Michael A. Guthrie
Feb 4, 2016
Michael A. Guthrie, 60, of Cranford, NJ, passed away on Thursday February 5, 2016, at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in NY. Michael's Life Celebration will be Monday February 8th from 5:00-9:00PM at Gray Funeral Directors, 12 Springfield Ave., Cranford, NJ. To view a tribute of Michael's life please go to www.grayfuneralhomes.com . Graveside services and burial will be 11:00AM...
Thomas M. Morick
Feb 2, 2016
Thomas Michael Morick, 92, died Tuesday February 2, 2016, at the Veterans Memorial Home in Menlo Park, NJ where he had been living since April, 2015. Tom was born October 8, 1923 in Rhodesdale, Ohio to Michael and Anna Morick. His family moved to Nanticoke, PA where Tom and his 4 siblings (Mary, Joe, Harry, and Betty) spent most of...
Margaret Arasin "Peggy" Metzger
Jan 31, 2016
Margaret Arasin "Peggy" Metzger (Coppinger), 57, a lifelong resident of Cranford, NJ, passed away on Sunday January 31, 2016, after a lengthy illness.Peggy's Life Celebration will be Friday February 5th from 3:00-8:00PM at Gray Funeral Directors, 12 Springfield Ave., Cranford, where her funeral service will begin at 11:00AM Saturday February 6, 2015. Burial will be 11AM Wednesday February 10th, at...
Joan Katherine Nagle
Jan 27, 2016
JOAN KATHERINE NAGLE, of Westfield, NJ, died January 27, 2016 at the Center for Hope Hospice in Scotch Plains, NJ. Born Joan Katherine Murtha in Manhattan, NY, she spent her formative years at Our Lady of Lourdes School High School of the Blessed Sacrament and attended Hunter College. Prior to her marriage to Richard Nagle she was employed at Henri...
Julia Teresa (Nee Hersko) Wolf
Jan 24, 2016
JULIA T. WOLF Wife of the Former Roselle Park Police Department Commissioner and Borough Councilman Julia Teresa Wolf (nee Hersko), 98, of Scotch Plains, NJ, passed away at her residence on Sunday,January 24, 2016.Julia's Life Celebration will be Friday January 29th from 2:00-5:00 and 7:00-9:00PM at Gray Funeral Directors, 12 Springfield Ave, Cranford, where her funeral service willbegin at 10:00AM...
Bernice M. "Bernie" Dodds
Jan 23, 2016
Bernice Davies Dodds, passed peacefully from this life on Saturday, January 23 in Basking Ridge, NJ. "Bernie" was born on October 29, 1923 in Newburgh, New York where she grew up. After graduating from Virginia Intermont College she met the love of her life and father of her four children, Bob Davies. Bernice and Bob lived in several towns in...
Marjorie D Gushard
Jan 20, 2016
Marjorie D. Gushard, 95, of Cranford, NJ, died peacefully of natural causes on January 20, 2016.Born September 30, 1920, in Flushing, New York, she was the daughter of the late Lloyd and Elizabeth (Knapp) Dressner.In 1938 Marjorie attended Ursinus College in Collegeville, PA where she met the love of her life, William Howard (Gus) Gushard, from Philadelphia, PA.In 1942 they...
Scott M. Vander Wall
Jan 19, 2016
Scott Martin Vander Wall died suddenly at his home in Wyckoff, NJ on Tuesday, January 19th. He was 41 years old. Scott was born and raised in Midland Park, NJ and attended Midland Park High School. He married Brenda (Haven) Vander Wall in 1993 and they raised two wonderful children together; Christopher Scott Vander Wall (age 22) and Samantha Marie...
Elizabeth Alfes "Liz" Pye
Jan 18, 2016
Elizabeth Alfes Pye, 75, of Cranford, passed away on Monday January 18, 2016, at her residence.Liz's Life Celebration will be Tuesday (today) January 19th from 5:00-9:00PM at Gray Funeral Directors, 12 Springfield Ave., Cranford. Her funeral mass will be celebrated at 9:30AM Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at St. Michael Catholic Church, 40 Alden St., Cranford. Interment will follow in Graceland...
Inga M. Krohn
Jan 10, 2016
Inga Martha Krohn of Basking Ridge, NJ passed away on Sunday, January 10 at Peggy Coloney's House in Scotch Plains, NJ.Born April 21, 1934 in Jersey City, NJ, Inga was the daughter of Maria and Hans Krohn. She received a Bachelor of Arts from Hunter College in New York and had worked, until she retired, at Exxon Corporation. Inga resided...
Antoinette Evaristo
Jan 6, 2016
Mrs. Antoinette Evaristo age 83 passed away at the Center For Hope Hospice in Scotch Plains, New Jersey.Born in Newark, New Jersey, she lived in Garwood before moving to Westfield in 2005.Before her retirement in 1996, she worked in Medical Records at St. James Hospital in Newark, NJ. Before that she was a secretary at St. James School.She is survived...
Mark L Samolewicz
Dec 31, 2015
Mark L. Samolewicz, 58, lifelong resident of Roselle Park, NJ passed away on Thursday, December 31st.Mark's Life Celebration will be Tuesday January 5th, from 6:00-9:00PM at Gray Funeral Directors, 12 Springfield Ave., Cranford. His Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10AM Wednesday January 6, 2016, at the Church of the Assumption, 113 Chiego Place, Roselle Park, NJ. To view a...
Helen Doris Bovenkerk
Dec 30, 2015
Helen D. Bovenkerk, 87Helen D. Bovenkerk passed away on Wednesday, December 30, 2015, in the Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, Pennsylvania, at the age of 87. Mrs. Bovenkerk was born on January 4, 1928, in Kearny, New Jersey. She and her first husband, William P. Cloyes, settled in Westfield, New Jersey, in 1954, where she became a member of the...
Joan L. Rocco
Dec 27, 2015
Joan L. Rocco age 73 passed away on Sunday December 27, 2015 at the Cranford Health and Extended Care Center.Born in New York City , she lived in Cranford for many years.She is pre deceased by her husband Frank Bush. She is survived by a sister, Nina Shimer, and many nieces and nephews.No visitation. A graveside service will be 11:30...
Wellington Richard Mc Dowell
Dec 13, 2015
Wellington Richard McDowell, known as Richard to all, was the owner of McDowells Oil Heat in Westfield NJ, a business his late father started in 1928. His parents were Fay Bert McDowell and Muriel Walton McDowell.Richard was born in the family home in Mountainside NJ on December 16, 1929. He lived and worked in the Westfield area his entire life....
Lois J. Bennis
Dec 12, 2015
LOIS JEAN HERMAN BENNISBeloved Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Sister, and FriendPoet, Photographer, Gardener, Doll Collector, Genealogist, Olympic Gold Medalist SwimmerScrabble World ChampionLois Jean "Lo-Gal" Herman Bennis passed away peacefully at her home in Lakewood, New Jersey with her loving family on Saturday, December 12, 2015 at the age of 87. Born in Elmira, NY, on September 8, 1928, Lois' family moved...
Henry A. Dreyer Jr.
Dec 4, 2015
Henry Arnold Dreyer Jr., 72, who co-owned the legendary Dreyer Farm in Cranford , died December 4 in Overlook Medical Center, Summit, New Jersey. There will be no visitation, with private burial in Fairview Cemetery, Westfield. The Gray Memorial Funeral Home in Cranford said a public memorial service will be held Wednesday 10 am December 9, 2015, at the First...
Eileen S Hollingsworth
Nov 27, 2015
Eileen Sheila Hollingsworth, 62, of Boynton Beach, FL, died on November 27, 2015 at her residence after a lengthyillness. Born in Newark, NJ, she was a graduate of Cranford High School Class of 1971. She was also a graduate of Kean University. An avid roller skater, Eileen conducted rollerskating clinics for the Cranford Department of Recreation. She later planned roller...
Grace E. Parlapiano
Nov 27, 2015
Grace Huff Parlapiano passed away on Friday November 27, 2015 at her residence at Brighton Gardens in West Orange.Born August 22, 1930 in her family's home on Court Street in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Grace was the youngest daughter of John Huff and Emma Harris Huff. She grew up in Elizabeth, graduating from Battin High School in 1948. She worked briefly...
Mary Jane King
Nov 20, 2015
Mary Jane King, 82Mary Jane King passed away on 11/20/2015 in Norfolk, Va. She was the beloved: wife of Charles Emmett King (d. 1987), mother of Patricia, James, Michael and Edward; mother-in-law of Beth, Janice and Adriana; grandmother of Matthew, Mary and Thomas as well as sister to Nancy, James (deceased), Virginia (deceased) and Patrick (deceased). Funeral service will be...