Mount Olive Township, Mrs. Gloria Anna (Kruitisia) Faust, 79, died on April 8, 2017 at the Forest Manor Health Care Center in Hope, after a long illness. She was born in Dover to the late John and Hilda Krutisia. She lived in Jefferson before moving to Budd Lake in 1966. Gloria worked for many years as a waitress at several local diners all of which she frequently patronized with her longtime late friend and companion Paul Mooney. She worked on the assembly line at Hercules Powder Company in Kenvil, as well as Elastimold in Hackettstown.

Gloria was the loving mother of 5 children, 4 daughters and a son; Donna (and Gary) Allen, Diane (and Fred) Burd, Denise (and John) Bach, Darlene Faust and David Faust, 3 grandsons; Brian Matthew Allen, Justin Bach and Gregory Bach, and by her youngest sister; Barbara Jensen.

Friends may visit at Davis & Hepplewhite Funeral Home, ?96 Main Street, Succasunna, NJ 973-584-7264 (davishepplewhitefh.com) on Wednesday from 3 – 7 pm. The Funeral Service will be held on Thursday, 11  am, at the Funeral Home. The interment will follow at the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Chester. In lieu of flowers, the family wishes donations be made in her name to the Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research   www.michaeljfox.org