Anne H. Rothlein

Anne H. Rothlein, 83, Had Been Longtime Resident of Cranford

Anne H. Rothlein, 83, of Lakewood, N.J. passed away peacefully at Toms River Community Memorial Hospital on Friday, January 6, 2017.

Born in South Amboy, N.J. on January 4, 1934, to Edna and William Horley, Anne lived in Perth Amboy and graduated from Perth Amboy High School. She married Russell Gilbert Rothlein on February 5, 1955. She lived in Cranford, N.J. for 55 years on Elm Street, where she raised her three children, Deborah, Craig and Mark, after her husband passed away in September 1972.

Anne enjoyed sailing at Keyport Yacht Club, genealogy, being part of the Perth Amboy High School reunion committee, working on the election board and volunteering at Kearny Cottage Historic Museum in Perth Amboy, N.J., art and crafts, and parties with the Indian guide families over the years.

She had a very special relationship with her grandchildren, Kathryn Cline and husband Pat, Lauren Solon deCastro and husband Thomaz, Samantha Calderon and husband Melbin and Matthew Rothlein and wife Laura, and Gregg Connell, as well as her three great-grandchildren, Jacob Cline, Alice Cline and Ella Calderon, and many nieces and nephews.

Predeceased by her husband, Russell Gilbert (Gil) Rothlein, and sons Jeffrey, Nelson and Mark, she is survived by her daughter, Deborah Bonney, and husband, Alton, of Elkton, Md.; son, Craig Rothlein and wife, April, of Stockton, N.J., and Christina Connell of Ortley Beach, N.J.; sister, Jane Zick and husband, Gene, of Little Egg Harbor, N.J.; brother, William Horley, and wife, Barbara, of Cumberland, R.I.

Viewing was held at Gray Memorial Funeral Home in Cranford, N.J. on Wednesday, January 11. Interment immediately followed at Evergreen Cemetery in Hillside, N.J. For online condolences, you may go to grayfuneralhomes.com.

Donations in lieu of flowers may be made to the Kearny Cottage Historic Museum in Perth Amboy in her memory.