Carmen Zoraida Jimenez, 76, passed away peacefully at her home on Tuesday, October 24, 2023.
Funeral services are private.
Born in San Sebastian, Puerto Rico, Carmen lived there until moving to Newark, NJ in 1965. She later moved to Kearny in 1992.
Ms. Jimenez was a Certified Nursing Assistant at Sinai Post-Acute, Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Newark (formerly named Newark Extended Care) for over 30 years before retiring in 2021.
She is survived by her children, Angel Luis Hernandez, Elizabeth Hernandez, Luis Angel Hernandez and Ivelisse Hernandez, six siblings, Hilario Jimenez, Maria Jimenez, Alexis Jimenez, Luz Jimenez, Aida Jimenez and Sonia Jimenez. Carmen also leaves behind her grandchildren, Danielle A. Harmon, Edward J. Harmon, III, Nelson Perez, Jr., Emily Ivelisse Perez and Alexander Hernandez. She was the great-grandmother of Jovani Andres Carrasco. Carmen is also survived many nieces and nephews and great-nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by two brothers, Dionico Jimenez and Hector Jimenez.
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