Grace R. Mahon

July 5, 1927 - April 11, 2013

Grace Regina (Gibbons) Mahon, 85, of Tinton Falls, passed away peacefully at home on Thursday April 11, 2013 surrounded by her family. Grace was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey. The daughter of the late James Nelson Gibbons and the late Catherine Cunningham Gibbons, she graduated from Good Counsel High School and became a Registered Nurse after graduating from Saint James Nursing School in 1947. She married Joseph R. Mahon in 1950 and moved to the Jersey Shore and over the next thirteen years had eleven children. While raising her children in Long Branch, Grace did private duty nursing, taught CCD classes at Our Lady Star of the Sea Church; and finished her nursing career in the office of Doctor John Stockfish. She was a former member, past President of the Ladies Auxilary of the Eatontown Elks; former member of the Long Branch Seniors, SCAN, and is a member of the Tinton Falls Senior Club. She loved traveling to Atlantic City with her husband, Joe, the Elks Convention trip to Hawaii and New Orleans, her trip to Ireland and Italy and cruises with family. But what brought her the greatest joys were the family parties, weddings, and the gatherings at Thanksgiving with her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. Grace was predeceased by her husband of 38 years, Joseph Rogers Mahon, granddaughter, Daniela Grace Bongarzone, stepmother Sarah Kenahan Gibbons, sisters: Catherine Donaldson and Sister Gertrude Gibbons SJS, and son-in-law; Dominick Calabrese Jr. Surviving are her 9 daughters & 2 sons and their spouses: Mary & Anthony Sciarrillo, Theresa Calabrese, Patricia & Joseph Bauer, Catherine & Glenn Mayer, Joanne & Carl Van Ness, Jeanette & Steven Krone, Joseph Jr. & Vonnie Mahon, Grace & Anthony Bongarzone, Michael & Allison Mahon, Christina & Edward Ellam, Aileen & Albert Mentel. Her beloved 30 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren, 1 step grandchild and 1 step-great grandchild. She is also survived by sister - in- laws, Gertrude Hughes and Ann Walsh, a nephew Bobby Donaldson, cousins: Father John Gibbons, Judy Gibbons, Mary Gibbons McLoughlin, Gertrude Murphy Riley, Mary Ellen Tulper, Gilbert Murphy and many cousins, nieces and nephews. Visitation will be on Monday April 15 from 4-8p.m. & Tuesday April 16 9-10 a.m. from the Bongarzone Funeral Home, 2400 Shafto Road, Tinton Falls. A funeral Mass will be held on Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. from Church of Saint Dorothea, Eatontown. Interment will follow at Mount Carmel Cemetery in West Long Branch. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to Tinton Falls C.U.R.E., Inc., P.O. Box 134, Tinton Falls, NJ 07724 or Oceanport Cares (Hurricane Sandy, 43 Algonquin Ave., Oceanport, NJ 07757. For online condolences please visit Grace’s Memorial Website at www.bongarzonefuneralhome.com