M. John Higgins age 80 of Holiday Heights, Berkeley Twp. died Friday August 3rd at home. He was employed in New York City for 38 years at the Metropolitan Opera House and later at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center and he was a member of Local 1 Theatrical Protective Union. Mr. Higgins lived in New York City and Ridgefield Park before moving to Holiday Heights 21 years ago.
Surviving is his wife Dolores, 2 daughters Doreen Higgins DiBenedetto and her husband Dick and Deborah A. Higgins, 3 stepchildren Edward Crimmins, III, Craig S. Crimmins, Donna Lynch and her husband John, 3 grandchildren Christine, Daniel and Tommy John, his sister and brother in law Anne and Frank Chickory.
Visiting will be Sunday from 2-4 & 7-9 pm at the Quinn Hopping Funeral Home 26 Mule Rd. Toms River. A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered 11 am Monday at St. Joseph R. C. Church, Toms River. Entombment will follow at St. Joseph Cemetery, Toms River.
