Funeral Mass Offered For Carole McCarthy

Carole Ann McCarthy (nee Ott) 80, died Sunday, December 26, 2021. Funeral services were held Wednesday, December 29, at the Quinn-Hopping Funeral Home of Livingston. A Mass of Christian Burial was offered at St. Philomena Church, Livingston, on Thursday, December 30, followed by interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East Hanover.

Mrs. McCarthy was born and raised in Newark. She attended St. Ann’s grade school in Newark, and graduated from East Orange High School, class of 1959. She worked at Oppenheim-Collins, Prudential Insurance Company in Newark, then Resistoflex in Roseland before marrying her husband, Paul J. McCarthy, in 1961. They settled in Livingston in 1966, where they raised their five children.

Mrs. McCarthy, who was predeceased by her husband, Mrs. McCarthy is survived by her children, Paul and his wife, Tina; Maureen McCarthy; Tara Mary Maresca; Michael McCarthy; and John McCarthy and his wife, Cynthia; her siblings, Philip Ott and Madeline Magnotta and her husband, John; five grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, the family has suggested that donations be made to the Mt. Pleasant Animal Shelter, 194 Route 10, East Hanover, NJ 07936.