Obituaries

Rose Portman

Rose Portman

May 13, 2012

Rose Portman, age 98, of Butler, formerly of West Milford, died Sunday, May 13, 2012. Mrs. Portman was born in Brooklyn, NY the daughter of the late James and the late Ellen (O'Donnell) Slavin. She worked at Chilton Memorial Hospital as a cook for 25 years before retiring. Rose was a parishioner and member of St. Anthony's Columbettes and...

Wayne Van Zile

Wayne Van Zile

Apr 28, 2012

Wayne Van Zile, 52, of Kinnelon, NJ, passed away on April 28, 2012. Wayne suffered the effects of quadriplegia for almost 32 years the result of the swimming pool accident. Kessler Institute in West Orange, the third hospital after the initial injury, taught him how to function as a quadriplegic and how to drive a special equipped van. He...

Eileen R Demarest

Eileen R Demarest

Apr 13, 2012

Eileen R Demarest , 86, passed away peacefully on April 13, 2012. Beloved wife of the late Harold H. Demarest. Cherished daughter of the late Charles Ignatius and Alma (nee Fasnacht) Ritchie. Dear sister of Martha Blenner (Howard, deceased) and of the late Ann Ritchie and Charles Ritchie (Marjorie). She was deeply loved by many nieces, nephews, cousins, step-children,...

Nicolo 'Frank' Carona

Nicolo 'Frank' Carona

Apr 9, 2012

Nicolo Carona, (Frank), 85, formerly of Towaco, NJ; recently of Las Vegas, Nevada died April 9th 2012. The son of the late Nicola and Antonette Carone, Nicolo also survived his late wife Lina Nistri-Carona, his brothers Frank, Joe, Mike, Al and Louis, and his sisters Mary, Pat, Delores, and Francis. Nicolo served proudly in the U.S. Army during WWII...

Henry 'Hank' Den Dulk

Henry 'Hank' Den Dulk

Apr 6, 2012

Den Dulk, Henry (Hank), 61, of Bloomingdale, NJ, died April 6th 2012. Son of Krina and the late Willem Den Dulk. Survived by his sons Christopher and Ryan, his beloved brothers Bill, Jan, Matt, Lenny, and the late Arend, his devoted fiance Linda Green and close family friend Justin. Hank was an active member of the United Brotherhood of...

Wilma Sulski

Wilma Sulski

Apr 5, 2012

Wilma Sulski, age 86, of Butler, formerly of North Haledon, died Thursday, April 5, 2012. Mrs. Sulski was born in Paterson, NJ, the daughter of the late Ferdinand and the late Hedwig (Gallisch) Polk. She was the Executive Secretary for Otagari Mercantile Wayne, NJ before retiring. Wilma was a member of the Readers Club of North Haledon, the West...

James R. Heeney

James R. Heeney

Apr 2, 2012

James R. Heeney, age 79, of Kinnelon, died Monday, April 2, 2012 at home surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Heeney was born in Lehighton, PA the son of the late James D. and the late Anna (Cunningham) Heeney. He proudly served in the Marine Corps during the Korean War and in later years was a member of the...

Moya Shannon

Moya Shannon

Mar 20, 2012

Moya Shannon, age 88,of Marlboro, NJ formerly of Kinnelon, died Tuesday, March 20, 2012. Moya was born in the Apshawa section of West Milford, NJ, the daughter of the late Joseph and the late Amy Smith.Moya lived most of her life in Kinnelon, N.J. from 1923 to 1997. She moved to Marlboro, N.J. in 1997 to be closer to...

Irene Banach

Irene Banach

Mar 20, 2012

Irene Banach, age 86, of Kinnelon, NJ, died Tuesday, March 20, 2012. Mrs. Banach was born in Plymouth, PA, the daughter of the late John and the late Annie (Kasenchak) Carpa. She was formerly of Union County, NJ and lived the past twenty years in Kinnelon with her daughter. Irene a beautiful,loving person and a wonderful homemaker.She is survived...

Loretta Thelma Miller

Loretta Thelma Miller

Feb 27, 2012

Loretta Thelma Miller, age 85, of Butler, died Monday, February 27, 2012 surrounded by her family. Mrs. Miller was born in Newark, NJ the daughter of the late Percy and the late Ellen (Barbarick) Demeritt. She was a member of Butler United Methodist Church, a former member of Triboro First Aid Squad, the Butler PAL Cheerleading and Football Club...

Edward Tabor

Edward Tabor

Feb 24, 2012

Edward L. Tabor, age 83, of Bloomingdale, NJ, died Friday, February 24, 2012. Mr. Tabor was born in Wallington, NJ the son of the late John and the late Mary (Puzio) Tabor. He served in the Army during the Korean War, was a parishioner of St Anthony RC Church and liked to spend time at Gold's Gym in Riverdale....

Muriel Engdahl

Muriel Engdahl

Feb 20, 2012

Muriel Engdahl, age 91, of Bloomingdale, died , February 20, 2012. Muriel was born in Connecticut,?the daughter of the late Arthur and the late Josephine (Morency) Waterhouse.? She was a beautiful person and a wonderful homemaker. She is survived by her her beloved son, Bradley and his wife Cheryl, three cherished grandchildren, Kellyann, Rachel and Brian and a loving...

Robert C. Poehler

Robert C. Poehler

Feb 19, 2012

Robert C. Poehler, age 82, died in his home on Sunday, Feb 19,. Born in Passaic, he grew up in Caldwell, NJ and resided in Kinnelon for the past 55 years. He was a mechanical design engineer for Royal Master Grinders, Oakland NJ, before his retirement. An Air Force veteran, Robert served his country during the Korean conflict including...

Helga Timar

Helga Timar

Feb 19, 2012

Helga Timar, age 66, of Butler died Sunday, February 19, 2012 surrounded by her loving family. Helga was born in Graz, Austria, the daughter of Alex Buczok and Maria (Augustin) Buczok. She was a parishioner of St. Anthony RC Church in Butler, NJ and worked as a technician at Maquet Pharmaceutical in Fairfield, NJ for 27 years before retiring....

Bruce Mckenna

Bruce Mckenna

Feb 17, 2012

Bruce Michael McKenna,58, of West Milford, NJ, passed away on Friday,February 17, 2012. Born in Brooklyn NY, he was the son of the lateMichael Herbert McKenna and the late Joan Loretta Heaning. He had beenemployed for over 30 years as a Machinist at Balo Precision Parts inButler before retiring and was a veteran of the US Navy. He issurvived...

Helen Slowikowski

Helen Slowikowski

Feb 14, 2012

Helen Slowikowski, age 86, of Bloomingdale, entered into eternal rest Tuesday, February 14th, 2012. Mrs. Slowikowski was born in Yonkers, NY, the daughter of the late George and the late Mildred (Durkot) Tybel. She was a bookkeeper and secretary for Singer Sewing Co. and a member of the Bloomingdale Seniors. She is survived by her devoted husband of over...

Barbara Calderone

Barbara Calderone

Feb 12, 2012

Barbara Calderone, of Butler, died Sunday, February 12, 2012, at age 58. Predeceased by her parents, Frank and Jean Scholla, Ms. Calderone was born in Scranton, PA, and was raised in East Orange, NJ. She was Associate Executive Director at ARC of Essex County, Livingston, NJ, for 30 years and was a parishioner of St Anthony RC Church in...

Arthur 'Bill' William Vanderhoff

Arthur 'Bill' William Vanderhoff

Feb 10, 2012

Arthur "Bill" William Vanderhoff, age 77, of Milford, PA formerly of Butler, NJ, died Friday, February 10, 2012. Mr. Vanderhoff was born in Paterson, NJ the son of the late Arthur W. and the late Mabel (Slingerland) Vanderhoff. He was employed by Butler Power And Light Co. as a Line Man for over 25 years before retiring and was...

Linda R Defronzo

Linda R Defronzo

Feb 8, 2012

Linda R. DeFronzo, age 67, of Kinnelon formerly of Ringwood, NJ, died Wednesday, February 8, 2012. Mrs. DeFronzo was born in Passaic, NJ, the daughter of the late Frank and the late Helen Fuchs. She is survived by her beloved daughter, Pamela (nee Beardsley) Mahoney and her husband Scott and three cherished grandchildren, Halle, Carleigh and Annabelle Mahoney.Visiting hours...

Marilyn Van Bergen Bonner

Marilyn Van Bergen Bonner

Feb 7, 2012

Marilyn Van Bergen - Bonner, age 49, of Stockholm, formerly of Bloomingdale, NJ, passed away Tuesday, February 7, 2012. Marilyn was born in Ridgewood, NJ the daughter of the late Bart and the late Johanna (Steenhuis) Van Bergen. She was a beautiful person with a passion for her family and friends. She is survived by her devoted fiancee, Jimmy...