Obituaries

Obituary: Joan Ann McGowan, 84

Visitation for Joan Ann McGowan will be held at the John F. Pfleger Funeral Home today.

Joan Ann McGowan, 84, of Keansburg, died Friday, May 25 at Arnold Walter Nursing Home. She was born in Brooklyn, NY and lived in Keansburg. McGowan worked all her life in New York at Irving Trust Company, now The Bank of New York, Mellon. She was also a Communicant and Rosarian of .

Surviving are McGown's sister, Eileen Polukard of Belford; her three daughters, Gerry Wallace of Larkspur, CO, Kathy Petrovich of Castle Rock, CO, and Patricia Anastasi of Weston, MA; her two sons, Robert McGowan of Port Saint Lucie, FL, and James McGowan of Philadelphia, PA; and her fifteen beloved grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

McGowan was preceded in death by her husband Charles Richard McGowan; her parents, Joseph and Alice Magelinsky; and her sisters, Alice and Marion.

Visitation will be held on Wednesday, May 30 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at . Funeral services are scheduled for Thursday, May 31 at 8:30 a.m. at the funeral home. A Funeral Liturgy will be offered Thursday, May 31 at 9:30 a.m. at St. Catherine's RC Church. Burial will follow at Resurrection Cemetery, Farmingdale, NY.

For more information, to send condolences or for directions, please visit www.pflegerfh.com.


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