ETHEL A. MC GUIRE
AGE: 81 FAIR HAVEN
Ethel A. McGuire, 81, of Fair Haven, was born Sept. 13, 1927 to Olga Anlauf and Karl Rank and passed away Sunday, Nov. 23. She graduated from Union High School, Union, after which she attended Monmouth Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, where she graduated in 1948, and Monmouth College, to become a registered nurse. She worked at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank, for over 27 years before retiring in 1992. She was a member of the Fair Haven Seniors, serving as sunshine chairwoman and the Chapel Beach Club in Sea Bright. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church at Red Bank-Tower Hill for over 50 years and the Fair Haven Fire Co. Ladies Auxiliary for over 25 years, more recently serving as financial secretary.
Ethel was predeceased by her husband, Martin S., in 1997. She is survived by her son, Patrick McGuire and his wife Patty of Fair Haven; a daughter, Kathleen Matejczyk and her husband Peter of Keyport; five grandchildren, Kim Johnson, Kristina Brickle, Nicholas Matejczyk, and Marisa and Rebecca McGuire; five great-grandchildren, Dylan and Danielle Johnson, Isabelle, Luke and Paige Brickle; a sister-in-law, Muriel Kantor of Texas; and brother-in-law, Peter McGuire of Pennsylvania.
There will be no visitation. There will be a memorial service at 10 a.m. Saturday at the First Presbyterian Church at Red Bank-Tower Hill Chapel, 255 Harding Road, Red Bank. In lieu of flowers, donations may be given to the church or the Fair Haven Volunteer Fire Department, River Road, Fair Haven, NJ 07704. Thompson Memorial Home, Red Bank, is in charge of arrangements.