Barbara A. Genna, 81, of Avenel has entered eternal rest on November 8, 2022.

Born in Newark, NJ on August 29, 1941, Barbara spent most of her childhood in her hometown and graduated from West Side High School in 1958. She then moved to Avenel in 1961. She later became an office worker at Supermarkets General in Carteret, NJ.

Barbara volunteered at JFK Hospital and was a communicant of St. Andrew's Roman Catholic Church. She enjoyed summers at her shore house in Wildwood Crest and loved spending time with her daughter and family.

She was predeceased by her parents, Julius and Margaret (n. Molee) Besofsky and her husband of 40 years, Michael Genna, who passed in 2001.

She is survived by her daughter, Debra DeGaeta, and her husband, Michael, of Sayreville; her sister, Eleanor Curto, of Iselin; her nephews, Michael Curto and his wife, Amanda, Mark Curto, and his wife, Dawn and her great nieces, Jade and Hadley.

Visitation will be held on Friday, November 11, 2022, from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the Flynn and Son Funeral Home, 23 Ford Ave., Fords, NJ.  Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, November 12, 2022, at 9:15 am at the funeral home followed by a 10:00 am Funeral Mass at St. Andrew's Roman Catholic Church in Avenel, NJ.  Interment will follow at St Gertrude Cemetery in Colonia, NJ.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in Barbara's name to Parkinson's National Foundation at www.parkinson.org .  Please keep the family in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time. Online condolences may be offered at www.flynnfuneral.com