Catherine R. Sharkey passed away Wednesday June 13, 2018 at her home in Red Bank, New Jersey.
Born and raised in Harrison, New Jersey, Catherine was a resident of Red Bank for 35 years.
Catherine graduated from Queen of Peace High School and began her career as a civilian secretary with the United States Navy.
She was promoted to the career she loved best of all raising her family as a loving Mother and Grandmother. Catherine and her Family fell in love with the NJ Shore, moving to Point Pleasant in 1968, and settling in Red Bank in 1982. Always active Catherine later returned to work as a Program Analyst for the U.S. Army CECOM Fort Monmouth in 1979; Catherine worked at CECOM for 20 years, retiring in 1998.
She actively traveled, enjoyed her large extended family, her church, being an active member of both the St. James and Red Bank Senior Citizens Groups; Catherine was actively involved with her Local Democratic Club, serving as a delegate for the Red Bank Democrats as well as an Election Poll Worker for New Jersey. Catherine loved her Irish culture, music, reading, and visiting her many friends and extended family members.
She is pre-deceased by her daughter Mary, surviving are her children Brian and Judy R Sharkey of Red Bank, Christopher and Norma Sharkey, Houston Texas, Judy Sharkey and Carolyn Layzer, and Patricia Sharkey Foryce and Bruce Fordyce, her beloved grandchildren Antonio ‘Tony’ and Catherine Sharkey of Houston, Texas.
A visitation will be held Friday June 15th from 6 to 9pm at the Thompson Memorial Home, 310 Broad Street, Red Bank, NJ 07701. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, June 16th at 12 pm at St. James RC Church, 94 Broad Street, Red Bank. The Family requests in lieu of flowers please donate to the Lupus Foundation of America at WWW.LUPUSPICKUP.ORG or 1-888-445-8787.
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