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March 17, 2021
Services
Friends are invited to a mass at 10 AM on Monday, March 22, 2021 at St. Paul’s RC Church, 124 Union Ave, Clifton. Betty will be laid to rest with her husband, Frank, at the Immaculate Conception Cemetery in Montclair.
Elizabeth (Betty) Lyons, age 84 of Clifton, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 17, 2021.
She was born March 24, 1936 in Paterson to John Emmet and Elizabeth (Burns) McGill.
She attended Georgian Court University where she grew her love of teaching and making life-long friends. She was a long time ESL teacher at Passaic County Community College where she helped numerous students learn English.
She enjoyed traveling and seeing new places with both family and friends. There was never a trip she would not want to take. She spent countless hours at ballfields, ice rinks, and basketball courts watching her brother, husband, daughter, son, and granddaughters. She loved cross country skiing and ice skating herself.
She was an active member of Saint Paul’s Roman Catholic Church in Clifton, as one of the original “Welcomers” when the program started.
She is survived by her sister Margaret, brother; John, daughter and son-in-law; Maryann and Scott Goodwin, son and daughter-in-law; Robert and Kristine, and her granddaughters; Gabrielle, Carla, Carissa, and Lauryn.
She was preceded in death by her father; John Emmet, her mother; Elizabeth, sister; Frances, and husband; Frank.
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Friends are invited to a mass at 10 AM on Monday, March 22, 2021 at St. Paul’s RC Church, 124 Union Ave, Clifton. Betty will be laid to rest with her husband, Frank, at the Immaculate Conception Cemetery in Montclair.
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