Virginia Poole Bauer A Westfield Woman They left Westfield over a decade ago but the Robert and Virginia Bauer Annex to the YMCA on East Broad Street is a lasting tribute. Virginia Poole Bauer lived for more than a century before passing away on February 18, 2024, at the age of 102. She was predecea...

Muriel Alice Valji Our beloved mother, Muriel Valji, passed away peacefully and surrounded by family in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on Friday, July 19, 2024. She was 92 years old. Born in Chicago on December 9, 1931 to Ronald Clark and Laura M. DeWane, she grew up as a city child with a single wo...

John T. Scanlon, 88, Devoted Husband, Father, Grandfather and Man of Faith John T. Scanlon, 88, of Mountainside, N.J., formerly of Scotch Plains, N.J., departed peacefully from this life on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, only 90 days following the passing of his wife, Dorothy. They would have been marrie...

Carolyn Mitilenes, 100, Beloved Mother, Grandmother and Great-Grandmother Carolyn Mitilenes, age 100, most recently of Warren, N.J., passed away on Sunday, August 4, 2024, at Morristown Memorial Hospital, following a brief illness. Born and raised in Newark, N.J., she was the beloved daughter of the...

Ernest Federici, MD Beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and physician, Dr. Ernest Edwin Federici of Westfield, N.J., died on Friday, August 2, at home. His devoted wife, Roberta (known as Mitzi), was at his bedside. He faced his last couple of years — challenged by the aging pro...

Hilda Damiani, 86, Dedicated to Her Family, Parish and Volunteering Hilda Damiani, 86, passed away peacefully on Thursday, August 1, surrounded by her loving family. Born and raised in Lima, Peru, to the late Roberto and Hilda Valcarcel, she married her beloved husband, William Damiani, on August 31...

Joan Davis Eckert The family of Joan Davis Eckert, of Gainesville, Georgia, mourns her passing on Thursday, August 1, 2024. Joan was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, on November 27, 1931 to H. Douglas Davis and Marjorie Evelyn Schoeffel. She was devoted to her older sister, Anne, who sadly passed awa...

James Rutan West, Longtime Westfield Resident, Athlete and Sports Instructor James Rutan West, born in Bordentown, N.J., in 1957 to Joan Nicholson West and Donald West, passed on Friday, July 26, 2024, after a valiant battle with cancer. He is survived by his son, Brandon Underhill West (New York); ...

Stanley G. Modoski, 88, Family Man, Westfield Public Schools Retiree Stanley G. Modoski, 88, a longtime resident of Westfield, passed away on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, at Overlook Medical Center in Summit, after a brief illness. Born in Jersey City, Stanley lived with his family in Westfield for 54 ye...

Mary Louise ‘Mary Lou’ Landadio, 82, Devoted to Family, Friends, Teaching Mary Louise “Mary Lou” Landadio (Hasior) of Westfield, N.J., passed away peacefully on Friday, July 26, 2024. She was 82. A visitation will be held on Saturday, August 3, at 9 a.m., at Saint Helen’s Roman Catholic Church, 1600...