Rose Ann Evancik

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ROSE ANN EVANCIK
AGE: 79 ISELIN
Rose Ann Evancik, 79, of Iselin died Thursday, Sept. 4, 2009, at JFK Medical Center in Edison. She was born in Philadelphia, PA, and lived in Bayonne before moving to Iselin 55 years ago. She was a Licensed Practical Nurse and X-ray technician, working for Drs. Minkin, Josell and Lasky at Fords Family Practice for 25 years and for Dr. Lind in Edison for 15 years, retiring in 2002. She was a Brownie and Girl Scout Leader; a member of St Cecelia's Altar Rosary Society, Communion/Confirmation Councilor and Eucharistic Minister, and an Associate of the Sisters of St. Lucy Filippini. She had also been a 1st Ward Democrat Committeewoman for Iselin.
She was predeceased by her husband, Edward F. Evancik, Sr. in 2003; her parents, James and Anna Hepburn, and her sisters (who predeceased her this year) Ann Quigley and Margaret Quigley. She is the loving mother of daughter Anna-Marie Jones and her husband Bernard of Iselin, son Edward, Jr. and his wife Ida of Iselin, and daughter Roseann Lahey and her husband Keith of Naples, FL. She is devoted Grandmother of ten, Christine and Michael Pinto, Marlaina and Michael Chiddo, Keith Evancik Lahey, Christopher Evancik Lahey, Alexander Evancik Lahey, Tamara Lahey, Avery Chambers, and Makalynn Chambers. Great-grandmother of Graier Michael Chiddo, Anaka Rosellai Pinto and Alyssa Catherine Chiddo, and God-mother of Ann Burtt and Margaret Quigley. She is also survived by many nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews.
Funeral Services will be Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009 at 9:00 am at the Thomas J. Costello Funeral Home, Green Street and Cooper Ave, Iselin. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:00 am at St. Cecelia's R.C. church in Iselin. Interment will be in Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veteran Cemetery in Wrightstown. Visitation will be from 2 - 4 p.m. and 7 - 9 pm on Wednesday at the funeral home.