Elizabeth Higginbotham

Elizabeth Ilene Higginbotham, nee Hare, 100, formerly of Woodbury passed away Saturday, April 18, 2009 in Rochester Hills, Michigan. She was the beloved wife of Marcus 3rd, who predeceased her in July 1997. Her brother, William J. also predeceased her in September 2003.

Her husband and her father, William J. Hare, Sr., were the owners of Hare Motor Company in Paulsboro. Mrs. Higginbotham, born and raised in Westville, was a graduate of Woodbury High School and the University of Pennsylvania. She was a teacher at West End Memorial Elementary School in Woodbury from 1956 to 1973. Prior to her teaching career she was a social worker in Monmouth and Gloucester Counties and buyer for R.H Macy Company in New York City. In 1961 she served on the New Jersey Committee as a member of the White House Council on Aging.

She is survived by son, Marcus of Troy, Michigan and son, Richard of Tampa, Florida, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. A third son, William, of Woodbury predeceased her in August 2002. Interment will be at Calvary Cemetery in Cherry Hill.

Services will be private and are under the direction of DAVIS-WAGNER FUNERAL HOME of Woodbury.

A memorial service will be scheduled at a future date in 2009 in Woodbury for family and friends to celebrate the lives of Elizabeth, Marcus and William.

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