Catherine Pierce Obituary
With heavy hearts, we announce the death of Catherine Pierce of Fairfield, New Jersey, who passed away on March 6, 2023 at the age of 94. Family and friends are welcome to send flowers or leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
She was predeceased by: her parents, William H. Coward and Genevia Coward; her husband Leon J. Pierce Sr.; her sons, Irving and Leon J. Pierce Jr.; her sons-in-law, Robert C. Johnson Jr. and William Turner; her grandson-in-law Tremayne Wise; her brothers, William H. Jr. (Mary), Irvlean (Rebecca) and Edward A. Coward Sr. (Louise); her half-brother Albert W. Carney (Cora); her sister Emily F. Coward; her siblings-in-law, Hazel Pitts (Austin) and Frank T. Pierce Sr. (Myrtle); and her nieces and nephews, Edward A. Coward Jr., Frank T. Pierce Jr., Tommy, Harvey, Terry Pierce, Andrew Benjamin Pitts, Sheila, Paula and Margaret Pitts.
She is survived by: her children, Cathleen Johnson, Marcia Pierce, Marvin Pierce (Barbara) and Jeffrey Pierce (Alice); her grandchildren, Christina Godfrey (Danny), Charlene Johnson, Cherilyn Wise, Robert Johnson III, Marvin Pierce Jr. (Janelle), Marlon Pierce and Jeffrey Pierce Jr. (Nicole); her great grandchildren, Brittany Johnson, Danny Godfrey, Brianna Godfrey, Devon Godfrey, Bianca Godfrey, Braylee Godfrey, Hope, Faith Johnson, Madison and Marissa Pierce; and her nieces and nephews, Wayne Coward, Austin, Paul, Troy Pitts, Hester Ridgeway, Katrinka Hewitt, Marla Pitts-Pietrowski and Traci Pitts-Byrd. She is also survived by other relatives and friends.
