Mrs. Brenda Virginia Lane - Watkins

Mrs. Brenda Virginia Lane - Watkins obituary, Paulsboro, NJ

Mrs. Brenda Virginia Lane - Watkins

Brenda Lane - Watkins Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by McBride-Foley Funeral Home - Paulsboro on Oct. 24, 2025.

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Brenda Lane – Watkins (nee Lane) age 76 years of Clarksboro passed away on Friday October 24, 2025. She was born and raised in Perth Amboy and worked as a Lab Technician for Perth Amboy General Hospital (now Raritan Bay Medical Center), then for Union Carbide and later retired from Dow Chemical in Piscataway. Mrs. Lane – Watkins enjoyed baking, journaling and writing poems.
She is survived by her sister-in-law, Joyce Lane of Clarksboro; her nephew, H. Paul III and Louisa Lane of Metuchen; her niece, Wednesday Lane of Clarksboro and her stepson, Keith Watkins Jr. of Georgia. She was predeceased by her husband, Keith Watkins Sr.
Funeral Services will be private with entombment in Cloverleaf Cemetery, Iselin. Arrangements by McBride – Foley Funeral Home, Paulsboro. Memories can be shared at www.mcbridefoleyfh.com.

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