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10-08-2008, 07:14 PM
Genevieve Florence Dodd Range
(Asbury Park Press)
GENEVIEVE FLORENCE DODD RANGE
AGE: 95 SPRING LAKE HEIGHTS
Genevieve Florence Dodd Range, 95, of Spring Lake Heights, passed away Monday, Oct. 6, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. Genevieve had been employed as the executive secretary to the dean of orthodontics at Columbia Presbyterian University Hospital, New York, for 10 years; she also had been the secretary to the publicity director of the College of Mount St. Vincent, New York City, and also was the assistant to the registrar at Manhattan College. Gen was a proud New Yorker for 65 years. She graduated with honors from St. Augustine Grammar School and attended Roosevelt High School in the Bronx. Gen was an inspirational and loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was an avid swimmer and walker and could be seen walking around the lake in Spring Lake with her favorite pet, Lucy. She was known and loved by many of the town's merchants. Gen was loved by her family, friends and by the friends of her children. She was an enthusiastic and rabid Yankee fan who cheered Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Phil Rizzuto and Derek Jeter. Gen loved the Sisters of Charity and was deeply grateful to them for her education and the education of her children and her grandchildren. Her love of life, people, music and nature was inspirational. Born in New York City, she had resided in Riverdale, the Bronx for 65 years and then in Asbury Park before moving to Spring Lake Heights in 1994. She was a devoted parishioner of St. Margaret's Parish, Riverdale, for 40 years, and a life member of the Asbury Park Elks Lodge.
She was predeceased by her parents, William and Mary McGrail Dodd; her husband, Walter R. Range, in 1989; her siblings, William and Thomas Dodd, Anna Ford, Mary Rausch and Grace Mueller; and her son-in-law, John J. Byrne. Surviving are her devoted daughters, Adele Byrne of Brielle, and Arlene "Beanie" and Patrick McDonald of Spring Lake; eight beloved grandchildren, John, Beth, Peter, Matthew, Patrick, Wally, Marc and David; and 13 great-grandchildren, Seton, Caitlin, Grace, Quintin, Chloe, Genevieve, Thomas, Peter, James, Kathleen, Jackson, Julianna and Evie.
[wake edited out] In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Peaceworks-Musameco, 701 Third Ave., Spring Lake, NJ 07762, or the College of Mount St. Vincent, Development Office, 6301 Riverdale Ave., Riverdale, NY 10471, in her memory.
(Asbury Park Press)
GENEVIEVE FLORENCE DODD RANGE
AGE: 95 SPRING LAKE HEIGHTS
Genevieve Florence Dodd Range, 95, of Spring Lake Heights, passed away Monday, Oct. 6, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. Genevieve had been employed as the executive secretary to the dean of orthodontics at Columbia Presbyterian University Hospital, New York, for 10 years; she also had been the secretary to the publicity director of the College of Mount St. Vincent, New York City, and also was the assistant to the registrar at Manhattan College. Gen was a proud New Yorker for 65 years. She graduated with honors from St. Augustine Grammar School and attended Roosevelt High School in the Bronx. Gen was an inspirational and loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was an avid swimmer and walker and could be seen walking around the lake in Spring Lake with her favorite pet, Lucy. She was known and loved by many of the town's merchants. Gen was loved by her family, friends and by the friends of her children. She was an enthusiastic and rabid Yankee fan who cheered Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Phil Rizzuto and Derek Jeter. Gen loved the Sisters of Charity and was deeply grateful to them for her education and the education of her children and her grandchildren. Her love of life, people, music and nature was inspirational. Born in New York City, she had resided in Riverdale, the Bronx for 65 years and then in Asbury Park before moving to Spring Lake Heights in 1994. She was a devoted parishioner of St. Margaret's Parish, Riverdale, for 40 years, and a life member of the Asbury Park Elks Lodge.
She was predeceased by her parents, William and Mary McGrail Dodd; her husband, Walter R. Range, in 1989; her siblings, William and Thomas Dodd, Anna Ford, Mary Rausch and Grace Mueller; and her son-in-law, John J. Byrne. Surviving are her devoted daughters, Adele Byrne of Brielle, and Arlene "Beanie" and Patrick McDonald of Spring Lake; eight beloved grandchildren, John, Beth, Peter, Matthew, Patrick, Wally, Marc and David; and 13 great-grandchildren, Seton, Caitlin, Grace, Quintin, Chloe, Genevieve, Thomas, Peter, James, Kathleen, Jackson, Julianna and Evie.
[wake edited out] In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Peaceworks-Musameco, 701 Third Ave., Spring Lake, NJ 07762, or the College of Mount St. Vincent, Development Office, 6301 Riverdale Ave., Riverdale, NY 10471, in her memory.