Obituary of Margaret Bakan

Margaret (Buches) Bakan, age 79, died on Sunday, March 4, 2012, at JFK Medical Center in Edison. Born in Alsoszolnok, Hungary she settled in Elizabeth, moving to North Plainfield in the early 1960's when she married her husband Eugen Bakan. Prior to retiring, Margaret worked as a Nurses Aid at McKutchen Nursing Home in North Plainfield. She was a communicant of St. Joseph's RC Church in North Plainfield and loved singing in the church choir. She was a past member of Saenger Hall in North Plainfield and enjoyed gardening, homemaking and cooking in her spare time. She was predeceased by her husband Eugen Bakan in 2005, and her brothers, Josef and Imre Buchesz. Surviving is her daughter Lili Bakan of No. Plainfield; a sister in law Margaret Buches of Bethlehem. PA; a brother, Ferenc Buchesz of Hungary; a nephew Joseph Buches, Jr. of Philadelphia, PA and a goddaughter, Rose Nagy Szabo of Bethlehem, PA. Visitation will be held on Monday, March 12th from 9:00-10:00 am at St. Joseph's RC Church in North Plainfield followed by a Mass of Resurrection at 10:00 am. Interment will follow at Fairview Cemetery, Westfield, NJ.