A funeral mass was offered Dec. 22 at St. Nicholas Church, Jersey City, for Mary R. Avato, 98, of Jersey City, formerly of Hoboken. She passed away Dec.15. She was the wife of the late John Avato; mother of Diane Cicchine and her husband Cono and John Avato and his wife Joan; grandmother of Michael Cicchine; great grandmother of Marson. Services arranged by the Mack Memorial Home, Secaucus.