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Dora M. Metz

She was born May 18, 1923 in Phillipsburg, NJ, the daughter Giuseppe (Joseph) and Maria (Mary) Mencucci Moschini, both originally from Italy.

Dora graduated from the Brensinger Elementary School and Phillipsburg High School. She was a longtime member of the First Lutheran Church of Stewartsville, NJ and of the Lopatcong Township Board of Adjustments. She engaged in life with great passion and joy, whether as a parent, homemaker, hairdresser, coil winder at the New York Transformer Company, or attendant at the Phillipsburg Laundromat. She was a remarkable person who touched so many lives throughout the years with her extraordinary combination of cheerful energy, openness, gratitude, kindness, and generosity.

She will be deeply missed by her family and friends. She is survived by her son Joseph Metz and his wife Claudia, grandsons Benjamin and Alexander Metz, nieces Lisa Moschini, Pamela (Pam) Moschini Repko, and Linda Moschini Kline, nephews Stephen (Steve) Moschini and Robert (Bob) Moschini, and their families. She is predeceased by her husband Archie W. Metz (died 2004) and her brothers Natale (Nat) and Giuliano (Jule) Moschini.

A Viewing will be held at 10:00 AM on Saturday, October 19th in the Finegan Funeral Home, 302 Heckman St., Phillipsburg, NJ, followed by funeral service 11:00 AM in the Finegan Funeral Home. Interment will be in the Stewartsville Lutheran Cemetery, Stewartsville, NJ.

In lieu of flowers, please make donation to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (www.stjude.org/ways-to-give)