Dorine W. Taranowicz, 89, of Hamilton, New Jersey, died peacefully Wednesday, November 9, 2011, at Capital Health System Fuld with her loving family by her side.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Thursday, November 17, at the Church of St. Ann, 1253 Lawrence Road in Lawrenceville, New Jersey.
Burial will follow in St. Hedwig Cemetery in Ewing, New Jersey.
Relatives and friends are invited to call the Church of St. Ann from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday in the daily chapel.
Memorial contributions may be made to SS Cyril and Methodius Seminary, 3535 Indian Trail, Orchard Lake, Michigan 48324, or to the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa, 654 Ferry Road, P.O. Box 2049, Doylestown, Pennsylvania 18901.
Arrangements are under the direction of Poulson & Van Hise Funeral Directors in Lawrenceville, New Jersey.
Condolences may be left at http://www.poulsonvanhise.com.

Born in Manning, Dorine was a resident of Lawrenceville, New Jersey, for 61 years prior to her moving to Hamilton three years ago.

Daughter of the late Otto and Ella Kroeger and stepdaughter of the late Rose Kroeger, she was raised by her late beloved grandmother Minnie Biehl in Manning, Iowa, after her mother died at an early age. Dorine attended Manning Schools; a former member of the MHS class of 1941.

Dorine was employed by Penn Fruit and Dales Supermarket in Lawrenceville for many years and was a member of the Retail Clerks Union. She was later employed by General Motors, Inland Fisher Guide in Ewing and retired in 1998 after 25 years of service. While at GM, she was a proud member of the United Auto Workers Union.

Dorine was involved in numerous activities and charities; she enjoyed cooking for her family especially for the Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter holidays, and always in the Polish tradition. She enjoyed going out to dinner and dancing with her husband and she loved listening to Frank Sinatra music, and enjoyed her trips to Atlantic City and to the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa in Doylestown. She also was a very active member of St. Hedwig School PTA during her daughters’ school years.

Dorine is survived by her husband of 64 years, Charles; her four daughters Bernadette Bac and her husband Gregory of Lawrenceville, New Jersey, Barbara Czepiga and her husband Walter of Lawrenceville, New Jersey, Patricia Smith and her husband Richard of Yardville, New Jersey, and Catherine Vasil and her husband Michael of Mercerville, New Jersey; a brother Russell Kroeger and his wife Myra of Wall Lake; eight grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews in New Jersey and Iowa; numerous cousins in Iowa; brother-in-law Anthony Tataranowicz and his companion Naomi Errico; and two sisters-in-law, Teresa Tataranowicz and Anne Guagliardo.

She was preceded in death by her sister-in-law Carmello Guagliardo.