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Ralph H. Jones
Mar 13, 2011
Ralph Howard Jones Director of Public Relations, Westfield Historian Ralph Howard Jones, 78, of Stewartsville, NJ, formerly of Westfield, died Sunday March 13, 2011. Funeral services will be 1:00 PM Saturday March 19, 2011 in The Presbyterian Church, 140 Mountain Avenue Westfield. Private interment will follow later in the Revolutionary War Cemetery, Westfield. Arrangements by Gray Funeral Directors, Westfield. Born...

Janet Small
Mar 13, 2011
Janet Leonhardt Small, 59, passed away Sunday March 13th at home surrounded by her loving family. A lifelong resident of Cranford, she graduated Cranford High School in 1969. She later went on to earn a degree from Flagler College. Janet was predeceased by her parents William and Evelyn, her sister Geri, and her brother Bill. She is survived by her...

Theodore Carl Rutmayer
Mar 12, 2011
Mr. Theodore Carl Rutmayer age 88 entered eternal rest on Saturday March 12, 2011 at Overlook Hospital in Summit, NJ. Born in Staten Island, New York, he moved to Cranford in 1953. Involved in community support events as well as serving as President of the Cranford Booster Club, in the early 70's. He served his country in the United States...

Estelle M. Gruler
Mar 11, 2011
Estelle M. Gruler age 101 died on Friday March 11, 2011 Peggy's House, Center For Hope Hospice inScotch Plains, NJ. Born in Newark, NJ on February 11, 1910, she lived in Crestwood Village in Whiting before moving to Cranford in 2003. Estelle was a waitress for Tommy's Restaurant in Toms River for many years before her retirement.. She is pre...

Barbara Anthony Iaione
Mar 8, 2011
Barbara Anthony Iaione Fashion Designer / Artist and Poet Barbara Anthony Iaione, 78, a 39 year resident of Mountainside, died suddenly on Tuesday March 8, 2011 at her residence. Funeral services will begin at 11:00 AM Monday March 14, 2011, at Gray Memorial Funeral Home, 12 Springfield Avenue, Cranford (grayfuneralhomes.com), where Visitation will be 10AM until service time on Monday....

Angelos Glimis
Mar 6, 2011
Angelos Glimis, 85, of East Windsor, NJ, died Sunday, March 6, 2011. Visitation will be 6:00 - 9:00 PM, Wednesday March 9, 2011 at Gray Funeral Home, 318 E. Broad St., Westfield. Funeral service will be 11AM Thursday March 10, 2011, in Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, Westfield, followed by interment in Fairview Cemetery, Westfield. Mr. Glimis was born to...

Pete D. Zourzoukis
Mar 5, 2011
Pete D. Zourzoukis, 81, of Cranford, died March 5, 2011. Visitation will be 4-9PM Tuesday March 8, 2011, at Gray Funeral Home, 12 Springfield Ave., Cranford. Funeral services will begin at 11:00 AM Wednesday March 9, 2011, in Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, Westfield, with interment to follow in Fairview Cemetery, Westfield. Born in Greece, he is survived by his...

Ann Dempster
Feb 26, 2011
Ann Bain Dempster, 85, a retired realtor and homemaker, a long-time resident of Kensington, MD, and Summit, NJ, passed away on February 26, 2011‹her 85th birthday. Mrs. Dempster was was born in Elizabeth, NJ and raised in Roselle Park, NJ. She was daughter of James Alexander Bain and Margaret Wands Bain, originally of Musselburgh and Glasgow, Scotland. She recently moved...

Donald Edwin Lowrey
Feb 26, 2011
D. Edwin Lowrey age 90 went home to be with the Lord on February 26, 2011. Ed was born and raised in Pennsylvania. After serving in the Navy SeaBees in World War 2, he moved to New Jersey. Ed resided in Rahway for 56 years. Ed worked for Corrigated Box Company in Linden for 32 years before his retirement. He...

Theodore Wirt Nelson
Feb 23, 2011
Theodore W. Nelson, Exec VP, Mobil Oil Corp, Church and Westfield Y Trustee Mr. Theodore W. Nelson, 96, died February 23, 2011, at the Westfield Center, Genesis Elder Care Network in Westfield. Born in Missoula, Montana, and raised in Casper, Wyoming, he graduated valedictorian of both his high school and college classes. His GPA upon graduating from the Colorado School...

Ethel M. Heim
Feb 22, 2011
Ethel Heim, 106, Longtime Cranford Resident Mrs. Ethel Mapes Heim, longtime resident of Cranford, passed away peacefully on February 22nd at her home at the age of 106. Born in New York City in l904, Ethel lived with her family in Brooklyn where she participated in the first Children's Garden program at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. In l916 the family...

Barbara Sue Thomson
Feb 11, 2011
Barbara Sue Pierson Thomson, age 81, of Westfield, NJ passed away February 11, 2011 at home with her husband by her side. She was born October 11, 1929 in Westfield, the daughter of late Miriam & George W Pierson. She was the youngest of 4 siblings, Marjorie Saylor, Marilyn Watts and Harold Pierson. On July 29, 1955 she married James...

Olga Garcia
Feb 9, 2011
Olga Garcia, of Roselle, NJ, passed away surrounded by loved ones on Wednesday February 9, 2011 at her daughter's family home in Cranford, NJ. Mrs. Garcia was born in Havana, Cuba on December 11, 1929, the daughter of the late Sebastian Garcia Herrera and Teresa Arias. She worked as an International Medical Coordinator at Schering-Plough in Kenilworth, NJ from May...

Elizabeth L. Smith
Feb 7, 2011
Cranford, NJ Elizabeth L. Smith Mrs. Elizabeth L. Smith, 93, went to be with the Lord Monday, February 7th, 2011 at Saukin Valley Manor Nursing Home, in Hellertown Pennsylvania. Mrs. Smith was born in Detroit, Michigan , she lived in Cranford and Matawan. She was a mother and homemaker She worked as a Secretary at National Gypsum Garwood, NJ., for...

Joseph Halko
Feb 7, 2011
Joseph Halko age 79 died on Monday February 7, 2011. Born in Newark, New Jersey, he lived in Cranford for the last 23 years. Joseph was employed as a Warehouse Manager at Capitol Tile Company in Roselle Park for over 15 years before his retirement in 1991. He served our country in the United States Navy during the Korean Conflict....

Genevieve Frances Petroski
Feb 4, 2011
Genevieve Frances Petroski, 99, of Cranford died Friday February 4, 2011. Visitation will be 2-4 and 7-9 PM Tuesday February 8, 2011, at Gray Memorial Funeral Home, 12 Springfield Avenue, Cranford. Mass of the Christian Burial will be celebrated at 9:30 AM Wednesday February 9, 2011 in St. Michael Catholic Church, Cranford, with interment to follow in St. Gertrude Cemetery,...

Muriel Mcdonald Cook
Feb 1, 2011
Muriel McDonald Cook, 79, of Scotch Plains, died Tuesday February 1, 2011, at her residence. Memorial Visitation will be 4:00-8:00 PM Thursday February 3rd, 2011 at Gray's, Funeral Directors, 318 E. Broad Street Westfield. The Service of Remembrance will begin at 2:00 PM Friday February 4th, 2011 in The Presbyterian Church, 140 Mountain Avenue, Westfield. Private interment will be in...

Charles P. Damato
Jan 30, 2011
Charles P. Damato, 79, of Cranford, died at home on Sunday January 30, 2011, following a brief battle with cancer. Visitation will be 2-4 and 7-9 PM Wednesday February 2, 2011 at Gray Memorial Funeral Home, 12 Springfield Avenue, Cranford. Mass of the Christian Burial will celebrated at 9:30 AM Thursday February 3, 2011, in St. Michael Catholic Church, Cranford....

Frances C. Baker
Jan 25, 2011
Frances C. Baker, 92, died Tuesday January 25, 2011 at Sunrise Assisted living in Westfield, NJ. Funeral services will be held Monday January 31 at 10 am at Gray Memorial Funeral Home, 12 Springfield Avenue, Cranford. Visitation is Sunday January 30 from 2-4 and 7-9 at The Gray Memorial Funeral Home, 12 Springfield Avenue, Cranford. Fran was born February 19,...

Lubov Boyd
Jan 24, 2011
Cranford, NJ Lubov Boyd Mrs. Lubov Boyd, 87, of Cranford, NJ, passed away Monday Jaunuary 24, 2011 at Center For Hope Hospice, Scotch Plains, NJ. Mrs. Boyd was born in New York City, NY, she lived in Los Angeles, California, moved to Toms River, NJ and in 2005 moved to Cranford, NJ. She was the widow of Charles Boyd and...