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Donald King Mac Lellan
Jun 15, 2010
Donald King Mac Lellan , know to his friends as King, died on Tuesday June 15, 2010 at Brighton Gardens in Mountainside, NJ. He was 87. Born in Mineola New York, he lived in Westfield for over 60 years. King, was a combat veteran of World War Two, and fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He is survived by...

Betty A. Haurie
Jun 9, 2010
Betty A. (Stockinger) Haurie, 82, of Scotch Plains, died Wednesday, June 9, 2010, at her residence. Visitation will be 2-4 and 7-9 PM Monday June 14, 2010 at Gray Funeral Home, 318 E. Broad St., Westfield, where the Service of Remembrance will begin at 11:00AM Tuesday, June 15, 2010, with interment to follow in Fairview Cemetery, Westfield. A member of...

Rita Lenox
Jun 9, 2010
Rita C. Lenox, of Cranford, NJ, deceased June 9, 2010. Vice President & Secretary-Treasurer of Lenox-Fugle Electronics Inc; both on South Plainfield & Cranford. She was also Vice President of advertising for the Lenox-Fugle international Inc.; Nogales, AZ and Mexico. Rita previously was the womans' editor of the Daily Journal, retiring after 17 years in the editorial department. She began...

Mary E. Sturtevant
Jun 7, 2010
Mary Ellen Krattinger Lucas Sturtevant, the only child of August and Jane Krattinger, was born February 22, 1917, and became a half orphan when her father was killed in a boating accident on the Hudson River. She grew up on Amstersdam Avenue in New York City and always proudly claimed her NYC heritage. Mary was raised by her mother who...

Ethel Anne Athanas
Jun 3, 2010
Colleen (Ethel Anne) Athanas of Westfield, NJ born on Feb 3, 1939 died peacefully at home on June 2, 2010. Ms. Athanas was a native of Roselle and as a single mother raised her 2 beloved daughters in Cranford, NJ. She had a successful modeling career in New York City and was a talented artist who also pursued a degree...

Murray C. Stetson
Jun 2, 2010
Murray Clifton Stetson, 78, of Clark, New Jersey, died peacefully on June 2. He was born on September 21, 1931 in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the oldest child of Nancy White (Stetson) Mattern, 97, who lives in Murray's home in Clark, and Harold Clifton Stetson, deceased. Murray also was the adopted son of Oliver Ross Mattern, deceased. At the age...

Stephen Angelo Dalli
Jun 1, 2010
OBITUARY NOTICE: Stephen Angelo Dalli, 48, of Cranford, died Tuesday June 1, 2010. Mass of the Christian Burial will be 9AM Saturday June 5, 2010 in St. Michael's Catholic Church, 40 Alden St., Cranford, interment to follow in St. Raymond's Cemetery, Bronx, NY. Visitation will be 5-9 PM Friday June 4, 2010, Gray Memorial Funeral Home, 12 Springfield Ave, Cranford....

June Ann Nugent
May 26, 2010
June Ann Nugent, 78. of Westfield, passed away Wednesday May 26, 2010. Visitation will be 2-4 and 7-9 PM, Friday, May 28th, Gray Funeral Home, 318 E. Broad St., Westfield, where funeral services will begin at 10AM, Saturday, May 29, 2010, followed by interment in Fairview Cemetery, Westfield. Born in North Bergen, NJ, she was a 1952 graduate of Montclair...

Rose Trotta
May 25, 2010
Rose Trotta, 77, of Cranford, passed away, May 25, 2010, in St. Michael's Medical Center, Newark. Mass of the Christian Burial 9:30AM Friday May 28, 2010, St. Michael's Catholic Church, Cranford, followed by interment in Fairview Cemetery, Westfield. Visitation today, Thursday May 27, 5:00-8:00PM, Gray Memorial Funeral Home, 12 Springfield Ave., Cranford. A native of Cranford, she was employed by...

Thomas G. Stevens
May 21, 2010
Thomas Gest Stevens, of Westfield, son of Edward Stevens and Alice Gest Stevens, died Friday , May 21, 2010, at home. Mr. Stevens was predeceased in December 2009, by his wife of 68 years, Jeanne Hill Stevens. Tom's family will be receiving friends at Gray's Funeral Home, 318. East Broad Street, Westfield, New Jersey, Monday, May 24, from 7-9. Services...

Lillian C. Reade
May 12, 2010
Lillian Reade Lillian Reade died peacefully in her home in Cranford, New Jersey on May 12, 2010, where she and her husband raised their family. She was born on June 29, 1920, and lived a full and happy life. Lillian is survived by her husband, Edward E. Reade, their son, Edward W. Reade and his wife, Kathy, their daughter, Joyce...

Mavis Loraine Serafin
May 10, 2010
MAVIS LORAINE SERAFIN A SERVICE FOR MAVIS L. SERAFIN, OF MANCHESTER, NJ, FORMALLY OF CRANFORD WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY, MAY 13, 2010 AT GRAY MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME 12 SPRINGFIELD AVENUE, CRANFORD, NEW JERSEY. VISITATION WILL BE FROM 9:30 AM THROUGH 10:30 AM AND BURIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD 11:30 AM AT FAIRVIEW CEMETERY IN WESTFIELD. MRS. SERAFIN PASSED AWAY...

Charles Harris Faulkner
May 9, 2010
Charles Harris Faulkner; 76 Years; Toms River, NJ Died May 8, 2010 at Kimball Medical Center. Surviving are his wife Helene, three daughters: Barbara Kasper, Helen Faulkner, Andrea Arico; One son: John Faulkner; Seven grandchildren, One great-grandchild and one on the way. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday 1pm May 11, 2010 at Gray's Funeral Home, 318 East...

Walter R. Engel
May 6, 2010
Walter R. Engel 1922 – 2010 Walter Rudolph Engel, 87, of Westfield, died on Thursday, May 6th, after a long illness. The son of Lothar Frederick Engel and Gertrud Triest Engel, he was a native of Staten Island, New York and had been a Westfield resident since 1955. Walter graduated from Curtis High School on Staten Island and Rensselaer Polytechnic...

Kyle John Zalinsky
May 3, 2010
Kyle John Zalinsky age 25 passed away on May 3, 2010. Kyle was a lifetime resident of NJ. Born in Phillipsburg. He was on the Swim Team for Cranford and on the Baseball and Basketball Team for Union Township. Graduated from Union High School. He was an avid hiker, loved the outdoors, and music. He was a history buff and...

M. Scott Eakeley
May 2, 2010
M. SCOTT EAKELEY M. Scott Eakeley of Westfield died at Overlook Hospital on May 2, 2010. He was 88 years old. Born in Oneonta, New York, he met his future wife, Lenore Elizabeth Wolff, when they were undergraduates at Middlebury College, Vermont. A veteran of World War II, Mr. Eakeley served in the United States Navy as a lieutenant, participating...

M. Scott Eakeley
May 2, 2010
M. SCOTT EAKELEY M. Scott Eakeley of Westfield died at Overlook Hospital on May 2, 2010. He was 88 years old. Born in Oneonta, New York, he met his future wife, Lenore Elizabeth Wolff, when they were undergraduates at Middlebury College, Vermont. A veteran of World War II, Mr. Eakeley served in the United States Navy as a lieutenant, participating...

Mary Louise Crago Taylor
Apr 30, 2010
MARY LOUISE CRAGO TAYLOR, 93, of Westfield, passed away Friday April 30, 2010. Funeral services will begin at 11:00 AM Tuesday May 4, 2010, in the chapel of the First Presbyterian Church, 140 Mountain Ave. Westfield, where visitation will be held from 10:00AM until service time. Interment will follow in Fairview Cemetery, Westfield. Arrangements by Gray Funeral Home, Westfield. Born...

Theodosia K. Dean
Apr 24, 2010
Theodosia Kelcey Dean, Long-time Westfield Resident Theodosia Kelcey Dean, age 90, of Fanwood, NJ died Saturday, April 24, 2010 at home after a brief illness. "Theo" was born in Wilkinsburg, PA in 1919 to Grace Saxe and George Guy Kelcey and resided in Elizabeth, NJ before moving to Westfield with her parents and sister, Virginia in 1932. An alumnus of...

Cornelia Elliott
Apr 24, 2010
Cornelia Elliott age 92 died on April 24, 2010 at the Manor Care Nursing Home in New Prividence, NJ. Born in Elizabeth, she lived in Westfield from 1950 to 1995. Mrs. Elliott was a Real Estate Agent for the Nancy Reynolds Real Estate Agency in Westfield for many years before her retirement in 1962. She was a member of the...