Kathleen Sheridan

Kathleen M. Sheridan, aged 81, of Toms River, NJ, and formerly of Wayne, NJ, and Norwalk, CT, passed away peacefully on Friday, March 29, 2024, surrounded by her loving and devoted children.

Kathleen, known to all as "Bonni," was one of four children born to Edward and Marie Pfrang. She had a happy childhood in Jersey City, where she excelled as a student, artist, and baton twirler. While growing up on Columbia Avenue and beyond, she especially cherished her close relationships with her extended family members, including many aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends.

After completing her education at St. Michael's High School, Bonni married her late husband Marty on October 3, 1964, at St. Paul's Church in Princeton, NJ. They had met in high school and had a happy and fulfilling married life for fifty-eight years. After spending some years in Wallington, NJ, they moved to Wayne, NJ, where they raised their three children and established life-long friendships with their neighbors. Bonni and Marty always loved hosting and sharing their home for gatherings with extended family and their many friends. When not managing the household and children, Bonni enjoyed dancing, playing volleyball, decorating, and a part-time career hanging wallpaper with her dear friend, Kathy. She loved spending time with her grandchildren, attending school events, theater and dance performances, sewing costumes for them, and more. Bonni was also an avid conversationalist and storyteller who was always willing to share her knowledge on various topics. She enjoyed learning new things, reading, puzzles, spending time at the Jersey Shore and on the Magothy River in Maryland, garage-saling with friends, and was a formidable opponent when watching Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune together with others. She was a wise and wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend and will be missed and loved forever by all who knew her.

Bonni was predeceased by her loving husband, Marty, her brother, Edward, and her parents, Marie and Edward. She is survived by her son, Marty Sheridan, and his wife, Robin; her daughters, Sue Corb and her husband, Kevin; Kara Keene and her husband, Ben; and her grandchildren, Sam, Jake, Emma, Madeline, Shannon, and David, whom she loved all so very much. She is also survived by her dear sister and best friend, Patricia (Pfrang) Heckel, whom she loved so dearly, and brother, Louis Pfrang, whom she admired greatly for his musical talents, and sister-in-law, Sandy Tracy, and her many nieces and nephews and other extended family that she spoke of often and deeply cherished her time with tremendously.

For those willing to donate in Bonni's memory, please consider St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memorial Processing, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-9959, www.stjude.org.