Obituary of Geraldine (Geri) M. Holds

HOLDS Geraldine Holds Bank branch manager, 76 Mrs. Geraldine Geri M. Goos Holds, 76, of Maplewood died Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2006, at home. A memorial Mass will be in Our Lady of Sorrows Church, 217 Prospect St., South Orange, on Friday, Dec. 29, at 9:30 a.m. The family will be receiving friends to celebrate her life at The jacob A. Holle Funeral Home, 2122 Millburn Ave., Maplewood, on Thursday from 6 to 9 p.m. only. For more information or to send condolences, please visit jacobhollefuneral home.com. Born in Newark, Mrs. Holds lived in Maplewood for 55 years. She was a branch manger at the Summit Bank and Trust from 1962 to 1992, when she retired. Mrs. Holds was a communicant of Our Lady of Sorrows Church, South Orange. She was the beloved wife of the late Richard Holds, devoted mother of Cheryl Mercadante and her husband, Dominic, and Patricia Tischio and her husband, Robert, loving grandmother of Jillian and Jaclyn Dietzold, Jenna Mercadante, Matthew and Krysta Tischio, and dear sister of Catherine Comer and the late Muriel Hedberg. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Maplewood First Aid Squad, 129 Boyden Ave., Maplewood, N.J. 07040, would be appreciated.