Jill Ann McDonough

Jill Ann McDonough, 79 of Pt. Pleasant Beach passed away Sunday, February 12, 2023 surrounded at home by her loving family.

Jill left a trail of love and admiration everywhere she went, from Brooklyn, NY where she was born, to North Arlington, NJ, where she met her high school sweetheart Tom. She and Tom created a life for themselves in Spotswood, NJ, where they raised a beautiful family of four together. Through Jill and Tom’s success’ in life they were able to retire by the beach, splitting their time between their shore house in Lavalette and their condo in Marco Island, Florida.

Jill graduated from Queen of Peace High School in 1961, where she was a top student and a cheerleader. Jill went on to become the owner of Jilly’s restaurant in Old Bridge, where she created an oasis for people of all walks of life. Jilly’s was somewhere where people met lifelong friends and created lasting memories. Jill was an extremely charitable person, as seen through the Cancer Concern Center, a nonprofit organization which she founded to help provide financial and supportive resources to adults with cancer.

Jill was predeceased by her son Thomas Francis McDonough, her parents Jack and Blanche Buttleman, and her brother Jack.

Surviving is her husband, Thomas McDonough; her son Timothy John McDonough; daughters Ann Marie Hawkins and Lisa Montalbano; grandchildren Caitlin Marie Gage, Millie Ann Hawkins, Shea Hawkins, Brittany Montalbano, Kenneth Montalbano, Erin Elizabeth McDonough; and great grandchildren Alexander Gage, Avery Gage, Timothy Thomas Cummings, and Bradley Raymond Cummings.

Visitation will be Thursday, February 16th from 4:00-8:00pm at Colonial Funeral Home, 2170 Hwy.88, Brick. A Funeral Mass will be held Friday, February 17th at 10am at St. Peter’s R.C. Church, Pt. Pleasant Beach. A Burial will follow at Greenwood Cemetery, Brielle.