Obituary of Kimberly Schaffran

Kimberly Marie Schaffran was born on June 26, 1963 in Passaic, New Jersey. She lived in Passaic for most of her life. Kimberly was the second daughter of Thomas Foxhall Schaffran. She graduated from St. Mary's High School in Rutherford, New Jersey in 1981. Her interests were in hair and skin care and nail manicuring. To that end, she attended and graduated from Christine Valmy International School for Esthetics in 1982 and Capri Institute of Hair Design in 1983. Kimberly later joined the family businesses, Passaic Engraving and Lectro Form, where she worked with her Dad. The companies were founded by Kimberly's grant-great-grandfather, Thomas Foxhall of Manchester, England. Upon her father's death in 2008, Kimberly became the fifth generation owner of the companies. She was passionate about her work and appreciative of and caring for the people that worked for her. There were lots of activities that Kimberly pursued with vigor and passion. She loved deep sea fishing, fresh water fishing, fly fishing, and hunting pheasant, all of which her Dad taught her. She went on fishing trips to exotic places such as Costa Rica, the Baja in Mexico, Vancouver Island, Canada and Winnepeg, Canada. Kimberly shared her love of fishing and hunting with her beloved nephew, Billy. He was the apple of her eye. Kimberly was affectionately known to Billy as "Aunt Shim" because he could not pronounce "Kim" as a small child. Kimberly also pursued other interests. She skied and learned to ice skate. The sun was important to Kimberly. She enjoyed spending Sunday afternoons poolside in Vicky's backyard, playing with the dogs. Kimberly even had a tanning bed in her home. She appreciated wildlife and provided a constant supply of cracked corn to the deer whom she considered her pets. Kimberly had a cat, China, whom she loved with all her heart, and later adopted a black cat, Sam, who was her baby. Growing up in a hunting house, dogs were always around and she loved them deeply. They, too, were her babies. Kimberly was also a member of Ducks Unlimited, a waterfowl preservation foundation. Exercise and personal health was important to Kimberly. She began running several years ago and joined Platinum Fitness for boot camp classes. It became a new home for her and led to many friendships and finding love with Jeffrey Grayson. And it was Jeffrey who introduced Kimberly to the church. She found God through the church, which prepared her for this unforeseen journey. Kimberly was always prepared, meticulous and punctual. She was empathetic and thoughtful of other person's needs. Kimberly gave in life and in death. She did the ultimate act of selflessness by checking off on her license that she wanted to be an organ and tissue donor. Her memory will live with those whom she touched each day of her beautiful life. Kimberly was preceded in death by her father, Thomas Foxhall Schaffran, and is survived by her siblings, Victoria Manning of Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, Elizabeth Schaffran of Burlington, New Jersey and Howie Wexler of Boxford, Mass.; her brother-in-law, William J. Manning, Jr.; her nephew, William Foxhall Manning; devoted partner, Jeffrey Grayson; cousins including Anne Margaret Rocco and Elizabeth Dorsey and their children, and many devoted and faithful family and friends. Contributions in lieu of flowers may be made to the New Jersey Sharing Network Foundation.