Annette Nettie Long

In Nettie’s life her greatest happiness was family happiness. She was always anxious to share a story about the kids or grandkids and her home was adorned with countless photos of them. In her eyes her grandchildren could do no wrong; even when they would wind her up with wildly exaggerated stories she was happy to believe every word. She was always up to taking her chances in the casinos and often battled the one-armed bandits in Atlantic City and even a few times in Las Vegas. But if you sat across a card table from her you would soon see how much she liked canasta. But when she was in the kitchen it was never a gamble, you always knew her food would be delicious. When her son owned Derby’s Tavern in Riverside, she was the cook. When she made veal scaloppini there was never any leftovers.rnShortly after WWII, Annette was working on a military base in Georgia. When a co-worker asked her to track down a soldier named Milo she happily obliged. Turns out, the gentleman she found was Joseph Long; he just claimed to be Milo for chance to charm this young lady. His ruse worked, and before long they were married. Before his passing in 2001, their lives were blessed by their children: Thomas of Riverside and David (Denise) of Delanco, and again by their grandchildren: Jennifer, Frankie, Dina and Michael, by their great-grandson Sammy and adopted great-grandchildren: Emily, Brandon and Matthew. She is also survived by her sister June Pate of TX, her dear friend Jean Bowers and many nieces and nephews.rnCome celebrate Nettie’s 82 wonderful years (March 24, 1929-August 17, 2011) Tuesday from 9 AM at the Sweeney Funeral Home, Riverside, where the service will be at 11. Interment New St. Mary’s Cemetery, Bellmawr. In lieu of flowers memorial gifts may be made to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, Attn: Tribute Gifts, Church Street Station, P.O. Box 780, New York, NY 10008-0780 www.michaeljfox.org.rn –