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Marjorie Alexandra Heyburn
Sep 7, 2013
Marjorie "Sandra" Heyburn (nee Platt), born February 6, 1932, passed away on September 7, 2013 at Abington Lansdale Hospital in Pennsylvania. Visitation will be on Wednesday from 4-8pm at Gray Memorial Funeral Home, Cranford. Funeral service, and life celebration is Thursday at 10 am followed by a burial at Fairview Cemetery, Westfield. Go to grayfuneralhomes.com for on line condolences. Born...

Lila Marion Rose
Sep 1, 2013
Lila Marion Rose, 85, (nee Graebner) Mountainside, NJ passed away on September 1, 2013, in Brighton Gardens of Mountainside Assisted Living Residence. Born in Milwaukee, WI, she was a graduate of the University of Wisconsin in Madison. A former resident of Gibbsboro, Berlin and eventually Southampton, NJ, Lila was the first librarian of the Gibbsboro, NJ Elementary School, establishing the...

Yetta Draper
Aug 30, 2013
Yetta Draper, 85, formerly of Westfield and currently of Fanwood, NJ passed away peacefully at home on Friday, August 30, 2013, with her daughters by her side. A memorial service for Yetta will be held at Gray Funeral Home, 318 East Broad Street, Westfield, NJ 07090, 908.233.0143, on Saturday, 11AM September 28, 2013. luncheon will follow at the family's home....

Edna Jane Stotler
Aug 28, 2013
Edna Jane Stotler Beloved Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Great-Grandmother of Westfield, 90 Edna Jane Stotler, 90, of Westfield, passed away on August 28, 2013, at Genesis Health Care- Westfield Center. Edna was born on April 12, 1923, in Williamsport, MD. She was raised in Hagerstown, MD, the youngest of nine children. She pursued nursing as a career and received her R.N....

Edna Jane Stotler
Aug 28, 2013
Edna Jane Stotler Beloved Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Great-Grandmother of Westfield, 90 Edna Jane Stotler, 90, of Westfield, passed away on August 28, 2013, at Genesis Health Care- Westfield Center. Edna was born on April 12, 1923, in Williamsport, MD. She was raised in Hagerstown, MD, the youngest of nine children. She pursued nursing as a career and received her R.N....

Ellen A. Lowell
Aug 27, 2013
Ellen A. Lowell, a 60 year resident of Cranford N.J. died peacefully on August 27, 2013 after a brief illness. Ellen was born in New York City on Sept. 6, 1926 daughter of Nellie and James Mahoney. As the eldest of 5, she was the pillar of her family when her dad became ill at an early age. Ellen worked...

Jean Partner-Jones
Aug 26, 2013
Jean Partner-Jones, 83, formerly of Westfield, died on June 10, 2013, in Gwynedd, PA, where she had lived. A resident of Westfield since 1955, Jean was a member of The Presbyterian Church, the Westfield Womens Club, the Westfield Garden Club, and served in the Ladies Auxiliary of Overlook Hospital. She was preceded in death by her first husband: James W....

John H. Saffer
Aug 21, 2013
John H. Saffer II, 42 of Cranford, died suddenly on August 21, 2013. He is survived by his parents: John H. and Cheryl A. Saffer, sister: Christy Thompson (Eric), nieces and a nephew. Visitation will begin at 10AM Friday August 23, followed by a service at 11:00AM at Gray Memorial Funeral Home, 12 Springfield Ave., Cranford, NJ.

Carolyn L. Hyslip
Aug 19, 2013
Carolyn L. Hyslip, 85, formerly of Westfield, died August 19, 2013, in Freehold, where she lived for the past 5 years. Born in Garwood to William and Caroline Loveland, Carolyn had been a receptionist with Fairview Cemetery, for many years. She was the beloved wife of the late Thomas Hyslip. Carolyn is survived by daughter: Leslie Hyslip Greenfield and husband...

Breno George Martins Borges
Aug 13, 2013
A mass of Memorial is being held 7 pm Tuesday August 20, 2013 at St. James R. C. Church in Newark.

Lillian E. West
Aug 6, 2013
Lillian Elizabeth West, 92, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, August 6, 2013, at Chelsea Senior Living in Brick, New Jersey. Lillian, best known as Bette, was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, and resided in the New Jersey towns of South Plainfield, Westfield, Watchung, Murray Hill and Chadwick Beach, as well as Tequesta, Florida, throughout her life. She was predeceased by...

Sheree-Anne M. Sandiford
Jul 25, 2013
Sheree-Anne M. Sandiford, 49. Died on Thursday, July 25, 2013. Born April 18, 1964, to Sir Lloyd Erskine former Prime Minister of Barbados West Indies. and Lady Angelita Sandiford. Psychologist and Educator she is survived by her parents, her brother Garth Sandiford, sister in law Janet Sandiford, their children Michael Sandiford and Morgan Sandiford; her sister Inga DeReus and husband...

William F. Gerckens
Jul 22, 2013
William K. Gerckens, 79, of Westfield, passed away on Monday July 22, 2013 at his residence surrounded by his loving family. William's visitation will be 4-7PM Thursday, today, July 25, at Gray Funeral Home, 318 E. Broad St., Westfield. His funeral mass will be celebrated at 9:30AM Friday July 26, 2013, at his parish church, The Church of St. Anne's,...
Dale Alexander Juntilla
Jul 11, 2013
Dale A. Juntilla, 90, of Westfield, died peacefully July 11, 2013, surrounded by his family. Dale was born September 5, 1922 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was raised in a community of Finnish immigrants where the Finnish language was used in the Lutheran Church. He graduated from the University of Minnesota with an Electrical Engineering Degree and as an ROTC member...

Harold R. Stiles
Jul 11, 2013
HAROLD R. STILES, 71, of Aberdeen, NJ, died July 11, 2013, at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy. Private burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Westfield. Arrangements by Gray's of Westfield. Born in Plainfield, Harold was the son of the late Harold R., and Hilda Schaefer Stiles. He was a resident of the Options Group Home, in Aberdeen. Harold...

Isabelle Hamilton
Jul 8, 2013
Isabelle Hamilton, 93, formerly of Cranford, NJ, passed away on Monday, July 8 at Brighton Gardens Assisted Living Facility in Mountainside. Funeral services will be held on Thurs., July 11 at 10 am from United Methodist Church on Walnut Ave., Cranford. Visiting and life celebration will take place from 2-4 and 7-9 at Gray Memorial Funeral Home, Cranford on Wed.,...

Frances De Marco
Jun 23, 2013
Frances Ethel DeMarco (nee Jordan) born August 28, 1929 passed away on June 23, 2013 at the Center for Hope Hospice and Palliative Care Center in Elizabeth, New Jersey after a short illness. Born in Staten Island New York she relocated to Elizabeth New Jersey in 1966 and resided in several communities in New Jersey. Her last residence was located...

Richard Brostowski
Jun 22, 2013
Richard Brostowski Sr., 73. of Roselle, NJ died June 22, 2013. Born in Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn, NY on September 6, 1939, Rich was the son of the late Charles, and Frances Babul Brostowski and the brother Helen, Eugenia, Josephine, Frank, John, and Charles, all of whom preceded him in death. He graduated from Cardinal Hayes High School, had some...