McDONNELL, RITA E.

Funeral services have been held for Rita E. McDonnell, 87. She passed away on March 12 at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. Mrs. McDonnell was born and raised in Jersey City. She moved in Kearny in 1974 and retired to Whiting in 1999. She moved to Bordentown in 2019. Rita worked as secretary to the County Clerk in the Hudson County Administration Building in Jersey City before moving to the same position in the Superior Court. She retired in 1999 after 26 years. She is survived by her children, Tommie McDonnell, (the late Linda), Edward T. McDonnell, Jr. (Carol), Colleen McDonnell (Frank Wieczorek), Robert McDonnell (Denise), Ann Marie O’Leary (Chris), Rita Moumine (fiancé John Ballner) and Kevin McDonnell (Alisa); one brother, John Nowicki and fourteen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren, with one on the way. Mrs. McDonnell was predeceased by her husband of 65 years, Edward T. McDonnell, one son, Kenneth McDonnell and siblings, Dottie Rand and Paul, Edward and William Nowicki and her parents, John and Anna (nee Looney) Nowicki. Services arranged by the Thiele Reid Funeral Home, Kearny.