Catherine H. Hunt

April 14, 1931 - April 12, 2020

Catherine H. Hunt April 14, 1931 to April 12, 2020 Ocala, FL – Catherine H. Hunt (nee Heidel), 88, passed away peacefully in the early morning hours of Easter Sunday, April 12 2020, under the care of her son, James, her dear friend and caregiver Bettie Barriner and the staff at Hospice of Marion County. The funeral/burial had to be postponed until this time due to Covid and travel restrictions. Catherine was born in New York City and married Thomas M. Hunt on June 6, 1953. She and Tom started their young family on Kingsbridge Terrace in the Bronx and on Sickles Street in the Inwood section of Manhattan. In 1960 she and Tom moved their family to the new Sayre Woods South development in Old Bridge, NJ where they raised 5 sons and a daughter. She worked as a Real Estate Salesperson for many years and then with the Social Security Administration until her retirement in 1996. Catherine was a wonderful story teller whom many admired for her Irish wit and wisdom. She shared so many great memories of growing up in NYC. She also spoke often of raising her family in Old Bridge, which was loaded with kids. She made many friends though the early years at St. Ambrose Church and School, which became the hub for family life. Catherine loved the Jersey Shore, the United States of America and her girlfriends known throughout the world as “The Out to Lunch Bunch”. She was also very fond of Dove Dark Chocolates. She enjoyed any time her house was full of family and the smile on Tom Hunt's face. Catherine was pre-deceased by her first child Thomas Jr. in 1954, her husband Thomas in 2006, her grandson Derick in 2004 and her daughter in-law Sharon, wife of her son Edward in 2006. She also lost all of her siblings, Eugene Walsh, Eleanora Jones, Robert Heidel and Daniel Heidel before her. She is survived by her son Edward of Umberton NJ, John (Kathlyn) of Doylestown PA, James (Juan Garay) of Ocala and St. Petersburg FL, Catherine of Willison FL, William (Lynn) of New Smyrna Beach FL and Peter (Ann) of Old Bridge, NJ. By her Grandchildren, Randall (Chelsea), Thomas, Rebecca, Gabriel (Kianna), Joseph, Olivia, Dylan and Brody. By her Sister in-law Peggy Heidel and nieces and nephews in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Georgia. Also her one and only handsome great-grandson Asher Thomas Hunt, age 1, whom she loved to facetime with. A Mass of Christian Burial will take place at St. Ambrose Church, 81 Throckmorton Lane in Old Bridge on Saturday November 28, 2020 at 10:30am followed by her burial in the family plot at St. Gabriel’s Cemetery in Marlboro. In lieu of flowers, donations would be appreciated in Catherine's memory to Hospice of Marion County at 3231 SW 34th Avenue in Ocala, FL 34474