Betty Jo Rupp was born in East Orange, NJ to Edwin and Louise Beecham on March 15, 1950. She was raised in West Orange and lived her adult life in Bloomfield. Betty Jo attended Bloomfield College to become a teacher. After taking time off to raise her children, Betty Jo returned to teaching. She spent […]
On Wednesday, August 16th, Paul Thomas DeCicco of Bloomfield passed away peacefully at Clara Maass Hospital, Belleville. Mr. DeCicco is the husband of Concetta (nee Sauchelli) DeCicco; father of Paul and his wife Alyssa; grandfather of Devon; brother of Vincent DeCicco, and Carol Ann Babiak and her husband John; Son of the late Michael and […]
On Tuesday, August 8, Julie E. Aponte, a beloved mother, grandmother, mama and partner, passed away. Julie was Ninety-one. She was born on November 29th in Havana, Cuba and resided in Bloomfield, NJ for the last 44 years. She worked as a Bookkeeper for Panasonic for many years before her retirement. Julie filled her days […]
The body of Lt. Gov. Sheila Y. Oliver will lie in state in both the Rotunda of the capitol building in Trenton and the Essex County Historic Courthouse before her funeral and memorial service takes place on Saturday, Aug. 12, at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark. The Rev. Al Sharpton, president […]
Orval Scarvie Totdahl, 83, of Hillsboro Beach, FL died August 1, 2023 following a short illness. Orval was born in Grand Forks, ND on May 7, 1940. He was the son of the late L.J. and Vivian Totdahl. He graduated from Crosby (ND) high school in 1958, earned his BS degree from the University of […]
On Monday, August 1, 2023, our beloved Mother, Rosalba Flynn (née Leone), was called home to heaven. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the visitation at the O’Boyle Funeral Home 309 Broad St. Bloomfield on Monday from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. A Funeral Mass will be held at 1:00 p.m. at St. Valentine’s […]
Sheila Y. Oliver, lieutenant governor of New Jersey and the first African-American woman in state history to serve as assembly speaker, died on Aug. 1. She was 71. No cause of death was given but Oliver had been admitted to Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston with an undisclosed medical condition, according to a statement […]
Ann Elliott was a daughter, wife, mother, teacher, artist and author during her 85 years here on Earth. Elizabeth Ann Brown was born Sept. 15, 1935 in Springfield, Mo. to Frisco Railroad water tower tester Irwin Caleb Brown and pulpit supply or lay pastor June Kahler Brown. The Central High School Class of 1953 graduate […]
Walter R. Elliott was a son, brother, husband, father, student, teacher and storyteller during his 90 years here on Earth. Walter Radcliffe Elliott was born April 19, 1933 in Atlanta, Ga., the youngest of three sons to Charles C. Elliott, Sr. and Sybil Marie (Denniston) Elliott. His parents soon settled at 15 Ridgewood Terrace in […]
June Alice Bloomfield Bourne passed away on July 19th surrounded by her family. She grew up and spent her early adult life in Glen Ridge, New Jersey with her husband of 56 years, Don. She and Don moved to Maine, their dream location, and there she stayed. A longtime resident of South Bristol, Maine, she […]