Patricia B. (nee Ruff) O’Neill, 71, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 12, 2022, at her home.

Patricia (Patti, Gram P, Ga-Ga) was born in Jersey City, New Jersey to the late Charles F. Ruff and Marjorie L. (nee Price) Ruff. She has resided in New Jersey and for the past 38 years in the Allenwood section of Wall Township.

Patti thrived on learning and sharing information with others. Her formal education was from Rutgers, New Brunswick (Douglas College) and Georgian Court College. She was Principal at O’Neill & Associates, LLC since 1990 and worked with nonprofit organizations bringing awareness to their brand, programs, services, and events. She supported organizations such as Catholic Charities, Interfaith Care-Givers of Mercer County, Princeton Community Works, Women in Development and Center for Non-Profits. She also worked for The ARC Kohler School and Lupus Foundation of America. Her passion to work to support others was tangible. You could find her welcoming attendees at many events. Her personality and demeanor was contagious and fun!  Recipient of the March of Dimes State of New Jersey Volunteer of the Year Award (1996) and Virginia Apgar Award for the March of Dimes (1990), an organization that she and her late husband supported.  

Patti was the oldest of eight siblings and her favorite times are talking, texting, visiting along with making and sharing memories. Patti loved the beach, funnel cakes, the color orange and shamrocks, singing (she was not exceptionally good) and most of all her family.  She is predeceased by her husband, Donald H. O’Neill (1990), and survived by daughters Melissa O’Neill Walczak and husband Eugene, grandson Mason; Karen O’Neill Douvas, and husband Paul, and grandchildren Caden and Callie. Her immediate family includes:  Charles F. Ruff, III and son Charles F. Ruff, IV; Marjorie L. (Ruff) Woods (deceased);   Lawrence W. Ruff and Gregory B. Holmes; Thomas P. and Doreen A. Ruff and children Thomas P. Ruff, Jr. and Kristen F. Ruff;  Susan D. Ruff and Edmund D. Farris, Jr. and children Samantha Farris and Cory and Jon Wilson;  Teresa E. (Ruff) Wickman and  Kevin J. Wickman and children Matthew J. and Amanda Wickman plus grandnephew Lincoln and Jenna Wickman; and James A. Ruff and niece Kylie G. Ruff.  Along with numerous extended family members.

Visitation will be on Monday from 4:00pm to 7:00pm at the O’Brien Funeral Home, 2028 Hwy 35 at New Bedford Rd., Wall followed by a Mass of Christian Burial on Tuesday, April 19, 2022, at 10:30am in St. Rose Church, 603 7th Ave., Belmar. Interment in St. Catharine’s Cemetery, Sea Girt.

In lieu of flowers the family requests donations in memory of Patricia be made to the Foundation for Morristown Medical Center. Click here to donate or by mail at 475 South Street, First Floor, Morristown, NJ 07960

O’Brien Funeral Home, Wall Twp. is overseeing the arrangements for the family.

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