Obituary of Juanita Trammell

JUANITA TRAMMELL, (nee Lynch) 81, of Hackensack. passed away on Tuesday August 7th. The Honorable Juanita Trammell served as Deputy Mayor for the City of Hackensack, County of Bergen for three terms. She was involved in the public school systems as a community advocate and also in Civic Affairs. Her outstanding contributions to Hackensack School System earned her the rare distinction of Life Membership, awarded by the New Jersey Congress of Parents and Teachers. In 1996, she retired from the Bergen County Police Department where she served in the Communications Department. Her legacy will live on in the hearts of those she has left behind; her two sons, Terrence and James; her God-daughter she raised as a daughter, Jazmyne; grand Godson Darius Jr.; four sisters, Mazie, Hazel(Larry), Janie(Lonnie) Glenda(Marshall, an honoree friend) and one brother Wayne(Luvenia), two sister-in-laws Barbara and Joan, two aunts Mimi and Edwina and a host of nieces, nephews, relatives, friends and her Trinity Baptist Church Family. Juanita is also predeceased by her husband James T. Trammell (1991). The Funeral Service will be held on Monday August 13, 2012 at 7:30 PM at the Trinity Baptist Church, 218 Passaic Street, Hackensack, NJ, prior to the service the family will receive friends for visitation from 5:30 – 7:30 PM. Family and friends will gather 9:15 AM Tuesday at the Church with Burial following at Hackensack Cemetery, Hackensack. In lieu of flowers please make donations in Juanita’s memory to the Hackensack Blue & Gold Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 2032, South Hackensack, NJ 07606 or Trinity Baptist Church, 218 Passaic Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601.