A funeral service was held Sept. 10 for Marie F. Dorrity, 94, of North Bergen. She passed away Sept. 7. Marie was the eldest of five children born to Frank and Maude Leahy in the small town of Hornell, N.Y. Marie graduated high school with honors and left Hornell to attend nursing school at Bellevue Hospital in New York City. Her nursing career was interrupted when she met and married William Dorrity and had seven children settling in North Bergen. In her 40’s Marie went to school for an LPN license and began working in hospitals throughout Hudson County, including Palisade General, where she worked for 23 years. While working full time, Marie attended college in the evenings and received her RN degree at the age of 72, completing her original career goal. Her accomplishment was memorialized with a proclamation entered into the New Jersey Legislative record.
Marie leaves seven children, William, Mary Matthias, Francis (and Margaret), Joseph, Kathleen, Theresa (and Larry) and John (and Sharon) along with 13 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Services arranged by the Vainieri Funeral Home, North Bergen.