Obituaries

Mar 10, 2020

Carmella “Millie” Sepe, 91 of Virginia, formerly of Bloomfield, entered into eternal life on March 10, 2020.  Born August 31, 1928 in Newark to the late Ralph Iovino & Vincenza Esposito, she lived most of her life in Bloomfield, before moving to Virginia 15 years ago. She was a homemaker devoted to taking care of her family.    She is...

Mar 8, 2020

Mar 3, 2020

Cecil E. "Betty" Urquhart, 87 of Bloomfield, entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, March 3, 2020.  Born September 25, 1932 in Glen Ridge to the late Hugo Raue & Cecil Kleidman, she was a life long resident of Bloomfield. Cecil was devoted to her family.  She enjoyed nothing but spending time with her childrena and grandchildren. She is predeceased...

Mar 2, 2020

Basilio was the beloved husband of Darka; the devoted father of Nicholas Cynajko and late wife, Roma and Anna Myhal and husband, Roman and the loving grandfather of Dorian and wife, Tiffany, Tamara, Lesia, Ivanna and husband, Mark, Adrian and the late Roma. He is also survived by his great grandchildren Ava and Grayson and relatives in Poland and...

Mar 2, 2020

Ethel L. Yunis, 88 of Glen Ridge, entered into eternal rest on March 2, 2020 at her home.  Born in Methuen, MA, she lived in Brazil before moving to Glen Ridge several years ago.   Cremation services were held privatly under the professional care of the Levandoski-Grillo Funeral Home & Cremation Service.

Feb 27, 2020

Christine was the beloved wife of the late Gerald S.; devoted mother of Anita and Veronica; loving grandmother of Ava and Kara and dear aunt of Andrew Kalinowitsch.

Feb 27, 2020

Harry W. Lexa, 92 of Bloomfield, entered into eternal rest on Thursday, February 27, 2020 at Mountainside Hospital, Glen Ridge.   Born February 20, 1928 in Newark, to the late Henry & Mary Lexa, he lived in Irvington before moving to Bloomfield in 1961.  He was a proud US Navy Veteran serving in the late 1940’s.  In 1952 he married...

Feb 26, 2020

Ruth was the beloved wife of the late Karl Schaaf, Jr; the devoted mother of Diana Durham; the loving grandmother of Krystina Laguna and the dear great grandmother of Tamara and Kassandra Laguna. Born in Jersey City, Ruth lived in Maplewood for 73 years before moving to Florida 4 1/2 years ago. She was the church secretary at St...

Feb 20, 2020

Gene was predeceased by his wife, Joann, and a daughter Cathy. He is survived by his son, Steve and wife Leigh; son, Christopher and wife, Shellie; daughter, Kelly Maurer and husband, Eric, and granddaughters, Chloe and Lizzie, and his beloved significant other, Sheila Rosa. Gene attended Seton Hall Prep on academic scholarship and received a degree in pharmacy from...

Feb 20, 2020

Ann S. Banaciski, 81 of Bloomfield, entered into eternal life on February 20, 2020 at Mountainside Medical Center. Services were private.

Feb 15, 2020

Gabriel H. Ferreyra, 77 of Brooklyn, entered into eternal life on February 15, 2020 at Alaris Health, Cedar Grove.  Born in Argentina, he lived most of his life in Brooklyn.  Services were private. He is survived by his wife, Nilda & children; Diahann & Valerie.

Feb 12, 2020

Jennie Rygiel (nee Salahub),94, passed away of February 12, 2020 in Hellertown, Pa. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to the funeral home on Tuesday, February 18 at 10:30AM with the Service beginning at 11 AM at the Union Funeral Home-Lytwyn & Lytwyn, 1600 Stuyvesant Ave., Union, the entombment will follow at Hollywood Memorial Park in Union. There will...

Feb 11, 2020

Virginia Lois Murphy O’Neill, 91, went to her heavenly home on February 11,2020, Virginia was born in Glen Ridge on July 2, 1928 to Walter and Laura Leah Murphy. She attended Bloomfield schools and was a member of The Old First Church on the Green. Ginny married Robert (Bob) O’Neill in 1947, and they raised their family and continued...

Feb 10, 2020

Arlene LoCicero (nee: Carpenter), 76 of Bloomfield, entered into eternal rest on February 10, 2020.  Born January 20, 1944 in the Bronx, she lived in Bloomfield for the past 45 years.   She was a retired Data Entry Operator.    She is predeceased by her husband, Gaetano. She is the beloved mother of Kim Beese & her husband, Robert, cherished grandmother...

Feb 9, 2020

Betty Ann Duva (nee: Hern), 81 of Bloomfield, entered into eternal rest on Sunday, February 9, 2020 at Clara Maass Medical Center, Belleville.  Born September 16, 1938 in Orange, she lived most of her life in Bloomfield.   She was a retired Bank Teller for the Provident Bank of Bloomfield (Broad Street Branch) where she worked for over 20 years,...

Feb 8, 2020

Clara Román Rosero transcendió rodeada por sus hijos amados a la edad de 56 años el sábado 8 de febrero del 2020.  Sus familiares más cercanos la llamaban Athi, y sus amistades se referían a ella como Clarita.  Clarita era una persona muy amorosa y bondadosa. Su mayor amor es su familia y sus hijos se sienten orgullosos de...

Feb 3, 2020

Nancy M. Carbone, 95 of San Diego, California, formerly of Jersey City, entered into eternal rest on February 3, 2020.  Born in Jersey City on September 4, 1924 to the late Giuseppi & Palma Chiola, she was a long time resident of York Street, downtown Jersey City.  She retired as a secretary for in the History & Economics Departments...

Feb 1, 2020

Walter S. Kucher, Jr. Walt was born in Newark,NJ and lived most of his 77 years in Bloomfield.  He was a graduate of BHS class of 1960 and still has many high school friends:  0-11. He was a 1964 graduate of Rutgers CAS. He earned his MSW from the Rutgers School of Social Work and had additional LCSW certification....

Jan 30, 2020

Rosalie C. Bell (nee: Caputo), 84 of Sunrise, Florida, entered into eternal rest on Thursday, January 30th.  Born August 2, 1935 in Newark, she lived most of her life in Bloomfield before locating to Florida.   She was a member of the Womans Club of Margate, Florida.  She is preceded in death by her husband, Robert H. "Bob" Bell. She...

Jan 28, 2020