Elizabeth B. Poh died on Saturday, May 16, 2009 at Troy Hills Nursing Home in Parsippany. She was 89. Born in Erie, PA, to the late John Lovas and Mary (Serfozo) she lived in Queens, NY, Teaneck, before moving to Rockaway Twp. from 1965 to 1994; she later moved to Wharton and has resided in Kenvil for the last 5 years.
Mrs. Poh was a shade card/die worker with Sandoz in East Hanover before her retirement in 1988; prior to that she had worked as a teller at National Community Bank in Dover.
Mrs. Poh enjoyed spending time with her family playing Scrabble and watching NY Mets games. In her early years, she helped with Catholic Charities. She was a parishioner of St. Cecilia's Church in Rockaway and a member of the church Choir, the Rosary Society and the St. Cecilia's Senior Citizens Club, where she enjoyed traveling with her many friends. She loved gardening and growing vegetables. For many years she was on the Woman's and Mixed Bowling Leagues. She also enjoyed playing mahjong with friends.
She was predeceased by her husband Raymond in 1991.
She is survived by two sons Kenneth and his wife Mary Ellen of Kenvil, and Christopher and his wife Fran of Frenchtown; her daughter Mary Clarke and her husband Jim of Cresskill; her brother Steven Lovas and his wife Grace of Clearmont, FL; three grandchildren Christine (Clarke) and her husband Mike Randolph of Pt. Orchard, WA, Matthew David Poh of Kenvil, and Brendan Clarke and his wife Bari of Boulder, CO; and two great-grandchildren, Mia and Sebastian Randolph


Funeral services will be held on Friday, May 22 at 9:15 a.m. from the Whitham – Kanapaux Funeral Home, 20 Keller Ave., Rockaway to a funeral Mass celebrated at St. Cecilia's Church, Rockaway at 10:00 a.m. Interment to follow at Mary Rest Cemetery, Mahwah. Visiting hours will be held on Thursday from 4-8 p.m. only.