Ilda L. Santos

May 19, 1926 - November 10, 2021

Ilda L. dos Santos May 19, 1926 – November 10, 2021 Ilda L. dos Santos, 95, of Keansburg NJ, died Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at Bayside Manor in Keansburg. Ilda was born on May 19, 1926 in Ribamondego Portugal. She emigrated to the United States at the age of 16 with her mother, Emilia da Cunha Lazaro. They settled in Elizabeth, NJ where they bought their first home together. Ilda became a naturalized American citizen on August 26th of 1948. She made her living as a seamstress and homemaker, marrying her now deceased husband Augusto L. dos Santos on May 17, 1952 in Elizabeth. Augusto also emigrated to the United States from Ovar Portugal at the age of 16 and became a naturalized American citizen. They remained married and lived together at Bayside Manor until his passing on February 25, 2014, at the age of 89. Surviving are Ilda’s four children including her daughter and son-in-law Denise and Jerome Pocius of Bolivia, NC; son and daughter-in-law David and Cynthia Santos of Hillsborough, NJ; daughter and son-in-law Doreen and Kendall Frantz of Red Bank, NJ; and son and daughter-in-law Dennis Santos and Dawn Anthony of Morris Plains, NJ; four grandchildren including Katherine and her husband Joshua Stein, Matthew Pocius, Michael Frantz, and Steven Santos; and one great-grandchild Jack Stein. Friends and family will be received 3:30-5pm, Sunday, November 14 at the Laurel Funeral Home, 201 Laurel Avenue, West Keansburg NJ, 07734. Funeral Monday November 15, 2021 at 10:00am at St. Mary, Mother of God Church in Middletown, NJ. Interment will follow at the Bay View Cemetery, Leonardo, NJ 07716. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the charity of your choice in Ilda’s name. For further information and condolences, please visit www.laurelfuneralhome.net. The family wants to express their deep and everlasting gratitude to the staff and team at Bayside Manor for their long-time loving and gracious care of their parents.