Dolly Colleen Gomes, 83 of Fords, passed away at home surrounded by her family on August 11, 2025.  Dolly was born in Calcutta, India and lived in England and Fords for the past 20 years.  She was a retired Secretary of several offices  - Siemens (India), Blue Star Refrigeration and OMNI Consultancy Services.

Dolly was predeceased by her husband Hugh Gomes who passed in 2004; her parents Phillip and Edna D'cruze and her brothers, Keith and Myles D'cruze

Dolly is survived by her daughter, Karen Ferdinands and son-in-law Stephen; her grandchildren, Naved Ferdinands and partner Saira Memon, Sarah and Giovanni Mendez,  Katherine Ferdinands and her partner Garrett, her great-grandson, Hugh Ferdinands; her nieces, Kimberly and Clive Gomes,  her nephew  Neil and wife  Phyllis D'cruze, and  Alison and her husband Sean Lynch, her grand nieces and nephews Melissa and husband Kenny Cuenco, Matthew Gomes, Liam and Callum Lynch and Diedre and Dustin  D'Cruze and her pet beagle and best friend Apollo.

Visitation will be held on Friday, August 15, 2025, from 6 PM to 9 PM at Flynn and Son / Mitruska Funeral Home, 23 Ford Avenue, Ford with a Catholic Prayer service at 8 PM.

A committal service will be held at 11 AM on Saturday, August 16, 2025, at Rosehill Crematory, Linden. If you will be attending, please arrive at the funeral home at 10 AM for a procession to the Rosehill Crematory, Linden.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made in Dolly's memory to the American Cancer Society https://donate.cancer.org .