Elizabeth McCann, the mother of Assemblywoman Barbara McCann Stamato and former Jersey City Mayor Gerald McCann, died on December 30. She was 99.
McCann Stamato said her mother “was clear that she didn’t want to be 100.”
“She didn’t want to die, but she was so tired of living. The last few (and I mean few) months, her mind began to play tricks on her, and it scared her. We tried to ‘fix’ her with meds, but it made it worse,” McCann Stamato said on social media. “I prayed for two things: I wanted her to go in her sleep because I knew the thought of dying scared her, and I wanted to only remember the good days and laugh when I think of her. My prayers are answered.”
McCann was a bank teller at the Trust Company of New Jersey at its Greenville branch in Jersey City.
Predeceased by her husband, Roy, McCann is survived by her five children, ten grandchildren, and ten great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be held on January 4 at the Greenville Memorial Home in Jersey City from 2-4 PM. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 Am on January 5 at Saint Paul the Apostle Church in Jersey City.
