Mary S (Drago) Holjes

Mary S. Holjes, 85 of Phillipsburg, NJ, died Tuesday, April 19, 2016.

Born June 4, 1930 in Phillipsburg, she was a daughter of the late Mauro and Carmella Anfusa Drago.

Mary formerly worked at T&T Sportswear in Phillipsburg and Magnetic Windings in Palmer Township, Pa. She was also a former lunch room aide at Green Street School, Phillipsburg.

She was a member of St. Philip and St. James Roman Catholic Church, Phillipsburg and the church's Over-Fifties Club. She was also a member of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court Warren 389; the Italian American Social Club, Phillipsburg, the Phillipsburg Chapter of A.A.R.P. She enjoyed playing bingo and traveling to casinos.

Survivors include a daughter, Tonie Chicchi of Perkasie, Pa; two sons, CD and his wife Yvonne of Harmony Township, NJ and Bodie of California; a brother, Dominic and his wife, Rosalie of Pohatcong Township, NJ; five grandchildren, Connor, Drew and Jordyn Holjes and Devon and Jarrod Chicchi.

Her husband, Francis, a son, Farrell F., two brothers, Louis and Frank  and a sister, Jennie Drago all died earlier.

Visitation will be held 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., Sunday, in the Noto-Wynkoop Funeral Home, 289 South Main Street, Phillipsburg. Funeral services will begin 9:15 a.m., Monday in the funeral home, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 a.m. in the church, 426 South Main St, Phillipsburg. Entombment will be in the parish mausoleum, Greenwich Township, NJ.

Donations in honor of Mary may be sent to the St. Philip and St. James Church. Online condolences may be submitted by visiting www.noto-wynkoop.com.

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