PIERCE, ELVIRA E

Funeral services were held Sept. 8 at The Christian Apostolic Church, Belleville, for Elvira E. (Colino) Pierce, 89. She passed away Sept. 3 at the Atrium at Hamilton Park in Jersey City. She worked as a self-employed dress-maker for C & L Inc, New York City for many years. During the war, she worked for both RCA and Western Electric, and most recently for Monteleone’s Bakery in Jersey City. She was the wife of the late Daniel P. Pierce, Sr.; the mother of Daniel P. Jr and his wife Jane, Joseph F. and his wife Denise, and the late John; the mother-in-law of Deborah; the sister of Antoinette Regiec; the grandmother of Daniel, III, Christopher, Lauren, Christopher Haines, Alyssa and Kristen; the great-grandmother of five. She is predeceased by her four brothers and two sisters. Services arranged by McLaughlin Funeral Home of Jersey City.

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