Anna May

Anna May of the Township of Washington, devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and friend, passed away on February 26, 2022. In her final days, she was surrounded by family in the comfort of her home.

Anna was born in Teaneck, NJ in 1935 and grew up in Englewood, NJ with Irish immigrant parents, Molly and Paddy Carr and sisters, Maureen and Patsy. Treasured memories of Englewood included growing up with cousins, aunts and uncles; and making life-long friends at Saint Cecilia School. She was an enthusiastic member of all the reunion planning committees. Prior to marrying, her adventurous side took her traveling across Europe with best friends, beginning the 2-month journey with a transatlantic cruise.

She met her love, Jim May, while working together. They married in 1961 and after a few years in Teaneck, made their home in the Township of Washington. They were married for 51 years before Jim passed away in 2012. They were comically total opposites that made for a great and lasting partnership. Their Beech Street neighborhood was a wonderful, warm, friendly place where families became forever friends and not just neighbors. Anna’s warmth and inviting nature was a big part of that dynamic for the adults and kids alike.

Anna and Jim welcomed three children and were later blessed with 6 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren whom she adored and loved spending time with. She was affectionately called either Grandma Anna or Grandma May. Vacation memories with Grandma and Grandpa are a fun topic of conversation that is always told with love and laughter. Anna loved big celebrations or just sitting around the dining room table, taking time to slow down, tell stories and just be together.

Anna was a witty, bright and beautiful soul and will be greatly missed by her children, Eileen Wilson and her husband John, Patricia May, and Michael May and his wife Lissette. Anna was the loving grandmother of John Patrick Wilson, Peter Wilson and his wife Jennifer, Meghan Wilson, Tommy May, Ryan May; and great-grandmother of Patrick Wilson and James Wilson. She was predeceased by her husband Jim, sisters Maureen and Patsy and her granddaughter, Emmeline Wilson.

Funeral Liturgy at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, Township of Washington, NJ on Friday, March 4, at 10 AM. Interment at Cemetery of the Ascension, Airmont, NY at 11:30 AM. The family will receive their friends at Becker Funeral Home, 219 Kinderkamack Road, Westwood, NJ on Thursday, March 3, from 4-8 PM.