Obituary of Irene Tybursey

Irene Stercho Tybursey, age 69, died on Wednesday, September 22, 2004 at the Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. Mrs. Tybursey was born in Linden to the late John and Julia Bilak Stercho. She had lived in Roselle and Clark before moving to Warren 33 years ago. She received her BS Degree in Education from the Newark State Teachers College in 1957, and started working for the Rahway School System teaching at the Elementary level for 28 years retiring in 1992. Mrs. Tybursey was a communicant of Our Lady of the Mount R.C. Church in Warren. Also an active member of the Bound Brook Garden Club, the Skycrest Club in Bridgewater, the Union County Educators Association and the New Jersey Education Association. She was an avid gardener, and took great pride in growing her beautiful flower gardens. Mrs. Tybursey is predeceased by her daughter, Lynn Marie Tybursey in June 2000. She is survived by her husband, Joseph J. Tybursey of Warren; her daughter Gail V. McKinney also of Warren and two grandchildren, Matthew Joseph McKinney and Sarah Lynn McKinney. The funeral will be held on Saturday, September 25th at 9 a.m. from the Higgins Home for Funerals, 752 Mountain Boulevard, Watchung followed by a 10 a.m. funeral Mass at Our Lady of the Mount R.C. Church in Warren. Interment will be in St. Gertrudes Cemetery in Colonia. Visitation will be on Friday from 2-4 & 7-9 p.m. in the funeral home.