Mary Ann (Felice) Patire, 88 of Clifton passed away October 28, 2010. Born in Passaic, she lived there before moving to Clifton in 1985.

A parishioner of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel RC Church, Passaic, Mary Ann worked for the Passaic Board of Education for 25 years, retiring in 2000.

Beloved mother of Edward and his wife Lynn of Fort Wayne, IN, Charles and his wife Barbara of Long Valley, Richard and his wife Geraldine of Albrightsville, PA. Loving daughter of the late Guiseppe and Filomena (Ramundo) Felice. Dear sister of the late Frank Felice and Josephine Lipari. Adoring grandmother of 15 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. She will be greatly missed by family and friends.

Funeral Monday 10 AM at the Shook Funeral Home, 639 Van Houten Ave., Clifton, and 11 AM at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel RC Church, Passaic. Interment, St. Nicholas Cemetery, Lodi. Visiting Sunday 2-4 and 7-9 PM.

In lieu of flowers, donations made to either the American Heart Association, 1 Union Street, #301, Robbinsville, NJ 08691-4183, www.americanheart.org, or the American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 11454, Alexandria, VA 22312, www.diabetes.org, would be greatly appreciated. www.shookfh.com