Margaret M. Petrone, 79, of Monmouth Beach passed away Friday, November 7th at her home surrounded by her family and friends. Mrs. Petrone was born in Jersey City, and lived in Bayonne until 1957 when she moved to Monmouth Beach. She graduated from Holy Family Academy, Bayonne in 1947 and attended Jersey City College. She was a communicant of the Church of the Precious Blood, Monmouth Beach, where she was an active member of the Altar Rosary Society. She was a member of the Family and Children's Service of Long Branch for many years. Mrs. Petrone was a member of the Monmouth Beach birthday club, where she and her friends would celebrate one another's birthday's. Mrs. Petrone will be remembered by her family and friends as a warm, gracious woman. Surviving is her husband, Joseph E. Petrone; two sons and daughters-in-law, Joseph & Janney Petrone, Brielle; and Andrew & Lynne Petrone, Oceanport; a daughter & son-in-law, Margaret & Thomas Chisholm, Monmouth Beach; a brother & sister-in-law, Andrew & Betty Markey, Basking Ridge; a sister & brother-in-law, Claire & Jack Roarty, Iselin; a sister-in-law Marie Petrone, Monmouth Beach; and six grandchildren, Patrick, Caroline and Kathryn Petrone and Thomas, Alison and Amanda Chisholm. Visitation will be Monday 2-4 & 7- 9 PM at the Woolley Funeral Home, 10 Morrell Street at Broadway, Long Branch, NJ. A mass of Christian burial will be celebrated Tuesday 9:30 AM at the Church of the Precious Blood, Monmouth Beach. Entombment will follow at Woodbine Mausoleum, Oceanport. Contributions in her memory may be made to St. Barnabas Hospice and Palliative Care Center at Monmouth Medical Center, 300 Second Avenue, Long Branch, NJ, 07740. To light a candle of remembrance you may do so on the opposite page.