Joan M. O'Callaghan Obituary (1934

Joan M. (Daly) O'Callaghan 81 of Jamesburg died Thursday November 19th at St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton. Born in Brooklyn, NY, Mrs. O'Callaghan lived there until moving to Jamesburg in 1960. She was employed for 28 years as a bookkeeper and then office manager at St. James RC Church, Jamesburg, retiring in 2000. She started her career at Con Edison, NY, NY. She was a member of the Parish Life Society at St. James and a softball coach for the Jamesburg Recreation Department. She enjoyed watching football, gardening, crocheting, going to Atlantic City but especially her grandchildren. She was predeceased by her brother Paul Daly and her sister Carol Smirk. Surviving are her husband of 59 years William, her daughters Joan Tonkery and her husband Mark of Monroe Twp. and Kathleen Luckie and her husband John of Hamilton, her sons John of Jamesburg and William and his wife Brenda of Ewing, her brother Eugene Daly of Massapequa, NY, her sister Patricia Meade of Spotswood, her seven grandchildren William, Patrick, John, Megan, Colleen, Amanda and Caitlin and her sisters-in-law Maureen Donahue of Aberdeen and Ellen DaLy of Morris Twp. Services will begin 9:30 a.m Tuesday November 24th at the Lester Memorial Home 16 W. Church St., Jamesburg, followed by a 10 a.m. funeral liturgy at St. James RC Church, Jamesburg. Burial will be in Holy Cross Burial Park, East Brunswick. Visiting hours for family and friends will be Monday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. and Tuesday 8:30-9:30 a.m. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital at www.stjude.org.