Obituary: Sarah M. Nurney, 91, Teacher in Belford and Harmony Schools

Sarah M. Nurney, age 91, of Red Bank, formerly of Middletown, passed away on Saturday, April 6, 2013. Sarah was born in Killyleagh, Ireland and moved to Kearny, NJ as a young child. She earned a BSN from Fitkin Hospital (Jersey Shore Univ. Medical Center), Neptune before switching her career to elementary education and teaching for the Board of Education in Middletown Twp. in the Belford and Harmony Schools from 1958 until retirement in 1983.

Sarah was predeceased by her 2nd husband, Vincent Nurney in 2007. She is survived by two sons, James M. Cordrey of Bensalem, PA and Robert C. Cordrey of Red Bank; step-son, Vincent E. Nurney, Jr. of Lake Tahoe, CA; James' wife, Margaret, and children, Maureen and Sena; first cousins, Florrie Bruzzi and Vivienne Bradley, both of N. Arlington, NJ; and many nieces and nephews.

There are no services planned. Please make memorial donations in her memory to the Univ. of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ, Doctors Without Borders or the Smile Train.

Thompson Memorial Home, Red Bank was entrusted with her arrangements.