Annabelle McGlynn DeVoti

DeVOTI Annabelle McGlynn, 81 of Lake Como and a lifelong resident of Montclair passed away peacefully on Wednesday April 2, 2008 at her residence with her loving family by her side. Mrs. DeVoti had been the Chaplain's Office Secretary at Mountainside Hospital, Montclair for 20 years. Born in Newark, she had lived in Montclair for many years before moving to Lake Como 12 years ago. She was a graduate of St. Michael's High School, Newark. Mrs. DeVoti was a very active woman who besides caring for her large extended family volunteered her time for many years. She was a member of the Bloomfield Jr. Women's Club, the Do - Nothing's Social Club for 47 years, a member of the Immaculate Conception Church Choir, Montclair for over 25 years, and a member of the St. Joseph's Guild, Sterling,NJ. Since moving to the Shore, Mrs. DeVoti had been a volunteer at the Jersey Shore Medical Center, Chaplain's Office, Neptune for 7 years, a member of the Belmar Women's Club, a member of the Daughters of Irish Heritage of the Jersey Shore. She was also a Communicant of St. Elizabeth's RC Church, Avon by the Sea and had also served as a Eucharistic Minister and was a member of the Rosary Altar Society of the Church. She was predeceased by her parents Thomas and Alice McGreevy McGlynn, her son George William DeVoti, her brother and his wife James and Jean McGlynn, and her sister and her husband Loretta Rose and Joseph Treshock. Surviving is her husband William James DeVoti Sr, her children and their spouses William James DeVoti Jr. of Wall Township, Mark and Jean DeVoti of Cranford, Matt and Laura DeVoti of North Caldwell, Suzanne Fitzgerald of Wall Township, Marlene Fetterly of Bloomfield, Jacquelyn DeVoti of Lake Como, and Denise and Michael Sperrazza of Essex Fells, her 15 grandchildren Catherine Fitzgerald Boera and her husband Bill, Colin, Bridget, and Carolyn Fitzgerald, Amanda and Joseph Fetterly, Colleen, Meghan, John, Jillian, Matthew, and Julie DeVoti, Gregory. Matthew, and Michelle Sperrazza, and her three great-grandchildren Reagan, Liam and Madison Boera. She also leaves her sister-in-law, Priscilla Fara. Visitation will be on Friday from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the O'Brien Funeral Home, Hwy. 35 at New Bedford Rd., Wall Township and from 9:30 to 10:30 on Saturday April 5, 2008 at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, 30 North Fullerton Avenue., Montclair, NJ 07042 followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 AM. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations to St. Anne's Villa, Convent Station, Morristown, NJ or Immaculate Conception Church, 30 North Fullerton Ave., Montclair, NJ 07042 in her memory.