Funeral mass took place Oct. 15 at Our Lady of Fatima Church, North Bergen, for Wanda Ryglicki, 87, of North Bergen and Hudson, Fla. She died on Oct. 10 at CareOne in Teaneck. Wanda was born in Garfield to the late Paul and Mary Walasek and graduated from Garfield High School. In her younger years, Wanda was an adventurous woman taking flying lessons and actually “landing” in a tree at Teterboro Airport. After meeting John Ryglicki, her future husband of 50 years, she settled down to raise her two sons, Joseph (Rick) and Walter (Wally) while helping John with his tavern business the HI Way Inn in North Bergen. Wanda returned to the business world as an executive secretary and bank manager at Meadowlands Bank, North Bergen, and ending her career at the North Bergen Board of Education.
Wanda was predeceased by her husband John and her brothers Walter and Stanley, her fraternal twin. She is survived by her sons Rick and Wally, and grandchildren, Jonathan, Jason, David and Haley. Services arranged by the Konopka Funeral Home, North Bergen.