We just got back from our second visit to New Jersey since January, the first to visit my mother in the hospital and this past weekend for her funeral. Despite the sadness, it was a good opportunity to mend some ill feelings leftover from the past, and my relationship with my brothers is better than it has been in many years. I think my mother must be smiling down on us, happy that all of her sons are once again on very good terms!Here is her obituary:
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/app...&pid=140597864
Gloria J. Mass
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(Asbury Park Press)
GLORIA J. MASS
AGE: 83 TOMS RIVER
Gloria J. Mass, 83, of Toms River, died on March 9, 2010. She was born in Queens, NY, the daughter of the late Robert and Pauline Davidson. She graduated from Union Hill High School in 1944. She was the former owner/operator of Ocean Employment Agency in Toms River from 1972 until her retirement in 1997. Mrs. Mass was an active member of the Compassionate Friends of Ocean County and she was a communicant of St. Joseph RC Church, Toms River.
She was the loving mother and is survived by her four sons and daughters-in-law, Warren and Martha Mass of Ave Maria, Fl; Gary and Charlene Mass of Toms River, NJ; Greg and Linda Mass of Middletown, NJ; and Glenn and Debbie Mass of Forked River, NJ; and her grandchildren, Thom, Sarah, Jeffrey, Ryan, Brett, Samantha, Alexandra, and William, and one great grandchild, Jake. Mrs. Mass was preceded in death by her former husband Warren and her son Peter.
Visiting will be Friday from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the Silverton Memorial Funeral Home, 2482 Church Rd., Toms River. A funeral Mass will occur at St. Joseph RC Church on Saturday at 9:00 am . The family has requested that in lieu of flower, please make donations to the Compassionate Friends of Ocean County, NJ P.O. Box 485, Toms River, NJ 08754.