With great sadness, we say goodbye to Marian Gregory Quigley, age 97, who passed on April 17, 2025, in hospice care at her residence in Tinton Falls, NJ. She was a long-time resident of River Plaza and Middletown.

Marian’s proudest accomplishment was raising her accomplished and independent children. These are Susan McDonald, who became a registered nurse and EMT; Tim Quigley, who became a residential architect with his own firm and an adjunct professor; Anne Quigley, who became an accomplished gardener and Nancy Mogavero, who became a legal para-professional. Spending time with her family brought her immense joy.

She had other accomplishments once her children had grown. First, working at Brookdale Community College, then at Ciba-Geigy Pharmaceuticals as a medical data coordinator (after a degree in Medical Records technology from Union County Tech), next in the Marlboro Public Library and finally at Roots in Red Bank as a salesperson, an experience she loved.

After retiring, Marian became a long-time board member and volunteer at the Women’s Exchange in Little Silver. Her fondest hobby was reading particularly local newspapers and The New York Times. She was an avid dog lover, a devotee of greeting cards (not a holiday would pass without one) and fond of pansies, cardinals, architecture, classical music, Danish kringle and angels.

Marian was born March 7, 1928 in Oshkosh, WI to Robert Law Gregory and Kathryn Roberts Gregory. He was a school principal and Army colonel, she a teacher in Racine, WI. During WWII, she spent her high school years at Ft Benning, GA and in Tyler, Texas. She then attended the University of Wisconsin, becoming a Delta, Delta, Delta sorority member and queen of the military ball before graduating with a BS in Home Economics in 1949.

At the UW, she met her future husband, Lawrence M Quigley. His corporate transfer brought Marian to NJ in 1955. She is predeceased by her husband of 73 years, her parents, two siblings, Ann Gregory Bennett and Jean Gregory Wood, and her daughter Anne (Mike).

She is survived by her daughters Sue McDonald (Lou) and Nancy Mogavero (Bill), her son Tim Quigley (Brenda Ewert), eight grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren.

Memorial gathering Friday, April 25th  3:00-5:00 pm at the Woolley-Boglioli Funeral Home, 10 Morrell Street, Long Branch.

In lieu of traditional remembrances, her family asks with gratitude that donations be made to the Seabrook Resident Care Fund, 3000 Essex Rd, Tinton Falls, 00753. Her family also wishes to thank her team from Executive Home Care, Sharon, Donna, Tavia and Ingrid, for the loving care and compassion shown to Marian.  And a special thank you to Joanna Scoles, RN from Homeside Hospice for her exceptional care.

Marian advised “no tears, just smiles as you remember me in your thoughts and prayers”.