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Barbara Codner

Barbara Codner

Feb 6, 2014

Barbara D. Codner of Bloomfield passed away Thursday, February 6, 2014. Barbara, known to many as Bobbie, grew up in Bloomfield then moved to South Plainfield to raise her family. In later years, she returned to Bloomfield and was employed by Montclair State College as a coordinator for several departments, until her retirement in 2003. She enjoyed learning new information...

Frederick Moeller

Frederick Moeller

Jan 14, 2014

Frederick "Billy" W. Moeller Jr. of Belleville passed away on Tuesday January 14, 2014 in his residence with his loving family at his side. He was 82. Born in Orange, he had lived in Bloomfield before moving to Belleville 40 years ago. Mr. Moeller served with the Bloomfield Fire Department from 1955 to 1982. He was a Army Veteran of...

Frank Claps

Frank Claps

Dec 29, 2013

Frank R. Claps of Bloomfield passed away Monday December 29, 2013 at the age of 88, with his loving family at his side. He was born on January 29, 1925 in Montclair, NJ, then resided in Belleville before moving to Glen Ridge where he resided for 20 years. He has lived in Bloomfield since 1958. Visitation will be at Frank...

Esther Utkewicz

Esther Utkewicz

Dec 10, 2013

Esther M. (nee Walker) Utkewicz of Bloomfield passed away on Tuesday December 10, 2013 at the age of 75. She was born in Buchanan, VA and had lived Bloomfield since 1961. Esther was predeceased by her husband D. Duane. Utkewicz and her son Damian Utkewicz. She is survived by her children, Jenna Cianci & her husband Jerry, Mark Utkewicz &...

Louise Gradone

Louise Gradone

Dec 2, 2013

Louise H. (nee Duchek) Gradone of Bloomfield passed away on Monday December 2, 2013 at the age of 85. She was born in Newark and lived there before moving to Bloomfield in 1955. Louise graduated Arts High School in 1946 and was the class Salutatorian; she was also a member of the Bloomfield UNICO Woman's Auxiliary Mrs. Gradone was predeceased...

Angelo Maggio

Angelo Maggio

Nov 14, 2013

Angelo R. Maggio of Bloomfield passed away on Thursday November 14, 2013 with his loving family at his side at the age of 92. He was born in Pietra Pertosa, Italy and served in the Italian Army. He then settled in the United States moving to New York City in 1954 before moving to Bloomfield in 1968. Mr. Maggio and...

Betty Walsh

Betty Walsh

Nov 6, 2013

Betty (nee Giordano) Walsh of Bloomfield passed away on Wednesday, November 6, 2013 at the age of 78. She was born in Bloomfield and was a lifetime resident. Betty enjoyed nurturing her plants, was an excellent cook, and spending time with her family. Betty is the beloved wife of Allen F. Walsh; beloved mother of Debra Walsh, Stephen Walsh &...

Myrna Rivera

Myrna Rivera

Oct 22, 2013

Myrna Rivera (nee Dominguez) 62, of Bloomfield died Tuesday Morning at Clara Maass Hospital. Born in Puerto Rico, Myrna resided in NY and Newark before settling in Bloomfield 30 years ago. Myrna worked for NJ BellVerizon for over 30 years as a Human Resource Supervisor, retiring in 2003. She is survived by her beloved husband, Alfredo Rivera, a son, Michael...

Daniel Treacy

Daniel Treacy

Oct 20, 2013

Daniel Treacy was 83 when he died peacefully at home in Bloomfield on Sunday October 20, 2013. Born in Arklow, County Wicklow Ireland, Daniel immigrated to New York City in 1958, settled in Glen Ridge in 1971, before moving to Bloomfield in 2001. Daniel and his family have been parishioners at St. Thomas the Apostle, Bloomfield since 1971. A shipwright...

William Tomaiko

William Tomaiko

Oct 7, 2013

William A. Tomaiko of Bloomfield passed away on Monday, October 7, 2013 at the age of 85. Born in New York City, he had lived in Bloomfield for 58 years. Mr. Tomaiko was a Partner with Cal Carting in New York City for 40 years before his retirement in 1988. He was a Navy Veteran of WWII. He was a...

Grace Chen

Grace Chen

Sep 16, 2013

Grace Ho Chen, who, as the head of the children's section at the Livingston Public Library for almost three decades, helped to foster a love of reading in generations of children, died on Monday at the Green Hill Retirement Community in West Orange. She was 77. Or so her death certificate says. Anyone who came into contact with Mrs. Chen...

James Malcolm

James Malcolm

Sep 14, 2013

James C. Malcolm, Sr. passed away on Saturday, September 14, 2013 at the age of 93. Visitation will be at Frank Halpin's Brookdale Funeral Home, 1284 Broad St, Bloomfield, on Monday from 2-4 & 7-9 p.m. Funeral Services will be held in the funeral home on Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. Entombment will follow in Glendale Cemetery, 28 Hoover Ave, Bloomfield....

William Gromann

William Gromann

Aug 20, 2013

William J. Gromann 92, died peacefully on August 20, 2013 at Mountainview Gardens, Pompton Plains. Beloved husband of the late Helen Kovalycsik Gromann, father of Barbara Satz and William Gromann II and grandson William. He was a WWII veteran's service as a tanker in Patton's Third Army, a survivor of the Battle of the Bulge and part of the forces...

Megan Macaluso

Megan Macaluso

Aug 18, 2013

Megan Patricia Macaluso, 19, of Bloomfield passed away at home on Sunday, August 18, 2013, after a long and courageous battle with cancer and surrounded with love by her parents and siblings. Born November 10, 1993, Megan was a 2012 graduate of St. Mary's High School in Rutherford and attended the University of Scranton this past year. She was the...

James Malcolm

James Malcolm

Aug 14, 2013

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Faye LaPomo

Faye LaPomo

Jul 20, 2013

Beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmohter. 92 Philomena Faye LaPomo (nee Giello) of Bloomfield passed away Saturday the 20th of July 2013. Visitation at Frank Halpin's Brookdale Funeral Home, 1284 Broad St, Bloomfield, on Tuesday from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm concluding with a prayer service at 1:00 pm in the funeral home. Entombment will be at Hollywood Memorial Park,...

Margaret McGlynn

Margaret McGlynn

Jul 18, 2013

Miss Margaret M. McGlynn of Coopersburg, PA, formerly of Bloomfield, NJ passed away on Thursday July 18, 2013 at the age of 96. Born in Jersey City, NJ. she moved to Bloomfield in 1955. Margaret received a Bachelor of Science degree from Chestnut Hill College in Germantown, Pennsylvania. She taught school for 29 years in the Archdiocese of Newark parochial...

Elizabeth Humphries

Elizabeth Humphries

Jul 16, 2013

Elizabeth Humphries, 87, of Bloomfield, NJ, passed away on Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Born in Dover, New Hampshire, she lived in Kearny, NJ later moving to Bloomfield, NJ. Betty, a Registered Nurse, graduated from St. Michael's Hospital, Newark, NJ - 1946. She worked at St. Michael's Hospital and West Hudson Hospital in Kearny, NJ. After retirement, Betty volunteered for Hospice....

Julia Giuliano

Julia Giuliano

Jun 29, 2013

Julia Giuliano of Hamburg, formerly of Bloomfield, passed away on June 29, 2013. She had lived most of her life in Bloomfield before moving to Hamburg 12 years ago. Miss Giuliano retired 20 years ago after 40 years as a supervisor with Shering-Plough in Kenilworth. Surviving are two sisters, Frances Giuliano and Teresa Mascuch (Ben); sister-in-law Marge Giuliano; and many...

Michael LaRosa

Michael LaRosa

Jun 22, 2013

Michael J. LaRosa, 72, of Bloomfield, N.J., formally of Newark and Lyndhurst, passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday June 22, with his loving family by his side. Michael was born on February 28, 1941 in Newark N.J. to the late James and Betty (nee Barone) LaRossa. He was a heavy equipment operator with Operating Engineers Local 825 prior...