A WATCHUNG COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PUBLICATION The Westfield Leader The Westfield Leader and THE TIMES of Scotch Plains – Fanwood Thursday, April 23, 1998 Page 9
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Florence Brown, 75
Florence Brown, 75, of Westfield died on Monday, April 13, in Overlook Hospital in Summit.
Born in Dillwyn, Virginia, she had lived in Westfield for many years.
She had been a self- employed housekeeper in the Westfield area for many years before retiring.
Mrs. Brown was a member of the church choir for both St. John's Baptist Church in Scotch Plains and the Bethel Baptist Church in Westfield.
Funeral services were held on Thursday, April 16, at the Bethel Baptist Church in Westfield. Arrangements were handled by the Plinton- Curry Funeral Home in Westfield.
Surviving are a daughter, Barbara Peterson; a son, Dwight Winn; two sisters, Westa Wood and Doris B. Peterson; four grandchildren, and one great- grandchild.
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Robert DeSantis, 60, Sales Manager; Had Served in Army Medical Corps
Robert F. DeSantis, 60, of Scotch Plains, died on Friday, April 17, at home.
Born in Jersey City, he had lived in Long Branch and Colonia be
Joseph A. C. Komich, 91, Engineer; Mountainside Mayor from 1957- 1960
Joseph A. C. Komich, 91, a former Mayor of Mountainside and a borough resident for nearly 60 years, died on Friday, April 17, at home.
Born in Boston, he had moved to Mountainside in 1939.
Mr. Komich was a 1929 graduate of Northeastern College in Boston.
He had been a civil engineer for the American Oil Company in Newark and New York City for many years prior to retiring. Mr. Komich later
was a civil engineer for Union County for several years.
He served as the Mayor of Mountainside from 1957 to 1960.
Surviving are his wife, Mary E. Komich; a daughter, Mary P. Komich; two brothers, John Komich and Albert Komich, and a sister, Nellie Lehey.
A memorial service will be held tomorrow, Friday, April 24, in the memorial garden of the Community Presbyterian Church of Mountainside.
Funeral arrangements are being handled by the Minchin Funeral Home in Paterson.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Community Presbyterian Church of Mountainside.
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fore moving to Scotch Plains in 1978.
Mr. DeSantis was the northern regional textile sales manager for fiber glass products and a 28- year employee of PPG Industries Inc. of Pittsburgh.
He was a 1959 graduate of the University of Denver, receiving a Bachelor of Science Degree. In 1977, Mr. DeSantis earned a master's degree in business administration from Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison.
Mr. DeSantis was a Captain in the United States Army, where he served in the medical corps from 1961 to 1966.
Surviving are his wife, Gail DeSantis; four sons, Frank DeSantis, John DeSantis, Robert DeSantis and Christopher DeSantis; two daughters, Heather DeSantis and Dawn DeSantis; his mother, Anna DeSantis; two sisters, Rosemary Trotter and Laura Gagliano, and two grandchildren.
A Mass was offered on Tuesday, April 21, in St. Bartholomew the Apostle Church in Scotch Plains, after the funeral from the Rossi Funeral Home in Scotch Plains.
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Dr. Herbert Langer, 74, Won Award; Was the Father of Four Physicians
Dr. Herbert Langer, 74, of Westfield and Del Ray Beach, Florida, died on Thursday, April 16, in Rahway Hospital.
Born in New York City, he had lived in Cranford before moving to Westfield and Florida more than 30 years ago.
Dr. Langer maintained a private practice in Cranford for more than 40 years before retiring four years ago.
He had been Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Rahway Hospital during the 1970s, and also served in that capacity at Elizabeth General Medical Center and St. Elizabeth Hospital in Elizabeth, and at Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center in Plainfield.
Dr. Langer also served on the adjunct faculty at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick and the University of Medicine and Dentistry in Newark
A graduate of the Yeshiva of Flatbush in Brooklyn, he received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Social Science from the City College of New York, and his medical degree
from the University of Arkansas in 1948.
He was a fellow and diplomate of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
He served in the United States Army during World War II and as a Captain in the Medical Corps of the United States Air Force during the Korean Conflict.
Dr. Langer was a member of the American Medical Association and the Union County Medical Society.
He was an associate life member of Hadassah of Cranford and a member of B'nai B'rith of Westfield, Mountainside and Scotch Plains. He was a past Vice President of Temple Beth El of Cranford and Westfield, and received the Lion of Judah award for State of Israel Bonds.
Surviving are his wife, Beatrice Langer; three sons, Dr. Ian Langer, Dr. Kenneth Langer and Dr. Paul Langer; a daughter, Dr. Carolyn Langer- Lilly, and five grandchildren.
Funeral services were held on Sunday, April 19, in the Menorah Chapels at Millburn in Union.
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Frank T. Soell, 68
Frank T. Soell, 68, of Mountainside, died on Friday, April 17, at home.
Mr. Soell had been the maintenance manager of the Lincoln Federal Savings Bank in Westfield for 10 years before retiring.
Prior to that, he had owned and operated Mercury T. V. Service of Hillside for many years.
Surviving is a brother Rudolph A. Soell.
Funeral services were held on Tuesday, April 21, in the McCracken Funeral Home in Union.
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Norman S. Mott, 67
Norman S. Mott, 67, of Lakewood, formerly of Westfield, died on Saturday, April 18, at home.
Born on July 25, 1930 in Brooklyn, he had lived in Westfield for 65 years before moving to Lakewood two years ago.
Mr. Mott had been employed as a first class lineman with PSE& G in Newark and Plainfield for 33 years, retiring in 1989.
He had served with the United States Air Force during the Korean Conflict.
He was a member of The Presbyterian Church in Westfield and Martin Wallberg Post No. 3 of the American Legion in Westfield.
He was predeceased by his father, Norman S. Mott.
Surviving are his wife, Peggy H. Hollberg Mott; his mother, Evelyn Wagner Mott of Napa, California; a son, Thomas N. Mott of Dunellen, and a brother, William S. Mott of Napa, California.
A memorial service will be held at 1 p. m. today, Thursday, April 23, at The Presbyterian Church in Westfield.
Arrangements were under the direction of the Sheenan Funeral Home in Dunellen.
Memorial donations may be made to Meridian Hospice, 615 Hope Road, Eatontown, 07724.
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Grace Pletscher, 68, Active in Church; Had Been Girl Scout Leader in Town
Grace Norma Pletscher, 68, of Basking Ridge died on Wednesday, April 15, at her home.
Born in Zurich, Switzerland, Mrs. Pletscher came to the United States in October of 1969. She had lived in Bloomfield and later in Westfield for many years before moving to Basking Ridge 10 years ago.
She was a member of the Liberty Corner Presbyterian Church and the Basking Ridge Garden Club.
Mrs. Pletscher was a former member of The Presbyterian Church in Westfield, where she had been a Sunday School teacher, Adult Education teacher and an elder of the church. She was also a Girl Scout Leader for the Westfield Girl Scouts.
Surviving are her husband, H. Peter Pletscher; a son, Markus B. Pletscher of Fanwood; a daughter, Petra B. Klein of Cranbury, and two grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 3 p. m. today, Thursday, April 23, in the Liberty Corner Presbyterian Church on Church Street in Liberty Corner.
For anyone who would like to contribute memorial donations, the following organizations have been suggested by the family: Atlantic Hospice, 33 Bleeker Street, Millburn, 07041. Checks may be made to Atlantic Hospice.
Donations may also be made to the William C. Steere Fund, care of Dr. William Buck, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York, 10458- 5126. Checks may be made to New York Botanical Garden.
Arrangements were under the direction of the Gallaway & Crane Funeral Home in Basking Ridge.
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Boyd E. Wilson, Jr., 72
Boyd E. Wilson, Jr., 72, of Mountainside, died on Friday, April 17, at the Manor Care Nursing Home in Mountainside.
Born in Jersey City, he had lived in South Orange and Westfield before moving to Mountainside in 1995.
Mr. Wilson had been a salesman for many years for Griggs Motors in South Orange before retiring.
He attended Columbia University in New York City, and was a graduate of Kean University in Union.
Mr. Wilson was a volunteer for the Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church in Westfield and a member of the Secular Order of Carmel, Morristown chapter, for 40 years.
Surviving is a sister, Virginia W. Thomson.
A Memorial Mass will be offered at 11 a. m. on Saturday, April 25, in the Holy Trinity Church in Westfield.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Dooley Colonial Funeral Home, 556 Westfield Avenue, in Westfield.
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Frederick Giacobbe, 84
Frederick V. Giacobbe, 84, of Scotch Plains, died on Saturday, April 18, at home.
Born in Newark, he had lived there before moving to Scotch Plains in 1951.
Mr. Giacobbe had been a plant manager at Stylecraft Clothing Company in West Orange for 45 years, retiring in 1984. He had worked at Curtis Wright Aircraft during World War II.
He was a member of St. Bartholomew the Apostle Roman Catholic Church in Scotch Plains, as well as its Holy Name Society and Golden Age Society.
Mr. Giacobbe was also a member of the Scotch Plains- Fanwood Chapter of UNICO and the Knights of Columbus No. 5730 in Scotch Plains.
He was predeceased by his brother, Vincent Giacobbe.
Surviving are his wife, Rose Mattucci Giacobbe; two daughters, Frances Loneker and Diana West; two sisters, Florence Bocchini and Rose Palma, and four grandchildren.
Funeral services were held yesterday, Wednesday, April 22, at the Rossi Funeral Home in Scotch Plains, followed by Mass at St. Bartholomew the Apostle Church.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Scotch Plains or Fanwood Rescue Squads, or to St. Bartholomew the Apostle Church, Westfield Avenue, Scotch Plains, 07076.
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William C. Carson, 80
William C Carson, 80, of the Toms River section of Dover Township, died on Friday, April 17, at home.
Born in Piscataway, he had lived in Plainfield and Scotch Plains before moving to Toms River in 1958. He relocated to Whiting in 1985 and moved back to Toms River three years ago.
Mr. Carson had been a purchasing agent for Legus Plumbing in Toms River, retiring in 1980, the Hutchinson Plumbing Company of Matawan and the plumbing department of Home Depot in Lakewood.
He was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Toms River. He was predeceased by his wife, Florence Carson, in 1994.
Surviving are two sons, Glen Carson of Dover Township and Wayne Carson of Forrest Port, New York; a sister, Agnes Wilson of Plainfield, four grandchildren, and two great- grandchildren.
Funeral services were held on Monday, April 20, at the Anderson and Campbell Funeral Home in Toms River.
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Dorothy M. Frederick
Dorothy M. Frederick of Scotch Plains died on Monday, April 20, in the Eastern Star Home in Finderne.
Born in Elizabeth, she had resided in Scotch Plains for 50 years.
She had been a receptionist for Dr. Edgar Santoro in Scotch Plains for 19 years, retiring in 1976.
Mrs. Frederick was a member of All Saints' Episcopal Church in Scotch Plains, the Scotch Plains Woman's Club and Maalas Temple No. 20 of Daughters of the Nile in Livingston.
She was a Past Matron and Past Grand Officer of both Azure Lodge No. 87 in Cranford and Overlook Chapter No. 45 in Scotch Plains of the Order of the Eastern Star.
Mrs. Frederick was Board Chairwoman of Rainbow Girls, Elizabeth Assembly, and Past Grand Officer of the Grand Chapter Order of the Eastern Star.
Surviving are her husband, Chester Frederick; a son, C. Alan Frederick of Fairfax, Virginia; a brother, John R. Maggs of Stevensville, Montana; a sister, Edith G. Jack of Raleigh, North Carolina, and four grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a. m. tomorrow, Friday, April 24, at All Saints' Episcopal Church. Cremation will be private.
Calling hours are today, Thursday, April 23, from 2 to 4 p. m. and from 7 to 9 p. m. at the Memorial Funeral Home, 155 South Avenue in Fanwood, with Eastern Star Services to take place at 7: 30 p. m.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Book of Remembrance at All Saints' Episcopal Church, 559 Park Avenue, Scotch Plains, 07076, or to Shriner's Hospital, 249 East Mount Pleasant Avenue, Livingston, 07039.
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William P. Voetsch, 77
William P. Voetsch, Jr., 77, of Point Pleasant died on Tuesday, April 14, in the Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune.
Born in Philadelphia, he had lived in Summit and Fanwood before moving to Point Pleasant in 1994.
Mr. Voetsch had been a state construction estimator in Trenton for 14 years before retiring in 1944. Earlier, he had been a sales engineer for Ceco Steel in Hillside for 25 years.
He attended Rutgers University. A United States Navy veteran of World War II, Mr. Voetsch was a member of the Navy League of Lakehurst.
He was also a member of the New Jersey Jazz Society and the United States Golf Association.
Surviving are his wife, Gail Voetsch; two sons, John J. Voetsch and William P. Voetsch, 3rd; a daughter, Deborah Voetsch- Litichevsky; a sister, Bernice Kolb, and two grandchildren.
A Mass was offered on Saturday, April 18, at St. Peter's Church in Point Pleasant Beach, following the funeral from the Van Hise & Callagan, Leber Funeral Home in Point Pleasant Beach.
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Charles Ungaretta, 76
Charles F. Ungaretta, 76, died Tuesday, April 21, at home in Palmerton, Pennsylvania.
Mr. Ungaretta was born in South Plainfield.
He was a bartender for many years in California and New Jersey.
He was predeceased by his wife, Patricia Sinatra Ungaretta.
Surviving are a son, Frederick Ungaretta of Scotch Plains; two daughters, Dale Mazet of East Amwell and Donna Dilello of North Plainfield; three stepsons, Benedict Sinatra of Portland, Oregon, Vincent Sinatra of Encino, California, and Michael Sinatra of Destin, Florida; two stepdaughters, Geri Lawson and Christina Sinatra, both of Destin, Florida; a sister, Frances Smith of Palmerton; two brothers, Edward Tyler of East Harwich, Massachusetts and Frederick Ungaretta of Bath, Pennsylvania, and four grandchildren.
Arrangement were handled by the Campton Funeral Home in Palmerton.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church memorial fund, 243 Lafayette Avenue, Palmerton, Pennsylvania, 18071.
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Catherine Fulton, 92
Catherine Kay Fulton, 92, died on Tuesday, April 21, at Overlook Hospital in Summit.
Born in Newark she had lived in Belleville, Clifton and Forked River for 28 years prior to moving to Fanwood in 1996.
Mrs. Fulton was a member of St. Pius Roman Catholic Church in Forked River, the Rosary Society, Lady Guard and Kazoo Kuties, a volunteer group.
She was predeceased by her husband, William Fulton, in 1990. Surviving are a daughter, Elizabeth "Betty" Mariani of Fanwood; a son, William Fulton, Jr.; six grandchildren, and 10 great- grandchildren.
Services will be held tomorrow, Friday, April 24, at 9 a. m. at Rossi Funeral home in Scotch Plains. A Funeral Mass will follow at 10 a. m. at St. Bartholomew the Apostle Roman Catholic Church in Scotch Plains. Visitation is from 2 to 4 p. m. and 7 to 9 p. m. today, Thursday, April 23, at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Center for Hope Hospice, 176 Hussa Street, Linden, 07036.
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