A funeral mass was offered on Feb. 27 at St. John the Baptist Church, Jersey City, for Michael C. Shannon, 43. He died Feb. 22 at Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune. He was born in Jersey City and was a lifelong resident until moving to Spring Lake Heights nine months ago. He was employed as an ironworker for Local 45 in Jersey City. He was a member of the Elks Lodge of Rutherford, and a longtime communicant of St. John the Baptist Church, Jersey City. He is survived by his mother, Barbara (nee Nagle); his fiance, Ann Marie Iuni, and daughter, Emily Morgan Shannon; three sisters, Laura Viray, Christine Shannon, Patricia Shannon and two brothers, Sean and Thomas Shannon, three nieces and one nephew. Services arranged by the McLaughlin Funeral Home, Jersey City.