Beverly Anne Simko
Jun 9, 2013
Beverly A. Simko, 75, of Nutley, passed away on June 9, 2013 in Clara Maass Medical Center, Belleville, after a short illness. Born in Passaic, she lived in Clifton before moving to Nutley. Beverly received her BS from Douglas College and her MS and MA from Fairleigh Dickinson University. A Researcher for over 40 years, Beverly had a long and...
Vincent Federico
Jun 8, 2013
Vincent Federico, 56, of Clifton, passed away on June 8, 2013. Born in Passaic, he grew up in Garfield and lived most of his life in the Clifton area. A parishioner of St. Phillip the Apostle RC Church, Clifton, Vince was a Realtor/Broker and Owner of Realty Executives in Little Falls for the past 25 years and was the...
John Barbour, Jr.
Jun 6, 2013
John "Jack" P. Barbour, Jr., 70, of Rainbow Springs, FL, passed away on June 6, 2013. Born on May 18, 1943 in Paterson to the late John P, Sr. and Mildred (McCoy) Barbour, he lived in Clifton before moving to Rainbow Springs in 2002. A graduate of Don Bosco Tech in Paterson, Jack was a member of the Basketball Team...
Mary Leschynski
May 31, 2013
Mary (Skoratowicz) Leschynski, 89, of Garfield, passed away on May 31, 2013 after a long illness. Born in Garfield in 1923, she was a lifelong resident. A parishioner of Ss. Peter and Paul Polish National Catholic Church, Passaic, Mary was a member and former vice president of the Adoration Society. Mary attended Garfield Schools and was a lifelong member of...
Gisela Motyka
May 31, 2013
Gisela (Schmidt) Motyka, 77, of Clifton, passed away on May 31, 2013. Born in 1935 in Berlin, Germany, she came to the US in 1956 and lived in Paterson before moving to Clifton many years ago. A member of the First Presbyterian Church of Clifton, Gisela, a homemaker, was an accomplished seamstress,excellent cook and worked in a number of capacities,...
Louis J Carlin
May 31, 2013
Louis J. "Lou" Carlin, 65, of Clifton, passed away May 31, 2013. Born and raised in Passaic, he lived there before moving to Clifton in 1975. An Army Veteran of the Vietnam War, Lou worked in the field of Aviation since his military service and was Chief Inspector for Aviall in Parsippany for the past 10 years. A die-hard Republican,...
Nicholas L. Balogh
May 29, 2013
Nicholas L. Balogh, 71, of Clifton passed away on May 29, 2013. Born in Esztergom, Hungary, Nicholas came to the US in 1968 and lived in Passaic and Garfield before moving to Clifton several years ago. A parishioner of St. Stephen's RC Magyar Church, Passaic, Nicholas was a School Bus Driver in the Ridgewood Public School System for many years...
Sophie Russnak
May 28, 2013
Sophie (Remar) Russnak, 95, of Clifton, passed away on May 28, 2013. Born in Passaic, she lived in Wallington before moving to Clifton in 1947. A parishioner of St. John Kanty RC Church, Clifton, Sophie was an Assembler for Shulton in Clifton for 20 years, retiring many years ago. In life, there is the right way and the wrong way,...
Ruth Ann Stolarz
May 28, 2013
Ruth Ann (Yenkner) Stolarz, 87, of Whiting, passed away on May 28, 2013. Born in Meriden, CT, she lived in Clifton before moving to Whiting 22 years ago. Ruth Ann was a Commercial Artist for Union Photo in Clifton as well as Post Photo Engraving in Clifton,a company that made plates for the photo engraving of comic books. Beloved wife...
William Henry Prettyman, Sr.
May 28, 2013
William Henry Prettyman, Sr., 92, of Clifton, passed away on May 28, 2013. Born in Jersey City, he lived in Passaic before moving to Clifton in 1968. An Army Veteran of WW II, Bill was a Boilerman for ITT in Clifton for many years, retiring several years ago, and was a parishioner of St. Clare's RC Church, Clifton. Beloved husband...
Patricia Zahar
May 27, 2013
Patricia (Hopkins) Zahar, 83, of Clifton, passed away on May 27, 2013. Born in Brooklyn, NY, she lived there before moving to Clifton in 1976. Pat, a homemaker, was a parishioner of St. Paul's RC Church, Clifton, a member of the Rosary Society and a member of the Regina Mundi Council #3969 Columbiettes. Beloved wife of the late Elias J....
Conchita O. Fried
May 26, 2013
Conchita (Omagtang) Fried, 62, of Hamburg passed away on May 26, 2013. Born in Cauayan, Philippines, she came to the US in 1977 and lived in Haskell and Paterson before moving to Hamburg in 1986. An active member of Van Riper Ellis Broadway Baptist Church, Fair Lawn, Conchita was a Registered Nurse at Barnert Hospital, Paterson, for 30 years and...
Richard E. Ricciardi
May 21, 2013
Richard E. Ricciardi of Clifton passed away on May 21, 2013. Born in the Bronx, NY, Richard lived in Paramus before moving to Clifton several years ago. Richard worked as a Defense Contractor for the Department of Defense, NJ, for 35 years before retiring in the early 1990's. A Navy Veteran of Korea, Richard was a member of the American...
Genevieve "Jean" Vladichak
May 20, 2013
Genevieve "Jean" (Poloniak) Vladichak, 86, of Clifton, passed away on May 20, 2013. Born in Wallington, she lived most of her life in Clifton. A parishioner of St. John Kanty RC Church, Clifton, Jean was a member of the Golden Circle as well as the former Leisure Club. Before retiring in 1986, Jean was a Secretary for Beecham Products in...
Joseph Pipitone
May 20, 2013
Joseph Pipitone, 101, of Clifton passed away on May 20, 2013. Born and raised in the Greenwich Village section of New York City, Joseph lived in Passaic for 27 years before moving to Clifton 37 years ago. A proud Navy Veteran of WWII, Joseph served with the 103rd Naval Construction Battalion, better known as the SeaBees, in the Pacific Theater,...
Emily Komeshok
May 16, 2013
Emily (Rzepecki) Komeshok, 95, of Passaic passed away on May 16, 2013. Emily was born in Passaic and lived there all of her life. Emily worked in Production at Hoffmann-La Roche, Nutley, for several years before retiring many years ago. A parishioner of St. John Kanty RC Church, Clifton, Emily was a member of the Rosol-Dul Memorial Post #359 Ladies...
Joseph Frank Kisfalvi
May 16, 2013
Joseph F. Kisfalvi, 45, of Clifton, passed away on May 16, 2013. Born in Passaic, he grew up in Garfield and lived there before moving to Clifton several years ago. Beloved son of John of Passaic and Jaye (Zack) Staudinger of Clifton. Loving brother of John M. Kisfalvi of California, Kelly Kisfalvi, Michael Kisfalvi and Jennifer Chaveco, all of Clifton....
Alfreda Soojian
May 14, 2013
Alfreda (Wrubel) "Freda" Soojian, 91, of East Patchogue, LI, passed away on May 14, 2013. Born in Passaic, she lived there before moving to Mastic and later East Patchogue, Long Island, many years ago. After her mother passed away at a young age, Freda, the oldest of 8 children, became the mother to all of her younger siblings. Freda was...
Peter Dzwinczyk
May 10, 2013
Peter Dzwinczyk, 96, of Clifton passed away on May 10, 2013. Peter was born in Poland and came to the United States in 1961 settling in Clifton. A parishioner of Saint Michael's Byzantine Catholic Cathedral Passaic, Peter was a Maintenance Supervisor for Hoffmann LaRoche in Nutley for 20 years retiring in 1981 and was an avid gardener. Devoted husband Maria...
John B. Young, Jr.
May 9, 2013
John B. Young, Jr., 83, of Manahawkin passed away on May 9, 2013. Born in Baltimore, MD, John lived in Passaic for most of his life before moving to Manahawkin 10 years ago. John worked as a Bus Driver for DeCamp Bus Lines, Montclair, for 20 years, retiring in 1993. An Army Veteran of the Korean War, John was a...
