Loretta M Harris

Born Loretta M. Coady in Park Slope, Brooklyn, she settled in Rosebank in 1960.

Mrs. Harris graduated from St. Saviour High School, Brooklyn, and earned a bachelor's degree in education from the former Notre Dame College, now St. John's University, Grymes Hill.

Primarily a homemaker, she also worked as a teacher in Bellmore, L.I., for five years.

Mrs. Harris' favorite pastime was being with her grandchildren. She also enjoyed reading, listening to music and visits to Atlantic City.

Devout in her faith, she had been a parishioner of the former St. Mary's R.C. Church, and attended St. Joseph's R.C. Church, both in Rosebank.

Her husband, Kevin, died in 1990. She also was preceded in death by her daughter, Regina Renman, in 2010.

Surviving are her sons, Kevin and Daniel; her brother, Raymond Coady; her sister, Jean Grahman; six grandchildren, and a great-granddaughter.

The funeral will be Thursday from the Casey Funeral Home, Castleton Corners, with a Mass at 10 a.m. in St. Joseph's Church. Burial will follow in St. Mary's Cemetery, Grasmere.