Obituary of Anne Lacey

Middlesex, NJ Anne (McNamara) Lacey, 88, entered into eternal life in the early hours of Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Somerset in Somerville. Born in Lahinch, Ireland, she immigrated to the US, settling to Plainfield in 1951 and moved to Green Brook in 2012. Anne met and married her late husband Martin in England. Marie, their daughter, was born on the SS America which left from Cobh, a quaint Irish Port on Cork Harbor, and was headed to NYC. Together, on the same day, Anne and her daughter became US Citizens. For over thirty years, Anne was a Caf Aide for the Plainfield High School, retiring in 1986. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Plainfield and belonged to their Altar Rosary Society. Anne was an animal lover and enjoyed bird watching. She could always be found chatting with her neighbors and loved the countryside of Ireland.Besides her parents, she is predeceased by her husband Martin F. Lacey of forty-five years in 1996 and by several siblings.Anne leaves behind her children; Francis Lacey of Plainfield and Marie Lacey of Green Brook, nephew Thomas Lyons and his wife Valerie of Middlesex, niece Mary Marrinan of County Clare, Ireland and many extended family and friends in England, Ireland and the United States. Visitation will take place on in the Middlesex Funeral Home, 528 Bound Brook Road, Middlesex, NJ 08846 on Friday, September 26, 2014 from 4:00 pm until 8:00 pm and on Saturday, September 27, 2014 from 8:15am until 8:45am.Funeral services will be held on Saturday, September 27, 2014 beginning 8:45 am in the funeral home followed by a 9:30 am Mass of Christian Burial at Our Lady of Mount Virgin Parish in Middlesex. Anne will be laid to rest beside her husband in the family plot of Holy Redeemer Cemetery in South Plainfield. In lieu of flowers, please visit www.ASPCA.org to make memorial donations in Anne's name.