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Guido L Padula

Guido L Padula

Oct 15, 2009

Guido L. Padula, 86 of Clifton, on October 15, 2009. Born in Castellucio Dei Sauri, Italy, he came to the United States in 1934 and lived in Clifton, and was a resident of Evergreen Manor for many years. Guido was a machinist for ITT,. Clifton for 20 years before retiring several years ago, and was a U.S. Navy...

Dorothy Morley

Dorothy Morley

Oct 14, 2009

Dorothy (Petry) Morley, 86, of Hawthorne passed away on October 14, 2009, after suffering from Alzheimer's Disease. Born in Brooklyn, Dorothy lived in the Bronx, Hackensack and Glen Rock, before moving to Hawthorne. Dorothy was a Clerk for the Federal Reserve Bank in NYC for several years, retiring many years ago. Beloved wife of the late Wilfred who...

Gertrude Anna Guenther

Gertrude Anna Guenther

Oct 12, 2009

Gertrude Anna (Rascher) Guenther, 92, of Clifton on October 12, 2009. Born in Passaic, Gertrude was a lifelong resident of Clifton and was a Secretary for Gera Mills in Passaic for several years, retiring many years ago. Beloved wife of the late Harold who died in 1995. Devoted mother of Ruth-Ann Hrinya of Wayne. Dear sister of the...

Muriel H. Rodgers

Muriel H. Rodgers

Oct 10, 2009

Muriel H. (Stephens) Rodgers, 78, of Clifton on October 10, 2009. Born in Union City, she lived in Paterson before moving to Clifton 43 years ago. A parishioner of Zion Lutheran Church in Garfield, Muriel worked for Baskinger's in Clifton for 27 years, retiring in 2004. Beloved wife of the late Robert A., who died in 1996. Devoted...

Mary T Pallo

Mary T Pallo

Oct 9, 2009

Mary T. (Cheesch) Pallo, 93, of Scottsdale, AZ, on October 9, 2009. Born in Passaic, Mary lived in Clifton most of her life before moving to Arizona 10 years ago. Mary was a Secretary for the Clifton Board of Assessors for several years, retiring many years ago. A former parishioner of St. Philip the Apostle RC Church, Clifton,...

Ingrid Colon

Ingrid Colon

Oct 8, 2009

Ingrid (Rostkowski) Colon, 54, of Lodi on October 8, 2009. Born in Passaic, Ingrid lived in Lodi for the past 20 years, and was a Licensed Practical Nurse at Hackensack University Medical Center for many years. Beloved wife of Julio, devoted mother of Robert Colon and Jamie Tuscano of Lodi, loving grandmother of Brandon. Memorial Gathering Tuesday 7-9...

Michael Grib

Michael Grib

Oct 6, 2009

Michael Grib, 84, of Clifton, died on October 6, 2009. Mickey, as he was known to family and friends, served as an Army Staff Sergeant in the European Theatre during World War II and participated in the Battle of the Bulge. He retired from Western Electric Co. in Kearny in 1985 after 39 years of service. Mickey was...

Henry Abramowitz

Henry Abramowitz

Oct 4, 2009

Henry Abramowitz, 83, of Clifton, passed away on Sunday, October 4, 2009. Born in Passaic, he lived in Clifton for his adult life. A parishioner of St. John Kanty RC Church, Clifton, Henry was a sheet metal worker for Falstrom Co., Passaic, until his retirement in 1988. Henry served in Germany with the US Army in an Armored...

Anna Semtak

Anna Semtak

Oct 3, 2009

Anna (Pinchak) Semtak, 89, of Clifton on October 3, 2009. Born in Passaic, she was a resident of Clifton since 1941. A parishioner of the Russian Orthodox Church of Three Saints, Garfield, Anna was an Inspector for Dumont in Clifton for many years, before retiring. Beloved wife for 62 years of Felix. Devoted mother of Felix, Jr. and...

Nicholas Mirowsky

Nicholas Mirowsky

Sep 30, 2009

Nicholas Mirowsky, 76, of Clifton on September 30, 2009. Born in Wilkes Barre, PA, he lived in Edison before moving to Clifton 40 years ago. An Air Force Veteran of the Korean War, Nicholas was the owner of Mirolux Products in Clifton for 20 years, retiring in 2008. A parishioner of Ss. Peter and Paul's Russian Orthodox Cathedral,...

Nicholas Tauriello

Nicholas Tauriello

Sep 24, 2009

Nicholas Tauriello, 75, of Clifton, on September 24, 2009. Born in Newark, he lived there before moving to Clifton 53 years ago. Nicholas was a Supervisor for the Passaic Valley Water Commission where he worked for 31 years, retiring in 1997. A member of the Clifton Special Police, he was a member of the Traffic Safety Council of...

Carmine Cannarella

Carmine Cannarella

Sep 24, 2009

Carmine Cannarella, 84, of Clifton on September 24, 2009. Born in Brooklyn, he lived there before moving to Clifton in 1960 and was a parishioner of St. John Kanty RC Church, Clifton. An Army Veteran of WW II, Carmine was a Draftsman for the Schindler Corp. in Morris County for 15 years, retiring in 1989. Beloved husband of...

Palma Alfano

Palma Alfano

Sep 22, 2009

Palma (Pistolese) Alfano, 81, of Nutley died peacefully at home surrounded by her family on September 22, 2009. Born in Newark she was a resident of Nutley for the past 55 years. Beloved wife of the late Gerard who died in 1979. Loving mom of Pamela Alfano, Maria DePiro, and Angela Zappia. Dear mother in law of Ralph...

Gary Cieradkowski

Gary Cieradkowski

Sep 14, 2009

Gary J., Cieradkowski, 60 of Ogdensburg on September 14, 2009. Born in Passaic and lived there before moving to Ogdensburg several years ago. Gary owned and operated Ideal Cutting in Passaic. Beloved husband of Patricia (Zolcinski). Devoted father of Gary, Jr. of Long Beach, Ca. and Jason of Jersey City. Loving brother of Cynthia Cieradkowski of Clifton. Funeral...

Walter Stolarski

Walter Stolarski

Sep 12, 2009

Walter Stolarski, 89, of Clifton, on September 12, 2009. Born in Passaic, he lived there most of his life before moving to Clifton 25 years ago. An Army Veteran of WW II, Walter was a machinist in Rutherford for many years before retiring. Beloved uncle of Fred Stolarski, Jr. and his wife Linda and family of Clifton, Chester...

Shirley Padula

Shirley Padula

Sep 12, 2009

Padula Shirley (Gantner) of Fairlawn on September 12, 2009. Born in Paterson, Shirley lived in Fairlawn for the past 20 years. Beloved mother of Dan of Clifton, Steven of Brick and William of Fairlawn. Devoted grandmother of 9 grandchildren and great grandmother of 2. Funeral Wednesday 10 AM at the Shook Funeral Home, 639 Van Houten Ave., Clifton....

Marie Dipierro

Marie Dipierro

Sep 9, 2009

DiPierro - Marie (Tassiello) of Clifton on September 9, 2009. Devoted mother of Maria Luciano and her husband Thomas of Clifton. Special grandmother of Joseph and Lisa Luciano. Beloved sister of Mike and Tony Tassiello and Rose Gianotti. Also survived by many nieces and nephews and her extended family. Funeral Saturday 8:30 AM at the Shook Funeral Home...

Helen Trzcinski

Helen Trzcinski

Sep 5, 2009

Helen (Koziel) Trzcinski, 88, of Toms River on September 5, 2009. Helen was a Postal Worker in the Passaic Post Office for many years before retiring. Beloved wife of the late Stanley who died in 1977. Devoted mother of Alice Bennevich of Jackson, Nancy Taube of Brick, and the late Robert "Bobby". Dear sister of Jean Szymanski of...

Alexandros Peppes

Alexandros Peppes

Sep 4, 2009

Alexandros Peppes, 77, of Clifton, on September 4, 2009. Born in Greece, he came to the US in 1960 and settled in Pennsylvania and Passaic before moving to Clifton 41 years ago. A parishioner of St. George's Greek Orthodox Church, Clifton, Alexandros was the owner of Alex's Luncheonette on Lexington Ave. in Clifton for 40 years, retiring in...

Stephen H Lewis

Stephen H Lewis

Sep 4, 2009

Stephen H. Lewis, 71, of Clifton, died Friday, September 4, 2009. Born in the Inwood section of Manhattan, he had a lifelong love of New York City, the Indianapolis Colts, and he never got over the departure of the Brooklyn Dodgers. An Army Veteran, he served during the Vietnam War. Stephen was an ad man for BBDO in...

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