Dorothy Gaglia

Dorothy J. Gaglia, 84, died Friday, March 3, 2017, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born May 21, 1932, in her family home on Second Street, Bound Brook, she was the daughter of Rudolph and Mary Mikovitz Klutsarits. She was a lifelong borough resident. She graduated Bound Brook High School, Class of 1949. Dorothy was a secretary for the Bound Brook Adult School, retiring in 1984. She was a member of the Bound Brook Senior Citizens Club, and was active in the St. Joseph’s Senior Citizens Club, Raritan. She was a Communicant of St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church, Bound Brook. She loved her weekly cards, Quiddler, and Rummikub with her dear friends. Dorothy was predeceased by her loving husband of forty-seven years, Anthony S. Gaglia, who died October 8, 1999; her daughter, Lorrie Harris, who died in 1980, and her siblings, Elsie Hollar, John Klutsarits, and Kathryn Raczynski. She is survived by her daughter, Diane (Patrick) Gottschalk of Philadelphia. Funeral services will be 9:30 A.M. Tuesday, March 7, at the funeral home, followed by a 10:00 A.M. Funeral Mass at St. Joseph Church. Entombment will be at Resurrection Burial Park, Piscataway. Friends will be received 2:00 - 4:00 and 7:00 - 9:00 P.M. Monday. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital , Memorials Processing, 301 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tennessee 38105 - 9959.