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Kerri Bruzenas
Mar 9, 2022
Kerri Bruzenas, 45, of Manalapan, and formerly of Cranford, passed away on Wednesday March 9, 2022. A graduate of Cranford High School, Kerri received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from Rutgers University. She had been a creative media consultant with ID Media, New York, NY, and more recently worked in the restaurant business, as a server, manager, and...
Marion Partelow Puglisi
Mar 2, 2022
Marion P. Puglisi was born in Ossining NY and moved to Elizabeth, NJ as a child. She graduated from Battin High School in 1956, received her BS degree and teaching certificate from Davis and Elkins College in West Virginia in 1960 and her MA in mathematics from Louisiana State University in 1967. She moved to Cranford and taught high school...
Robert D Miller
Feb 28, 2022
Robert D. Miller, 95, Musician and Long Time Westfield ResidentRobert Douglas Miller, age 95, passed away on February 28, 2022.Bob was born on May 10, 1926, to Susie and Albert Miller. He had two older siblings, Sarah,and Frederick, and was joined two years later by his sister and lifelong best friend Ellen (Foster).The family lived on Sinclair Place. Bob attended...
Elizabeth Jane Ricany
Feb 27, 2022
Elizabeth Jane Reese Ricany known as Jane died 2/27/22. She was born 6/2/30. Jane attended Roselle high school. In 1951, she married Michael Ricany (dec). She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Cranford. They had four children together, Dawn Michael (dec) Debbie and David (dec). Jane enjoyed eight grandchildren Jamie Jeremy Jason Jonathan Tim Caitlin Alex and...
Dolores R Koellner
Feb 18, 2022
Dolores R. Koellner, 92, of Cranford, NJ, passed away peacefully on Friday February 18, 2022,in Cranford, NJ. Dolores was born in Sayreville, NJ, on July 2, 1929, to Victor and Apolonia Roskowski. She grew up in Sayreville, NJ and was the youngest of 9. As a teenager and young adult, Dolores and her sisters, Florence and Victoria, were part of a girl...
Michael J. Holliday
Feb 15, 2022
July 15, 1940 – February 15, 2022Michael Joseph Holliday died Tuesday February 15, 2022 at Overlook Hospital in Summit, NJ. A longtime resident of Westfield, NJ, he was 81 years old.The oldest of 4, Mike was born in Youngstown, OH on July 15, 1940 and grew up in nearby Campbell. From an early age, he was very responsible and showed...
George M Harbt
Feb 14, 2022
George Harbt, 88, Active Westfield ResidentIt is with great sadness we share that George Max Harbt passed away at his home in Westfield, New Jersey, on Monday, February 14, 2022.Born in Cranford to Helen and Max Harbt on March 26, 1933, George was raised in Westfield, where he graduated from Westfield High School before getting his associate degree from Keystone...
Edward Lowe Semple
Feb 11, 2022
EDWARD LOWE SEMPLE, Jr. January 6,1925 - February 11, 2022Edward L. Semple, Jr. graduated to his heavenly home on Friday, February 11th in Charlotte, North Carolina. Prior to moving to Charlotte in 2014, Edward was a longtime resident of Cranford, New Jersey since 1955. Edward was predeceased by his parents, Ted and Louise of Coral Gables, Florida and his sister,...
Jane Nee Lion Gross
Feb 9, 2022
Jane Lion Gross, 93, of Chatham, NJ, passed away on Wednesday, February 9, 2022 in Scotch Plains, NJ.Jane was born in Orange, NJ. to Earl and Gretchen Lion on July 26, 1928. She grew up in Short Hills, NJ. She married George P. Gross on April 17, 1953 in Short Hills, NJ. She graduated from Douglass College, Rutgers University, and...
Lois L. Thomson
Jan 30, 2022
Lois Thomson, 92, of Cranford, NJ died peacefully surrounded by family on Sunday, January 30, 2022. Born in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada to the late William and Eva (Smith) Milton, Lois was a graduate of Alma College in St. Thomas. She emigrated to the US in 1952, residing in Westfield, NJ for over 60 years and spent her final years...
Rose Nee Borrelli Restivo
Jan 26, 2022
Rose was born to Louis and Margaret Borrelli in Brooklyn, NY on October 14, 1926. The third of four siblings, elder sister Eleanor, brother Vito and later younger brother Louis. Upon graduation from Eastern District HS in Williamsburg, Brooklyn she began a clerical career at the Brooklyn Army Terminal.As fate would have it, her close friend and coworker Marie Restivo,...
Sharon Kolbe
Jan 26, 2022
Sharon Elizabeth Kolbe of Clark and Bayville, New Jersey, passed away on January 26, 2022 at Southern Ocean Medical Center in Manahawkin. Sharon was born on July 24, 1951 to the late Ruth Martell Kolbe and C. Clayton Kolbe and raised in Cranford and Union, NJ.Sharon graduated from Cranford High School, attended Union County Technical School and graduated from Kean...
Francisco Pachito Sepulveda
Jan 26, 2022
A complete obituary is being composed by the family.In lieu of flowers donations may be made to http://weblink.donorperfect.com/Sepulveda
Edith Mary Kennedy Coogan
Jan 21, 2022
Edith Kennedy CooganMarch 13, 1932 – January 21, 2022Loving wife, mother, sister, aunt, grandmother, great-grandmother, devoted friend, tireless volunteer and organizerEdith Kennedy Coogan, 89, resident of Cranford and Avon-by-the-Sea, NJ passed away peacefully on January 21, 2022 surrounded by her family. She was a strong and kind woman who lived a wonderful life with a loving family and abundant friends,...
Nikolay "Nick" Shargorodsky
Jan 21, 2022
Nikolay was born on August 17, 1992 and passed away on Friday, January 21, 2022.Nikolay was a resident of Westfield, New Jersey.
Chloe Ryer Cohoon
Jan 16, 2022
Chloe Ryer Cohoon of Lakewood, NJ and Indian Lake, NY, died on Sunday evening, January 16, 2022 at the Harrogate Skilled Nursing Center in Lakewood. She was 96 at the time of her death. Chloe was born on August 3, 1925 in Westfield, New Jersey where she grew up living with her parents Isabel and Henry Ryer on the Boulevard...
William R. Field
Jan 14, 2022
William Field, 76, passed away at Overlook Hospital on January 14th after a brief battle with Covid. Born in Allentown, NJ and formerly of Kearny, he was a resident of Cranford for 50 years.He was a loving and loyal husband, father, and grandfather. Surviving are his devoted wife of 50 years, Joann; his beloved daughter, Kim Marie; and his loving...
Eufemia "Emma" Rotella
Jan 8, 2022
Eufemia "Emma" Rotella (née Pagliuca), age 93, passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 8th, 2022, at her home in Garwood, New Jersey. She was born on October 14th, 1928 in Aiello del Sabato, Avellino, Italy, to Clelia and Corrodino Pagliuca. Emma was one of sixteen children and spent her life putting the needs of others, especially her family, before her...
James Joseph O'Connor
Jan 2, 2022
James Joseph O'Connor, Jr. passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 2, 2022 in New Providence, New Jersey. Jim was born on September 4, 1930 in New York City to James and Viola (LaMothe) O'Connor. A classic self-made man, Jim started his working life as a child, delivering the Bronx Home News in his neighborhood of Clason Point. While attending various...
H. Reed Myers
Dec 21, 2021
Myers, H. Reed: On December 28, 2021, Reed ceased his travels on this earth and was raised to eternal rest. Born on September 19, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois to Harvey H. and Gladys B. Myers, he served our country in the Army, and, when discharged, worked for Western Electric Co. for 38.5 years. In 1946, he was raised a Master...
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