Obituary of Ann M McCarthy

Ann M McCarthy, age 84, died peacefully at Morristown Medical Center on January 11, 2017. Ann was born August 7, 1932 in Bernardsdville, NJ, the daughter of Samuel H and Marie L Barratt. She graduate from St Mary's Hospital School of Nursing in Hoboken, NJ and St Joseph's College in Standish Maine. She had a very rewarding nursing career starting in Panama where she worked with the Mary Knoll nuns in a Leper colony. She trained in Intensive and Cardiac Care Nursing in 1957 in Georgia. She co-authored a book on nursing skills while in Colorado. She worked in the Intensive and Cardiac Care units at Morristown Memorial Hospital in the 1970s and then obtained her certification in rehabilitation nursing and ended her career in 1999 as a rehabilitation nurse at the Rehabilitation Institute of Morristown Memorial currently known as Atlantic Rehabilitation Insitute. She married the love of her life Captain Robert T McCarthy in May of 1952. Through his military career they lived happily in many different places in the world including Panama and Japan. She was an avid collector of US History related documents and US paper currency. Ann always enjoyed helping others and spent a great deal of time volunteering with the elderly. She was known for her service and generosity to others. Ann was a devout catholic and a member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Bernardsville NJ. She was predeceased by her husband Robert T McCarthy, her brother Samuel W Barratt, her sisters Rosemary (Barratt) Choyce and Margaret Mary (Peggy Barratt) McCabe, and her cousin Rita Cooper. She is survived by many nieces, nephews and their families. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday January 16, 2017 at 11:00 am at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Bernardsville NJ. Friends may visit Monday January 16, 2017 from 9:30 am to 10:30 am at Gallaway and Crane Funeral Home 101 South Finley Ave, Basking Ridge NJ 07920. For further information, or to light an online condolence candle for the family please visit our website at www.gcfuneralhome.com In lieu of flowers donations maybe made to: The Center for Great Expectations 19B Dellwood Lane, Somerville, NJ 08873.