Of Point Pleasant (formerly of Bayonne); on Tuesday, December 2, 2008; wife of the late Edward Slifka; daughter of the late Madeline (Esker) and Clarence Sweeney; mother of Peggie Slifka of Brick and Claire Russo and husband Joe of Florida; grandmother of Michael and Nicholas Russo; sister of the late William Sweeney. Funeral services were held from the SWEENEY Funeral Home. Interment, Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington.