Obituary of Johanna E. Hartigan

Hartigan, Johanna E., age 76, fell asleep on Saturday, December 10th, 2016. Johanna was born and raised in Newark and lived her later life in Hackensack and Ridgewood, NJ. She worked as a Senior Bookkeeper with Hoechest-Celanese from 1963 until she retired in 2005. She was active with the Junior Essex Troop of Calvary in West Orange for many years. She is survived by her son, Thomas Hartigan, M.D., and his wife Aurora Andreescu-Hartigan, M.D, her daughter, Evelyn Doyle, and her four loving grandchildren, Evelyn Doyle, Christian, Andrew, and Ian Hartigan. Also surviving is her close friend Joyce McGrath and her family of West Orange. She was predeceased by her mother, Evelyn D. Marion. The family will receive friends on Monday, December 12th from 7-9pm at the Vander Plaat Funeral Home, 257 Godwin Ave. Wyckoff, NJ. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Tuesday, December 13th at 10am at Mount Carmel R.C. Church, 1 Passaic St., Ridgewood, NJ 07450. Interment to follow at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, 225 Ridgedale Ave., East Hanover, NJ.