Kathleen Teresa Owens

Kathleen Teresa Owens, 94, of Spring Lake, passed away on June 1, 2023. Known by her friends as Kathy, and her family as “Babe,” she led a life dedicated to family, friends, and service.

Kathleen was born in Newark, NJ on October 6, 1928 and graduated from Our Lady of Good Counsel High School in 1947. She and Jack married in 1948 and moved to Clifton, NJ in 1951, where they raised their family. While she and her husband, Jack, were raising their seven children, she served as a Eucharistic Minister, and as a Minister to the Sick with St. Andrew’s Catholic Church in Clifton, NJ.

After living a vibrant and full life in Clifton for forty years, she and Jack moved to Spring Lake in 1991. In Spring Lake many new passions and friendships blossomed, among them around her love of quilting. Kathy belonged to the “Circle of Friends” quilt group, and participated in regular meetings and service projects. In addition to the quilt group, she loved being a member of the Belmar Fishing Club; the people, events, restaurant, as well as sitting on the pier over the ocean all made her heart sing. She loved the beach, sun, the ocean, and especially meeting up with friends on the boardwalk.

Kathy is survived by her husband, John Owens, of Spring Lake, NJ and their seven children, John and wife, Ann, of Belmar, NJ, Michael of Tampa, FL, Maureen and wife, Carol, of Seneca Falls, NY, Betsy and husband, Lloyd, of Milford, DE, Anne and husband, Gene, of Red Bank, NJ, Claire and husband, Eric, of Belmont, CA, David of Manitowoc, WI. She is also survived by nineteen grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

A funeral mass will be celebrated on Tuesday, June 6th 2023 at 10:00AM at St. Catharine’s Church in Spring Lake, NJ.

Donations can be made in Kathy’s name to “The American Littoral Society” or “FulFill Food Bank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties.”