Obituary of Judith Ann McCarter
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Judith Ann McCarter, 65, died on Friday August 27, 2010 at Compassionate Care Hospice in Dover, NJ after a very long courageous battle with breast cancer.
Judy was born in Morristown, daughter of Dana S. and Florence Kelsey and raised in the Indian Lake section of Denville where she lived all of her life.
She had been co-owner and operator of McCarter’s Getty Station and McCarter’s Towing of Denville and Rockaway. She had also been a Deputy Registrar for Denville for nine years and later for the Town of Morristown for three years.
Her love for her children and the town came out in her volunteerism with her children and their activities in both sports and youth activities.
She had also volunteered for many years in the Harvest Festival “Coffee and Donut Shoppe” as well as with the Denville Rotary Ann’s, where she had earned the Paul Harris Fellow.
Judy was predeceased by her parents as well as her sister Joyce Lusardi and her brother in-law Frank Miller.
She is survived by the Love of her Life, Bruce A. McCarter, and her children Bruce W. and Nicole McCarter of Denville, and Megan and Christopher Barchetto of Rockaway, as well as her cherished grandchildren Ashlyn, Bryan, Jenna, and Madelyn. She is also survived by siblings Barbara Miller of Mt. Arlington, John and Debbie Kelsey of Hayesville, N.C., David and Jeannie Kelsey of Fayetteville, Ark. And her brother in-law John Lusardi of Randolph, and her dear friend Bill Bartels as well as many special nieces and nephews and many friends.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday August 31, 2010 at 10:00 AM at St. Catherine of Siena R. C. Church in Mt. Lakes, NJ.
Friends may visit with the family on Monday from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the Norman Dean Home for Services 16 Righter Ave. Denville, NJ www.normandean.com. Please share a memory of Judy on our web page by lighting a candle.
Donations are being accepted to either Denville P. B. A. Local #142 P. O. Box 1142 Denville, NJ 07834 or to Denville Fire Department 2 Indian Rd. Denville, NJ 07843.
