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Eleanor “Ellie” Marie Titus, 74 of Hollywood, Florida, entered into eternal rest on May 27, 2020 at Memorial Regional Hospital, Hollywood, Florida. Born and raised in the Paterson/Bloomfield NJ area until 1963, when she then married William G. Titus and raised a family together in West Orange. In 1981 she moved to Hollywood, Florida where […]
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Punwasia Bisnauth, 92 of Bloomfied, entered into rest on May 26, 2020 at Clara Maass Medical Center, Belleville. Born in Guyana, she lived in Bloomfield for many years. Visitation and Funeral Service were held on Friday, May 29, 2020 privately at the Funeral Home, Levandoski-Grillo Funeral Home, Bloomfield. www.levandoskigrillo.com Cremation was privately.
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Catherine Corbo (Gilroy) 75, passed away on Thursday, May 21, 2020 at Mountainside Hospital in Glen Ridge. Interment will take place at Glendale Cemetery in Bloomfield. Service will be private. Born in Newark, Mrs. Corbo resided in Bloomfield and worked as a crossing guard for the Township of Belleville. She was the mother of Vincent […]
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Josephine Di Rienzo, 93, passed away on Saturday, May 23, 2020 at the Hunterdon Care Center in Flemington, N.J. Because of the limitations of visitors due to state restrictions, there will be a gathering of friends and family at a later date and location to be determined. Born in Newark, Mrs. Di Rienzo lived most […]
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William “Bill” Griffin, Jr., 69, of Bloomfield, NJ, passed away at his home on Saturday, May 23, 2020. He was a lifelong resident of Bloomfield, born on July 17, 1950, the son of the late William and Margaret Griffin. He is survived by his loving wife of 46 years Eileen, whom he often affectionately referred […]
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Mara B Harkins passed away Sunday, May 24, 2020, at home, surrounded by her loving family, in Glen Ridge, N.J. after a brief battle with colon cancer. Mara was born in Latvia in 1941 and lived there until 1944, when her family made a harrowing escape from the Soviets during WWII, eventually finding refuge in […]
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Agnes I. Kennedy, of Pompton Plains, N.J., passed away peacefully Sunday, May 24, 2020. She was 92. She was the daughter of the late William and Agnes (Masterson) Donahue. Agnes was born and raised in Newark, N.J., and moved to Bloomfield, N.J. in 1951, before moving to the Cedar Crest community in Pompton Plains in […]
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Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Sister, Aunt, Friend, Teacher. March 10, 1944 – May 27, 2020 Marie was born on March 10, 1944 to parents Theresa (Geraghty) and Thomas Jordan in Brooklyn, NY. She was raised in Hoboken, NJ, and later attended The Academy of Saint Elizabeth in Convent Station, NJ, where she received her degree in […]
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Former Mayor Thomas Henry Cooke, Jr. passed away on May 18, 2020. During the decades Thomas H. Cooke Jr. spent as an elected leader in New Jersey, his city, East Orange, fell on hard times. As a two-term mayor, his focus on restoring the city’s tax base brought the New York Times and network TV […]
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Gerard William (Jerry) Ryan passed away on May 27, 2020 in Maplewood, New Jersey, after a valiant three-year battle with cancer. He was 59. Born and raised on “the rock,” Staten Island, Jerry graduated from Monsignor Farrell High School in 1979. He then attended The Cooper Union in New York City, where he earned a […]