Joan E. Warren

Elizabeth, Jamaica. Betty was the seventh child of nine children born to Ehud and Violet Sellars.

Her childhood was spent helping to raise coffee and other crops and taking care of the animals,

and of course attending school and church, typical of the lifestyle in Jamaica in those days.

After successfully passing the Jamaica Local Examination she taught for a brief period before

deciding to pursue a career in nursing and enrolled in nursing school at Kingston Public Hospital.

After graduating from nursing school, she went to work at Black River Hospital. While working

there, she was recruited for a nursing job in the Bahamas which she accepted. She worked in the

Bahamas for four years then migrated to New York City. In the late 1970s, she settled in New

Jersey with her husband Oznie Warren and had three sons, Andrew, Maxwell and Devon. She

had a successful nursing career, providing care in hospitals in New Jersey such as Alexian

Brothers, even serving as nursing supervisor of neurology at that institution. After spending some

time in Florida from 1998 to 2015, she returned to New Jersey in 2015 to be close to her family,

especially her grandchildren, Jovon, Joli, Sam, Uriah and Miles.

Throughout her life, Betty was in close contact with her siblings; her sisters Clarnet, Evelyn,

Sadie, Elitte and Dawn and her brothers Nunez, Mike and Dan. She became a second mother to

their children and grandchildren. She would regularly return to Jamaica to visit her childhood

home and travel to spend some time with her siblings and friends whenever possible. Whenever

she would return to the US, she would be sure to bring back some of her favorite dishes fish,

guava jelly and coffee and of course the spirit of Jamaica.

Betty was a caring person and known to take time to care for others such as her aunt. Betty loved

to read, garden and spend time with family friends and could be heard joyfully humming

throughout the day. She will be greatly missed and always remembered.

Relatives and friends are invited to visit the McCracken Funeral Home, 1500 Morris Ave, Union, NJ 07083 on Friday, September 1, 2023 from 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM. A funeral service will be held at the Funeral Home on Saturday, September 2, 2023 at 9:30 followed by interment in the Hollywood Memorial Park, 1500 Stuyvesant Ave, Union, NJ 07083.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.McCrackenFuneralHome.com for the Warren family.