Giovanni Sardone
Dec 21, 2011
Giovanni Sardone, 87 of Union City, passed away on December 21, 2011. Born in Italy, he came to the US in May of 1970 and settled in Union City. Giovanni was a POW in Italy during WW II. A Mason for Mecca & Sons in Hoboken for many years, Giovanni was a member of the Madonna del Buon Camino in...
Susan (Shook) Mikolajczyk
Dec 21, 2011
Susan (Shook) Mikolajczyk, 59, of Odessa, FL passed away on December 21, 2011. Susan was raised in Clifton before moving to Tampa, FL to attend the University of Tampa and later settled in Tampa where she met her husband and raised her family. Susan was a woman with an enormous heart that she shared with everyone. Susan treated strangers as...
Jonathan Nowinski
Dec 21, 2011
Jonathan Nowinski, 9, of Clifton, passed away on December 21, 2011. Born in Passaic, he was a lifelong resident of Clifton. A parishioner of St. John Kanty RC Church, Clifton, Jonathan was a communicant of St. John Kanty Religious Education Program and was a student at School #13 on Van Houten Ave. Beloved son of Marek and Katarzyna (Chrzanowski). Loving...
Thaddeus A Zarych
Dec 20, 2011
Thaddeus A. Zarych, 87, of Pompton Plains, passed away on December 20, 2011. Born in Newark, he lived in Clifton most of his life, moving to Pompton Plains a year ago. A former member of St. Andrew the Apostle RC Church, Clifton, Thaddeus was a member of the North Jersey Whiz Skiers and the Nutley Tennis Club. An Army Veteran...
Katia Nasarenko
Dec 19, 2011
Katia (Hordienko) Nasarenko, 86, of Garfield, passed away on December 19, 2011. Born in the Ukraine, she came to the US in 1950 and lived in Passaic before settling in Garfield in 1955. A former parishioner of Assumption of the Holy Virgin Orthodox Church, Clifton, Katia was a Supervisor for Hoffmann-LaRoche in Nutley where she worked for over 25 years,...
Jose Luis Ortiz Reyes
Dec 16, 2011
Jose Luis Ortiz Reyes, 78, of Clifton, passed away on December 16, 2011. Born in Cidra, Puerto Rico, he has been a resident of Clifton for many years. Jose was an Army Veteran of the Korean War. Beloved husband of Ana DelOrbe. Visiting Tuesday 6-8 PM at the Shook Funeral Home, 639 Van Houten Ave., Clifton. Interment will be at...
Lottie Gilmartin
Dec 16, 2011
Lottie (Bai) Gilmartin, 93, of Eatontown, passed away on December 16, 2011. Born in Brooklyn, she lived in Co-op City in the Bronx for over 30 years before moving to New Jersey in 2005. Lottie was a Waitress at the Russian Tea Room and later The Weathervane in Manhattan for many years, before retiring several years ago. Beloved wife of...
Helen Nazimek
Dec 13, 2011
Helen (Urbano) Nazimek, of Fair Lawn, passed away on December 13, 2011. Born in Clifton she lived there before moving to Fair Lawn many years ago. Helen, a homemaker, was a parishioner of St. Anne's RC Church, Fair Lawn. A Navy Veteran during WW II, Helen served in the W.A.V.E.S. and was a member of the Athenia Veterans Post., Clifton....
Sophie R Ozga
Dec 13, 2011
Sophie R. (Mikolajczyk) Ozga, 99, of Passaic, passed away on December 13, 2011. Born in Passaic, she lived in the Athenia Section of Clifton before moving to Passaic 70 years ago. A parishioner of St. John Kanty RC Church, Clifton, Sophie worked for Deluxe Check Printers in W. Caldwell for 25 years, retiring in 1976. Beloved wife of the late...
Robert Eperjesi
Dec 11, 2011
Robert Eperjesi, 52, of Parsippany, passed away on December 11, 2011. Born in Passaic, he lived in Hackensack and Passaic before moving to Parsippany 5 years ago. Robert was a Graphic Designer for Market Share Communications in Montville for several years. Beloved father of Kristen and Kevin Eperjesi, both of Clifton. Funeral Wednesday Evening 7:30 PM at the Shook Funeral...
His Excellency, Most Reverend Andrew Pataki J.C.L., D.D
Dec 8, 2011
His Excellency, Most Reverend Andrew Pataki, J.C.L., D.D., Bishop Emeritus of the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Passaic, passed away on Thursday, December 8, 2011 at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, NJ from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. Bishop Andrew Pataki was born in Palmerton, PA on August 30, 1927 of the late Ignatius and Sophie (Dejak) Pataki....
Joanne Pierson
Dec 8, 2011
JoAnne Pierson, 68, of Elmwood Park, passed away on December 8, 2011. Born in Passaic, she lived in Garfield before moving to Elmwood Park 30 years ago. A member of the Senior Citizens of Elmwood Park, JoAnne was a Quality Control Inspector for Inverness in Elmwood Park for 10 years and was a former parishioner of St. Clare's RC Church,...
Patrick C. Siconolfi
Dec 3, 2011
Patrick C. Siconolfi, 86, of Mays Landing passed away on December 3, 2011. Born in Guardia Lombardi, Italy, Patrick came to the US in 1930 settling in Dunmore, PA and Newark before moving to Mays Landing 25 years ago. Patrick was the owner of Banner Roofing Company in Newark and worked as a Roofer for 45 years before retiring in...
Donald Sherwood
Dec 2, 2011
Donald W. Sherwood, 58, of Lyndhurst, passed away on December 2, 2011. Born in Hackensack, he was a resident of Emerson before moving to Lyndhurst many years ago. A Navy Veteran of the Vietnam War, Donald was a Laborer for the Building Laborers Local #592 Edgewater for many years. Beloved son of Doris (Zachgo) of Delaware and the late Riesdorph...
Eleanor Schimpf
Dec 1, 2011
Eleanor (Broadfield) Schimpf, 91, of Clifton, passed away on December 1, 2011. Born in Passaic, she was a resident of Clifton since 1922. Eleanor was a secretary for Reefer Express Lines in Roseland for many years before retiring in 1987. A Volunteer Patient Representative and Surveyor for Passaic General Hospital for over 20 years, Eleanor was also a Volunteer Coordinator...
Patrick A Gmeiner
Nov 30, 2011
Patrick A. Gmeiner, 60, of Augusta, passed away on November 30, 2011. Born in Ensisheim, France, he came to the US in 1982 and lived in Passaic before moving to Augusta 16 years ago. Patrick, who had a passion for photography, was an Electrical Engineer and was in Sales for Crane Corporation in Fairfield for the past 8 years. Beloved...
Ann Polyniak
Nov 29, 2011
Ann Polyniak, 94, of Clifton, passed away on November 29, 2011. Born in Passaic, she was a lifelong resident of Clifton. A parishioner of St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church, Passaic, Ann was a Librarian at the Clifton Memorial Library for 10 years, retiring several years ago, and was a member of the St. Nicholas Seniors Club and the Clifton Retirees....
Genevieve Ukleja
Nov 27, 2011
Genevieve "Jean" (Skowron) Ukleja, 92, of Wallington, passed away on November 27, 2011. Born in Newark, she went to Poland as a child, returning to the US in 1938 and lived in Garfield before moving to Wallington 51 years ago. A parishioner of Most Sacred Heart of Jesus RC Church, Wallington, Jean was a Line Operator for Schulton in Clifton...
Josephine Patire
Nov 25, 2011
Josephine (Macaluso) Patire, 91 of Cambridge, NY, formerly of Clifton, passed away on November 25, 2011. Born in Clifton, she was a lifelong resident before moving to Cambridge in 2002. A former parishioner of St. John Kanty RC Church, Josephine was also a former member of the Athenia Veterans Post Auxiliary, both in Clifton. Josephine was a waitress at the...
Angelo A Campisi
Nov 23, 2011
Angelo A. Campisi, 88, of Spring Hill, FL, passed away on November 23, 2011. Born and raised in Passaic, he lived in Tuckerton and Virginia Beach, VA, before moving to Spring Hill 20 years ago and was a former parishioner of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel RC Church, Passaic. A Truck Driver for APA Trucking in Union City for 13...
