Lieutenant Craig James of Waretown lost his wife Denise and three year old daughter Lilyanne in a three-vehicle collision that took place on a rural road in Freehold Township on July 14, 2022.

Denise was born in Neptune, NJ and lived in Brick before moving to Waretown in 2004. She was a Charge Nurse for Rose Garden Nursing Home in Toms River, NJ and a communicant of St. Pius X Church, Waretown.

Her daughter Lilyanne passed away on July 17, 2022.

Surviving is her husband Craig James; her children Nicholas and Robert; her parents Dennis and Jean Mousaw; her Aunt Jane, her mother-in-law and father-in-law Robert and Ann Marie James, her sister-in-law Darlene Kuzloski and her husband Marty and many aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be Friday July 22, 2022 from 3:00pm-7:00pm at Weatherhead Young Funeral Home, 885 Mantoloking Road, Brick. A Funeral Mass will be held Saturday 9:30 am at Church of the Visitation Brick. Please meet at the church Saturday morning. Entombment will follow at St. Joseph's Cemetery, Toms River.

In lieu of flowers please consider making a donation to the go fund me account below to support Lieutenant Craig James and his family.