Patricia Villani, 91, of Spring Lake passed away Sunday February 7th, 2021 peacefully in her sleep. Matriarch of her family, a graduate of Saint Elizabeth’s College and Orange Memorial School of Nursing. Patricia worked as a Nurse in pediatrics, education, public health, and hospice. Since 1976 Patricia has participated in one of the longest-running studies of women’s health, The Nurses’ Health Study. Pat was also a long-standing member and prior president of the Brielle Woman’s Club.
Love and many thanks to Pat’s extended family and caregivers who aided her in her last years at Manor by the Sea.
Patricia is predeceased by her husband John J Villani, son John T Villani, grandson Jack Villani, daughter-in-law Cathy Coll Villani, brother Thomas Cullen, and brother Theodore Cullen.
She is survived by her sister Mary Warden and her brother John Cullen. A devoted and dutiful mother of Mark Villani and Jennifer Villani and daughter-in-law Patty Villani. Grandmother to eleven grandchildren and great grandmother of two.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered on Friday, February 12, 2021 at 10:30am in St. Catharine’s Church, 215 Essex Ave., Spring Lake followed by burial in the family plot in St. Catharine’s Cemetery, Sea Girt.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the O’Brien Funeral Home, Wall.