Ellen St. Marie

Obituary of Ellen Papin St. Marie

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Ellen Papin St. Marie, 94, died on Thursday July 12, 2012 at Franciscan Oaks Health Center in Denville, NJ. Ellen was born and raised in the Bronx, NY, attended Rosemont College in Rosemont, PA, and graduated from the Katherine Gibbs School in New York City. She resided in New Jersey since 1949, moving initially to Florham Park, and later to Denville in 1996. Ellen raised four children and also served as a Librarian at Holy Family School in Florham Park, where she was a long-time parishioner at Holy Family Church. She and her husband belonged to Spring Brook Country Club in Morristown, where both were avid golfers. She is survived by her husband of 63 years, Willard E. St. Marie Jr.; her children Marianne St. Marie of Morris Plains, Scott St. Marie and his wife Theresa Lang of Brooklyn, NY; Andrea Biagi and her husband Bob Biagi of Centreville, VA; her daughter-in-law Christine St. Marie of Huntington Beach, CA; and her grandchildren Tessa St. Marie, Hanna Lang St. Marie and Will Biagi. Her son Peter St. Marie died on Jan. 4, 2009. A Memorial Mass of Christian Burial Service will be held on Thursday July 19, 2012 at 10:00 AM at St. Mary's RC Church in Denville, NJ. All services are being handled by Norman Dean Home for Services in Denville, NJ. Please share a memory of Ellen by lighting a candle on www.normandean.com. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be directed in her memory to The Alzheimers Association 400 Morris Avenue Denville, N. J. 07834 or at www.alz.org/join_the_cause_donate.asp.