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Michael Bonchalk
Aug 4, 2009
Michael Bonchalk, 92 passed away on Tuesday, August 4, 2009 at the Francis E. Parker Memorial Home in Piscataway. He was born in Pennsylvania and has lived in Cranford since 1952. Mr. Bonchalk worked as a coal miner and then spent over 30 years with Elizabethtown Gas, Co. After his retirement he was a crossing guard in Cranford. He was...

Herbert L. Williams
Aug 3, 2009
Private services were held for Herbert Williams, 90 of Westfield who passed away at his home in Westfield on August 3, 2009. Mr. Williams is survived by his wife, Marianne Wiliams.

Anne K. Gosling
Aug 3, 2009
Mrs. Anne K. Gosling (nee Kosowski), 97 of Mountainside died on August 3, 2009. Mrs. Gosling was born in NYC and lived in Linden and Mountainside. She was an executive secretary at Sinclair/BP and worked with her husband, Howard E. Gosling, at Gosling Florist until his death in 1971. Mrs. Gosling was also predeceased by her brother Alex Kosowski. She...

Clark J. Duckworth
Aug 3, 2009
Clark J. Duckworth, 83 a lifelong resident of Cranford passed away on Monday, August 3, 2009 in the Center for Hope Hospice in Scotch Plains. Mr. Duckworth was a Captain in the Cranford Fire Department which he had served for 31 years, two as a call man and 29 as a paid firefighter. He was in the Navy Air Corps...

Leslie Fairfax Naulty
Jul 23, 2009
Leslie "Les" Fairfax Naulty of Mountainside, NJ, died at home on Thursday, July 23rd. He was 86 years old. He was born in Passaic, NJ to the late Leslie Fairfax Naulty and F. Elizabeth Reardin and lived his formative years in Connecticut. Mr. Naulty lived in Westfield, NJ from 1956 to 1987 when he and his late wife moved to...

Norma L. Mendelsohn
Jul 20, 2009
Norma L. Mendelsohn, 78 of Springfield was called home on July 20, 2009. Norma was a lay associate of the Franciscan Sisters. She was an x-ray technician, a teacher within the Newark Archdiocese and also a business woman.Norma is survived by her friend of 53 years, Mary R. McGinnis.Donations in her memory may be made to your local rescue squad.Funeral...

Marie Seavy
Jul 17, 2009
Marie Seavy, 83 a lifelong resident of Cranford passed away on Friday, July 17, 2009 at her home.A memorial service will take place on Wednesday, July 22nd at 2 pm at Calvary Lutheran Church in Cranford. Arrangements are by the Gray Memorial Funeral Home, Cranford.Marie received a BS degree from Douglas College. She was a past President of the College...

Raymond E. Young
Jul 16, 2009
Pianist and teacher, Raymond Elwood Young died on Thursday, July 16, 2009.Raymond was born Feb. 8, 1918 to J. Oscar and Florence (Weingaertner) Young in Newark, NJ. He also shared his family life with an older brother, Robert.He began his piano studies at age seven and pursued more advanced studies with Helen Kanouse, then at the Juilliard School and finally...

Martha H. Bones
Jul 10, 2009
Martha (Nee Hempel) Bones age 89 passed away on Friday July 10, 2009 at her residence in Cranford, NJ.Born in Linden, NJ, she lived in Cranford since 1945.Martha was a devoted homemaker. She was was devoted to her family and to God.She is pre deceased by her husband, John William Bones, who died in 1994. She is survived by her...

Susan Carol Gordon-Hund
Jul 8, 2009
Susan Carol Gordon Hund of Scotch Plains, NJ, dearly loved wife, mother and grandmother, passed away on Wednesday, July 8, 2009. Susan worked as a registered nurse at the Center for Ambulatory Surgery and also spent many years working as a critical care nurse. Her work was her passion and her calling, and she committed her life to caring for...

Herman W. Graf
Jul 6, 2009
Herman W. Graf, 90 died at home on Monday, July 6, 2009. Mr. Graf was born in Newark and raised in Maplewood, NJ. Mr. Graf received a Bachelor's degree from the Rutgers School of Business in Newark, NJ. During this time he was one of the founders of the Alumni School of Business of Rutgers, Newark and was a member...

Martha Mac Donald
Jul 2, 2009
Martha (Marti) Boman MacDonald died on July 2, 2009 following complications from cancer and lung disease. Mrs. MacDonald was born in Montgomery, Alabama and spent her formative years in Kansas City, Mo. She attended Stephens College earning an Associate degree and then graduated from the University of Minnesota with a BA degree. Mrs. MacDonald received her Master's Degree at the...

Helena Mary Landrum
Jul 2, 2009
Landrum, Helena Mary (nee Davis), 78, passed away peacefully Wednesday July 1st, 2009 surrounded by her family. Helena is survived by her loving husband, Ralph Landrum Jr. her daughters, Moire (Ron Stiskin), New York; Ellen MacLeod; Toronto, Ontario; Flora (Stephen Dickson); Halifax, Nova Scotia; stepdaughter Alexandra Landrum; grandchildren Ian, Rose and Neil Stiskin; brothers Irwin Davis, David Davis; sisters Joan...

John Joseph Wade
Jun 30, 2009
John Joseph Wade Jr., 72 born to Evelyn Shaheen Wade and John Joseph Wade on Nov. 11, 1936 at Monmouth Medical center Long Branch, NJ. John graduated Montclair Academy 1953. John graduated from Holy Cross College in Worcester, Ma 1957. He was in the Purple Key Club, Freshman Class President, NFCCS, Freshman Debate Team, and the New Jersey Club. He...

Helen T. Hanewald
Jun 28, 2009
Helen T. Hanewald age 90 died on Sunday June 28, 2009 at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center at Rahway.Born in Irvington, NJ, she had lived in Toms River, and Union before moving to Westfield two years ago.She is pre deceased by her husband Edward Henry Hanewald who died in 1983. She is survived by a son, Edward R., and...

Joseph F. Carvalho
Jun 28, 2009
Joseph F. Carvalho of Cranford, 77 Joseph F. Carvalho of Cranford, 77, passed away at home on June 28, 2009. He is survived by Anita, his wife of 54 years; four sons: James, Thomas, Ronald and Robert; three grandchildren: Sebastian, Christina and Luke; and three brothers: Sebastian, John and Frank. Family and friends will say farewell to Joe on Wednesday,...

Vincent P. Tomalonis
Jun 24, 2009
Vincent (Tom) P. Tomalonis age 86 died on Wednesday June 24, 2009 at his residence in Westfield, NJ.Born in Mahoney City, PA, he lived in Westfield since 1960.Serving during World War Two, Tom was in the Merchant Marines. He graduated from the U.S.Merchant Marine Academy in 1944. He worked as a Marine Engineer for Marine Transport Lines in New York...

Harold V.A. Wait
Jun 19, 2009
Harold Van Alen Wait, Jr. of Cranford, NJ and Saltaire, NY died peacefully surrounded by his family at Overlook Hospital, Summit, NJ on June 19, 2009, following complications from pneumonia. Born in Glen Cove, NY in 1927, Harold served in the U.S. Navy as a radar operator from 1944 to 1946 and graduated from Adelphi University in 1949. He worked...

Rose Buchsbaum
Jun 15, 2009
Rose was born on February 18, 1928 and passed away on Monday, June 15, 2009.Rose was a resident of Westfield, New Jersey.

Jack Mcintosh
Jun 15, 2009
Jack passed away on Monday, June 15, 2009.Jack was a resident of Allentown, Pennsylvania.