Longtime Rumson resident Patricia Elsas passed away peacefully at her home on Aug. 5. She was 78.

Patricia will be memorialized on Saturday, Aug. 10, at a gathering at Rumson Country Club at 2 p.m..

Born in Queens, NY to Paul and Florence Potters, Patricia moved to Rumson in 1988, her obituary said.

A member of the Rumson Country Club, she was a volunteer at the Ramapo Animal Shelter and was honored by the Little Silver Animal Hospital Foundation for Animals for her support of Canines for Warriors, it added. 

Patricia is predeceased by: her parents; and her husband Jason M. Elsas. 

She is survived by: her sons, Scott and his wife Eileen, of Rumson, and Michael and his wife Jessica, of Westport, CT; her daughters, Kimberly Jaeger and her husband Ron, of Rumson, and Lindsay Del Campo of Westport, CT; her sister, Joann Gow of Ocean Reef, FL; and her 11 grandchildren, Kelly, Gregory, Reed, Jason, Michelle, Jack, Justin, Cole, Lexi, Payton and Colby.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Little Silver Animal Hospital Foundation for Animals, 675 Branch Avenue, Little Silver, NJ 07739.