Catherine Pilcz Joseph

Connors Funeral Home55 West Main RoadPortsmouth, RI401 683-2511Catherine Pilcz Joseph Middletown, - Catherine Pilcz Joseph, 87, of 9 Beach Street, Portsmouth, RI, formerly of Pompton Lakes, NJ, and Rowayton, CT, died Wednesday, December 31, 2003 at the Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI.She was the wife of the late Charles Joseph. Born in Varslod, Hungary, on January 21, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Ignatz and Barbara Carl Pilcz. Mrs. Joseph was a communicant of St. Anthonys Church. She enjoyed making clothing for her family and kept a magnificient flower garden at her home in New Jersey. She had worked as a seamstress in Pompton Lakes, NJ, for many years, retiring in 1985. She is survived by two sons John Michael Joseph of Portsmouth, RI, with whom she resided, and Charles Joseph of Bloomingdale, NJ, a daughter Barbara McVeigh of Rowayton, CT, and four grandchildren. She was also the sister of the late Joseph Pilcz and Michael ?Baldy? Pilcz. A funeral service was held in Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes, NJ.Arrangements are by the Connors Funeral Home, 55 West Main Road, Portsmouth, RI.