Grace Alliote Crystal of Monroe, New Jersey passed away on Sunday, August 2, 2020 at the age of 103. Grace was born on June 27, 1917 in Elizabeth, New Jersey. She attended and was the first Italian American to graduate from Overlook Hospital School of Nursing, Summit in the 1930’s. Within four years she was promoted to hospital administration. She completed post-graduate work in Obstetrical Nursing at Margaret Hague Maternity Hospital in Jersey City. Majoring in Nursing Education, she earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Seton Hall University. Grace later received her Master of Arts from Teachers’ College, Columbia University where she majored in Administration in Baccalaureate and Higher Degree Program in Nursing Education.
Her professional experience includes Director of the School of Nursing of the former Perth Amboy General Hospital and Assistant Administrator/ Nursing Service Administration at South Amboy Memorial Hospital. In 1979 the American Society for Nursing Service Administrators of the American Hospital Association selected her to represent the State of New Jersey, as well as the United States, in a People-to-People delegation to Europe and the Soviet Union to observe and recommend methods and procedures in nursing operations.
While Grace’s professional affiliations are many, she was extremely proud of her charter membership in the New Jersey Organization of Nurse Executives of which she was President.
Grace is pre-deceased by her husband, Ernie Crystal and is survived by her son Robert of Coconut Creek, Florida and three grandchildren, Joseph, Allie and Vinny.
A visitation for Grace will be held on Thursday, August 6, 2020 from 7:00PM to 9:00PM at Krowicki McCracken Funeral Home, 2124 East Saint George Avenue, Linden, NJ 07036. Prayer services will take place Friday, August 7, 2020 10:00 AM at Krowicki McCracken Funeral Home, followed by the Funeral at St. Gertrude Cemetery, Inman Avenue, Colonia, NJ 07067.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy for the Crystal family may be shared at www.krowickifuneralhome.com
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