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Civita Iacono
Jun 4, 2011
Civita (nee Cristo) Iacono passed away June 4, 2011 at home after a short illness. Visitation will be 2-4 and 7-9 PM Monday June 6, 2011 at Riggs Funeral Home, 130 Route 9, Forked River, NJ. There will also be visitation from 8AM until 10:30AM on Tuesday June 7, 2011 at Gray Funeral Home 318 E. Broad Street, Westfield. Mass...

Emily Soos Robison
Jun 3, 2011
EMILY SOOS ROBISON Emily Soos Robison passed away on Friday, June 3, 2001, at the age of 86. Born in Elizabeth, N.J. on April 4, 1925, she attended Linden High School, graduated from Bucknell University with a degree in biology, and later earned a Masters in Library Science from Fairleigh Dickinson University. She worked as a technical librarian at the...

Socrates A. Vasilatis
Jun 2, 2011
Socrates Vasilatis, 48, of Leonardo, NJ, died suddenly on Thursday June 2, 2011, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. Funeral Services will be 11:00 AM Tuesday June 7, 2011, in Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, Gallows Hill Road, Westfield, NJ. Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery, Westfield, NJ. Relatives and friends are invited to the Visitation from 5:00 - 9:00...

Donald N. Fintner
Jun 2, 2011
Obituary – Donald Finter AT&T Marketing, Bellcore – Telcordia Technologies World War II Navy Veteran, Licensed Pilot Donald Finter of Westfield, NJ, died peacefully at home on Thursday, June 2. A memorial service will begin at 1:00PM Saturday June 11, 2011 in the chapel of the Presbyterian Church, located at 140 Mountain Avenue in Westfield, NJ. Arrangements Gray Funeral Directors,...

Frances E. Jewett
Jun 1, 2011
Frances E. Jewett passed away at home at the age of 92 after a long illness. She had been a resident of Westfield for 63 years. Mrs. Jewett was born in Passaic, NJ, and lived in HoHoKus as a small child. She was the daughter of Esther and John F. Wehrell. She graduated from Passaic High School and then studied...

Edith B. Carlson
May 31, 2011
Edith B. Carlson, 103 years old, of Cranford, died Tuesday May 31, 2011. Relatives and friends are invited to the Visitation, 7-9 PM today, Wednesday, June 1, 2011, Gray Memorial Funeral Home, 12 Springfield Avenue, Cranford, where the funeral service will begin at 9:30 AM Thursday June 2, 2011. Interment will follow in Cloverleaf Memorial Park, Woodbridge. She was born...

Deirdre R. Dreyer
May 30, 2011
Deirdre R. Dreyer, 41, Teacher Deirdre Regina Dreyer (nee O'Connor), a Cranford resident and former teacher at the Allen W. Roberts Elementary School in New Providence, died May 30 on a family trip in San Diego, CA, following a long illness. Funeral services will take place Sunday, June 5, from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Gray Memorial Funeral Home,...

Donald T. Heffner
May 25, 2011
Donald T. Heffner, 67 died Wednesday May 25th 2011 at his home in Scotch Plains after a battle with cancer. He was born in Simpson, PA, son of Anthony & Rose Heffner (nee Borosky). Don graduated from Fell High School in 1962 and went on to serve in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. Visitation 2-4 and 7-9PM...

Gloria Gibilisco Muscatello
May 22, 2011
Gloria G. Muscatello Devoted Mother and Grandmother Gloria (Gibilisco) Muscatello, 84, of Scotch Plains, died peacefully at home with her family at her side on Sunday, May 22, 2011 after a courageous battle with Alzheimers Disease. The Visitation will be 2-4 and 7-9 PM Thursday May 26, 2011 at Gray Memorial Funeral Home, 12 Springfield Avenue, Cranford (www.grayfuneralhomes.com to send...

Richard W. Baldwin
May 22, 2011
Richard W. Baldwin, 91, active volunteer and devoted husband and father, has died Richard W. Baldwin, 91, passed away on Sunday, May 22, 2011 at his home in Cranford, NJ and was laid to rest on May 24 with full military honors in a private ceremony. A memorial service to celebrate his life will be held at 11:00 a.m. on...

Ninfa Ann Marotta
May 21, 2011
A Gathering will be on Tuesday from 2-4, 7-9 pm at the Gray Memorial Funeral Home 12 Springfield Avenue, Cranford. A Memorial Service will be 8 pm during the visitation hours.

Deborah Wojciak
May 17, 2011
Deborah Wojciak, 56, of Cranford, died Tuesday May 17, 2011 in Trinitas Regional Medical Center, Elizabeth, after a lengthy illness. Relatives and friends are invited to the Visitation from 2-4 and 7-9PM Thursday May 19, 2011 at Gray Memorial Funeral Home, 12 Springfield Avenue, Cranford. Interment will be private. Born in Elizabeth, Deborah was a nurse with the former Union...

Mary Zawistowski
May 2, 2011
Mary Zawistowski, 92, of Littleton Born September 3, 1918, Bayonne, New Jersey to parents Joseph and Mary Piatak. Mary spent the majority of her life in New Jersey and moved to Littleton, Colorado in 1996. She is preceded in death by her husband Stanley Julius Zawistowski, her brother John and sister Ann. Survived by son Stan and daughter Patricia (James)....

Robert A. Luba
Apr 29, 2011
Robert Alexander Luba, 65, of Whiting, NJ, formerly of Linden, died Friday April 29, 2011 in the Delaire Convalescent Center, Linden. Relatives and friends are invited to the Visitation from 7 -9 PM Tuesday May 3, 2011 at Gray Memorial Funeral Home, 12 Springfield Avenue, Cranford, where the funeral service will begin at 10 AM, Wednesday May 4, 2011. Interment...

Jeanne P. Meiklejohn
Apr 28, 2011
Jeanne Meiklejohn Purmort, 89, Journalist, Devoted Mother, and Volunteer Jeanne Purmort Meiklejohn, 89, passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 28, 2011 at the JFK Haven Hospice in Edison, New Jersey of a stroke. Jeanne was the wife of the late Robert Meiklejohn, the beloved mother of Anne Bussler of Haydenville, Massachusetts, Elizabeth Helming of Collinsville, Connecticut, Robert Meiklejohn III of...

Joseph N. Iasello
Apr 24, 2011
Joseph N. "Skippy" Iasello, 82, of Westfield, died Sunday, April 24, 2011. Relatives and friends are invited to visit from 2-4 and 7-9 PM Thursday April 28, 2011 at Gray Memorial Funeral Home, 12 Springfield Avenue, Cranford. Interment will be private. Born in Newark, Skippy was a veteran of the US Army, during the Korean War. He retired from the...

Robert D. Higbie
Apr 22, 2011
Robert Donald Higbie, age 87 Lifelong Cranford resident, WWII Navy veteran Bob Higbie was born to Russell and Helen Higbie in Elizabeth, N.J. on Oct.27, 1923 and lived in Cranford his entire life until moving to Waretown, N.J. in 2008. Living in various locations throughout town he was a member of the first class to go through the four years...

Evelyn Pisano
Apr 7, 2011
Evelyn (Warne) Pisano, 87, of Elizabeth, died Thursday April 7, 2011. Memorial services will be scheduled at a later date. Arrangements by Gray Memorial Funeral Home, Cranford. She was preceded by her husband Joseph Pisano, and is survived by daughter: Riva Campagna and her husband Michael of Cranford, son: Lance Warne and wife Sue of Florida, and five grandchildren.