MAURA FLEMING

FLEMING--Maura A., age 61, a loving wife, devoted mother and caring eldest sister, died unexpectedly at her home in Ridgewood, New Jersey on January 22, 2021. She grew up in Brooklyn, the child of Irish and Northern Irish immigrants, John J. Fleming and Jean C. Fleming (nee Toner). Maura was the first in her family to go to college and later graduated from Fordham Law School where she met her future husband, Daniel A. Etna. Following graduation from law school, the couple initially lived in Manhattan. After giving birth to twin sons, Stephen and Daniel, the family moved to Ridgewood, New Jersey when the children were ready for kindergarten. Once the children reached junior high school, Maura returned to work at Tiedemann Advisers reuniting with former work colleagues Shannon M. Hennessey and Craig A. Smith, where she rose through the ranks to a senior executive level position specializing in trust and estate administration. The bond between Maura and Shannon extended well beyond the office with people often assuming they were sisters. Maura, forever a New Yorker and staunch Democrat, was proud to quickly proclaim that Elizabeth Holtzman was the first politician to receive her vote. Maura was also deeply inspired by the activism of former Supreme Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Maura was particularly fond of Broadway musical revivals -- such fondness often resulted in being told she was born a couple of decades too late. She will be remembered for her love of family, autumns in Nantucket, backyard cocktail and dinner parties by the pool, photography, genealogy, gardening and tennis. Maura was particularly proud of having won the Nantucket Historical Society Photography Contest and being a USTA-ranked player and member of the New Jersey ladies championship "pink team" from Ridgewood. Maura was also a long-standing member of St. Elizabeth's Episcopal Church in Ridgewood, New Jersey and served on the Vestry for several years. Maura is survived by her loving and adoring husband, her twin sons, her sisters Sally Fleming in Brooklyn, her sister Geraldine P. Fleming, brother-in-law Joseph D. Gross and nephew James M. Gross of Greenwich, Connecticut. She is also survived by cousins/"sisters" Margo Hoffman of New Orleans and Anja Sullivan of Westfield, New Jersey, and numerous other cousins located throughout the United States and abroad. Maura was pre- deceased by her younger brother, John J. Fleming, Jr.