Marie Clifford Obituary

WANAMASSA, N.J. — Marie Catherine Clifford, 94, passed away Monday, July 23, 2012, quietly at home with her family by her side.

Born Marie Catherine Koss at the farm in the Springfield section of Shamokin on July 14, 1918, she was a daughter of Sophie and Anthony Koss.

After marrying Walter J. Clifford Sr., also of Shamokin, they moved to the Jersey Shore to raise, with love, two daughters and a son. She was a member of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Asbury Park, N.J.

She was predeceased by her parents, her husband, Walter Clifford Sr.; two sisters, two brothers and a granddaughter, Leslie.

Surviving are a son, Walter Clifford Jr., and his wife, Debbie, of Wanamass, N.J.; two daughters, Barbara Ebner, and her husband, Robert, of Oakhurst, and Joyce Groff, of Manchester; a sister, Lorraine Catino, of Mount Carmel, Pa.; a brother, Leonard Koss, of Wall, N.J.; five grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and a great-great-granddaughter.

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CLIFFORD — Marie Catherine Clifford, 94, of Wanamassa, N.J. A funeralMmass will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Asbury Park, N.J. Interment will be at Mount Calvary Cemetery, Neptune, N.J. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Francioni, Taylor and Lopez Funeral Home, 1200 10th and Atkins Ave., Neptune, N.J. Please e-mail any condolences and memories to [email protected].