JOAN M. CRISS, of Highland Park, passed away on Saturday, December 30, 2023 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. She was 66.
Born in New Brunswick, Joan was a lifelong resident of Highland Park Borough.
Joan will be remembered for her love of family. She was a caregiver to her mother and her sister, Janet. Joan enjoyed bringing a smile to your face when she baked cookies, made a cake or crocheted a blanket for you. She also loved spoiling her nieces and nephews.
In her leisure time, Joan enjoyed vacations, trips to Disney and anything Dumbo themed.
She is reunited with her parents, Robert Sr., and Harriet (Aldrich) Criss, her brothers, Barry and Paul, and her sister, Janet, who passed away this year.
Surviving are her two brothers, Robert Jr., and wife, Cindy, of New Egypt and William, of Monroe Township; her four nephews, Scott, Brian, Matthew, and wife, Brittany, and Robert III, and wife, Angela; her two nieces, Sherri Bolger, and husband, Matthew, and Megan Criss; her five great-nephews, Aiden, Jack Bolger, Brody, Jacob and Gavin; and her three great-nieces, Callie, Aubrey and Lucy Bolger.
Funeral services will be held on Friday, Ja...[more]
ry 5, 2024 where a Mass of Christian Burial will take place at 10:00 am at St. Paul Roman Catholic Church in Highland Park. Interment will follow at St. Peter Cemetery in New Brunswick. For directions, please visit our "Services" page.