Of Middletown (formerly of Bayonne); on Wednesday, July 1, 2009; wife of Michael Karkut; mother and mother-in-law of Michael and Danielle Karkut of Amiens, France, Joanne Karkut of Houston, Tex., Diane and Thomas Emerson of Middletown, NJ and the late John Karkut; grandmother of Christopher, Laura, James and Martin; sister of the late James Gordon. Funeral services were held from the JOHN F. PFLEGER Funeral Home, Middletown, NJ. Interment, Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Middletown.