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Janet H. Mc Whorter
Jul 3, 2011
Janet H. McWhorter Lifelong Cranford Resident, Executive Assistant Janet H. McWhorter, 65, of Cranford, NJ, died on Sunday, July 3, 2011, just 9 days shy of her 66th birthday. The family will be receiving condolences on Wednesday, July 6, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Gray Memorial Funeral Home, 12 Springfield Avenue, in Cranford, NJ. Funeral...

Herbert H. Keller
Jun 30, 2011
Herbert H. Keller, 82 of Westfield & Point Pleasant Beach passed away Thursday, June 30 at home. Combining his love of the outdoors and mathematics, Mr. Keller was a land surveyor for 65 years and was the owner and president of Casey & Keller, Inc. Land Surveyors and Civil Engineers of Millburn, Mr. Keller was Free Mason, a member of...

Stephen C. Dvorak
Jun 27, 2011
Stephen Charles Dvorak of Westfield NJ passed away peacefully at his home on Monday, June 27, 2011. He was 89 years old. He is survived by his wife, Margaret Phillips Dvorak, and nieces and nephews (Caroline Yates of Rochester, NY, Robert Dvorak of Babylon, NY and Barbara Kothe, of Waxhaw, NC). He is pre-deceased by his first wife, Florine O....

James G. Skinner
Jun 21, 2011
James G. Skinner, 91, of Westfield, NJ, died Tuesday June 21, 2011. No services are planned. Interment will be private.

Adeline Soriano
Jun 20, 2011
Adeline Soriano, 102 years old, formerly of Westfield, died Monday June 20, 2011, in the Care One Nursing Center in Morristown. Relatives and friends are in invited to the Visitation from 2:00-5:00 PM Thursday June 23rd, and from 10 AM to 11AM on Friday June 24th, at Gray Funeral Home, 318 E. Broad Street, Westfield, where the funeral service will...

Sonia L. Kassinger
Jun 20, 2011
Sonia L. Kassinger, 71, of Westfield, NJ died on Monday June 20th in Martha's Vineyard, MA. The funeral service will begin at 11:00am on Tuesday June 28, 2011 in the chapel of the Presbyterian Church, 140 Mountain Avenue in Westfield, NJ. Interment will follow in Fairview Cemetery, Westfield. A visitation will be held on Monday June 27th from 5:00-8:00pm at...

Frances R. Wyckoff
Jun 18, 2011
Frances R. Wyckoff age 103 passed away on Saturday June 18, 2011 at Manor Care Nursing Home, in Mountainside.. Born and raised in Springfield, NJ, she lived there most of her life. She was a legal secretary for Richard Johnson Attorneys in Union before her retirement in1967. She is pre deceased by her loving husband, John W. Wyckoff. Surviving are...

Irene T. Vagelos
Jun 16, 2011
Irene Vagelos, 88, passed away on June 16, 2011 She spent nearly her entire life residing in Westfield. She attended Westfield Public Schools and worked after school in her family's New York Candy Kitchen and Westfield Sweet Shoppe. She spent many years as head waitress and candy maker in the business. After the business was sold in 1970, she worked...

Edwin L. Wells
Jun 14, 2011
Edwin L. Wells 87, born Orange, NJ, died of cancer Tuesday, June 14, at UMDNJ, Newark. He leaves his wife of 63 years, Mary Riggs Wells, a son Gordon, and daughter Elisabeth (Beverly) Worth. He is survived by his brother, Warren Wells and his wife Audrey. His sister, Jean Alice Wells pre-deceased him in 1975. He has one grand-son and...

Theocharis A. Philippou
Jun 14, 2011
Theocharis A. "Haris" Philippou, 51, of Bridgewater, NJ, died suddenly on Tuesday June 14, 2011 at Lourdes Medical Center in Willingboro, NJ. Relatives and friends are invited to the Visitation from 4:00 to 9:00 PM Saturday June 18, 2011 at Gray Funeral Home, 318 E. Broad Street, Westfield (www.grayfuneralhomes.com to offer condolences). The Funeral Service will begin at 11:00AM Monday...

Jenny A. Guzzo
Jun 11, 2011
JENNY A. GUZZO Jenny (Giovanna) A. Guzzo, 89, of Cranford, died Saturday June 11th, in Robert Wood Johnson University Medical Center, in Rahway. Born in Salerno, Italy, she was retired after a 30 year career as a kindergarten teacher in the Holy Rosary Academy, Union City. She is survived by a sister: Mary J. Romeo of Cranford, two nieces: Carol...

Bunny Selvig
Jun 7, 2011
Charlotte (Bunny) E. Selvig, 89 of Tewksbury, NJ,, passed away at home surrounded by her loving family on Tuesday June 7, 2011. Memorial visitation and service will be 7:00 - 8:30 PM, Thursday June 16, 2011, at Gray Funeral Home, 318 E. Broad Street, Westfield, NJ. Born and raised in Westfield, she graduated from Westfield High School, and worked for...

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...