funeral Home, 103 Old Highway 28, Whitehouse.

A funeral liturgy will be celebrated on Tuesday at 10:00 AM at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Whitehouse Station.

Burial will be in Rural Hill Cemetery, Whitehouse.

In lieu of flowers, donations may to Red Cloud Indian School at www.redcloudschool.org or Historic Mission Building, 100 Mission Drive Pine Ridge, SD 57770