Mary McDonald Manaker passed away on Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital in New Rochelle, NY. She was 91 years old.

She was born in Newark and resided in Woodbridge Township and Hyde Park, NY before moving to Highland, NY in 2010.

Mrs. Manaker was a graduate of Westside High School in Newark and was employed as an operator with NJ Bell Telephone Company and Verizon before retiring in 1993. She was also a sustitute teacher at Saint James Catholic School in Woodbridge.

She was a communicant of Saint James Catholic Church in Woodbridge and belonged to the Telephone Pioneers of America.

Mrs. Manaker was predeceased by her husband, Carl L. Manaker, Jr., in January of this year.

Surviving is her loving daughter, Mary Manaker, of New York City; and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Funeral services will take place on Saturday, July 14, 2018 at 9:30 a.m. from Costello-Greiner Funeral Home, 44 Green Street at Barron Avenue, Woodbridge. A Mass of Resurrection will follow at 10:00 a.m. at Saint James Catholic Church, Woodbridge. Interment will be in Saint Gertrude Cemetery, Colonia. Visiting hours will be on Friday from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a contribution to the Pioneers, a Volunteer Network (pioneersvolunteer.org) in Mary's memory.