– Obituaries –
Mary Tunstall, 94, Eastern Star Member; Served on Local Church Usher Board
Mary Tunstall, 94, of Plainfield died on Friday, November 13, in Union Hospital in Union.
Born in Newberry, South Carolina, she had moved to Westfield at an early age and later relocated to Plainfield.
She was a homemaker. Mrs. Tunstall was a member of the Usher Board of the Bethel Baptist
Elizabeth G. Wieghorst, 83, Rosarian; Was File Clerk With Insurance Firm
Elizabeth G. Wieghorst, 83, of Whiting died on Monday, November 16, in the Community Medical Center in Toms River.
Born in Phillipsburg, she had lived in Scotch Plains and Paramus before moving to Whiting five years ago.
Mrs. Wieghorst had been a file clerk for the Kemper Insurance Company in Summit for many years before retiring in 1967.
She was a member of the Rosary societies of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Roman Catholic Church in Whiting,
Irving H. Laifer, Licensed Pharmacist; Was Owner of Tiffany Drugs Since 1957
Irving Harold Laifer, of Westfield died on Friday, November 13, in Rahway Hospital in Rahway.
Born in Newark, he had lived in Westfield for 36 years.
Mr. Laifer, a statelicensed pharmacist, was the owner of Tiffany Drugs in Westfield since 1957.
He received a degree in pharmacology from Rutgers University in New Brunswick.
Mr. Laifer was a United States Army veteran of World War II.
Surviving are his wife, Dr. Thelma Warshaw; two daughters, Dr. Audrey Kern and Jean Warshaw; a brother, Sidney Laifer, and two grandchildren.
Funeral services were held on Sunday, November 15, at Temple EmanuEl in Westfield. Funeral Arrangements were handled by the Menorah Chapels at Millburn in Union.
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Charles Lonergan, Was Army Veteran; Former U. S. Treasury Department Agent
Charles J. Lonergan, 59, of Scotch Plains died Thursday, November 19, at home.
Born in Newark, he had moved to Scotch Plains in 1967.
Mr. Lonergan was a United States Army veteran.
He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Accounting from Seton Hall University in South Orange.
He was an agent for the United States Treasury Department in Newark for six years, retiring last year. Previously, he had worked for Merrill Lynch in Short Hills and as a Treasurer for Clark Door in Cranford.
He was a member of the Knights of Columbus Father Nelligan Council and St. Bartholomew the Apostle Roman Catholic Church, both in Scotch Plains.
He was predeceased by his father, Charles J. Lonergan, Sr., in 1984.
Surviving are his wife, Joan M. Bradley; two sons, Dr. Terence
Lonergan and Scotch Plains police officer Kevin Lonergan; a daughter, Karen Robinson; his mother, Bridget Freeman Lonergan, and a grandson.
A Funeral Mass was held on Monday, November 23, at St. Bartholomew Church. Arrangements were handled by the Rossi Funeral Home in Scotch Plains.
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Mary Powell Wiant, 98
Mary Powell Wiant, 98, a resident of the Twin Rivers Nursing Center in New Bern, North Carolina, died on Monday, November 16.
Mrs. Wiant had been an elementary school teacher in Plains, Pennsylvania and in Bound Brook. She was a member of The Presbyterian Church in Westfield. Surviving is a daughter, Joan W. Clark of New Bern; a son, Dr. James R. Wiant of Saint Louis, Missouri; seven grandchildren and nine greatgrandchildren.
A private memorial service will be held at a later date.
Funeral arrangements were handled by the PollockWells & Best Funeral Home in New Bern.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Beatitudes Scholarship Fund, Beatitudes Campus of Care, 1610 West Glendale Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85021.
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Mabel H. Purcell, 94
Mabel H. Purcell, 94, of Westfield died on Wednesday, November 18, in the Cranford Hall Nursing Home in Cranford.
Born in New York City, she had lived in Bloomfield, Glen Ridge and Short Hills before moving to Westfield nine years ago.
Mrs. Purcell was a member of the Lamplighters Club of St. Rose of Lima Church in Short Hills.
Surviving are a daughter, Claire Ham; two sons, Joseph R. Purcell and Eugene M. Purcell; eight grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren.
A Funeral Mass was offered on Saturday, November 21, at the Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church in Westfield. Arrangements were handled by the Dooley Colonial Home, 556 Westfield Avenue in Westfield.
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Ralph M. Keck, Jr., 91
Ralph M. Keck, Jr., 91, of Whiting and Morris Plains died on Thursday, November 19, at the Van Dyke Manor in Montclair.
Born in Boston, he had lived in Metuchen and in Westfield before moving to Whiting and Morris Plains.
Mr. Keck had been a traffic supervisor for Mobil Oil in Metuchen for more than 40 years, retiring in 1963.
He was an Army veteran of World War II and a member of the American Legion Post No. 1000.
Mr. Keck was a former Trustee of Crestwood Village 5 in Whiting and a member of the Mount Zion Lodge Free and Accepted Masons in Metuchen.
Surviving are his wife, Vera Olk Keck; two nieces, Kathleen Keck Daily of Morris Plains and Pamela Schoonaker of Candlewood Lake, Connecticut, and a nephew, John Camp of Naples, Florida.
Private funeral services were arranged by the Doyle Funeral Home, Inc. in Morristown.
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Michael DiPrisco, 83, Sales Supervisor; Was Violinist for Westfield Symphony
Michael M. DiPrisco, 83, of Jefferson Township in Lake Hopatcong, died on Wednesday, November 18, at St. Clare’s Hospital in Dover.
Born in Somerville, he had lived in Westfield before moving to Lake Hopatcong in 1977.
Mr. DiPrisco had been a sales and office services supervisor for the Ryerson Steel Company in Jersey City for 27 years before retiring in 1977. He had previously worked for Igoe Brothers in Newark for 15 years.
He was a violinist for the Westfield Symphony, the Rahway Symphony Society, the Elizabeth Philharmonic Society Orchestra and the All Soldier Symphony Orchestra of Camp Chanks in New York.
Mr. DiPrisco graduated from Coleman National Business College in 1936, and studied violin at the New York School of Music and Art.
He was a member of the Quarter Century Club of Inland Shed Company in Chicago.
Surviving are a son, Joseph DiPrisco; a daughter, Rose Marie Van Horn; five grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren.
A Funeral Mass was offered on
Pat J. Principe Sr., 74, Air Corps Veteran; Was Financial Management Consultant
Pat John Principe, Sr., 74, of Monroe died on Tuesday, November 17, at The Ponds in Monroe.
Born in Oyster Bay, New York, he had lived in Scotch Plains for many years before moving to The Ponds a year ago.
Mr. Principe graduated from Oyster Bay High School in 1940 and from Pace University in New York City in 1953.
He was an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II.
Mr. Principe was a financial management consultant, specializing in organizational restructuring, with various companies including Airco, Durling Farms, A. J. Pilar Chemicals, and Mensing Concrete.
He served as President of the Italian American Club of The Ponds. Surviving are his wife of 50 years, Mary Lou Principe; a daughter, Jane Anne Principe of West Windsor; three sons, Pat John Principe, Jr. of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Thomas Joseph Principe of Chicago and James Michael Principe of Pawleys Island, South Carolina; a brother, Louis Principe of Vero Beach, Florida, and 11 grandchildren.
A Funeral Mass was offered on Saturday, November 21, at the Nativity of Our Lord Church in Monroe.
Arrangements were handled by the A. S. Cole Funeral Home in Cranbury.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart AssoBruce
Perry Berman, 32, Film Animator; Was Adjunct Professor at Two Campuses
Bruce Perry Berman, 32, of Nevada City, California died on Saturday, November 14, at his home. Born in Elizabeth on April 12, 1966, he had lived in Wanamassa and in Westfield before moving to Nevada City in 1993.
Mr. Berman was employed since 1993 in Hollywood, California as a special effects animator for national commercials and feature films. He worked at Sidley Wright Motion Works, Topix LA, and VIFX/ Video Image, a subsidiary of Twentieth Century Fox.
Mr. Berman graduated from Ocean Township High School in 1984, from Seton Hall University in South Orange in 1988, and from William Paterson College in Wayne in 1992, with a master’s degree in computer animation.
He was an adjunct graphics/ animation professor at both Seton Hall University and William Paterson College.
While attending Seton Hall, he served as an Orientation Advisor, Resident Assistant and Vice President of the Student Activities Board, and was instrumental in the establishment of a hazefree fraternity on the campus.
In 1996, he began research on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s Disease), and developed an Internet web site, www. jps. net/ berman, offering information on the condition.
He was predeceased by his mother, Rhoda Berman, in 1993.
Surviving are his wife, Carolyn McMahon Berman; a daughter,
Doris Brinkmann, 80, Church Founder; Was Medical Transcriber for 20 Years
Doris M. Schiffmacher Brinkmann, 80, of Fanwood died on Wednesday, November 18, at Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center in Plainfield.
Born in Brooklyn, she had lived in West Cornith, Vermont, for 20 years prior to moving to Fanwood nine years ago.
Mrs. Brinkmann had been a medical transcriber at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Northport, New York for 20 years before retiring in 1980.
She attended the Juilliard School of Music in New York City.
Mrs. Brinkmann was a member of the Redeemer Lutheran Church in Westfield, and was a founding and honorary member of the Church of the Abiding Presence in Kings Park, New York, where she was the former Choir Director and organist.
Estelle S. Bracuto, 85
Estelle Stasium Bracuto, 85, of Westfield died on Tuesday, November 17, at Rahway Hospital in Rahway.
Born in Eynon, Pennsylvania, she lived in Westfield for the last 40 years.
Mrs. Bracuto was a homemaker. She was predeceased by her husband, Carmen Bracuto. Surviving are a brother, Alfred Stasium of Sparta; two sisters, Sally Snyder of Plainfield and Jean Radzikowski of Eynon, Pennsylvania; and many nieces and nephews.
A Memorial Mass will be held on Saturday, December 5, at 11 a. m. at Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church in Westfield.
Private interment will be held at Fairview Cemetery in Westfield under the direction of Dooley Colonial Home, 556 Westfield Avenue, Westfield.
Memorial donations may be made in Mrs. Bracuto’s name to the Alzheimer’s Association, 29 Cherry Hill Road, Suite No. 305, Parsippany, 07054.
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Saturday, November 21, in the Star of the Sea Church in Lake Hopatcong, following the funeral from the Bermingham Funeral Home in Wharton.
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Andie Rose Berman; his father, Morrie Berman of Ocean Township, and two brothers, Haskell Berman of Ocean Township and Brian Berman.
The funeral service was held on Saturday, November 21, at the Vanderhoven Chapel of Hazelwood Cemetery in Clark, where interment also took place.
Arrangements were handled by the Gray Funeral Home, 318 East Broad Street in Westfield.
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ciation, 2550 Route 1, North Brunswick, 08902, or to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Research, 1275 York Avenue, New York, 10021.
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She was predeceased by her first husband, John F. Klein, in 1987.
Surviving are her husband, Herman M. Brinkmann; two sons, John C. Klein of North Brook, Illinois and Paul J. Brinkmann of Flemington; two daughters, Valerie J. Klein of Winnipeg, Canada and Diane T. McCauley of Hopkinton, Massachusetts; a brother, Harry Schiffmacher of Brooklyn; a sister, Jean Geiger of Deltona, Florida, and six grandchildren.
Memorial services were held at the Redeemer Lutheran Church on Saturday, November 21. Arrangements were handled by the Memorial Funeral Home, 155 South Avenue in Fanwood.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Memorial Fund of the Redeemer Lutheran Church.
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Church and the Eastern Star in Westfield.
She was predeceased by her husband, Leroy Tunstall. Surviving are two sisters, Pauline Turpin of Westfield and Willie Williams of Charlotte, North Carolina, and a brother, Joseph Lark of Westfield.
Funeral services were held on Thursday, November 19, at the Bethel Baptist Church in Westfield.
Arrangements were under the direction of the Plinton Curry Funeral Homes in Westfield.
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and St. Bartholomew the Apostle Roman Catholic Church in Scotch Plains.
Surviving are her husband, Fred Wieghorst; a son, James P. Wieghorst; a daughter, Eileen M. Torchy; six grandchildren and seven greatgrandchildren.
A Mass was offered on Thursday, November 19, at the Roman Catholic Church of St. Elizabeth in Avon, following the funeral from the Reilly Funeral Home in Belmar.
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Ruth Anspach, 82, Was Twig Founder, Woman’s Club Member and Volunteer
Ruth Anspach, 82, of Westfield died on Sunday, November 15, at Overlook Hospital in Summit.
Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana on November 26, 1915, the daughter of the late Jacob W. and Nina Weatherholt Anspach, she lived in Westfield for many years.
Miss Anspach graduated in 1937 from Purdue University in Lafayette, Indiana, with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Home Economics. She was active in the Chi Beta Chapter of Chi Omega Sorority and its Alumni Association.
She was a founding member of Overlook Twiggs No. 8 in 1964, and served as its Treasurer for many
years. Miss Anspach was also a volunteer at Overlook Hospital in Summit.
She was a member of the College Woman’s Club of Westfield, and a member of the Maplewood Country Club since 1922.
Surviving are a sister, Dorothy H. Thiele of Westfield and a nephew, William J. Thiele of Bernardsville.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a. m. on Thursday, December 3, in Fairview Cemetery in Westfield.
Memorial donations may be made to the Crystal Cathedral Ministries, P. O. Box 100 Garden Grove, California, 92842.
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Stella M. Jarosz, 99
Stella Mazick Jarosz, 99, of Fanwood died Monday, November 23, at Cranford Hall Nursing Home in Cranford.
Born in Poland, she lived in Irvington and Miami, Florida before moving to Fanwood in 1991.
She was predeceased by her first husband, Michael Mazick, in 1932 and her second husband, John Jarosz, in 1966.
Surviving are her son, Martin Mazick; three grandsons, and three greatgrandchildren.
Visitation will be held tomorrow, Friday, November 27, from 2 to 4 p. m. and 7 to 9 p. m. at Memorial Funeral Home, 155 South Avenue in Fanwood.
A Funeral service will be held at Memorial Funeral Home on Saturday, November 28, at 9 a. m. followed by a Funeral Mass at 10 a. m. at St. Bartholomew the Apostle Roman Catholic Church on Westfield Avenue in Westfield.
Memorial donations may be made to Cranford Hall Nursing Home, 600 Lincoln Park, East, Cranford, 07016.
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Helen Memoli, 94
Helen Memoli, 94, of Scotch Plains died on Monday, November 23, in the Ashbrook Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Scotch Plains.
Born in Avelino, Italy, she moved to Scotch Plains three years ago.
Surviving are a daughter, Ann Pedicine; a son, Michael Memoli; seven grandchildren; six greatgrandchildren and two greatgreatgrandchildren.
A Funeral Mass was to be offered on Wednesday, November 25, at 10: 30 a. m. in St. Anthony’s Church in Belleville.
Funeral arrangements were handled by the Zarro Funeral Home in Bloomfield.
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Edward Eggleston, 69
Edward L. Eggleston, 69, of Pittstown died on Sunday, November 22, at Easton Hospital in Easton, Pennsylvania.
Born in Illinois, he had lived in Westfield and in Pittstown for the past 34 years.
Mr. Eggleston had been a technical specialist at IBM in Cranford for 30 years before retiring.
He served on the Franklin Township Environmental Commission, the Recycling Commission and the Cable Television Committee.
Mr. Eggleston was also active with Boy Scout Troop No. 119 in Union Township for the past 26 years.
He was a Sergeant in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict.
He was predeceased by his wife, Jean A. Tussel Eggleston.
Surviving are two sons, Matthew Eggleston of Lebanon Township and Brian Eggleston of Kingwood; two daughters, Renee Donatella and Nadine Hinrichsen, both of Scotch Plains; a sister, Barbara Moore of Westfield, and seven grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements were handled by the Martin Funeral Home in Clinton.
Memorial donations may be made to Quakertown Volunteer Emergency Squad, P. O. Box 225, Pittstown, 08867.
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Alexis Williams, Infant
Alexis Taylor Williams, 4 months old, of Scotch Plains died on Friday, November 20, at home.
Surviving are her parents, Kevin and Tabitha Millette Williams; a sister, Nicole Williams; her grandparents, Mary Millette of Oakville, Connecticut and Joseph Millette of Boynton Beach, Florida, and Keith and Barbara Williams of Summerland, Florida, and her greatgrandparents, Ken and Alice Williams of Sarasota, Florida and Moise and Daisy Millette of Morris, Connecticut.
Funeral services were held on Tuesday, November 24, at the First Baptist Church of Westfield. Interment took place at Fairview Cemetery, also in Westfield.
Arrangements were handled by the Dooley Colonial Home, 556 Westfield Avenue in Westfield.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Families of SMA, P. O. Box 196, Libertyville, Illinois, 600480196.
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