Obituaries

Age 79 of Point Pleasant

Joseph Nugent, age 79, of Point Pleasant, passed away on Wednesday, June 22nd. Joseph was a general partner of the brokerage firm of Mabon, Nugent & Co. in New York, retiring in 1991.

Joe was a graduate of Riverdale Country Day School in 1955. He received his Bachelor's Degree from Villanova University in 1959 and an Honorary Doctorate in 1991. He was a communicant of Sacred Heart RC Church, Bay Head.

Joe served his country with the US Marine Reserves. He was a Board Member of the Marymount Manhattan College; a member of the Board of Trustees of Riverview Medical Center Foundation; a member of the Manasquan River Golf Club and the Bay Head Yacht Club. Joe was well known for the stories that he loved to tell. He was also a proud and active member of The Howe Street 3 PM Beach Group. He was an avid fisherman, boater and golfer. He also enjoyed woodworking and travel. Joe was also a huge New York Giants and Villanova Basketball fan.

Joe was predeceased by his first wife Valerie Maxwell Nugent and two sisters Joan Nugent O'Leary and Barbara Nugent Bovers. He is survived by his wife Joan Tildesley Nugent; sons Mark and wife Melissa Nugent of Short Hills, Gregory and wife Mary Nugent of North Bethesda, MD and Arthur and wife Susan "Peeka" Tildesley of Fair Haven; daughters Jill Tildesley of New York City, Lauren and husband Kevin McDonough of Fair Haven, Susan Strasser of Rumson; sister Constance Nugent McQuade of Spring Lake; 8 grandchildren; 10 step-grandchildren and 1 step-great-grandchild.

There are no visitation hours. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday, June 27th, 11:00 AM at Sacred Heart RC Church, 751 Main Avenue, Bay Head, NJ 08742. Arrangements were entrusted to the Thompson Memorial Home, 310 Broad St., Red Bank, NJ. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations be made in his memory to either the Covenant House, 330 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07102-2630 (https://nj.covenanthouse.org), or Parker Family Health Center, 211 Shrewsbury Avenue, Red Bank, NJ 07701 (www.parkerfamilyhealthcenter,org).