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DEATH NOTICE Keenen, George E., Jr.; on Friday, June 16, 2000 of Scotch Plains, NJ, formerly of Westfield.
Beloved Husband of Lucille K. (McCauley) Keenen. Cherished Father of Cathy Donahoe of Short Hills, NJ, George Keenen of Ojai, CA, Christine Kealy of New York City, Priscilla Egan of Maplewood, NJ, Therese Pressley of Sharon, CT, Elizabeth Keenen of Oakview, CA, John Keenen of New York City and Mary Jo Keenen of Los Angeles, CA. Dear Brother of the late Virginia Keenen O'Brien. Loving Grandfather of 21 Grandchildren and 10 GreatGrandchildren.
The Viewing for Mr. Keenen was held at St. Helen's Church, 1600 Rahway Avenue, Westfield, NJ on Monday, June 19, 2000 from 24 and 6.307: 30 PM.
Mass of Christian Burial took place at the conclusion of the Viewing at 7: 30 PM. Interment Private.
Memorial Contributions may be made to: St. Helen's Helping Hands & Hearts Ministry, Center For Hope Hospice or Youth and Family Counseling of Westfield. G. Keenen O'Brien Funeral Home, Inc. in charge of funeral arrangements.
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PUBLIC NOTICE SHERIFF’S SALE
SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY, CHANCERY DIVISION, UNION COUNTY, DOCKET NO. F1714099.
IMC MORTGAGE COMPANY, PLAINTIFF vs. DONALD W. GABLE, SR., DEFENDANT.
CIVIL ACTION, WRIT OF EXECUTION, DATED APRIL 10, 2000 FOR SALE OF MORTGAGED PREMISES.
By virtue of the abovestated writ of execution to me directed I shall expose for sale by public vendue, on the 6th Floor of the Union County Court House (Tower) 2 Broad Street, Elizabeth, New Jersey on WEDNESDAY THE 5TH DAY OF JULY A. D., 2000 at two o’clock in the afternoon of said day. All successful bidders must have 20% of their bid available in cash or certified check at the conclusion of the sales.
The judgment amount is ONEHUNDRED THIRTY FOUR THOUSAND FIVEHUNDRED EIGHTY SIX & 84/ 100 ($ 134,586.84).
REAL ESTATE TAX DISCLOSURE
There are no tax liens as of April 14, 2000. Plaintiff advises that the municipal tax office should be contacted to obtain any additional tax amounts that may be due.
CONCISE DESCRIPTION
1. Municipality: City of Elizabeth; 2. Tax Lot No. 300, Block No. 1; 3. Property Street Address: 221 Magnolia Avenue;
4. Dimensions: 51 feet x 100 feet; 5. Nearest Cross: Second Street; 6. Feet to Nearest Cross: 249 feet. There is due approximately the sum of ONEHUNDRED FORTY THOUSAND SEVENHUNDRED NINETY FIVE & 17/ 100 ($ 140,795.17) together with lawful interest and costs.
There is a full legal description on file in the Union County Sheriff’s Office.
The Sheriff reserves the right to adjourn this sale.
RALPH FROEHLICH SHERIFF SALVATORE L. BORRELLI, Attorney 986 McBride Avenue West Paterson, New Jersey 07424 CH755274 (WL) 4 T 6/ 8, 6/ 15, 6/ 22 & 6/ 29/ 00 Fee: $179.52
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Albert Palentchar, 83
Albert Palentchar, 83, of Burlington Township died on Saturday, June 3, at his home.
Born in Bridgeport, Conn., he had lived in South Plainfield for 42 years before recently relocating to Burlington Township.
Mr. Palentchar had been employed by the American Can Company of Hillside for 31 years before retiring in 1979.
Earlier, he was a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps, fighting forest fires in California.
Surviving are his wife of 58 years, Helen Armatys Palentchar; two sons, Robert Palentchar, Jr. of Burlington Township and Albert Palentchar, Jr. of Medford; a sister, Sophie Daidone of Woodbridge; two brothers, Steven Palentchar of Scotch Plains and Rudy Palentchar of North Arlington; five grandchildren and two greatgrandsons.
A Mass of Christian burial was held yesterday, Wednesday, June 14, in St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church in Burlington.
Arrangements were handled by the Page Funeral Home in Burlington.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 400 Birchfield Road, Mount Laurel, 08054.
June 22, 2000
Charles Bright, 85, Earned Bronze Star; Former Principal at Roosevelt School
Elsie Mary Taylor, 87
Elsie Mary Taylor, 87, a former Westfield resident, died on Monday, May 22, at the National Health Care Center of Coconut Creek, Fla.
Born in Brooklyn and raised in Summit, she had lived in Westfield from 1941 to 1974 and in Scotch Plains from 1974 to 1980. Mrs. Taylor retired in 1980 to Stuart, Fla., where she was active in both her church and community.
She was predeceased by her husband, H. Lawton Taylor, in April of 1999.
Surviving are a son, Richard Taylor of Jim Thorpe, Pa.; a daughter, Nancy Ahringer of Coral Springs, Fla., and four grandchildren.
A memorial service was held on Saturday, June 3, in St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Stuart. Interment will take place in Fairview Cemetery in Westfield at a time to be arranged by the family.
Arrangements were under the direction of Premier Funeral Services and Cremations, Inc. of Oakland Park, Fla, 33311.
June 22, 2000
George Keenen, Jr., 83, Was Supporter Of Family Counseling Agency, Hospice
G. Keenen, Jr.
George E. Keenen, Jr., 83, of Scotch Plains died on Friday, June 16, at his residence.
Born in Bayonne, he had lived in Westfield for 45 years before relocating to Scotch Plains three years ago.
Mr. Keenen retired in 1986 as owner and President of the KeenenCashman Company of Bayonne after 44 years with the firm.
He was a Past President of the American Supply Association in Chicago.
He was a past member of the Board of Directors of St. Elizabeth Hospital in Elizabeth and had also been President of its Foundation. He additionally had been a board member of Alexian Brothers Hospital in Elizabeth.
Mr. Keenen was a former Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce in Bayonne and served as Director of The Community Chest of Eastern Union County.
He also was Vice President of the Mayor’s Advisory Council on Community Affairs in Westfield; was a Past President of the Youth and Family Counseling Service of Westfield
and was a member of the board of the Westfield Foundation.
Mr. Keenen was recognized by Youth and Family Counseling Service in 1993 and was recently named Honorary Chairman of the agency in tribute to his fundraising efforts on behalf of the organization.
The annual concerts by the Orchestra of St. Peter by the Sea at St. Helen’s Church, which benefit Youth and Family Counseling, were the result of Mr. Keenen’s efforts. He first contacted the group’s conductor, the Reverend Alphonse Stephenson, a decade ago about a performance to raise funds for the agency.
He was VicePresident for the Laity of the first ArchDiocesan Pastoral Council and was a member of St. Helen’s Roman Catholic Church of Westfield.
He served on the editorial board for The Advocate and was an editor for “The Flame,” a quarterly publication for the Center for Hope Hospice in Lyons. Mr. Keenen was honored by the center as Man of the Year in February of 1999 for his efforts on behalf of the organization.
He was active with the Community Drug and Alcohol Program for Hudson County.
He was one of the first lay members to the Board of Trustees for Immaculate Conception Seminary and was named Man of the Year and Irishman of the Year by the Notre Dame Alumni. Mr. Keenen graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1938.
He was a member of the Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield and the Knights of Columbus No. 253.
He was predeceased by his parents, George E. and Frances Higgins Keenen, and a sister, Virginia Keenen O’Brien.
Surviving are his wife, Lucille K. McCauley Keenen, whom he married in 1941; six daughters, Cathy Donohoe of Short Hills, Christine Kealy of New York City, Priscilla Egan of Maplewood, Theresa Pressley of Sharon, Conn., Elizabeth Keenen of Oakview, Calif. and Mary Jo Keenen of Los Angeles; two sons, George Keenen of Ojai, Calif. and John Keenen of New York City; 21 grandchildren and 10 greatgrandchildren.
A Mass of Christian Burial was held at St. Helen’s Church on Monday, June 19. Interment was private.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Helen’s Helping Hands and Hearts Ministry, the Center for Hope Hospice or Youth and Family Counseling Service of Westfield.
Arrangements were under the direction of the G. Keenen O’Brien Funeral Home, Inc. of Bayonne.
June 22, 2000
Marion Robinson Keat, 80, Was Active In Westfield and With Hawaii Groups Henry F. Koller, Career in Banking
Had Spanned More Than 50 Years
Henry F. Koller of Scotch Plains died on Thursday, June 15, in the Ashbrook Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Scotch Plains.
Born and raised in New York City, he lived in Scotch Plains for many years.
Mr. Koller’s career in banking spanned some 55 years, from messenger to Executive Vice President. He was associated with major banks in New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Providence, R. I., Boston, Newark and Dublin, Ireland.
He retired as Training Director with the New York Branch of the Swiss Bank Corporation.
After retiring from commercial and international banking, he became a consultant with Allied International Bank of New York City and an executive recruiter for the International Executives Service Corps.
He graduated from the American Institute of Banking and the American Bankers Association, Graduate School of Banking.
Mr. Koller was a Director of the International Trade Center in Boston; Chairman of the New England Regional Expansion Council and a member of the National Export Expansion Council of the United States Department of Commerce.
He was also Chairman of the Governor’s Advisory Council on Foreign Trade in Boston; President of The World Trade Club of Providence and General Chairman of the
World Trade Week in Boston. He additionally was a trade advisor to the United States Trade Mission to Pakistan and served two terms as a member of the Finance Committee of the United States Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Koller also was Chief of the Banking Department of UNRRA and had been an officer of a small chemical company in New York.
He was an instructor in money and banking with the American Institute of Banking in Providence and a member of the economic faculty of the American Institute of Banking in Boston.
While in Chicago, he was a faculty member of the Latin American Institute, where he was an instructor in export documentation, marine insurance and negotiable instruments.
Mr. Koller was a member of the Uniform Commercial Code Committee
of the Rhode Island Bankers Association, the International Banking Committee of the New Jersey Bankers Association and served on numerous committees of the Bankers Association for Foreign Trade.
He penned articles for several banking and financial publications and was listed in “Who’s Who in the East,” “Who’s Who in Banking” and “The International Dictionary of Biography” (London).
He was a member of the Parish Council and the Communications Committee of St. Bartholomew the Apostle Roman Catholic Church in Scotch Plains.
Mr. Koller was an instructor and leader of the Columbus Cadets of the Knights of Columbus in Hoboken and West New York. As a youth, he was a Captain of the Catholic Boys Brigade of the Most Holy Redeemer Church in New York.
Surviving are his brotherinlaw, Edward Gluck of Queens; two nephews, Peter H. Dunckelmann of Garden City, N. Y. and Dr. John Gluck of Albuquerque, N. M., and a niece, Susan Niebuhr of Fishkill, N. Y.
A Funeral Mass was held on Monday, June 19, at St. Bartholomew the Apostle Church. Interment took place at Fairview Cemetery in Westfield.
Arrangements were under the direction of the Gray Funeral Home, 318 East Broad Street in Westfield.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Bartholomew the Apostle Church.
June 22, 2000
Chester H. Bright, 85, of Basking Ridge died on Tuesday, June 13, in the Bethesda Health Care Center in Basking Ridge.
Born in Sinking Spring, Pa., he had lived in Scotch Plains before relocating to Basking Ridge four years ago.
Mr. Bright had been a teacher at Roosevelt Junior High School in Westfield, now Roosevelt Intermediate School, for 29 years. He retired in 1975 as Principal.
He graduated from Kutztown State Teachers College in 1938 and received his master’s degree in education from Columbia University in New York City in 1949.
Mr. Bright served in China as a Captain in the United States Army during World War II and was awarded the Bronze Star.
He was a member of the New Jersey Education Association, the National Education Association, the
Union County Education Association, the American Legion in Westfield and the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Bernardsville.
Surviving are Carol Davis Bright, his wife of 56 years; two daughters, Ellen R. Bowes of Franktown, Colo. and Molly Davis Bright of Edison, and a granddaughter.
A memorial service was held on Saturday, June 17, in the Liberty Corner Presbyterian Church in Liberty Corner. There was no visitation.
Arrangements were handled by the Gallaway & Crane Funeral Home in Basking Ridge.
Memorial donations may be made to the Visiting Nurse Association of Somerset HillsSomerset Hills Hospice, 12 Olcott Avenue, Bernardsville, 07924.
June 22, 2000
Marion Robinson Keat, 80, of Makaweli, Kauai, Hawaii, died on Tuesday, June 13, at home.
Born on May 26, 1920 in Makaweli, she was the daughter of Sinclair and Ethel Robinson. She had lived in Westfield from 1945 to 1975 before retiring with her husband to her hometown in the Hawaiian Islands.
She attended Katherine Branson School in Ross, California and Pine Manor Junior College in Massachusetts, graduating from the University of California at Berkeley in 1941. She was a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma fraternity.
Mrs. Keat worked for the Bishop Bank during World War II.
While living in Westfield, she was active with St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and the Westfield Memorial Library.
On Kauai, Mrs. Keat was involved with the Kauai Museum, Nui O Laka Kokee, the Kauai Humane Society, the Kauai Historical Society and the Outdoor Circle. She was also a member of the Daughters of Hawaii, St. John’s Episcopal Church in Eleele and the United Church of Christ, formerly the Waimea Foreign Church, in Waimea, Kauai.
She was predeceased by her husband in 1976. Surviving are two sons, Jack Keat and Philip Keat, and three grandchildren.
Memorial services were held on Saturday, June 17, at the United Church of Christ.
Memorial contributions may be made to Kauai Hospice, St. John’s Church in Eleele, or the United Church of Christ.
June 22, 2000
Thomas J. Zych, 42
Thomas J. Zych, 42, of Westfield died on Saturday, June 17, at Overlook Hospital in Summit.
Born in Union, he lived in Westfield for 37 years.
Mr. Zych was a groundskeeper for the Union County Parks and Recreation Department for 15 years, working at Union County parks and golf courses.
He was a member of the New Jersey Mineralogical Society and Trailside Mineral Club at the Trailside Museum in Mountainside.
Mr. Zych was a 1976 graduate of Wardlaw High School and attended Union County College.
He was predeceased by his father, Joseph J. Zych.
Surviving are his mother, Catherine A. Zych of Westfield, and two sisters, Karen A. Fahrion and Valerie A. Clayton.
A Mass of Christian Burial was offered yesterday, Wednesday, June 21, at the Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church in Westfield. Interment took place at Holy Cross Cemetery in North Arlington.
Memorial donations may be made to either Wegener’s Disease Research or to Overlook Hospital in Summit.
Arrangements were handled by the Dooley Colonial Home, 556 Westfield Avenue in Westfield.
June 22, 2000
Abram Altschule, 61, Executive Recruiter; Had Also Performed PartTime as Clown Frank P. Jannuzzi, 86, Was Employed
As Computer Systems Analyst in Utah Joseph G. Piano, 75, Decorated Veteran;
Had Been County Corrections Officer
Frank P. Jannuzzi, 86, of Basking Ridge died on Sunday, June 18, in Morristown Memorial Hospital in Morristown.
Born in North Plainfield, he had lived in Fanwood, Salt Lake City and Port Richey, Fla., before moving to Basking Ridge four years ago.
Mr. Jannuzzi had been a computer systems analyst with the Kennecott Corporation in Salt Lake City, Utah, for 25 years before retiring in 1977.
He was a member of the Fanwood Rescue Squad and the Holy Name
Society at St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church in North Plainfield. Surviving are his wife, Ruth Jannuzzi; two sons, John A. Jannuzzi and Paul Jannuzzi; three daughters, Nadine Sicola, Diane Horning and Jayne Shontell; a sister, Ange Dobson, and 12 grandchildren.
A Mass will be offered at 10 a. m. today, Thursday, June 22, in Our Lady of the Mount Roman Catholic Church in Warren, following the funeral from the Higgins Home for Funerals in Watchung.
June 22, 2000
Joseph G. Piano, 75, of Scotch Plains died on Tuesday, June 13, in Overlook Hospital in Summit.
Born in Plainfield, he lived in Scotch Plains since 1950.
Mr. Piano had been employed as a corrections officer by the Union County Department of Corrections in Elizabeth for 27 years before retiring in 1985.
He served in the United States Army during World War II and participated in the DDay landing at Normandy Beach. Mr. Piano received a Purple Heart, the Presidential Unit Citation and three Bronze Stars.
He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 335 in
Cranford and Policemen’s Benevolent Association Local No. 199 in Union County, and a charter member of the Plainfield Rescue Squad.
Surviving are a daughter, Valorie M. Grausso; a son, Vincent Grausso; two sisters, Rose Frattarulo and Eleanor Apgar; a brother, Paul Grausso; six grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren.
A Mass was offered on Saturday, June 17, in St. Bartholomew the Apostle Roman Catholic Church in Scotch Plains, following the funeral from the Rossi Funeral Home, also in Scotch Plains.
June 22, 2000
Abram S. Altschule, 61, of Edison died on Saturday, June 17, at home.
Born in Newark, Mr. Altschule had lived in Hillside and Westfield before moving to Edison five years ago.
Mr. Altschule had been an executive recruiter, involved with the placement of risk managers for Logic Associates in New York City for many years.
He also worked parttime as “Harkey the Clown” at various events in the New Jersey area.
He received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from
Bloomfield College in 1960 and graduated from clown school in Westfield in 1979.
He was a member of the Men’s Club of Congregation Beth Israel in Scotch Plains.
Surviving are two sons, Howard Altschule and Joshua Altschule; a sister, Marsha A. Heyman, and a brother, Joel M. Altschule.
Services were held on Monday, June 19, in the Menorah Chapels at Millburn in Union.
June 22, 2000
Joseph P. Albanese, 66, Architect; Played for Boston Red Sox
Joseph Peter Albanese, 66, of Sea Bright died on Saturday, June 17, at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York City.
Born in New York City, he had lived in Middlesex County before moving to Sea Bright in 1997.
Mr. Albanese had been an architect in New Brunswick for more than 30 years before retiring in 1998 and formerly served as Commissioner of the Middlesex County Utilities Authority in Sayreville.
After graduating from New Brunswick High School, he was drafted and played for the Boston Red Sox and the Washington Senators.
He was a member of St. George Greek Orthodox Church in Asbury
Park and served on the Board of Trustees of both the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Westfield and St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Perth Amboy.
He was a United States Army veteran of the Korean Conflict. Surviving are his wife, the former Yvonne Maragoudakis; five daughters, Joanne Kulat of Shrewsbury, Laura Reiley of Avenel, Christy Di Robbio of Colonia, Nancy Albanese of Plainsboro and Jennifer Castelo of Ocean Township; his mother, Victoria Fillocco of New Brunswick, and 10 grandchildren.
The funeral service was held yesterday, Wednesday, June 21, at St. George Church. Interment took place in St. George Cemetery in Neptune.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. George Greek Orthodox Church in Asbury Park.
Arrangements were under the direction of the Taylor & Lopez Funeral Home in Neptune.
June 22, 2000
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