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Joan Hanley Obituary
JOAN T. HANLEY
AGE: 81 MANASQUAN
Joan T. Hanley, 81, died Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009, at Sunnyside Manor, Manasquan. She was born Nov. 27, 1927 in Glendale, N.Y. Joan moved to the Jersey shore in 1966 after a career at AT&T. She lived in Spring Lake Heights for many years. She was a communicant of St. Catharine and St. Margaret Church, Spring Lake and enjoyed singing in the choir.
She is survived by her daughter, Michele Hanley Gibson and her husband Thomas Neal and grandson, Thomas John of Cobham, Surrey U.K.; three sisters, Marguerite Moriarity, Geraldine O'Mara, and Sheila Waters; and two brothers, Raymond Gannon and Donald Gannon and his wife Jean.
Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, March 5, 2009 at the Reilly Funeral Home, 801 D St., Belmar. Family and friends will gather at 10 a.m. Friday, March 6, 2009 at the funeral home, followed by an 11 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Catharine's Church, Spring Lake. Entombment will be in St. Catharine's Mausoleum, Sea Girt.
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Robin Verhose
March 8, 2009
I met Joan when I joined the St. Catharine Parish Adult Choir back in the 90s...she was a delight...very warm and friendly and also funny...I will miss her beautiful spirit...
We sang at your Mass, Joan...I hope you heard us; sending you up to Heaven in song.
Jennifer Newman
March 4, 2009
I met Joan later in her life, and I wish I could have known her longer. She made me smile and laugh. She was there when I needed to be comforted. She was one of my very favorite people. I will carry my beautiful memory of her with me always.
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