Beatrice Ezrol Levidow (1922 – 2024): Pioneering women’s leadership Bea was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1922 to Hyman Ezralowitz and Celia Hershkovitch, both immigrants from Poland. She was the second youngest of 8 children. She met Bill Levidow in 1939. They were married in 1943 while Bill had a 3-day leave from Navy basic […]
Janet Margaret Yascko was born as Janet Margaret Cuccia on November 3, 1936. She resided in Cranford, New Jersey, and worked at Woolworth’s where she met her husband William “Bill” Yascko. They married in 1962 and commenced a whirlwind life together growing and raising a family of seven children, while moving house every few years […]
Margaret Joy Stephens, 97, passed away peacefully on Sunday, August 18, 2024, in Phoenixville, PA, where she moved in 2022 to be near her family. However, she always considered herself to be a New Jersey resident, having lived most of her life in Elizabeth, Colonia, Roselle Park, and Bridgewater. Margaret (who was known to her […]
May 4,1956- July 14, 2024 Sheila Ellen Billis, 68, of Elkhart, IN formerly of New Jersey passed away at her home on Sunday July 14, 2024. Sheila was born on May 4,1956 to Williams Edward and Patricia Ann Victorin in Trenton, New Jersey. Sheila married Allen Billis in November of 1985 and preceded her in […]
Edwin J. Troeller, 98, of Orefield, PA, formerly of Elizabeth, NJ, died Wednesday, July 3, 2024, at St. Luke’s Hospital – Allentown campus. He was the husband of Gloria M. (McCloskey) Troeller to whom he had been married 74 years. Born in Elizabeth, NJ, November 23, 1925, Edwin was the son of the late Edwin […]
Carolyn Goff of Chestertown, MD passed away on May 22, 2024 at the age of 82, at Heron Point, Chestertown, Maryland. She was born in New York, NY. She graduated from Florida Southern College with a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education. She was working as a teacher when she met Myron, her husband of 58 […]
Valerie Bowen Aniskiewicz, 74, passed away on February 3, 2024 following a long, hard fought battle with cancer and she is finally at peace, God Bless her. Valerie was predeceased by her husband Joseph in 2014 at which time they had been married for 44 years, and the bond they shared was undeniable. Val is […]
It is with great sadness that we say good bye to Betty Coumbe of Naples, Florida, who passed away in Naples at the age of 97 on December 28, 2023. Betty was born in Orange, New Jersey and was the daughter of the late John and Hazel (nee Gardner) Coumbe and was preceded in death […]
Robert M. Schaefer, age 80, of Union Township, New Jersey, passed away on December 11, 2023. Robert was born in New York City and was a lifelong resident of Union Township. He was predeceased by his parents, James T. and Marion Schaefer, and his only sibling, Patricia. Robert was a graduate of Rutgers University, and […]
JOSEPHINE T. WALSH, 97 Lifelong Kenilworth Resident Josephine T. Walsh of Kenilworth passed away peacefully at Sunrise at Marlboro in her 97th year. Josephine was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and was a lifelong resident of Kenilworth. She worked for Bell Telephone as a switchboard operator before marriage and she worked as an administrative assistant at […]