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Carroll Ann Smith
Jul 4, 2006
Mrs. Carroll Ann Smith, 56, of Cranford. , passed away at 8:30 PM, Tuesday, July 4th, 2006 peacefully at her residence. Mrs. Smith was born in Durban, South Africa and came to the US in 1998 settling in Hoboken. She has lived in Cranford since 2000.She was employed as an Administrative assistant at Dr. Barel NY NY., for 5 years...

Emerson M. Van Doren
Jul 2, 2006
A private service will be held for Emerson M. Van Doren. Arrangements are by the GrayFuneral Home 318 East Broad Street, Westfield.Mr. Van Doren age 94 passed away on Sunday, July 2nd at his summer home in Seaside Park.He was born in Plainfield and resided in Mountainside and Darien, Connecticut for many years before moving to Seaside Park in 1975....

Lois R. Poszyler
Jun 28, 2006
Lois R. Poszyler age 78 of Cranford died on Wednesday, June 28, 2006 in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.Mrs. Poszyler was born in Ashley, Pennsylvania and resided in Cranford for the last 60 years. She was a homemaker.Her husband, Walter S. Poszyler died on July 28, 1985.She is survived by three daughters; Donna C. Johnson, Bonnie A....

Olga Magala
Jun 27, 2006
Olga Magala age 47 died on June 27, 2006 in Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center in Plainfield.Ms. Magala was born in Moldova and came to the US eight years ago, settling in Westfield. She was a homemaker. She is survived by her mother, Elza Veretenikova and her daughter, Ela Jacoby.Services are private.

Arthur Hamilton Bishop
Jun 25, 2006
A memorial service is to be held on Thursday, June 29, 2006 at 11 am in the chapel of The Presbyterian Church in Westfield, 140 Mountain Ave., Westfield, NJ for Arthur Hamilton Bishop, Jr. Arrangements are by the Gray Funeral Home 318 East Broad Street, Westfield.Mr. Bishop age 81 died on Sunday, June 25, 2006 in the Jersey Shore University...

Jerome F. Gerold
Jun 20, 2006
Mr. Jerome Francis Gerold, 82, of Westfield, NJ.passed away Tuesday, June 20th, 2006 in his home. Mr. Gerold was born in Jordan, Minn. on August 22, 1923, the son of the late Nicholas and Rose (Lucas) Gerold. He lived in Clark for several years before moving to Greenville, South Carolina. He has lived in Westfield for the last 2 years.He...

John Curlik
Jun 16, 2006
John Curlik age 90 passed away on Friday, June 16, 2006 at his residence in Westfield. He was born in Elizabeth and resided for most of his life in Linden before moving to Westfield 4 years ago.Mr. Curlik was a veteran of World War II serving in the US Army and was trained as a pilot and a glider pilot...

Virginia C. Steffen
Jun 12, 2006
Mrs. Virginia C. Steffen, 83, of Westfield. , passed away , Monday, June 12th, 2006 peacefully at Overlook Hospital, Summit, NJ.Mrs. Steffen was born in Plainfield, NJ on March 7, 1923, the daughter of the late Aurelio and Lillian (Ianotta) Coletta. She lived in Westfield since 1959.She was employed as a factory worker at Art Color in Dunellen, NJ., for...

Madeline Cervasi
Jun 5, 2006
Madeline Cervasi of Mountainside passed away on June 5, 2006 in Bayshore Medical Center, Holmdel. Mrs. Cervasi was born in Costantino Potenza Albanese, Italy and came to the United States in 1919 settling in Newark. She lived in Middlesex for several years and has lived in Mountainside since 1978.Following World War II she was the first albanian woman to own...

Dorothy M. Eckman
Jun 3, 2006
Private services were held for Dorothy M. Jackson of Westfield who died on Friday, June 2, 2006 in Overlook Hospital in Summit, NJShe was born in Jamestown, New York and resided in Westfield for many years. She was a homemaker.She is survived by her children; W. Bruce Eckman, Karen Eckman and Susan Eckman. She will also be deeply missed by...

Janina Albina Jackson
May 29, 2006
Janina (Albina) Rozanski Jackson a long time Westfield Resident died on May 29, 2006 in Manor Care in Yardley Pennsylvania. Funeral Services will be held on Friday, June 2, 2006 at 11:30 am at St. Pauls Episcopal Church, 414 East Broad Street, Westfield. Interment to follow in Hillside Cemetery, Scotch Plains. Visiting will be on Thursday from 2-4 and 7-9...

Hugh Bell Dunlop
May 28, 2006
Mr. Hugh Bell Dunlop, 90, of Monroe Township. passed away Sunday, May 28th, 2006 at Cranbury Nursing and Rehab. Center, Monroe Tnsp., NJ. Mr. Dunlop was born in Elizabeth, N.J. on August 21, 1915, the son of the late James and Isabella (Bell) He was a native of Elizabeth, NJ, a long time resident of Cranford, and relocated to Rossmoor,...

Brian W. Fahey
May 28, 2006
Mr. Brian W. Fahey, Sr., 64, of Far Hills, NJ. passed away Sunday, May 28th, 2006 at Morristown Memorial Hospital in the presence of his family. , Mr. Fahey was born in Newark, NJ on August 15, 1941, the son of the late Raymond and Jacqueline (Inga) He lived in Plainfield and Westfield before moving to Far Hills in 2001.He...

Mariano Michael Francese
May 28, 2006
A mass of Christian burial will be held on Thursday, June 1, 2006 at 10 am in Holy Trinity R.C. Church, Westfield for Mariano Michael Francese, Jr. age 66 who died on May 28, 2006 in the Community Medical Center, Scranton, Pennsylvania. Interment will follow in Fairview Cemetery, Westfield. Arrangements are by the Gray Funeral Home 318 East Broad Street,...

Mary M. Garretson
May 27, 2006
Mrs. Mary Garretson, 81, of Westfield. passed away Saturday, May 27th, 2006 at Runnells Specialized Hospital of Union County, , NJ.Mrs. Garretson was born in , on August 28, 1924,.She worked as a Homemaker Daughter(s): Vickie Garretson of Arizona.Son(s): Henry Garretson Graveside will be private at Fairview Cemetery, Westfield, NJ,. At the family's request there will be no visitation.

Skip W. Brader
May 27, 2006
Services for Skip Brader age 47 of Westfield will be on Thursday, June 1, 2006 at 11 am in the Gray Funeral Home 318 East Broad Street, Westfield. Burial will follow in Firview Cemetery, Westfield.Skip passed away on Saturday, May 27, 2006 in Overlook Hospital in Summit. He was a lifelong resident of Westfield who graduated from Westfield High School...

Philip Henderson Cease
May 21, 2006
Philip Henderson Cease of Mountainside passed away May 21, 2006. Born December 24, 1924 in Trucksville, Pennsylvania, he was the son of Wilson A. and Mary Skaden Cease.A graduate of Kingston Township High School, he attended Bucknell Junior College, now Wilkes University, before serving three years in the US Army Air Corps during World War II in the South Pacific...

Blanche Aretas Creighton
May 21, 2006
Mrs. Blanche Aretas Creighton, age 95 passed away on Sunday, May 21, 2006 at Union Hospital in Union, NJ. Mrs. Creighton was born on October 21, 1910 in Perth Amboy, NJ and has resided in Cranford since 1941. Prior to moving to Cranford Mrs. Creighton graduated as a legal secretary from the Katherine Gibbs School.Over the years she was very...

Hermann F. Hoyler
May 21, 2006
Hermann F. Hoyler age 93 died on May 21, 2006 at Applewood Estates in Freehold.Mr. Hoyler was born in Philadelphia and lived in Mountainside for many years before moving to Freehold several years ago.He was the youngest of five boys. He spent 41 years working for Honeywell. The first four years he was in Buffalo, NY. He then moved to...

Barbara D. Way
May 15, 2006
Mrs. Barbara D. Way, age 95, of Westfield. , passed away Monday, May 15th, 2006 at her residence. Mrs. Way was born in Ayer, Mass. on February 2, 1911, the daughter of the late Sharon B. and Grace (March) Dickerman She lived in Westfield since 1939.She graduated from Leland Powers Dramatic School in Boston Mass. She was a 64 year...