Julia "Sheila" McGuire

Julia "Sheila" McGuire obituary

Julia "Sheila" McGuire

Julia McGuire Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Timothy E. Ryan Home for Funerals - Bayville at O'Connell Chapel on Aug. 13, 2025.

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Julia (Sheila) McGuire, 83 of Barnegat, NJ peacefully passed away on Wednesday, August 13, 2025, at home. She was born in Goleen County Cork, Ireland moving to the United States 1958 settled in Newark, NJ the moved to West Orange, NJ before moving to Barnegat in 1999. Founding member of Irish American Society of the Oranges. She was Deputy Grand Marshall of the West Orange St. Patrick's Day Parade. Sheila was a Bus Monitor with West Orange School Systems for many years.

She was a parishioner of St. Mary RC Church in Barnegat, NJ

Preceded in death by her loving husband of sixty years Fred, and her son Kevin.

Surviving are her sons; Michael and Sean and his wife Yolanda, daughter in law Kelly McGuire, sister and brother in law Nina and Lenny Zimkus, her brother Jeramiah, her four grandchildren; Caitlin, Tess, Hector and Nydia and also her seven great grandchildren Justin, Jacob, Jonathan, Michael, Joseph, Geena and Yolene.

Family will receive friends on Sunday 4pm to 8pm at The Timothy E. Ryan Home for Funerals O'Connell Chapel 706 Rt 9, Bayville, NJ. A Mass of Christian Burial will be on Monday 11am at St. Mary's RC Church, Barnegat, NJ. Burial will follow to St. Mary Cemetery, Manahawkin, NJ. Condolences may be sent by visiting www.ryanfuneralhome.com

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