Gracelee J. Leidner passed away on Sunday, September 2, 2018 at Manor by the Sea Care Center in Ocean Grove. She was 83 years old.

Born in Gerristen Beach Brooklyn, NY; she was raised in New York, before moving to the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township where she raised her family.

Mrs. Leidner would go the Christian Science Reading Room in Rahway for many years.

She was predeceased by her husband, Carl F. Leidner, Sr., in 2000; and sisters, Daphne Seale, Edna Mae Zygnerski and Maureen Torro.

She is survived by her daughter Linda Kohm of Colts Neck; sons, Ronald C. Leidner of Iselin and Carl F. Leidner, Jr. of Middletown, NY; seven grandchildren and two great-Grandchildren.

Funeral services will take place on Tuesday, September 11, 2018 9:30 a.m. at Costello-Koyen Funeral Home ( www.costello-koyen.com ), 399 Avenel Street, Avenel. Interment will be in Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Park, North Hanover Township, NJ. Visiting hours will be on Monday from 4:00 pm until 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home.