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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.
Henry Allison Cox
Apr 5, 2011
Henry Allison Cox Henry Allison Cox, 92, died on April 5, 2011, at Meadow Lakes, a continuing care community in Hightstown, New Jersey. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, April 16, 2011, at 11:00 am, at The Presbyterian Church, 1 Oak Street, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, followed by a reception at the church. Arrangements by Gray Funeral Directors,...
Elsie Anna Cerone
Apr 1, 2011
ELSIE ANNA CERONE Registered Nurse, Westfield resident Elsie Anna (Schnaars) Cerone, 80, of Westfield, died on Friday April 1, 2011, in the Center for Hope Hospice, Scotch Plains. Funeral services will begin at 11:00 AM Tuesday April 5, 2011 at Gray Funeral Home, 318 E. Broad St., Westfield. Interment will follow in Hollywood Memorial Park, Union. Visitation will be 9:30...
James W. Taylor
Mar 23, 2011
James W. Taylor, 92, of Westfield, passed away on March 23, 2011, in Wilmington, Delaware, embraced by the love of his family. Mr. Taylor was raised in the Missouri River valley of North Dakota, on what had been an open-range horse ranch established by his grandfather circa 1885. In 1936 he began a degree in Industrial Management at North Dakota...
S. Elloitt Hume
Mar 20, 2011
S. Elliott Hume Former Investment Manager Elliott Hume, age 90, “sailed” away on Sunday, March 20, 2011, from complications of kidney failure and cancer. He had lived in Cranford at the same address for sixty years since 1951. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Cranford, where he had served the Board of Trustees. He had been a...
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...
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