“It is with a heavy heart filled with amazing memories, we (family) share the sudden, but peaceful, passing of Elizabeth Ann Gill this past Friday evening at her residence in Tinton Falls.”
Elizabeth, aka Betty Ann, or in NY la Betty, nicknamed by Matt Gill, her cousin, was born in Red Bank to Thomas & Constance Gill, of Little Silver. The family lived in Fair Haven and moved to Willow Drive in Little Silver. Betty Ann graduated from then Red Bank High School.
Following her graduation, she went straight to the Big Apple, as she called it, to pursue her career in fashion where she became a runway model. She started with Junior Sophisticates, then went to Mannequin, and then spent more than 10 years with her mentor, Anne, of Anne Klein, working side-by-side with Donna Karan and a few close colleagues that traveled more than 20 times to Europe.
She was married to Samuel Pingitore, of Long Branch, for 19 years, through 1990. She had her son TJ in 1976, raising him until she returned to Anne Klein Outlet, of Shrewsbury, where she worked, re-embracing the brand she loved, for nine years.
After a tragic building fire in Shrewsbury, she switched roles and went to work at JC Penney in Eatontown, bringing her fashion experience to Men’s Suiting. There, she met a friend who she would later refer to as the second love of her life, Edward J. Logan. Prior to Ed’s passing in 2021, “they spent 14 amazing years together traveling, dining out, creating delicious cuisine at home, living life by building great memories, and also keeping in touch long distance with old friends.”
Elizabeth got to enjoy her final three years in Tinton Falls with the family that she loved dearly — son, TJ, Samantha, her daughter-in-law, who she admired for her courage, and two amazing grandchildren, 5-year-old TJ II, and 2-year-old and Mira, who would always run in to kiss Nannie every morning and check on her.
“She never gave up her freedom by still driving, doing her own things, and living her life on her terms. She kept very aware of the world news and loved her country immensely. She is the shining light to her family and will be cherished forever.”
Visitation will be held on Friday, Jan. 31, from 4 to 7 p.m. at Thompson Memorial Home, 310 Broad St., Red Bank. A mass of christian burial will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 1, at St. James Church, 94 Broad St, Red Bank. Committal prayers will follow in the mausoleum chapel at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Middletown. Her cremation will be private.
— Edited obituary prepared by family via Thompson Memorial Home
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