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Elizabeth Winifred Troeber Mckee Pont Becker
Mar 7, 2007
Mrs. Elizabeth Winifred McKee Pont Becker, age 83 passed away at the residence of her daughter on March 7, 2007.Mrs. McKee Pont Becker was born in Elizabeth, N.J. on October 1, 1923, the daughter of the late William and Mabel (Ott). She lived in Westfield and Fanwood before moving to Vero Beach Florida many years ago.She was a member of...
Marian M. Hohenstein
Mar 7, 2007
Mrs. Marian M. Hohenstein, 80, of Manasquan. passed away Tuesday, March 6th, 2007 at Ocean Medical Center, Brick, Ocean County, NJ. Formerly of Life long resident of Westfield, NJ, she moved to their ocean front beach house in Manasquan 20 years ago. Mrs. Hohenstein was born in Westfield, NJNJ on July 25, 1926, the daughter of the late Robert F....
Mary Lou Apgar
Feb 28, 2007
Mrs. Mary Lou Apgar of Westfield, N.J. passed away on Wednesday February 28th, 2007 at the Brighton Gardens Health Center in Edison. Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, her family moved to New Jersey when she was four years of age and she has spent most of her life in Westfield. Mary Lou was a graduate of the Connecticut College for...
Adelaide Y. Hoesly
Feb 28, 2007
Funeral services will be held at 11:30 am on Monday, March 5, 2007 in the Gray Memorial Funeral Home, 12 Springfield Ave., Cranford for Adelaide Y. Hoesly . Interment will follow at Graceland Memorial Park, Kenilworth. Friends and relatives are invited to visit from 11 am until the time of the service.Adelaide age 82 passed away on February 28 in...
Avis W. Skinner
Feb 26, 2007
Avis Grant Skinner died peacefully surrounded by her family at Overlook Hospital on February 26, 2007, after a short illness.Born in Tientsin China, she grew up in Shanghai where her father, P.S. Grant was a director of The British American Tobacco Co.Her mother, Elizabetha Familiant Grant, escaped from Russia to Harbin China during the Russian Revolution. In 1940 Avis was...
Blanche H. Anner
Feb 25, 2007
Services are to be hled today at 11 am in the Gray Memorial Funeral Home 12 Springfield Ave., Cranford for Blanche H. Anner who passed away on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2007 in Robert Wood Johnson at Rahway. Intement will be private.Mrs. Anner age 86 was born in Jersey City and resided in Cranford for the last 62 years. She was...
James L. Gilfillan
Feb 19, 2007
James L. Gilfillan, 84, of Mountainside died on Feb. 19, 2007 in Overlook Hospital in Summit.Mr. Gilfillan was born in Staten Island and resided in Mountainside for many years.He was a graduate of Perkiomon School in Pennsburg, PA where he was on the varsity basketball and tennis teams. From 1937-1939, Mr. Gilfillan was Staten Island Boys Singles Tennis Champion. He...
Martin Hans Preis
Feb 19, 2007
Mr. Martin Hans Preis, age 87 . passed away , Sunday February 18, 2007 , at The Eastern Star Home in Bridgewater, NJ. Mr. Preis was born in Detroit, Michigan on September 6, 1919, the son of the late Hans Peter and Elizabeth (Bohme).He worked as a President at HP Preis Engraving Machine Company Mountainside, NJ., for 30 years retiring...
Albert C. Henn
Feb 19, 2007
Albert C. Henn age 90 passed away on February 19, 2007 in Mt. laurel NJ. Funeral services will be held on Friday, Feb. 23, 2007 at 11 am in the Gray Memorial Funeral Home, 12 Springfield Ave., Cranford. Entombment will follow at Graceland Memorial Park, Kenilworth. Visitation will be on Thursday from 7 - 9 pm in the funeral home.Mr....
Katherine T. Mellen
Feb 17, 2007
Mrs. Katherine T. Mellen, 98 of Westfield, New Jersey, passed away on Saturday, February 17, at Haven Hospice of JFK Medical Center in Edison, NJ.Born in New Milford, New Jersey in 1908, she was the daughter of Henry J. and Margaret (Ersing) Toennis. A New Jersey resident all her life, Katherine lived in Bergenfield, Ridgewood and for many years in...
Frances Andersen
Feb 16, 2007
Frances Newbury Andersen, 95, of Cranford, NJ and East Orleans, MA died on Feb. 16. Born in Point Pleasant, she moved to Cranford in 1940. Mrs. Andersen was the wife of former Cranford mayor and Union County freeholder, Frederick P. Andersen who died in 1984. Mrs. Andersen was a past president of the Elizabeth VNA. She was a longtime member...
Estelle Blaine Cliver-Hufnagel
Feb 14, 2007
Estelle Blaine Cliver Hufnagel age 92 passed away on February 14, 2007 at her home in Shelburne Vermont.She is pre-deceased by her first husband Edwin Kendall Cliver and also her second husband, Henry Hufnagel.Survivng are her children Blaine, Kendra and her step daughter, Karen Hufnagel Ames. She will also be deeply missed by her 3 grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Robert K. Grube
Feb 11, 2007
Mr. Robert K. Grube, 86, of Cranford, NJ , passed away Sunday, February 11th, 2007 peacefully at Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center, Plainfield, NJ.Mr. Grube was born in Cranford, , NJ on February 14, 1920, the son of the late August Grube, and Edna (Rice) He was life long resident of Cranford..A graduate of Cranford High School in 1938. He was...
Lenore Evans Kolcusky
Feb 11, 2007
Mrs. Lenore Evans Kolcusky, 86, of Harrisburg, NC.passed away Sunday, February 11th, 2007 at in North Carolina, , NJ. Formerly a resident of Westfield, NJ Mrs. Kolcusky was born in Edwardsville, PA on February 21, 1920, the daughter of the late David Kulcusky, and Edith (Gruver).She former member First United Methodist Church of Westfield in Westfield, NJ. Surviving is a...
Alma M. Lambert
Feb 9, 2007
Alma was born on December 21, 1908 and passed away on Friday, February 9, 2007.Alma was a resident of New Jersey.
Adeline A. Muller
Feb 4, 2007
Mrs. Adeline A. Muller, 96, of Westfield. , passed away Sunday, February 4th, 2007 at her residence.Mrs. Muller was born in Cambridge, Mass on December 28, 1910, the daughter of the late Oskar and Ella Peterson She lived in Westfield for the last 57 years.. She was a member of St. Pauls Episcopal Church Westfield, NJ. She was the widow...
Rose Specht
Feb 3, 2007
Mrs. Rose Specht, of Cranford, NJ. passed away , Saturday February 3, 2007 at her residence.Mrs. Specht was born in Carteret, NJ on May 28, 1930, the daughter of the late Charles and Elizabeth. Fazekas. She lived in Cranford since 1962.She worked as a Secretary at First Presbyterian Church of Cranford Cranford, NJ., for 4 years retiring in 1992. In...
Mary Louise Comeau
Feb 2, 2007
Mary Louise Comeau, 79, of Scotch Plains, passed away Friday, February 2nd, 2007 at her residence.Mrs. Comeau was born in Elizabeth, N.J. on August 9, 1927, the daughter of the late Charles Bergen and Ceinwen (Howells). She lived in Scotch Plains for the last 8 years. Before that she lived in Westfield for 20 years, and in Mountainside NJ for...
Josiah A. Britton
Feb 1, 2007
A mass of Christian burial will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 6 at 10 am in Our Lady of Lourdes R.C. Church, Mountainside for Josiah "Joe" A. Britton. Interment will follow at St. Mary Cemetery, Wilks Barre, PA. Visiting will be held from 6-8 pm on Monday in the Gray Funeral Home 318 East Broad St. Westfield.Mr. Britton, age 95...
William M. Smith
Jan 29, 2007
Captain William M. Smith age 88 of Cranford passed away on Monday, January 29 at Robert Wood Johnson at Rahway. A gathering will take place from 2-4 and 7-9 pm on Saturday in the Gray Memorial Funeral Home 12 Springfield Ave., Cranford. Captain Smith was born in Lyndhurst and resided in Linden before moving to Cranford in 1940. He served...


