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June 9, 2018
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Wednesday, July 11, 2018 from 3-7 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 8:30 AM on Thursday, July 12, 2018, from the funeral home, then to St. Mary’s RC Church, 17 Pompton Ave., Pompton Lakes, where at 9:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at the Rocky Hill Cemetery in Rocky Hill, NJ.
Grace A Gurisic, 84, residing in West Milford, New Jersey died at Chilton Memorial Hospital, Pompton Plains, New Jersey on June 9, 2018. She was born in Rocky Hill, New Jersey to her dear parents Louis and Margaret Gurisic.
Grace was a public servant of boundless energy. She graduated from Princeton High School Princeton, New Jersey and Rider College, Trenton, New Jersey, where she majored in Business Administration. She was first elected to the Borough Council in her home town of Rocky Hill at the age of 22. Two years later, at the age of 24, she became the youngest woman mayor in the United States. In 1959, she was elected to the Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders and served from 1960 to 1965, attaining the added distinction of being the first woman to be elected to the Somerset County Freeholder Board. Grace worked for the State of New Jersey in the NJ Conservation Economic Development Department. Grace then became Special Assistant to Congressman Robert A. Roe, New Jersey 8th Congressional District from 1960 to 1993. Grace belonged to many organizations throughout the years and received numerous awards for her dedicated service. Everyone who knew her, loved the beautiful person she was inside and out. She will be sorely missed by all.
Grace is survived by nine nieces and nephews, and a sister-in-law. She was predeceased by her siblings: Gertrude Tennyson, Margaret Voorhees and George Gurisic.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made in Grace’s name to St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 17 Pompton Avenue, Pompton Lakes, NJ 07442 or the West Milford Rescue Squad, 1480 Union Valley Rd, West Milford, NJ 07480.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Wednesday, July 11, 2018 from 3-7 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 8:30 AM on Thursday, July 12, 2018, from the funeral home, then to St. Mary’s RC Church, 17 Pompton Ave., Pompton Lakes, where at 9:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at the Rocky Hill Cemetery in Rocky Hill, NJ.
June 9, 2018
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Wednesday, July 11, 2018 from 3-7 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 8:30 AM on Thursday, July 12, 2018, from the funeral home, then to St. Mary’s RC Church, 17 Pompton Ave., Pompton Lakes, where at 9:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at the Rocky Hill Cemetery in Rocky Hill, NJ.
Grace A Gurisic, 84, residing in West Milford, New Jersey died at Chilton Memorial Hospital, Pompton Plains, New Jersey on June 9, 2018. She was born in Rocky Hill, New Jersey to her dear parents Louis and Margaret Gurisic.
Grace was a public servant of boundless energy. She graduated from Princeton High School Princeton, New Jersey and Rider College, Trenton, New Jersey, where she majored in Business Administration. She was first elected to the Borough Council in her home town of Rocky Hill at the age of 22. Two years later, at the age of 24, she became the youngest woman mayor in the United States. In 1959, she was elected to the Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders and served from 1960 to 1965, attaining the added distinction of being the first woman to be elected to the Somerset County Freeholder Board. Grace worked for the State of New Jersey in the NJ Conservation Economic Development Department. Grace then became Special Assistant to Congressman Robert A. Roe, New Jersey 8th Congressional District from 1960 to 1993. Grace belonged to many organizations throughout the years and received numerous awards for her dedicated service. Everyone who knew her, loved the beautiful person she was inside and out. She will be sorely missed by all.
Grace is survived by nine nieces and nephews, and a sister-in-law. She was predeceased by her siblings: Gertrude Tennyson, Margaret Voorhees and George Gurisic.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made in Grace’s name to St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 17 Pompton Avenue, Pompton Lakes, NJ 07442 or the West Milford Rescue Squad, 1480 Union Valley Rd, West Milford, NJ 07480.
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