Agnes Brophy

Visitation will be held on Friday, March 1, from 4 to 8 p.m. at the McCracken Funeral Home, 1500 Morris Ave., Union.

A Funeral Mass will be offered at Holy Spirit Church, Union, on Saturday, March 2, at 9:30 a.m., with interment to follow at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East Hanover, N.J.

Agnes was born in Newark, N.J., and lived in Maplewood, N.J., for a short time before settling in Union, where she lived for 40 years. She was in the U.S.O. during World War II and was also a member of the St. James Hospital Guild, Newark. She was a communicant of Holy Spirit and an executive secretary for Mutual Benefit, Newark, for many years. She will be remembered for her love of gardening and reading.

Agnes was the loving sister of Virginia Bissett, and dear aunt of Patricia Wiggins, Kathleen Bissett, Thomas Bissett, Elizabeth Wiggins, Jonathan Wiggins, Alex Papa, Katelynn Bissett, Caroline Bissett, Gregory Brophy, Greg Brophy, Judy Riccardi, Martin Brophy, Rita Boumans, James Rowley, Judith Church, Martin Rowley, the late Barbara Larney, and their families.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Agnes' name to N.J. State Library Talking Book and Braille Center, Attn: Development Department, 2300 Stuyvesant Ave., Trenton, N.J. 08618, www.njsltbbc.org.