OBITUARIES:
• ADAMS – Johnny, of Elizabeth; Aug. 8. Elizabeth Board of Education employee.
• ALAYETO – George I., of Westfield; Aug. 10. President and CEO, husband, dad.
• ARVELO – Idelgo F., formerly of Elizabeth; Aug. 11. Great-grandfather of 13, 93.
• BACEK – Edward T., of Rahway; Aug. 14. Plumbing supply manager, grandfather.
• BANACH – Alice F., nee Jacobczyk, of Scotch Plains; Aug. 10. Wife, mother, 97.
• BEAVER – James D., of Rahway; Aug. 9. St. Paul’s member, husband and father.
• BERNSTEIN – Richard, formerly of Union; Aug. 8. Sales manager and father, 52.
• BLAU – Bernard, formerly of Hillside; Aug. 12. Husband and father of four, 86.
• BURKE – Carmella, of Summit; Aug. 13. Daughter and sister, 18 months old.
• CALNEK – Rebecca, of Elizabeth; Aug. 9. Administrator for county clerk, mother.
• CAPRINO – Nancy T., nee Malgieri, of Elizabeth; Aug. 11. Mother of four, 92.
• CHIAPPINELLI – Beverly, of Linden; Aug. 13. Loving mother and sister, 57.
• CIGANEK – Mary H., of Union, formerly of Hillside and Elizabeth; July 13. 97.
• CLEMENTE – Marie Strangio, of Glen Ridge, formerly of Scotch Plains; Aug. 11.
• CONTE – Louis W., of Union; Aug. 7. Computer consultant, husband, father, 81.
• COOK – Margaret J., formerly of Fanwood; Aug. 8. Wife and grandmother of 17.
• CRAMER – Christina A., formerly of Union; Aug. 9. Microbiologist, wife, mother.
• CRESCENZI – Rose Rita, of Clark; Aug. 12. Beloved wife, devoted mother, 97.
• DIMAGGIO – Susan Ann Harris, formerly of Elizabeth and Roselle, Aug. 14. Mom.
• DOBOSIEWICZ – John Francis, of Westfield; Aug. 5., Coach, husband, father, 48.
• DUNN – Lois, of Hillside, formerly of Elizabeth; July 5. Wife, grandmother, 103.
• FASSO – Gloria, formerly of Union; Aug. 6. Registered nurse, great-grandmother.
• FRAZIER – Mamie, of Elizabeth; Aug. 11. Survived by eight siblings, 72 years old.
• GERNDT – Norman, formerly of Union; Aug. 11. Vietnam veteran, grandfather.
• GOSDA – Andrea Grace, nee Parisse, of Clark; Aug. 11. Beloved wife and mom.
• GRIFFITH – Craig, formerly of Union; Aug. 12. Husband, father and uncle, 47.
• HANS – Robert A. Sr., of Elizabeth; Aug. 8. Vietnam veteran, great-grandfather.
• HARDY – Anna E., of Hillside, formerly of Elizabeth; Aug. 9. Wife, mother, 87.
• HENDERSON – Harry John Jr., of Hillside; Aug. 5. Husband and grandfather, 80.
• HUTTER – Stephen J., formerly of Rahway; Aug. 13. Security guard, grandfather.
• JOHNSON – Jacqueline V., formerly of Roselle; Aug. 10. Mother, grandmother.
• KRUPP – Arthur L.; Aug. 11. Springfield and Clark H.S. math teacher, coach.
• LASOFF – Nettie, of Linden; Aug. 6. Dickerts Deli employee, wife, mother, 93.
• LENSEN – Emma, of Union; Aug. 8. Germany native, wife and grandmother, 101.
• MASULLO – Philip, of Berkeley Heights; Aug. 10. Volunteer firefighter, father.
• MATOS – Ada M., formerly of Elizabeth; Aug. 10. Seamstress, wife, mother, 88.
• MCCLOUD – Patricia M., of Scotch Plains, formerly of Elizabeth; Aug. 9. Mom.
• MELE – Frederick Jr., formerly of New Providence; Aug. 14. Educator, coach.
• NYCZ – Kathleen A., of Cranford; Aug. 9. Lunch aide, wife and grandmother.
• OLECHOWSKI – Josephine J., of Linden; Aug. 7. Loving wife and mother, 92.
• POWELL – Lorraine, of Garwood; Aug. 10. Wife, mother, grandmother of five.
• PUOPOLO – Julia, nee Malanga, of Springfield; Aug. 9. Wife and grandmother.
• ROODE – Vera E., of Westfield; Aug. 11. Beloved wife and grandmother, 91.
• RYAN – Lucy M., of Springfield; Aug. 8. Nurse, great-great-grandmother, 97.
• SCHOLTE – Kelly Ann, nee Paulauskas, of Roselle Park; Aug. 12. Mother, 40.
• SERINA – Gino, of Summit; Aug. 9. Husband, father, great-grandfather of 11.
• STACH – Charles, formerly of Elizabeth; Aug. 11. Father, grandfather of eight.
• STECKI – Teddy, of Roselle Park; Aug. 10. Park Car Wash owner, husband, 83.
• THALER – Zenith, nee Raicer, of Westfield, formerly of Cranford; Aug. 14. 90.
• TIERNEY – Bertha, nee Zimnicki, formerly of Elizabeth and Rahway; Aug. 13.
• WALSH – Patrick J., of Westfield; Aug. 12. Navy veteran, husband and father.
• WORRY – James B., of Linden; Aug. 13. Loving father, Linden church member.
• ZEHNDER – Kenneth L. Sr., of Union; Aug. 11. St. Michael’s parishioner, 97.