Mary Joan Jurista

PORTSMOUTH, RI - Mary Joan Gibbons Jurista, 87, of 125 Quaker Lane, Portsmouth, RI formerly of 110 Orchard Avenue, Middletown, died Saturday, October 1, 2005, at the Forest Farm Health Care Center, Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late Edward Andrew Jurista.Born in Fall River, MA, on January 25, 1918, she was the daughter of the late John and Anna Donovan Gibbons.Mrs. Jurista was a Communicant of St. Marys Church in Newport. She had been the President and member of the 10 Oclock Strikers Club and a member of the Middletown Senior Citizens Center. She was an avid reader and baker.She is survived by two sons Edward John Jurista of Lindenhurst, IL, and Alan Peter Jurista of Brockton, MA, four daughters Mary Anne Sullivan and Nancy Ellen Ardito both of Portsmouth, RI, Janet Marie Jurista-Ingram of Lowell, MA, and Eileen Louise Augustus of Tyngsboro, MA, three sisters Ella Gibbons of Portsmouth, RI, Jean Lockhart of Manchester, OH, and Louise Cranshaw of Mabank, TX, eight grandchildren Susan Sisson, Stephen Sullivan, Scott Sullivan, Todd Ardito, Dawn Jurista, Denise Ferguson, Allison Augustus, and James Augustus, and nine great grandchildren. She was the sister of the late Edward Gibbons, John Gibbons, Charles Gibbons, Catherine Foy, Ann Hartman, and Ruth Anderson, and the grandmother of the late Stacy Sullivan.Her funeral will be held on Wednesday, October 5, 2005, at 8:00AM, from the Memorial Funeral Home, 375 Broadway, Newport, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 9:00AM, in St. Marys Church, Spring Street, Newport.Burial will be in St. Columbas Cemetery, Brown?s Lane, Middletown.Calling hours will be held on Tuesday, October 4, 2005 from 4-8PM, in the Memorial Funeral Home.Memorial donations may be made to the American Heart Association, 222 Richmond Street, Suite 200, Providence, RI, 02903.