Union County week of November 21st

OBITUARIES:

• ALABISE — Dominick, of Linden; Nov. 6. WWII Navy vet, Tenco retiree, 88.
• ALAYON — Berta Maria Caballero, of Springfield; Nov. 8. Fashion designer.
• ALLEN — Lucille Staley, of Fanwood; Nov. 6. Great-grandmother of nine.
• ANTONUCCI — Elizabeth “Lizzie,” nee Ray, of Roselle Park; Nov. 8. Was 82.
• ARFKEN — William Bruce, formerly of Cranford; Nov. 13. Vietnam vet, 66.
• BARTIROMO — Frances K. Messina, formerly of Linden; Nov. 11. Was 89.
• BERNAUDO — Marie R., nee Mirabelli, formerly of Union; Nov. 8. Teacher.
• BOCCASSINI — Ignazio “Lee,” of Union; Nov. 11. Avid outdoorsman, 74.
• BROWN — Valerie Jean, of Hillside; Nov. 7. She is survived by her mother.
• CAFARO — Salvatore M., of Summit; Nov. 12. WWII vet, Belmar resident.
• CAMARATA — Gaetana, of Hillside; Nov. 14. She was 94 years old.
• CAMPBELL — Sheila M. Bell, of Cranford; Nov. 13. Supported Irish causes.
• CLAYTON — Howard J., of Cranford; Nov. 10. Jersey City police officer, 74.
• CORELLA — Anthony “Tony,” formerly of Union; Nov. 9. Sports enthusiast.
• CURLEY — Patricia “PJ,” of Summit; Oct. 16. She also lived in Ojai, Calif.
• DELANE — Carmella, of Union, formerly of Hillside; Nov. 10. Grandmother.
• DIPACE — Luisa, of Scotch Plains; Nov. 8. Italian Olympian in basketball.
• DONAHUE — Richard “Richie,” of Linden; Nov. 2. Father of four, was 77.
• DOWZYCKI — Margarita “Rita,” formerly of Elizabeth and Linden; Nov. 12.
• ECKERT — Evelyn A., nee Cocco, of Cranford; Nov. 6. Grandmother of three.
• EDWARDS — Betty E. Frolich, of Elizabeth; Nov. 8. Longtime librarian, 98.
• ENARD — Mary Pilliod, of Westfield; Nov. 10. Bell Labs engineer, volunteer.
• ESTRADA — Ismael J., of Elizabeth; Nov. 14. Native of Cuba, 82 years old.
• FORGIONE — Phyllis, of Hillside; Oct. 16. She leaves two sisters, was 74.
• FRIEDMAN — Theodore L., formerly of Springfield; Nov. 7. Father of three.
• HIOTAKIS — Mary, nee Chagares, formerly of Cranford; Nov. 11. Mother, 84.
• KAESSINGER — Rose, nee Giordano, formerly of Summit; Nov. 11. Was 85.
• KORNBLUTH — Mollie, of Roseland. Services were held Nov. 11. Was 99.
• LANZA — John C. Sr., of Garwood; Nov. 9. Army veteran, survived by a son.
• MALINOWSKI — Harold N., formerly of Roselle and Elizabeth; Nov. 13.
• MAYERS — Naomi Bowers, of Cranford; Nov. 6. Former stewardess, was 97.
• MORIARTY — Leo A., formerly of Elizabeth; Nov. 9. Breeze-Eastern retiree.
• OPALAK — Evelyn K., of Berkeley Heights; Nov. 13. Funeral was Nov. 16.
• PARADISE — Marlene P. Sahuto, formerly of Linden; Nov. 10. Mother of two.
• PRYOR — Edith Jackson, of Elizabeth; Nov. 8. Lifelong resident, BOE retiree.
• ROYSTER — Natasha, of Linden; Nov. 6. Leaves mother, five siblings, 36.
• SALVADOR — Menel S., of Linden, formerly of Elizabeth; Nov. 7. Was 38.
• SCHMEDEL — Scott R., of Mountainside; Nov. 9.Wall St. Journal writer, 82.
• SCHUMANN — Joseph R., of Union; Nov. 10. WWII Army vet, father of two.
• SCHWANKERT — John I., of Clark; Nov. 7. Heavy-equipment salesman, 91.
• SKUBECZ — Anne Masley, of Linden; Nov. 3. Great-grandmother of two.
• TAMBURR — Emma Webster, of Berkeley Heights; Nov. 8. Mother of two.
• TARCZYNSKI — Stephen Walter, of Scotch Plains; Nov. 7. WWII Army vet.
• TRIPKA — Evelyn M., formerly of Garwood; Nov. 8. RCA retiree, was 84.
• WALKER — Murdoch C. “Cory” Jr., formerly of Union; Nov. 11. He was 59.
• WILLIAMS — Sarah, of Elizabeth; Nov. 10. Great-grandmother of 19, was 77.
• WOYTOWICZ — Boris “Butch,” formerly of Linden; Nov. 11. Baseball pro.
• YASKOWITZ — Irene “GG,” of Rahway; Nov. 9. Eighty-two year resident.