Nancy O'Keefe passed away on Thursday, December 14, 2017 at her home in the Colonia section of Woodbridge Township. She was 65 years old.

Born in Orange, she was raised in North Arlington and moved to Colonia 30 years ago.

Mrs. O'Keefe was a registered nurse at JFK Medical Center in Edison for 40 years before retiring in 2014.

Surviving are her husband of 24 years, James O'Keefe; children, Gregory Chelstowski of Keansburg, Kristy Ingram of Rahway and Adam Chelstowski of Toledo, OH; step children, Lorraine Wehrle of Spotswood and Danica Marcus of South Plainfield; sister, Rita Przebieglec; Nephew, Austin Przebieglec; ten grandchildren; and many cousins and friends.

A Memorial Mass will be celebrated on Saturday, December 30, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at Saint Peter's Episcopal Church (stpetersspotswood.org), 505 Main Street, Spotswood, NJ 08884. The family will receive visitors beginning at 9:30 a.m. at the church.

In lieu of flowers memorial contributions to t he Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (pancan.org) in Nancy 's memory would be greatly appreciated by her family.