Uris Rosalie Cephas

Uris Rosalie Cephas (nee) Edwards was born in Delaford, Tobago of Trinidad and Tobago on September 4th 1930 to Dorothy McPherson and Adam Edwards. She grew up in a home with her extended family which she always shared found memories. Uris relocated to Trinidad at the age of 9 where she attended Bethlehem RC and the later St Joseph’s Convent, POS. Uris has always had a passion for children and thus became an educator. She taught at Curepe AC School in Curepe, Trinidad until 1968. Uris embodies the energy of her culture through music and dance. She was a member of a dance troop who would perform at various cultural events throughout the island. Uris met and married Michael Lloyd Cephas December 2nd 1961 and had a daughter out of that union. Uris migrated to the United States in 1968 with her daughter Dale to join her husband Michael in Passaic, NJ. She found employment doing what she loved: teaching at Guidance Guild Daycare Center in Passaic. She attended and graduated from Passaic County Community College with a degree in Early Childhood Development, to further enhance her skills. She was also a Sunday School Teacher at St John’s Episcopal Church for many years. Uris is one of the founding members of More Than Friends working with cancer survivors for 15 years. Uris touched many lives with a smile, a kind word a prayer a joke her calm demeaner as well as her fire. She looked forward to going to the Xanadu Adult Day Care Center daily as that kept her active by DANCING, memory games and interacting with other attendees. At age 89 she still loved to DANCE because for her there was no greater feeling in the world than moving to music that brings you to a euphoric state of being. Uris Rosalie leaves to cherish her memory: her daughters Dale and Mayra her siblings Horace and Gwyneth her nieces Patricia Urquhart, Luz Urquhart and Marva Henry. Her precious nieces & nephews of the Edwards, Armstrong and Wharwood families, The Edwards’ and Huntley families of Passaic. Her friend Muriel Hunter The Cephas Family. St John’s church family. The members of More Than Friends. And a host of great nieces and nephews, cousins and friends.

Uris Rosalie Cephas

September 4, 1930 - April 3, 2020