Theresa "Terry" A. Tonkery Obituary (1940

Theresa "Terry" A. Tonkery, 80 of Jamesburg died Tuesday May 25th at University Medical of Princeton at Plainsboro. Born in Wilkes Barre, PA, Mrs. Tonkery lived there until moving to Jamesburg in 1962. She was Registered Nurse for over 30 years, employed by Princeton Hospital as an Emergency Room RN and also Monroe Medical Center, Monroe Township. Mrs. Tonkery enjoyed cooking and quilting, trips to the Outer Banks of North Carolina but her husband Joe was her life. She was predeceased by Joe in 2010. Surviving are her three children Mark and his wife Joan of Monroe Township, Robert of Monroe Township and Janice Burdiss and her husband Michael of Stoutland, MO, her two brothers Thomas Lada and his wife Sharon of Hamilton, NJ and Joseph Lada and his wife Mary Lisa of Kingston, PA, her stepsister Donna Lepkoski and her husband Jerry of Hanover Hills, PA and her five grandchildren Nicholas Jarusiewicz and Megan, Amanda, McKenzie and Robert J. Tonkery. Services will begin 10:30 a.m. Wednesday June 2nd at the Lester Memorial Home 16 W. Church St., Jamesburg followed by an 11 a.m. funeral liturgy at St. James RC Church, Jamesburg. Entombment will follow at Holy Cross Burial Park, East Brunswick. Visitation for family and friends will be Wednesday 9:30-10:30 a.m. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Princeton Medical Center Foundation in support of the Nursing Education Program and sent to 5 Plainsboro Road, Suite 365, Plainsboro, NJ 08536. For those who cannot attend the Mass at St. James, the link to see it live is https://vimeo.com/event/47678/embed. To view the photo gallery of Mrs. Tonkery, please select the Photo link on this page.