Alvina Maren
Mother and grandmother, enjoyed bowling, golfing and Mahjong
Alvina (Roberts) Maren died Saturday, March 2, 2019, at Community Medical Center in Toms River, N.J. She was 83.
Visitation will be held today, Thursday, March 7, from 4 to 8 p.m., at the Valley Memorial Funeral Home, 1012 Valley Rd., Gillette, N.J. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday at 10 a.m. at St. Vincent de Paul R.C. Church in Stirling, N.J. Interment will follow at St. Vincent de Paul Cemetery, Stirling.
Alvina was born on Dec. 25, 1935, a daughter to the late Martha (Humpert) and Austin Roberts. Raised in West New York, she lived in Manchester, N.J., and Stirling, N.J., before moving to Whiting, N.J., three years ago.
She began her work for Metropolitan Life, then worked for Maxwell House and McCrory's before working for SARCO in Stirling.
She was a member of the Red Hats of Leisure Knoll in Manchester, was an avid bowler and golfer, and loved to play cards and tiles, with a passion for Mahjong and pinochle.
She was predeceased by her husband, Leo Maren Jr.; her son, Leo III, and her brothers, Vernon and Lyman Roberts.
Alvina is survived by her three sons, Robert and his wife, Jane, of Long Valley, N.J.; Thomas and his wife, Marie, of Washington, N.J., and Peter and his wife, Kelly, of South Plainfield, N.J. She had four grandchildren, Justine, Alexis, Katie and Emily.
For more information and online condolences visit www.valleymemorialfuneralhome.net.