Elsie Marie Samuelson

Elsie Marie Lauritsen Samuelson, 94, of South Amboy died on Monday January 9, 2023 at home. Born in South Amboy she lived there all her life. She was previously employed as a supervisor at Komar & Sons, South Amboy. A member of Christ Episcopal Church she also loved going to the South Amboy Senior Center where she made many friends and enjoyed the activities and trips. Elsie loved to knit and made many beautiful wool blankets. She had a wonderful sense of humor and was a friend to all that knew her. She loved to travel to the Caribbean and stay at her favorite place in St. Maarten. She especially love her favorite dogs Corona, Oscar and Shilo and her cats Katzen and Baxter.

Daughter of the late Emil and Madeline Ellwinger Lauritsen she is also predeceased by her husband John William Samuelson in 2012; her brothers Robert, Raymond, Herbert, William and Norman Lauritsen and her sisters Dorothy Sullivan, Betty Miller, Emily Grunde and her twin Madeline DeLucia. She is survived by her children Beverly Samuelson, John Samuelson and his wife Jean and Janet Samuelson and her husband Henry Wondowsky; her grandchildren Aaron Beers and Matthew Beers and his wife Galina and many nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held on Friday January 13, 2023 at 10:30am from The Gundrum Service “Home For Funerals” 237 Bordentown Avenue, South Amboy followed by an 11am Requiem Eucharist at Christ Episcopal Church. Cremation and burial in Christ Church Cemetery will be private. Visitation will be on Friday morning only from 9 to 10:30am. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Whiskers Rescue, PO Box 1206, Sayreville, NJ 08871.

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