Red Bank Resident Gisela Torrel Dies at 71

Red Bank resident Gisela Elisabeth Torrel, affectionately known as Oma, died suddenly on Tuesday, Oct. 15, at Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank. She was 71.

Born in Winnenden, Germany, Gisela immigrated to the United States as a young mother in 1968. She lived as a homemaker in Brick with her husband, Thomas Torrel, who passed away 13 years ago. Later, she moved to Red Bank, and worked as an operating room technician at JFK Medical Center in Edison.

Gisela was a loving mother and a devoted and engaging grandmother. She was a giving and forgiving person. In her free time, Gisela loved cooking, baking, gardening, shopping, and appreciating nature and the outdoors, especially with her long walks all throughout Red Bank.

Gisela thoroughly enjoyed working at JFK, and looked forward to being able to dedicate herself to her friends, coworkers and patients. Her energy was monumental. She was always ready and willing to offer her help to a friend or a stranger, and her final selfless act as an organ donor is a testament to her universal generosity.

Gisela is predeceased by: her parents, Paul and Paula Stotz; and her husband, Thomas Torrel.

She is survived by: her son, Charles Boyles and wife Gina, of Brick; her daughter, Barbara and husband Tom McEvoy, of Little Silver; her five grandchildren, Kevin, Joseph and Marissa Boyles, and Robbie and Claire McEvoy; her two sisters, Ellen Parker, of South Plainfield, and Wally Ellis, of Minneapolis MN; several nieces, nephews; and a second cousin, Armin Goelz of Frankfurt, Germany.

Visitation will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18, at the John E. Day Funeral Home, 85 Riverside Ave., Red Bank. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, at St. James R.C. Church.

Interment will remain private. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be sent in Gisela's memory to Interfaith Neighbors, 810 4th Ave., Asbury Park, NJ 07712.