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Arnold Rutherford
Sep 13, 2011
Arnold Lyle Rutherford, 73, passed away at home in Rahway, NJ on Monday, September 12, 2011. Arnold's funeral services will be conducted at Gray's funeral home in Cranford, NJ. Friends and family are invited to visit from 2pm-4pm and 7p-9p on Thursday September 15, 2011. Funeral services will be conducted at the funeral home on Friday 1pm September 16, 2011....

Raymond W. Lissenden
Sep 9, 2011
Raymond W. Lissenden Raymond W. Lissenden, 88 of Cranford, passed away September 09, 2011. Raymond is survived by his children, Renee', Robyn and Raymond; sister and brother-in-law Beverly and Lyle Burnett, grandchildren, Jessica and Bryan and preceeded in death by his loving wife Mary in 1981. A service will be held on Saturday, September 17th, 10:00 am at Fairview Cemetery,...

Myrtle Makohon
Sep 6, 2011
Myrtle Makohon (nee Uhrynuik) passed away peacefully on September 6, 2011. Myrtle was born in 1918 to Dmitri and Eugenia Uhrynuik in Vita, Manitoba Canada, and grew up in Winnipeg Manitoba. Myrtle married the late Michael Makohon in 1950. They raised their three daughters in Buffalo, NY where Myrtle was a real estate agent. She was very active at the...

Jane C. Brandt
Sep 5, 2011
Jane Curtis Brandt, 71, of Stewartsville, NJ, and formerly of Westfield, died Monday, September 5, 2011 in Morristown Memorial Hospital, after a brief, but valiant struggle with cancer. Relatives and friends are invited to the Visitation from 4:00-8:00PM Thursday September 8th, at Gray Funeral Home, 318 E. Broad St., Westfield, (www.grayfuneralhomes.com to offer condolences). The Service of Remembrance will begin...

Julia Margaret Hoff
Sep 3, 2011
Julia M. Hoff, 86, Longtime Resident; Was Involved In Civic and Community Activities Julia M. Hoff, age 86, passed away quietly at the Center for Hope Hospice, on Saturday, September 3, 2011, after a long illness. Relatives and friends are invited to visit the Gray Funeral Home, at 318 E. Broad Street, Westfield, Tuesday September 6, from 2 to 4...

Loretta Mary Manrodt
Sep 2, 2011
Loretta Manrodt Westfield Resident Loretta Mary Manrodt, 92, of Westfield, died Friday at her residence. Visitation will be 2-4 and 7-9 PM, Wednesday September 7, at Gray Funeral Home, 318 E. Broad St., Westfield, where the funeral service will begin at 11AM, Thursday, September 8, 2011.Interment will follow in Hollywood Memorial Park, Union. She is survived by her husband, Richard...

Walter J. Shordiche
Aug 29, 2011
Walter J. Shordiche, 64 of Edison, died Monday August 29, 2011 in his residence, after a lenghy illness. Born in Newark, Walter grew up in Elizabeth, where he graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1964. He later lived in Scotch Plains, before moving to Edison. He attended Union County College, and the Metropolitan Technical Institute, Passaic, graduating in 1967....

Jean Ott Grande
Aug 28, 2011
Jean Ott Grande, Age 86, of Mountainside NJ, passed away on Sunday Aug 28, 2011, after years of declining health. Relatives and friends may visit from 2-4 and 7-9 PM, Thursday, September 1, 2011, at Gray Funeral Home, 318 E. Broad Street, Westfield, where the funeral service will begin at 11:00AM Friday September 2, 2011. Interment will follow in Hillside...

Lenore W. Eakeley
Aug 24, 2011
LENORE W. EAKELEY Lenore W. Eakeley (née Lenore Elizabeth Wolff) died on August 24, 2011 after a long battle with congestive heart failure, at age 90. Private interment will be in the Revolutionary War Cemetery, Westfield. Arrangements by Gray's, Funeral Directors, Westfield. A resident of Westfield, N.J., Lee (as she was known to her friends) had been an active participant...

Bernice Erickson
Aug 22, 2011
Bernice Erickson Westfield resident, worked in Semi-Conductors Bernice Erickson, 91, of Westfield died on Monday August 22. 2011. peacefully in Meadowview Nursing Home in Northfield, NJ. Private services are under the direction of Gray's, Funeral Directors, Westfield. A lifelong resident of Westfield, she retired from New Jersey Semi Conductor Products, Springfield, after 20 years service. She had a love of...

Joan Martin Hurford
Aug 11, 2011
Joan Martin Hurford age 63 passed away on August 11, 2001. Born in Montclair, New Jersey, she lived most of her life in Jersey City, then in Manhattan, NY before moving to Westfield. Joan graduated from Snyder High School in Jersey City, and Fordham Univdersity, Lincoln Center Campus in New York. She worked at Morgan Guaranty Company, then NBC advertising,...

Walter F. Jaroszewski
Aug 4, 2011
Walter F. Jaroszewski age 76 died on Thursday August 4, 2011 at Overlook Hospital in Summit, NJ. Born in Bayonne, NJ, he has lived in Scotch Plains for the last 42 years. Walter sorked as a Splicer for New Jersey Bell in Irvington for 42 years before his retirement. He was a member of Local #827 International Brotherhood of Electrical...

Marian Elizabeth Wittnebert
Aug 2, 2011
Marian E. Wittnebert, of New Providence, entered into rest at her home on the evening of August 2, 2011 after a lengthy illness. She was 92. Born in Jersey City and raised in Cranford, she was a daughter of the late Albert Reiners and his wife Ada (Broadway). She was preceded in death by her brother, Robert Reiners of Hinsdale,...

John A. Baker
Aug 1, 2011
John A. Baker, age 77, of Cranford, NJ, died Monday, August 1st at Overlook Hospital in Summit, NJ. Visitation will be from 2-4 PM and 7-9 PM on Thursday, August 4, 2011 at Gray Memorial Funeral Home, 12 Springfield Ave, Cranford, NJ 07016. Services will be at 11 AM on Friday, August 5, 2011 at Gray Memorial Funeral Home. Burial...