Edward J. McDonald

Edward J. McDonald

AGE: 76 • Edison

Edward J. McDonald of Edison passed away on Jan. 30th after a brave battle with cancer. He was 76 years old. Born in Jersey City, he was a resident of Edison for forty-one years. He was employed at Metro Glass in Jersey City for twenty-five years and at the Kama Corporation for fifteen years.

He was married for 55 years to Carol Midgley. They had three children, Edward who passed away in June of 1988, a daughter Debra and her husband Thomas of Bayonne and his son Timothy and his wife Dit of East Brunswick. He had five grandchildren, Jackie, Kevin, Eddie, Ryan and Trinity. He will also be missed by his sister Veronica and her husband Tom of Chesapeake, VA. He is survived by many cousins, nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will take place at the Boylan Funeral Home, 10 Wooding Avenue on Tuesday, Feb. 5th at 9:00 a.m. followed by a 9:30 a.m. Mass at St. Matthew's R.C. Church in Edison. Interment will follow at Resurrection Cemetery in Piscataway. Relatives and friends may visit at the funeral home on Monday, Feb. 4th from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donation be made in Eddie's name to St. Jude's Children's Hospital, P.O. Box 2151, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38101-2151 or at www.stjude.org