WAPPINGERS FALLS – Albina E. “Jean” Ennis, 97, an area resident for 24 years and formerly of Hull Avenue in the Bronx, died on Friday, August 16, 2013 at home with her family.

Born in New York City on December 9, 1915, she was the daughter of the late John and Sophie (Stamphl) Erker. Jean had been employed as a Book Binder at National Law and Press in New York City for over 35 years. She was a parishioner at St. Brendan Church in the Bronx and more recently at St. Columba Church in Hopewell Junction.

Jean was predeceased by her husband, Edwin Ennis, on February 1, 1979. She is survived by her children, Florence Docherty and her husband Thomas of Wappingers Falls, Carol Gruber and her husband Otto of Wappingers Falls, Sandra McPherson and her husband Lawrence of Jupiter, FL, Edwin Ennis and his wife Marie of Staten Island, Robert Ennis and his wife Judy of Port Jervis, Jean Marie Barry and her husband Edward of Barnegat, NJ, and Frederick Ennis and his wife Irene of the Bronx; 14 grandchildren, and 22 great-grandchildren.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on August 26 at 10:45am at St. Brendan Church, 333 E. 206th Street, Bronx followed by inurnment at St. Raymond’s Cemetery in the Bronx.

Donations may be made in Jean’s memory to Hospice Foundation, Inc., 374 Violet Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601.

Arrangements are under the direction of the McHoul Funeral Home, Inc. For online condolences or memorial donations, please visit Jean’s Book of Memories at www.mchoulfuneralhome.com.