Teresa "Teri" McGuire
Bridgewater, NJ
Teresa "Teri" McGuire, 61, of Bridgewater, NJ, passed away suddenly on Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at her home. Born in Jersey City, Teri resided in Martinsville before moving to Bridgewater 37 years ago.
Teri graduated from Mount St. Mary Academy of Watchung NJ, Class of 1978. Teri then went to Somerset County College and received an Associate of Science Degree in Business Administration. From 1982 – 1987 she worked for Baker & Taylor in Somerville. Her career in computers and insurance started while working for her father at the McGuire Insurance Agency in 1988. After the business was sold to Meeker Sharkey, she continued working as their Senior Account Manager. Teri went on to work for Summit/Fleet Bank and the Bank of America Corporation as an Information Systems Analyst and Senior Client Service Manager. In 2007, Teri joined Crystal & Company in New York City. There she held numerous positions including Senior Database Analyst and Administrator. In 2020, she joined Lineslip Solutions as an Associate Product Manager.
Teri was respected throughout the industry for her great understanding of both computers and insurance.
Teri was an avid reader who loved to cook, bake holiday cookies, and go sailing in Lake George, New York.
She is preceded in death by her adoptive parents, Bette and John McGuire and her biological father, Wayne Reed Jr.
Teri is survived by her loving husband of 26 years, Jeffrey Pach; loving step-daughter Stephanie and husband Michael Laukaitis of North Babylon, NY; three dear brothers, Wayne Reed, III and wife Petrina of Camarillo, CA; Ted McGuire of Utah; Tim and wife Debbie McGuire of Alabama; two sisters, Jean and husband Thomas Lynch of Port St. Lucie, FL; Laura and husband Robert Weimer of Glen Cove, NY; numerous loving nieces and nephews, her two cats, Cosmo and DeeDee and her three dogs, Champ, Luke, and Watson.
A viewing will be held on Friday, March 4, 2022, from 4-8pm at the Branchburg Funeral Home 910 Rt. 202 South Branchburg, NJ 08876.
A prayer service will begin at the funeral home on Saturday, March 5, 2022, at 10am. Funeral mass will follow at St. Mary Stony Hill Church at 11am in Watchung, NJ.
Memorial contributions may be made in her memory to St. Hubert's Animal Shelter https://www.sthuberts.org/.
Committal is private.