BERRY, JOAN MARGARET

A funeral mass was celebrated Oct. 9 at St. Aedan’s Church for Joan Margaret Berry (Peterson), 79. She died Oct. 6. She was a retired employee of the Jersey City Board of Education, where she worked as a paraprofessional throughout the district for over 20 years. She was also an active communicant of St. Aedan’s Church, where she served as a member of the parish choir and the Rosary Society. She was the wife of the late James Berry; the mother of Joanne Piotrowski and husband Eddie, Bernadette Turner and husband Charlie, Dorothy Berry and the late Diane Berry; the grandmother of James and Chance Gabriel; the sister of Rosemary Yawdoszny and late husband John, and the late Maureen Montanti and husband Joseph; and the aunt of Peggy Sopranzi and family, Mark Yadowszny and family and the late Joseph Montanti. Services arranged by McLaughlin Funeral Home of Jersey City.

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