e occupational health field to raise her daughter. Not one for being idle, she returned to work part-time as a Hudson County Visiting Nurse after her daughter entered grade school. Upon moving to the shore, she first worked for Brisbane Child Treatment Center, and then at Ciba-Geigy until her retirement in 1997. In addition to travelling, she loved New York City, fine dining, and Broadway Theater. In her retirement, she participated at Open Arms and Harbor House charities, group and Gulls on the Go, a ladies group that sponsored monthly trips in the tri-state area. Her favorite way to pass the time, however, was caring for and spending time with her granddaughter, Vivian Rose. She was predeceased by her husband Walter in 1996, her parents, Thomas and Rose (Kiernan), her brothers Thomas and Robert McNamara, and her aunt Marie. She is survived by her daughter, Melissa Drew and granddaughter, Vivian, of Island Heights; her step-son, Chris Drew and his wife Concetta of Cranford; her grandchildren, Ryan and Brianna; and her nephew, Robert McNamara, and lifelong friend, Joan McManus. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, April 13, 2019 11:00 AM at St. Gertrude's Mission Church, 103 Central Avenue, Island Heights, NJ.
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