Julia Simmons Erceg

January 13, 1915 - July 25, 2013

OBITUARY Julia left this world to be reunited with her husband Lou on Thursday, July 25, 2013. Julia was a resident at Avante Nursing Home in Concord, N.C. for the past 5 years and was 98 at the time of her passing. She was born on January 13, 1915 in Saugerties, N.Y., the daughter of James Henry Simmons, d. 1954 and Margaret Bradley Simmons d. 1958. Julia was predeceased by her husband, Louis J. Erceg, Sr., d. 1980, whom she married in 1936, and she is survived by her three children, Louis J. Erceg, Jr. and his wife Nancy Stone Erceg, who reside in Concord N.C., James H. Erceg and his wife Joyce Livingston Erceg of Indian Lake, N.Y. and Barbara (Bonnie) A. Erceg residing in Kannapolis, N.C. She is also survived by five grandchildren, Melissa Erceg Dougherty, Spartanburg, S.C., David Erceg, Concord, N.C., Natalie Erceg Boburka, Round Lake, N.Y., Stephanie Erceg Moriarty, Guilderland, N.Y. and Julie Erceg Behrens of Ithaca, N.Y. She was great grandmother to Allison Erceg, Nicholas Mucha, Devin Behrens, Liam Behrens, Kathryn Moriarty and William Moriarty and great, great grandmother to Leo Mucha and Henry Mucha. Julia and Lou spent their entire married life raising their three children in the Saugerties, N.Y. area, residing at 99 West Bridge St., Saugerties, from 1946 until his sudden death in 1980. Following her husband’s death, Julia and her daughter Bonnie moved to Kannapolis, N.C. where they resided near her son Louis, Jr. and his family until her death. She was predeceased by her eight siblings, Thomas Simmons d. 1977, Helen Simmons Arold d. 1980, Mary Simmons Briethaupt d. 1986, James Simmons d. 1896, Martin Simmons d. 1972, Margaret Simmons Davis d. 1935, Elizabeth Simmons Scott d. 1988 and Edward Simmons d. 1984 and their spouses as well as her husband’s four siblings, Stephen Erceg d. 1968, John Erceg d. 1977, Mary Erceg Krstovic d. 2002 and Anthony Erceg d. 1993, and their spouses. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 10:30 AM Friday at St. Mary of the Snow Church. Julia will be interred beside her husband Lou in St. Mary’s Cemetery in Barclay Heights. Friends may call Thursday from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at Buono Funeral Service, Inc.