Genevieve Wood

GENEVIEVE ALLAN WOOD "MICKI" 79 OF MATAWAN NJ PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY IN HER HOME MONDAY, JULY 3RD GENEVIEVE WAS NAMED AFTER HER MOTHER'S SISTER, WAS BORN AND RAISED IN ORANGE NJ, ATTENDED IMMACULATE CONCEPTION HIGH SCHOOL IN MONTCLAIR NJ BEFORE MOVING TO HAZLET IN 1960 WITH HER GROWING FAMILY. SHE RETIRED FROM THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY AS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE DIVISION OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES IN OCTOBER 1999. AFTER RETIRING SHE WAS EMPLOYED AS A SCHOOL BUS DRIVER FOR LOCAL AREA SCHOOLS. AFTER MOVING TO MATAWAN IN 2000 SHE WAS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE CHEESEQUAKE VILLAGE ASSOCIATION IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE SHE LIVED. SHE LOVED TO READ, TRAVEL, SPEND TIME WITH HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS, LISTENING AND DANCING TO HER FAVORITE BAND MADISON AVENUE. GENEVIEVE WAS THE HEART OF HER FAMILY, SHE RAISED HER CHILDREN TO LOVE HOW SHE LOVED AND TO RAISE THEIR CHILDREN THE SAME WAY. SHE TAUGHT THEM TO BE STRONG AND INDEPENDENT. SHE WAS THE LIFE OF EVERY FAMILY EVENT AND HAS LEFT A MARK IN OUR HEARTS FOREVER. SHE IS PREDECEASED BY THE LOVE OF HER LIFE, HER HUSBAND OF 12 YEARS, LYLE WOOD. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER BROTHERS GEORGE ALLAN JR. AND WIFE JOAN OF MANCHESTER NJ, AND WILLIAM ALLAN AND WIFE MARGE OF ISELIN NJ . HER SISTERS THERESA JONES AND HUSBAND ALLEN OF POCONO LAKE PA, AND BABARA LAGUNA AND HUSBAND RICHARD OF UNION NJ. HER LOVING CHILDREN RICHARD MARSHALL OF HILLSBOROUGH NJ, THOMAS MARSHALL AND WIFE MICHELLE OF MESHOPPEN PA, MARYANN COONEY OF KEANSBURG NJ, SUZANN WELLS AND HUSBAND FRANK OF UNION BEACH NJ, LINDA FERNAND AND HUSBAND EDMOND OF HOLMDEL NJ, KATHLEEN MCGAVIN AND HUSBAND ROBERT OF MESHOPPEN PA, DIANE WALLING AND HUSBAND WILLIAM OF MESHOPPEN PA. HER STEP DAUGHTERS SHEILA KNAZICK AND HUSBAND CURT OF FREEHOLD NJ, SANDRA WOOD OF TURNER FALLS MA. HER DEVOTED 24 GRANDCHILDREN, 16 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 2 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. VISITATION HOURS WILL BE HELD AT LAUREL FUNERAL HOME, 201 LAUREL AVENUE WEST KEANSBURG ON FRIDAY JULY 7TH FROM 2-4PM AND 7-9PM. MASS SERVICE SATURDAY AT ST LAWRENCE CHURCH , 109 LAWRENCE PARKWAY LAWRENCE HARBOR. ENTOMBMENT FOLLOWING MASS AT HOLMDEL CEMETERY. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS PLEASE DONATE TO THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY.

Genevieve Wood

August 24, 1937 - July 3, 2017