Patricia A. Fiore, 85, passed away on Wednesday, November 2, 2016 surrounded by her family.

She grew up in Eatontown before moving to Long Branch where she lived most of her life. She retired to Homosassa, FL.
She was united in marriage to Stanley J. Fiore on August 22, 1954. They were married for 37 years until he passed away from cancer in 1991.
Patricia lived in Long Branch for many years, loved her family and set such an example of strong Christian values. She always jumped in to help to take care of loved ones. She taught Sunday school for many years at Simpson United Methodist Church in Long Branch where she was a member. She was an artist and her oil paintings and watercolors are displayed in many homes. Patricia also wrote poetry and was a crafter. She won several dance contests and loved rollerskating in her youth. While she lived in Florida she helped with a literacy program at an elementary school. She deeply loved her mother and her older sisters who were twins. She never complained at all. She was loved and will be missed by her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren who hold a special place in their hearts for her and will carry on the memories of her and her love.
She opened Country Cousin Craft Store in the 1980’s and owned along with her husband, Rainbow Instant Printing both in Long Branch. Patricia was instrumental in starting the Monmouth County Women’s Aglow Chapter and served as a past president. She member both the Glad Tidings Church in Tinton Falls and the First Assembly of God Church in Shrewsbury.
She was predeceased by her husband, Stanley in 1991; her parents, Charles and Hilda Cowdrick Jeffrey and her twin sisters, Frances Bigelow and Bertha Baker.
Surviving are her children, Diane Fiore, Glenn Fiore and his wife Claire, Gary Fiore and his wife Michele and Sharon Pugliano and her husband Anthony; 12 grandchildren, Kelly Boatright, Christopher Boatright and his wife Donelle, Patricia Boatright Harper and her husband Aaron, Joseph Boatright, Lauren Fiore, Heather Fiore, Kristina Fiore Karpew and her husband Robert, Holly Fiore Lane and her husband Ben, Joshua Fiore and girlfriend Fallon Gilleo, Ilyssa DePonte, Nicolise Pugliano and Biaggio Pugliano and 9 great-grandchildren, Aundriana, Devon, Drake and Chance Boatright, Aria and Gwendolen Harper and Avah, Joshua and Emery Fiore and many nieces and nephews.
Relatives and friends are invited to visit from 1-5 pm Sunday at the Fiore Funeral Home, 236 Monmouth Road in Oakhurst, Ocean Township. In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association. For condolences, please visit www.fiorefuneralhomes.com.