Obituary of Marian Neville Carlos

Marian Neville Carlos, a fourteen year resident of Shrub Oak and formerly of Croton-on-Hudson and Brick, New Jersey, entered into rest Tuesday, September 26, 2017 in Purdys, New York. She was 91. Daughter of the late Charles and Cecelia McCauley Neville and raised by Albert Joseph and Catherine Veronica Gresh, she was born March 7, 1926 in Yonkers. She married William G. Carlos, Sr. on January 11, 1947 at St. Joseph's Church in Yonkers. Her husband was a funeral director for Leach and Thomas Funeral Home in Ossining and Croton-on-Hudson. Mr. Carlos preceded her death in 1991. Marian graduated from Gorton High School in Yonkers and was president of her class when she graduated with honors from Phelps Memorial School of Nursing in 1966. She was the Charge Nurse for the Labor and Delivery Unit at Phelps Memorial Hospital and continued nursing in private physician practices with Dr. Charles Sweet and Dr. Theodore Beck both of Peekskill. She completed her nursing career with Dr. Narain Batheja of Ossining, retiring in 1983. Marian was an eighteen year parishioner of Visitation Roman Catholic Church in Brick, New Jersey and most recently attended St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Shrub Oak. She was an avid book reader and golfer, playing well into her 80's. She was especially proud of her past membership in the "Belaire Babes" at the Bel-Air Golf Club in Wall Township, New Jersey and the Spring Lake Ladies Golf Club in Spring Lake, New Jersey. Survivors include her sons, William G. Carlos, Jr. and his wife, Jeanne of Poughkeepsie, Albert J. Carlos and his wife, Virginia of Newburgh, John M. Carlos of West Collingswood, New Jersey, Patrick C. Carlos of West Collingswood, New Jersey; her daughter, Catherine M. Olivieri-Lovitt and her husband, Gary Lovitt of Southbury, Connecticut; her nine grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her sisters, Cecelia Smith in 2005 and Dorothy McCauley in 1940. Funeral services will be private. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Mount Alvernia Retreat Center, PO Box 858, Wappingers Falls, NY 12590. Arrangements are under the direction of Straub, Catalano & Halvey Funeral Home, 55 East Main Street in Wappingers Falls. To send a personal condolence, please visit our website at www.StraubCatalanoHalvey.com.