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Illona Zatoren passed away on Tuesday, January 11, 2022 at her home.
Born in Staten Island, NY, she currently resided in Plainsboro, NJ. She had a career of over 15 years happily working at Novo Nordisk in Product Safety.
Illona enjoyed music including the Beatles, Queen, the Rolling Stones and the Ramones. She was a proud listener of Howard Stern for over 35 years and was an avid viewer of international comedies, soap operas and reality shows. She was a Twitter celebrity who loved to share life updates of her grandpup, Archie and other fur grand-babies, Harry and Charlotte. Illona enjoyed traveling, especially to London and cruising to Bermuda both with family and on her own.
Illona is survived by her daughters Dena Zatoren (fiancée Adam Goldstein) and Alexandra Zatoren, a brother Steven Ellner (wife Viviane Arking), niece Rachel Ellner and nephew David Ellner, and Paul Zatoren, the father of her two children.
Funeral services are 11:00am on Friday, January 14 at Orland’s Ewing Memorial Chapel, 1534 Pennington Road, Ewing, NJ. Masks are required for all in attendance, safety protocols are strictly observed. Interment will be private.
The service will be available to view via Zoom livestream, please see the link at the top of the page for the link.
Shiva will be observed at the home of Dena Zatoren and Adam Goldstein in Hamilton, New Jersey from Saturday-Monday from 5:00pm – 8:00pm. Please contact the family for location details.
Memorial contributions may be made to City of Hope (cityofhope.org)
Or
The American Cancer Society: (donate3.cancer.org)
Sorry for your loss. Let loving memories of her console your hearts
I will forever remember our beloved “Momma Zee” for her kindness, compassion, and amazing sense of humor. I’m so sorry for your loss Dena and Allie, love you both so much.
The Novo Nordisk CMR family mourns the passing of our good colleague and friend, Illona. Our deepest heartfelt sympathies for her family.
Illona was a beloved colleague and friend of her co-workers at Novo Nordisk Product Safety. She brought warmth, kindness and compassion to the group everyday. She served by example of being responsible, smart and hard working; her work ethic was incredible. She will be sorely missed by all of us; our deepest condolences to her beloved family.
Despite the time apart…you have and always will live on in my memories….in my soul. Meeting you for the first time..you were just 5…I was 7…and I thought…oh..I have just set eyes on the most beautiful sweet doll. Rest peacefully….xox
I’ve had the privilege of working with Ilona for 20 years. She was the sweetest, funniest and most uplifting person you’d ever know. I’ll miss our daily chats throughout the day, “extended” lunches, conversations where we’d end up crying tears of laughter. She was so loved. I will miss Illona terribly and wanted to extend my deepest sympathies to Dena, Allie and rest of her beloved family.
She had a kindness beyond mortal ability, a mind of a scholar.
Illona was such a great loyal friend. She had the best sense of humor and was so brave and was an inspiration to all the people around her. Her work ethic was incomparable and she was always there to lend a helping hand. I will miss you IZAT and you will always be in my heart. Sending my love and prayers to her family specially to her 2 daughters who she loved and adored.
Heartfelt condolences to her brother and her two children. I am glad that I had the chance to meet her.
We met Illona at the family reunion in Colorado. Her wit and love for her family will always be remembered.
The earth lost a lovely person. Illona will be sadly missed.
Bill and Kitty Schwartz
She really knew how to make people feel loved. I’ll miss her every day.