Lorraine Rae Averill

Mrs. Averill, 82, a Freehold Township resident since 1970, died June 26, 2008, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. She was an examiner for Chatham Pharmaceutical in Newark for 23 years before retiring in 1968. Mrs. Averill was predeceased by a brother, Richard Steeber, and two sisters, Shirley Falgares and Georganne Applegate. She is survived by her husband of 62 years, Charles; a sister and three brothers-in-law, Jerelyn and John Toath, Carl Applegate and William Falgares; two sisters-in-law, Rosemary Metcalf and Olga Steeber; and several nieces and nephews. A funeral service was held at the Freeman Funeral Home, Freehold, followed by interment at Brig. Gen. William C. Doyle Veterans Cemetery in Arnytown. Memorial donations may be made to Monmouth County SPCA, P.O. Box 93, 260 Wall St., Eatontown, N.J. 07724 or Popcorn Park Zoo, P.O. Box 43, Forked River, NJ 08731.