Theresa M. Pierce, of Belmar, died December 27, 2018. She was a member of the Belmar Women's Club, the Leisure Citizens Group of Avon and a long standing member of the Belmar Republican Club. She was predeceased by her husband, James DuBois Pierce, her son James Franklin Pierce, her sister JoAnne Dessauer and her parents, Massimino Giuseppe Scarnatty and Ruth Dessauer. Surviving are her children, H. Robert Cooper, Gary Pierce, William Pierce and Sharon DuBois Pierce and many grand children and great grandchildren. Expressions of sympathy can be made to the American Diabetes Association.