Obituaries

In Memoriam: Former Fair Havenite Maura Hickey McCarthy, 61

Former Fair Havenite Maura Hickey McCarthy, of Red Bank, formerly of passed away on Monday, June 15. She was 61.

Maura was born July 12, 1964 in New Rochelle, NYto George and Pat Hickey. She grew up in Spring Lake and Sea Girt with her four siblings, Tara, Kate, Jim and Brannigan. In 1990, Maura married Brendan McCarthy and they would go on to have their two daughters, Shannon and Deirdre.

“A graduate of the College of New Rochelle, her favorite things in the world were family and being outside and if those two things could be done together, that made her day.

“Maura was a parishioner of Church of the Nativity in Fair Haven, the Shrewsbury River Yacht Club and Ship Ahoy Beach Club. Maura love to talk more than anyone, but it was always sincere and from her heart. She wanted to know everything about you, especially if it involved children.

“The most important thing to her was always family, and maybe sharing a Prosecco with a ‘splash of cran’. Maura’s greatest accomplishment in life was her two daughters; her love for them surpassed all. She could be tough, but the love always shined through.”

Loved ones of Maura Hickey McCarthy in her obituary

Maura is predeceased by her father, George Hickey.

She is survived by: her mother, Pat Hickey; her beloved husband, Brendan; her cherished daughters, Shannon and husband, Nick, and Deirdre; her precious grandson, Declan; her siblings, Tara and husband, Bobby, Kate and husband, Chris, Jim and wife, Liz, and Brannigan; as well as many loving nieces, nephews, extended family members, and dear friends.

A funeral mass will be held at Church of the Nativity in Fair Haven on Saturday, June 20 at 10:30 a.m. In lieu of flowers, please make donations in Maura’s memory to Type 1 Diabetes Research at www.breakthroughT1d.org (formerly JDRF).

Thank you to everyone who reached out immediately to us in such amazing numbers, our families gratitude, cannot be expressed enough.

— Edited obituary prepared by family via John E. Day Funeral Home