Rosemarie M. Gilman

Rosemarie Gilman (nee Evangelista), 85 a longtime resident of Westfield, died Friday, June 21st. Rosemarie's Life Celebration will be 6:00-8:00PM Wednesday, June 26th, and 930-10:30AM Thursday, June 27th at Gray Funeral Directors, 318 E. Broad St. Westfield, followed by graveside services at 11:00AM Thursday, at Fairview Cemetery, Westfield, NJ. Her Service of Remembrance will begin at 1:30PM Thursday June 27th, 2013, at the First United Methodist Church 1 E. Broad St. Westfield, NJ. Born in Newark, NJ, she was a retired secretary from the Papermill Playhouse, Millburn, and had a great love of music and the arts. Rosemarie was a singer, a piano player and an artist who had many of her paintings on display in her home. Rosemarie was preceded in death by her loving husband William, her parents Louis and Gilda Evangelista, her sister Aida Evangelista Alfieri and her brother Henry "Hank" Evangelista. She is survived by her nephews Frank M. Alfieri of Avenel, NJ, Stephen L. Alfieri and his wife Ann Marie of Jackson, NJ, Ron V. Alfieri of Colts Neck, NJ, Great-Nephew Frank M. Alfieri Jr., Brittany R. Alfieri, Gina M. Alfieri, Nephew-in-law Gerald Mulkeen and his wife Michelle and many more nieces and nephews of the Gilman Family. Rosemarie's Life Celebration will be 6:00-8:00PM Wednesday, June 26th, and 930-10:30AM Thursday, June 27th at Gray Funeral Directors, 318 E. Broad St. Westfield, followed by graveside services at 11:00AM Thursday, at Fairview Cemetery, Westfield, NJ. Her Service of Remembrance will begin at 1:30PM Thursday June 27th, 2013, at the First United Methodist Church 1 E. Broad St. Westfield, NJ. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to First United Methodist Church in Westfield, NJ.