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Frances Oldam
Nov 6, 2017
Frances Oldam, known by family & friends as "Fran", a longtime resident of Cranford and later Monroe Township, passed away peacefully on Monday, November 6, 2017 at the age of 87 surrounded by family. Fran was a home maker who loved all kinds of cooking, especially baking Christmas cookies. From an early age, Fran had a passion for babysitting children,...
Shirley (Nee Marden) Payne
Nov 2, 2017
Shirley Marden Payne,95, of Westfield and Mountainside passed away peacefully on Thursday November 2nd at Brighton Gardens of Mountainside.Shirley was born on May 27, 1922 in Westfield. She attended Westfield schools and graduated from Westfield High School. She then went on to receive a degree in Textile Design from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn New York.Shirley was a lifelong member of...
Elizabeth Thora Howarth
Oct 31, 2017
Elizabeth Thora HowarthSeptember 28, 1920 – October 31, 2017Elizabeth was born on September 28, 1920, the third of five children of Ole and Thora Larsen in Scotch Plains, NJ. She attended the Scotch Plains school system and graduated from Scotch Plains High School. After high school, Elizabeth had a bank job in Manhattan. During World War II, she gave up...
Anna Galushkina
Oct 30, 2017
Anna Galushkina, of Bloomfield, New Jersey died tragically on October 30, 2017 at 9:20 am, when she decided to end her life. She was 36 years old.Anna is survived by her parents, son Ryann and brother Eugene. She also left behind partner Andrew, aunts Tatiana and Aina and uncle Gennady and cousins. She is predeceased by paternal grandparents Anna Galushkina...
Yolanda M. Delgaizo
Oct 17, 2017
Yolanda DelgaizoYolanda Delgaizo (DiFeo), known by family & friends as "Lanny", a longtime resident of Jersey City and later Cranford, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 17, 2017 at the age of 91. Lanny was a home maker who was rarely home and had a zest for life. She was a devoted mother, wife, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. Her...
Manfred Gunther Bass
Oct 8, 2017
Manfred G. Bass, 82, of Mountainside, NJ, passed away on Sunday October 8, 2017. Visitation will be 5:00-9:00PM Wednesday October 11, 2017 at Gray Funeral Directors, 318 E. Broad St., Westfield, NJ, where a private funeral service will be held on Thursday October 12, 2017. Interment will follow in Hollywood Memorial Park, Union, NJ. Manfred was the son of the...
Richard W. Haesler
Oct 8, 2017
Richard William Haesler, 88, of Wall, N.J., passed away on Sunday, October 8, 2017 at the University ofVermont Medical Center in Burlington, Vermont, after a brief illness. He was surrounded by his family.The son of Joseph and Loretta (nee Gannon), Richard grew up in Upper Montclair with brother Joseph,Jr. and sister Jean. He graduated from Saint Benedicts Preparatory School in...
Elizabeth P Strunk
Oct 8, 2017
Elizabeth P. Strunk, 71, a longtime resident of Kenilworth, died peacefully at home surrounded by her family. Elizabeth's Life Celebration will be this evening Wednesday October 11th, from 7:00-9:00PM at Gray Memorial Funeral Home, 12 Springfield Ave, Cranford, where her funeral service will begin at 11:00AM Thursday October 12, 2017. Interment will follow in Rosedale Memorial Park in Linden. Born...
Thomas A. O'Neil
Oct 7, 2017
Thomas A. O'Neil, Jr.Thomas A. O'Neil, Jr. of Cranford NJ passed away peacefully on Saturday October 7, 2017 at the NJ Fireman's Home in Boonton, NJ. He was born at home in New Philadelphia, PA on May 12, 1938 to Thomas A. O'Neil Sr., and Josephine (Elinausky) O'Neil. Thomas is survived by brothers Joseph O'Neil (wife Marianne) and Richard O'Neil...
Isabel H Ewing
Sep 23, 2017
Isabel H. Ewing, 80, of Cranford, died on Saturday September 23, 2017. Her visitation will be from 6:00-8:00PM Wednesday September 27that Gray Memorial Funeral Home, 12 Springfield Ave, Cranford, where the funeral service will begin at 10AM Thursday September 28, 2017. Burial will follow in Graceland Memorial Park in Kenilworth. Born in Bayonne, she had lived in Cranford since 1957....
Charles Bracken Aurand
Sep 19, 2017
Charles B. AurandFebruary 28, 1950 – September 19, 2017Charles Bracken Aurand, 67 formerly of Cranford, NJ passed away peacefully and surrounded by the love of his family on Tuesday, September 19, 2017 at St. Luke's Hospice House in Bethlehem, PA after battling Alzheimer's disease.Born on February 28, 1950 in Westfield, NJ – he was the son of the late Elwin...
John J. "Jay" Hartmann
Sep 9, 2017
John J. Hartmann Jr. "Jay" 64, passed on September 9, 2017. Jay's Life Celebration and visitation will be held at Gray Memorial Funeral Home at 12 Springfield Avenue , Cranford, NJ on Tuesday September 12th from 5:00 to 9:00 PM. His funeral mass will be celebrated at 9:30AM Wednesday September 13, 2017 at St. Michael's Church at 40 Alden St....
Eliane G Bobin
Aug 31, 2017
Eliane G. BobinWorked at Local Piano StoreMiss Eliane G. Bobin , at the age of 96, went to her eternal rest on Thursday, August 31.She had been a resident of Cranford Health and Rehabilitation Center for about four years and enjoyed the company of the staff there. She was a lifelong lover of fashion and music, and appreciated the finer...
June Westdyke Mcdaniel
Aug 27, 2017
June Westdyke McDanielJune W. McDaniel, formerly of Westfield, died Sunday August 27, at her residence in Fellowship Village,Basking Ridge, NJ. She was 92 years of age. June was predeceased by her husband Raymond W. McDaniel.June volunteered for many years at The Consignmant Shop, Flemington, NJ. Benefits of which go totrasitional house of Safe in Hunterdon to help victims of domestic...
Peter Fryziuk
Aug 26, 2017
Peter Fryziuk, 90, formerly of Mountainside, passed away on Saturday August 26, 2017, at Easton Hospital, in Easton, PA,where he resided for the past several years. Born in Sadjava, Ukraine, he came to America in the late 1950s. He was retired from the B&M Finishers company in Kenilworth. Peter was devoted to his faith, and was a longtime member of...
Betty Hosford
Aug 20, 2017
Betty (Myrtle E.) Hosford was born June 8th, 1925 in Roselle, N.J. to Alva and Ethel Dunbaden. She was predeceased by her younger sister Jean Tice and her younger brother Richard (Mickey) Dunbaden. She is survived by her eldest daughter, Jean Marie Harris, her middle child, Ruth Ann Hosford, and her youngest, William Jonathan Hosford. She is also survived by...
Mary (Gougoumis) Karagannis
Aug 14, 2017
Mary Karagannis (nee Gougoumis), 93, of Freehold, NJ, passed away on Monday August 14, 2017, at The Manor,a nursing and care center in Freehold. Born in New York City, Mary had worked as a bookkeeperfor the Karis Paper and Food Distributing company in Newark, NJ.She was the beloved wife of the late Peter D. Karagannis, who died in 1990. She...
Joan V. Stone
Jul 31, 2017
Joan Valentine Stone, a longtime Westfield resident, passed away peacefully on July 31, 2017 after a long illness. She was 99.Survivors include her son Greg, his wife Mary, their children Lauren and Jack, Joan's sister Lilian and many nieces and nephews.Joan was born in Butler, Pennsylvania and moved to Elizabeth, New Jersey at the age of ten. She spent two...
Evonthia " Evon" Karveli Laskaris
Jul 27, 2017
Evonthia Karveli "Evon" Laskaris, 80, of Fanwood, NJ passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Thursday, July 27, 2017. Visitation will take place at Gray Funeral Home, 318 E Broad St, Westfield, NJ on Sunday, July 30 from 4:00-7:00 pm. The funeral service will be celebrated at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Westfield, NJ on Monday, July 31 at...
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