Obituary of Eliese S Joost

Eliese S. Joost Part of Town Hall Delicatessen Family A graveside service for former South Orange resident Eliese Joost will be held Saturday, Oct. 25, at 10:30 a.m. at Hollywood Memorial Park, 1500 Stuyvesant Avenue, Union, NJ. Eliese S. (Jacobs) Joost, 98, passed away on September 4, 2014, in Nashua NH. Funeral services were held September 8th at the First Church of Nashua. She was born in Jersey City, NJ to Simon and Nora Jacobs. As a child, she moved to Germany, returning to Jersey City as a teenager. She spent most of her life in South Orange, New Jersey before moving to New Hampshire in 1998. The only daughter in the family, she adored her brothers and they her. Eliese was married for more than 40 years to her beloved husband Fred before his death 23 years ago. She was devoted to Fred and worked with him at Town Hall Delicatessen in South Orange. Eliese was involved with the Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts and PTA while her children were in school. She was a Deacon and taught Sunday School at the First Presbyterian and Trinity Church in South Orange. Her family and friends will remember her sewing and crocheting whenever she had the chance and she always enjoyed a good game of Rummikub, Uno or Gin Rummy. She loved visiting Martha's Vineyard where she and Fred summered for many years because it reminded her so much of the beautiful island she grew up on. She was predeceased by her husband, Fred Joost, son Fred G Joost and brothers, Simon, Oluf, John, Harry and Peter Jacobs. She is survived by son, Ronald Joost and wife Lori of Morris Plains; daughter Cathy and husband Louis Lovas of Hollis, NH; grandchildren Alyssa, Kira and Carly Lovas of Hollis, NH; Heidi Joost of Crowne Point, NY; Greta Joost of Schenectady, NY; Matthew Joost of Maplewood; Judy Joost of Morris Plains; Cheryl Joost of Boonton; Patti Stenzel and her husband Dan of Summit; Inger Lessier and her husband Kevin of Nashua, NH; 3 great-grandchildren, Peter and Margaret Benway, and Abigail Stenzel; sister-in-law Anna Jacobs of Flagtown; and many loving nieces and nephews. An online guest book is available at www.phaneuf.net In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the Alzheimer's Association of Massachusetts/New Hampshire, Five Bedford Farms Drive, Suite 201, and Bedford, NH 03110.