Janet Josenhans (née Dean), 76, died at the Fritz Reuter Lifecare Retirement Community in North Bergen on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, holding the hand of her husband. Mrs. Josenhans was born in Toledo, Ohio, on Sept. 22, 1933. She graduated from the University of Toledo and received a graduate degree from Case Western Reserve in Cleveland, Ohio, in library sciences.... Full story »

Ellen Maloney Fraites, 72, of Spring Lake Heights died on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune. A memorial mass was celebrated at St. Mark’s Church in Sea Girt on Nov. 17, with arrangements by the O’Brien Funeral Home, Wall. Born in Jersey City and raised in Union, Mrs. Fraites lived in Cranford, Watchung and... Full story »

Katherine Paczesniak, 91, formerly of Cranford, died on Nov. 12, 2009, at the Barn Hill Care Center in Newton after a long illness. Private arrangements were by the Scala Memorial Home in Hackettstown. Born on Jan. 5, 1918, in the Bronx, she was a daughter of the late Kazimiez and Frances Krzywulicz Szymanski. Mrs. Paczesniak lived in Cranford for many... Full story »

Martin Joseph Scanlon III, 56, of Roselle Park died on Oct. 26, 2009, at Trinitas Regional Medical Center, Elizabeth. Relatives and friends are invited to attend a memorial mass today, Friday, Nov. 20, at 11 a.m. at St. Theresa’s Roman Catholic Church, Kenilworth. Arrangements are by the Mastapeter Funeral Home, Roselle Park. Mr. Scanlon was born in Elizabeth and was... Full story »

Mildred Royce Moffett Piers died peacefully on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009, at the age of 91. A viewing was held on Nov. 3 at Hiers-Baxley Funeral in Ocala, Fla., and internment was at Fairview Cemetery in Westfield. Arrangements were by Gray Memorial Funeral Home in Cranford. Mrs. Piers was born on Aug. 22, 1918, in Plainfield to James and Myrtle... Full story »

Mrs. Wanda L. Rutmayer, 87, of Cranford died on Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, at Trinitas Hospital in Elizabeth. Arrangements were by the Gray Memorial Funeral Home, Cranford. Funeral services were private. Mrs. Rutmayer was born in Detroit, Mich., on Oct. 19, 1922, the daughter of the late Peter and Stephanie Szcaensny. She is survived by her husband of 63 years,... Full story »

Helen Irene Trelease Bradley, 87, died on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, at Hearthstone Manor, Lebanon, Pa. The family received friends on Nov. 6 at the Dooley Funeral Home, Cranford, and a mass of Christian burial was offered on Nov. 7 at St. Anne Church, Garwood, followed by interment at Fairview Cemetery, Westfield. Born and raised in Newark, Mrs. Bradley graduated... Full story »

Former Cranford resident Cathryn Barbara "Pinky" Albert died on Monday, Sept. 7, 2009, in Fountain Hills, Ariz., after a long illness. A celebration of her life will be held on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 1 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Clark, following inurnment at St. Gertrude's Cemetery, Colonia, at noon. She was born in Newark on Nov. 16, 1922,... Full story »

Antonio Calello, 77, of Kenilworth passed away Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009, at the Cranford Health and Extended Care. A Funeral Mass was offered in St. Theresa's R.C. Church, Kenilworth, on Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 10 a.m. following the funeral from the Mastapeter Funeral Home, 400 Faitoute Ave., Roselle Park, at 8:30 a.m. Interment is in Graceland Memorial Park. Mr. Calello... Full story »

Anna Marie (Podbelski) Hansen, 95, died on Oct. 27 in Sun City, AZ. She was born and raised in Sayreville, NJ, the eldest of nine children and lived in Cranford when her husband was in the U.S. Army. She later lived in Winfield Park with her family before moving to Sun City. She is predeceased by her husband, Knud, three... Full story »

Patricia (Baytala) Loderstedt, 54, died on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009, at the Center for Hope Hospice in Scotch Plains. She was a lifelong resident of Cranford. Services were held on Oct. 30 at the Dooley Funeral Home in Cranford, with interment in Fairview Cemetery, Westfield. Mrs. Loderstedt was a clinical data coordinator for Schering - Plough in Kenilworth for about... Full story »

Betty Jane Bush Betty Jane (Muir) Bush, 88, of Menno Haven, Chambersburg, Pa., died on Monday, Oct. 26, 2009, in the nursing home. A memorial service was held on Oct. 29 in the Chapel at Menno Haven, officiated by Chaplain Vernon Isner. Interment is today, Oct. 30, at Edgewood Memorial Park, Glen Mills, Pa. Arrangements are by the Thomas L.... Full story »

Michael Gachko, 94 Michael Gachko, 94, died at home on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. A mass of Christian burial was offered on Oct. 26 at St. Michael’s Church, Cranford, followed by entombment in St. Gertrude Cemetery, Colonia. Arrangements were by the Dooley Funeral Home, Cranford. Born in Pennsylvania, Mr. Gachko lived in Cranford for the past 60 years. A cabinet... Full story »

Clara Borowski, 81 Clara M. (Stryzek) Borowski, 81, died on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009, at the Center for Hope Hospice in Scotch Plains. A mass of Christian burial was offered on Oct. 20 at St. Michael’s Church, Cranford, with interment in St. Gertrude Cemetery, Colonia. Arrangements were by the Dooley Funeral Home, Cranford. Born in Jersey City, Mrs. Borowski lived... Full story »

Karen Eberland Aurand, 57 Karen Elizabeth (Eberling) Aurand, 57, of Helena, Ala., a Cranford resident for 30 years, died on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009, after bravely battling cancer. A memorial service will be held on Nov. 2 at 10 a.m. at St Paul’s Episcopal Church, 414 East Broad St., Westfield. She attended Westfield High School and married her high school... Full story »