Aunt Rosemarie Obituary

Rosemarie Williams Nolan of Wanaque, age 89, passed away on Thursday June 15, 2023. She was born in Maplewood, NJ, and attended Montclair State Teachers College. She was one of the first six women to study at Notre Dame College, where she met her future husband; she and Francis (Frank) Joseph Nolan wed in 1959, and were married till his death in 1999—they lived in Huntington, NY and Montauk, NY. This stylish, confident, well-traveled professional woman was a math teacher for many years. She went to Hofstra University Law School at age 40, then became campus lawyer for Stony Brook University on Long Island, retiring in 1989. Rosemarie was a brilliant painter, and designed and built several stunning homes. Loving mother of late daughter Lisa Marie Nolan, daughter Joy Nolan of Brooklyn, son Michael Francis Nolan and his wife the late Jennifer Lee of Hopewell Junction, NY. Beloved longtime partner of Robert (Bob) Horowitz at Wanaque Reserve. Dear sister of John Williams of Toms River and Terrese W. Martin of Monroe, NJ. Grandmother of William Nolan, Eleanor Nolan, Francesca Nolan Cantor, and Bailey Nolan.