Rose Marie Lyons, of Hamilton, NJ, formerly of Colonia, NJ, entered into Heaven on the morning of January 23, 2022 at the age of 84.

Born in Carbondale, PA on February 6, 1937, she was the only child of Tom and Rose McGuire.  Having lost her mother at the age of 3, she lived with and was raised by her grandmother Mary Judge in Newark, NJ.

Rose worked as a secretary for Merck, Sharpe and Dohme in Woodbridge, NJ before her retirement.

For the last few years she was diagnosed with peripheral artery disease, COPD and diastolic heart failure, all of which caused her great suffering.  However, she met all of those challenges with great faith and strength through God.  She had an unwavering faith in God and Our Lady and spread love and kindness wherever she went.  Rose was loved by those who met her and personified strength and dignity even at life's end.

Besides her parents, Rose was predeceased by her loving daughter, Kathleen (Lyons) Hibbard.

Surviving are her youngest daughter, Arlene Lyons and fiancé, Michael Conger, son-in-law, Richard Hibbard, six grandchildren; Brianna Piontek and husband Robert, Brendan, Kyle and Kassidy Alinea, Bradley and Caitlin Hibbard and great grandchildren; Makayla and Robert Piontek, III.

Funeral services will begin on Monday, January 31, 2022 at 11:00AM at Kimble Funeral Home, 1 Hamilton Avenue, Princeton, NJ 08542 followed by burial at Holy Cross Burial Park, East Brunswick, NJ.

Visiting will be Sunday, January 30, 2022 from 1:00PM to 3:00PM at the funeral home with a prayer service at 1:00PM.

Your sun will never set or your moon go down

I, the Lord, will be your everlasting light

And your days of sorrow will come to an end

-----Isaiah 60:20