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Gisela Matthey Woodruff
Jun 21, 2013
Gisela Woodruff passed away early Friday morning on June 21, 2013 at Overlook Hospital in Summit. Towards the end she battled multiple health issues. Born in Berlin, Germany but moved to the United States as a young adult. She lived in Cranford for 48 years. She was a long time member of The Cranford Presbyterian Church. Gisela worked at Siemens...

Margaret R. Davies
Jun 18, 2013
Margaret R. Davies passed away on Tuesday June 18, 2013 at the age of 84. She was a life long resident of Cranford. She was a member of the Cranford United Methodist Church. Also a member of Azure Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star. Margaret is pre deceased by her husband Godfrey Davies (1993), and a daughter Maureen. Surviving is...

James R. Lenney
Jun 16, 2013
James R. Lenney Cranford's Choral Music Patriarch for 60 years James R. Lenney, 85, an active and long time Cranford resident, died June 16, 2013 following a brief illness at Overlook Hospital. A Memorial Service will be held Friday, August 9, at 2pm at Trinity Episcopal Church of Cranford, located at the corner of Forest and North Avenues. Arrangements by...

Paul Joseph Casale
Jun 13, 2013
Paul Joseph Casale was born in Brooklyn, New York on November 12, 1962. The third child of parents Lorraine and Louis, it was obvious from a young age that Paul had a gift for drawing. This gift would later become one of his greatest life passions -- art. Walking into his house, it was easy to see that creating paintings...

Mary Florence Kamins
Jun 12, 2013
Mary Florence Kamins (nee McInnis), 87, a longtime resident of Westfield, died peacefully Wednesday, June 12, after an extended and courageous battle with Alzheimer's Disease. Mary's Life Celebration will be from 5 – 8 pm on Monday, June 17, 2013, at Gray Funeral Home, 318 E. Broad St., Westfield. Her funeral mass service will be 10AM Tuesday, June 18, 2013,...

Maria R. Rodriguez
Jun 8, 2013
Maria R. Rodriguez, beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away on June 8, 2013, at the age of 84. She is survived by two daughters, Amelia Jordan and Janie Rodriguez; three grand-children, Freida Turner, Jeremy Jordan, and Danielle Jordan; and two great-grandchildren, Sara Turner and Emily Turner. She will be greatly missed by family and friends alike. In lieu of...

Walter Yancey
May 24, 2013
Walter Yancey Jehovah's Witness and Beloved Husband, Father, Grandfather Walter Yancey, born on January 21st, 1936 in Plainfield, New Jersey, died on Thursday May 23rd 2013, at the age of 77, after a prolonged illness, at Overlook Hospital in Summit, New Jersey. Walter resided in Westfield for 52 years and is survived by his wife of 51 years, Frances R....

Mary Williams Barnes
May 24, 2013
BARNES, Mary Roy Williams "Mae" 99, of Roselle Park, died on Friday May 24, 2013 at her residence. Funeral services will be private, with interment in Graceland Memorial Park, Kenilworth. Arrangements by Gray Memorial Funeral Home, Cranford. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, she came to America at the age of 12. She had been a longtime member of the Community United...

Dena Raftis
May 18, 2013
A Memorial Service will be announced for Mr. Raftis at the Kingdom Hall in Cranford. Details will be given as soon as they become available.

Aaria Dower Hunton
May 17, 2013
Obituary for Aaria Dower Hunton Aaria Dower Hunton, 89, passed away on May 17, 2013 at home in Westfield, NJ, where she lived for the past 47 years. A memorial service and life celebration will be held on Sunday, June 2nd at 3 pm at the Presbyterian Church in Westfield, 140 Mountain Avenue. Born on August 5, 1923 in Athol,...

Doris Marion Mcgrath
May 12, 2013
Doris Marion McGrath, (nee Hatch) age 82 of Cranford, NJ, passed away on Sunday, May 12, 2013 at the Brookmont Health Care Center in Effort, PA. Doris' Life Celebration will begin at 3:00PM Friday May 17, 2013, at Gray Memorial Funeral Home, 12 Springfield Ave, Cranford, where her visitation will continue until 7:00PM Friday. Pre-deceased by her father Harry Augustus...

Agnes M. Conway
Apr 18, 2013
Agnes McCallum Conway, 85, of Cranford, passed away peacefully Thursday April 18, 2013 at Moravian Village in Bethlehem, PA. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, daughter of the late John and Isabella (Grant) Dewar. She was a homemaker and member of the First Presbyterian Church in Cranford, where she had served as Deacon and had been active in their choir for 50+...

Marjorie P. Saylor
Apr 14, 2013
Marjorie Pierson Saylor, 91, of Springfield, died Sunday April 14, 2013, at Chelsea Senior Living in Tinton Falls, NJ. Born in Westfield to the late George W. and Miriam Carl Pierson, Marjorie had been a lifelong resident of Westfield. She was a bookkeeper and assistant to the accountant for the Olsen Press Company in Mountainside, as well as other firms,...

Evelyn Spotts
Apr 12, 2013
Evelyn Spotts, 94, of Cranford, New Jersey, passed away on April 12, 2013. Evelyn's Life Celebration will be 2-4 and 7-9PM Monday April 15th, at Gray Funeral Directors, 12 Springfield Avenue, Cranford. Her funeral service will be 12 Noon Tuesday April 16, 2013 in the First Presbyterian Church, Cranford. Interment will follow in Rosedale Memorial Park, Linden. Born in Tamaqua,...