Obituary of Mary Joan McNamara

Obituary and Mass Program followed by Zoom session information for Friday's Mass. Mary Joan McNamara AGE: 87 • Freehold Township Mary Joan McNamara, née Carey, 87, of Freehold Township, died peacefully at home on February 1, 2021 surrounded by her family. She was born in Jersey City and had resided in Freehold Township since 1966. Mrs. McNamara was a graduate of The Academy of St. Aloysius, Class of 1951 and Marymount College, Class of 1955. Mrs. McNamara was a fourth and fifth grade teacher at West Freehold School from 1975 until her retirement in 1996. She was a communicant of St. Mary's Church, Colts Neck, where she was a Eucharistic Minister and a member of the Third Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. She was a coach in the Freehold Township Softball League, active in Girl Scouts and Indian Guides and a poll worker for the New Jersey Department of State. Nana Mac, as she was affectionally called, was always impeccably dressed and had a fervent penchant for shopping. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and servant of God. She was predeceased by her husband of 55 years, Robert A. McNamara; a granddaughter, Mae Rose McNamara; a sister, Eileen Carey McCoy; and her parents, James B. Carey and Nan Dalton Carey Austin. Surviving are her children, Marybeth Connelly and husband Frank, Missy Quinn, Robert McNamara and wife Elaine, Michael McNamara and wife Carolyn, Joan McNamara and husband Patrick Bohen, Maura Holtz and husband Jeff, and James McNamara and wife Nancy; her grandchildren, Kevin and wife Meghan, Caitlin and husband Stefan, Michael, Colleen, Patrick, Meghan and husband Michael, Katie and fiancé Brandon, Erin, Robert, John, Claire, Patrick James, Charlotte, Ella, Maggie, Conor, Reilly, Jimmy, MaryKate, and Molly; her great-grandchildren, Grady, Layton, Beckett, Mara, Michael and Maeve; a sister-in-law, Mary Gibney; and many nieces and nephews. Visiting hours will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, February 4 at the Higgins Memorial Home, 20 Center St., Freehold. The Funeral Liturgy will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. Friday, February 5 at St. Mary’s Church, Colts Neck. The interment will be held at the Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans Cemetery, Arneytown. Memorial donations to VNA Health Group Foundation, 23 Main Street, Suite D1, Holmdel, NJ 07733 (https://vnahg.org/memorial-gifts-and-gifts-in-honor/) would be appreciated. A Celebration of Life Mary Joan McNamara November 6, 1933 - February 1, 2021 “Those we love don’t go away, they walk beside us every day, unseen, unheard, but always near, still loved, still missed and very dear. Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.” Mass of Christian Burial Mary Joan McNamara February 5, 2021 Celebrant Reverend Father Eugene Savarimuthu INTRODUCTORY RITES Entrance Procession “Here I Am Lord” LITURGY OF THE WORD First Reading Ecclesiastes 3:1-11 Missy McNamara Quinn Responsorial Psalm Psalm 25 “To you, oh Lord, I lift my soul.” Second Reading St. Paul to the Thessalonians 4:13-18 Maura Holtz Gospel John 14:1-6 Reverend Father Eugene Savarimuthu Homily Reverend Father Eugene Savarimuthu Prayers of the Faithful Jimmy McNamara LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST Offertory Hymn “Ave Maria” Eucharistic Prayer Communion Rite The Lord’s Prayer The Sign of Peace Communion Hymn “Be Not Afraid” CONCLUDING RITE Final Commendation and Farewell Recessional Hymn “On Eagle’s Wings” Togetherness Death is nothing at all — I have only slipped away into the next room. Whatever we were to each other, that we still are. Call me by my old familiar name, speak to me in the easy way which you always used. Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes we enjoyed together. Play, smile, think of me, pray for me. Let my name be the household word that it always was. Let it be spoken without effort. Life means all that it ever meant. It is the same as it ever was; There is absolutely unbroken continuity. Why should I be out of your mind because I am out of your sight? I am but waiting for you, for an interval, somewhere very near just around the corner. All is well. Nothing is past nothing is lost. One brief moment and all will be as it was before— only better, infinitely happier and forever— We will all be one together with Christ. Carmelite Monastery Nolan Higgins is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. 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