Tamzon Louise Fagan, nee Krumholz, 98, who died peacefully at home Saturday January 14, 2023.
Born in New York City in 1924, she was raised in Ridgefield Park, the daughter of Bessie and Edward Krumholz. She graduated from Ridgefield Park High School and later attended and is a graduate of Columbia University School of General Studies. She also obtained a master’s degree in psychology from Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck.
She lived most of her life in Wyckoff, as homemaker. Tammy was active bridge player. She played with St. Elizabeth’s RC Church bridge club, Valley Hospital Auxiliary bridge group as well among her friends. She also bowled, and was active in both the Saddle River Garden Club and the Daughters of the American Revolution. She also had been a volunteer at Valley Hospital’s Kurth Cottage. She enjoyed cooking, theater, needlepoint, traveling and kept up a 50-year correspondence with a French pen pal. She married in 1950 to her husband Edward Patrick Fagan and they shared their lives until her husband’s passing in 2015.
She is predeceased by her husband Edward, her sister, Virginia Colbourne, and is survived by her son, Edward and his wife Debra, a daughter Holly Fagan Lyttle and her husband, Mike, a son, Matthew and his wife Regan, and six grandchildren, Edward Fagan and his wife Elle , Grace Lyttle Lanz and her husband Philip, Glynis Braxton and her husband Sam, Allison Lyttle Sozerman and her husband Errol, Sean Fagan, and Casey Fagan, numerous nieces and nephews.
A memorial graveside service will be held at a future date to house her remains.
In lieu of flowers please send donations to the Girl Scouts of America or local Girl Scout Council, an organization which provided her with fond memories while growing up.
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