Obituary of Halain E Owens

Halain E. Owens, 81 of Montague, NJ passed away April 14, 2025, at home.

Primarily a homemaker devoted to caring for her family and raising her children, Halain was a lifelong reader of mystery fiction with a preference for signal figures associated with the genre, particularly Agatha Christie, P.D. James, and Martha Grimes.

Halain also had a deep knowledge of gardening practices and tended, from 1984 through to the present, her own garden populated with lilies, poppies, a wide variety of roses, columbines, which she favored for their enduring fragility and delicate beauty, as well as a wide array of perennial flowers, fruits, and vegetables.

Through the mid-1990s Halain attended Sussex County Community College and later the County College of Morris, and worked for several years in various medical offices as a certified laboratory technician.    

The daughter of the late William and Helen (Bloomfield) Ward, she was born September 23, 1943, in New Brunswick, NJ. Halain was married to the late William Owens on May 15, 1971, in Iselin, NJ.

Halain leaves behind her; daughter Christina Owens; three sons: William Owens, Jr., Robert Owens, Richard Owens; three grandchildren Rosemarie, Genevieve and Caedon. She was predeceased by her husband of 51 years, William Owens, Sr.   

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 1 PM on Friday, May 16, 2025 at St James the Greater Roman Catholic Church, 75 River Rd, Montague, New Jersey 07827 with Reverend Wayne Varga officiating.

Modest donations may be made in her memory to the non-profit gardening initiative Big Green, which brings gardens and gardening practices to schools and urban communities: https://biggreen.org/  Big Green | Growing Food Changes Lives

Arrangements by Stroyan Funeral Home, 405 West Harford St., Milford, PA (www.stroyanfuneralhome.com).