Born in New York City, Dolores grew up in Morningside Heights, attended Corpus Christi Parochial School and went on to graduate from Thorpe Secretarial School. In 1951 Dolores married Edward Crimmins Jr. The young couple moved to the Norwood Heights section of the Bronx and raised a family of three children. During that period Dolores, a loving and devoted mother, also held down several jobs. The longest of those jobs was working as a LPN for Dr. Robert Lippman at the Royal Hospital on the Grand Concourse in Bronx.
Her second happy marriage was to Martin John Higgins in 1978 and they moved to Ridgefield Park, New Jersey. Dolores commuted into Manhattan to work for the Wall Street firm Thatcher, Proffitt and Wood. Her last job was at the nearby Teterboro Airport. In 1991 the couple purchased a retirement home in the Holiday Heights Community of Berkeley. Both Dolores and John were active members of that community and formed many close friendships. Dolores was predeceased by her loving husband, Martin Higgins, in 2012.
Dating all the way back to the bobby soxer era Dolores was a lifelong fan of Frank Sinatra. She was an avid fan of the Broadway theatre and the classic movie era. Dolores enjoyed hosting parties and organizing summer picnics at the Fairlawn Beach Club. She gave her children fond early memories of summers spent in the mountains at Blue Paradise in Wurtsboro, New York and later summer house rentals in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. In life Dolores was often described as effervescent, she loved dancing and singing. Dolores was a devoted friend to many, enjoying long talks and visits with friends and neighbors. But her central focus of her life was her children's safety and well being.
Survived by her brother Raymond Brady; her children: Edward Crimmins, III, Craig S. Crimmins, Donna Lynch and her husband John; her step-children: Doreen Higgins DiBenedetto and her husband Dick and Deborah A. Higgins; and her grandchildren: Christine and Danny DiBenedetto, and Thomas John Lynch.
A visitation will be held on Monday, March 1, 2021 from 4-8PM at Quinn-Hopping Funeral Home, 26 Mule Road, Toms River, NJ.
A Mass of Christian burial will be held on Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at 10 AM, St. Joseph RC Church, 685 Hooper Avenue, Toms River, NJ. Entombment will immediately follow at St. Joseph Cemetery, 62 Cedar Grove Road, Toms River.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Dolores's name to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, www.stjude.org.
For more information, or to post a tribute online, please visit www.quinn-hoppingfh.com.
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