Anne O. Gouldsbury

GOULDSBURY, Anne 0. peacefully passed away on Wednesday, January 22, 2025. At the time of death, she was residing in her apartment at the Arbor Terrace Assisted Living facility in Middletown, NJ.

Anne was born in New York City on August 18, 1936. She lived a long productive life filled with joy, travel adventures with her husband Bill and get-togethers with family and friends. She was an outgoing vivacious person who had a zest for life. In the last year, Anne faced the inevitable with courage and acceptance.

Anne is predeceased by her parents John and Anna Zloch, her brother John, and her husband William Gouldsbury. She is survived by her brother Robert Zloch (Janie), nieces and nephews Kathleen (John) O’Hara, Jane (Brian) Farrell, Richard (Lisa) Gouldsbury, Suzanne DiFilippo (Rick), Penny Ray (Michael), Betsy Hartman (Steve) and John Zloch (Elaine), great and great great nephews and nieces, cousins, and friends.

There will be a visitation on Tuesday, January 28, 2025, from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM at Pizzi’s Funeral Home, 120 Paris Avenue, Northvale, NJ. Pizzi’s phone number is 201-767-3050.

On Wednesday 29, 2025 at 10:00 AM there will be a funeral service held at Pizzi’s Funeral Home with Pastor John Holladay (of Prince of Peace Lutheran church) presiding.

Anne’s life was an American dream that began when her parents, John and Anna Zloch, decided to emigrate between the world wars to the United States from what is now Slovakia. Anne was born and raised in lower Manhattan.  Her family lived in an apartment building with all the other immigrantsfrom Slovakia. She did well in high school.  Her spiritual needs were tended to at Holy Trinity Slovak Lutheran Church where she taught Sunday school.  

Anne worked in Manhattan and graduated from college with a BBA degree after 13 years of night school.  Anne married Bill Gouldsbury in what turned out to be a storybook marriage of 40 years.  She loved living in Northvale and spent 10 years on the town council. Her signature accomplishment on the council was the opening of the McGuire Senior Center.