Colleen Ann Van Auken was born on 17 July 1954 in Newton, Sussex, New Jersey. She died on 12 June 2010, at age 55, in Newton, Sussex, New Jersey.
Colleen Ann Van Auken was a Nurse.
1 She was educated in University of New Mexico Bachelors in Nursing.
1 NEWTON-- Colleen Ann Ashley, 55, of Newton, died Saturday, June 12, 2010, at home with her family and friends at her side.
Born in Newton, Colleen was raised in Stanhope, then lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for seven years before returning to Newton over 25 years ago.
She attended Rutgers University and graduated from County College of Morris with an Associates Degree in Nursing. She received her Bachelors in Nursing from the University of New Mexico and went on to receive her Masters in Nursing. A nurse for 35 years, Colleen was a nurse for the Sparta Board of Education for the past 15 years. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Stanhope.
The daughter of the late Doris Hill VanAuken, Colleen was also predeceased by her husband, Paul, in 1995 and her sister, Denise Stevens in 2007. She is survived by a son, Jonathan Ashley; her father, Fred M. VanAuken of Oxford, North Carolina; six brothers, Fred Michael VanAuken and wife, Terrylee, of Newton; Harold VanAuken and wife, Joan of Sandyston; Patrick VanAuken of Colorado Springs, Colorado; Charles VanAuken and wife, Merideth, of Lithia, Florida; Jeffery VanAuken and wife, Lisa, of Oxford, North Carolina; and David VanAuken and wife, Jeannie, of Newton; and her brother-in-law, Richard Stevens of Effort, Pennsylvania.
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at the Smith-McCracken Funeral Home, 63 High Street, Newton. Interment will follow at Newton Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Wednesday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
A memorial service will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday at the First Presbyterian Church of Stanhope, 100 Main Street, Stanhope.
Online condolences may be made at www.smithmccrackenfuneralhome.com.
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