Obituary of Annamma Mathew

ANNAMMA "LILLYKUTTY" MATHEW of Little Falls, died on Wednesday, October 15, 2008, at Mountainside Hospital, Montclair, at the age of 65 years. She was born in India and came to this country in 1987. She was a graduate from Trivandrum Engineering College earning the distinction of being the first female engineering graduate in the Pentecostal community of Kerala. While living in India, she pursued a successful career in Indian Telecommunications. She never forgot her higher calling in lie of being a wife and a mother. She wholeheartedly supported her husband, Pastor T. C. Matthew in his ministry and served to advance the gospel of Christ, while caring for her children and nurturing them in their faith. Predeceased by her parents, the late M. T. George and Saramma George, she is survived by her husband, Pastor T. C. Mathew, her son Josh and his wife Julie, four daughters, Julie and her husband Roy, Judy and her husband Jean, Jean and her husband Binu, Juby and her husband Bejoy, five grandchildren, Matthew, Jeremy, Jessica, Abigail and Jonathan, three brothers, Thomas, George and Jacob, and a sister Susan. The funeral service will be held on Monday at the funeral home at 10:00 AM with burial following at Maple Grove Park Cemetery in Hackensack. Visiting is on Saturday and Sunday evening from 7 - 9 PM.