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UNION COUNTY LOCALSOURCE LOCALSOURCE.COM THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2011 —PAGE 19 OBITUARIES Diane Rosen Diane Burn Rosen, 82, a long- time Summit resident and head of many community organizations, died on Feb. 10. Born in England, Mrs. Rosen moved to the United States in the late 1940s. She resided in Summit. Mrs. Rosen helped to shape many of the Summit area's key institu- tions during her five decades in the area. Over the years, she was chair- person or president of the Summit Area Red Cross, Temple Sinai of Summit, the Summit Board of Recreation, the Municipal Youth Guidance Council, the Summit YWCA, now called the Connection for Women and families, and vari- ous other organizations. She was chairperson of the Community Pro- grams Advisory Board and served on the board of the Summit Histor- ical Society. In 1987, Mrs. Rosen and her husband of 57 years, William E. Rosen, were jointly named "Citi- zens of the Year" by the United Way of Summit, New Providence and Berkeley Heights. In 1973, she received the Joseph P. Hadley award for adult volunteer leader- ship in the YMCA and in 1979, she received the Summit Area YMCA's Stuart Reed Memorial Award for distinguished service to youth. Mrs. Rosen taught swimming, lifesaving and adaptive aquatics for three decades and retired while in her 70s. She trained a large percentage of the area's lifeguards over the last four decades and the adaptive aquatics program she led for decades helped people with special needs gain strength and develop confidence and skills in and out of the water. Mrs. Rosen received a master's degree in organic chemistry from Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., a master's degree in Chinese studies from Seton Hall University, South Orange, and an undergradu- ate degree from Oklahoma State University. She worked with Riker Laboratories Inc., Los Angeles, Calif., and Ciba Pharmaceutical Co. Inc., and as a translator of sci- entific documents and technical papers for several decades from German, French, Spanish and Russian. Mrs. Rosen also was a conversant in Chinese and Hebrew and was studying Arabic before her illness. Also surviving are two daugh- ters, Deborah and Barbara; three sons, David, Richard and Andrew, and nine grandchildren. The Temple Sinai of Summit handled the arrangements. Antonio Almeida Antonio Almeida, 87, of Hill- side, Eucharistic minister at a Por- tuguese parish in Elizabeth, died Feb. 9 at home. Born in Lageosa do Mondego, Portugal, Mr. Almeida came to Elizabeth in 1947 and moved to Hillside in 1983. He was employed as a boiler room fireman at Archer Daniels Midland Co., Elizabeth, for 34 years before retiring. Mr. Almei- da was a member of Our Lady of Fatima Church, Elizabeth, where he and his late wife, Aida, to whom he was married 62 years ago in a double wedding- ceremony with his brother, Edward, to Elizabeth, the bride's sister, were Eucharistic ministers for 25 years. He also was a member of the 50-Plus Seniors Club of Our Lady of Fatima Church, St. Anthony's Seniors and St. Catherine Seniors Group, all in Elizabeth. Mr. Almeida had been an active member and past president of the Portuguese Instructive Social Club, a member of the Portuguese Amer- ican Citizens Club and co-founder and supporter of the Amadeu Cor- reia Scholarship Foundation Inc. Surviving are a son, Antonio C; two daughters, Rosemarie Hiers and Suzette Hamilton; a brother, Edward; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The August F. Schmidt Memor- ial Funeral Home, Elizabeth, han- dled the arrangements. Eva Anderson Eva P. Anderson, 96, of Cran- ford died on Feb. 8. Born in Waterbury, Conn , Mrs. Anderson resided in Cranford. She graduated from high school in Waterbury and was valedictorian of her class. Mrs. Anderson was a bookkeeper for Bristol Hospital in Connecticut for many years. She also was a member of the Calvary Lutheran Church, Cranford. Surviving are a son, Raymond C; three grandchildren and five great-grandch i 1 dren. The McCracken Funeral Home, Union, handled the arrangemei ts. Charles Beifus Charles Daniel Beifcs, 65, a lifelong resident of Hillside, died Feb. 11 in Newark Beth Israel Med- ical Center. Mr. Beifus was an assembly man for Automatic Switch Co., Florham Park, for 33 years and retired three years ago. He was a life member of the Vietnam Veter- ans of America. Surviving are his mother, Eliza- beth Beifus, and a sister, Florence Beifus. The Gro.wney Funeral Home, Hillside, handled the arrangements. Hyman Brown *#- Hyman Brown, Linden Feb. Robert 89, of died 9 in Wood was the owner and operator of Sandford Equipment Co., a com- mercial laundry equipment distrib- utor in Newark for many years and retired in the 1980s. Mr. Brown was an Army veteran of World War II. He served in the European The- ater. Mr. Brown was a master mason. He was a member of Lodge 229 of the Free and Accepted Masons of Linden, the VFW, the •Jewish War Veterans and the Amer- ican Legion Post 0102 of Linden. Surviving are a son, Lawrence; a daughter, Sharon Smith; a broth- er, Michael; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The Menorah Chapels at Mill- burn in Union handled the arrange- ments. Harryette Burriss Harryette Yvonne Burriss, 71, of the Vauxhall section of Union, died on Feb. 5. Bom in Trenton, Mrs. Burriss was a resident of Vauxhall for 42 years. She was a retired accounts payable representative for Celanese Research Co., Summit. Mrs. Bur- riss' church affiliation was the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Surviving are her mother, Mar- jorie M. Coursey; a daughter, the Rev. Teresa Lynn Johnson-Rush- dan; two sons, Herman Johnson Jr. and William Vincent Johnson, and four grandchildren. The Whigham Funeral Home handled the arrangements. Mildred Davis Mildred Christine Davis, 77, of Linden died Feb. 10 in Trinitas Regional Medical Center, Eliza- beth. Mrs. Davis was employed by St. Elizabeth's Hospital, now Trinitas Regional Medical Center, as a nurse's aide for seven years and by the Linden Board of Education for several years. She was an active member of Greater Mount Moriah Baptist Church, Linden. Surviving are a daughter, Leticia S. Davis, and four sisters, Gladys Davis, Bertha Avant, Delores Jude and Diane Griffin. The G. G. Woody Funeral Home handled the arrangements. - , *£:• Johnson University Hospital at Rahway. Born in Canada, Mr. Brown lived in Linden for 60 years. He Frank De Rosa Frank M. De Rosa, 85, of Cranford died on Feb. 12. Bom in Newark, Mr. De Rosa moved to Mountainside in 1954 and lived there until five years ago, when he moved to Cranford. He was the owner of J & M Market, Mountainside, from 1969 to 2004. Mr. De Rosa was an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II. Surviving are a daughter, Angela M. Maiorana; two sons, Frank A. and Raymond P.; nine grandchildren and a great-grand- OBITUARY LIST ALMEIDA —Antonio, of Hillside; Feb. 9, ANDERSON — Eva P., of Cranford; Feb. 8. ANKER — Charlotte, formerly of Springfield; Feb. 9. BASZAK — Helen T., of Linden; Feb. 12. BEIFUS — Charles Daniel, of Hillside; Feb. 11, BONAVITACOLA — Margaret A,* of Roselle; Feb. 9. BOYLE — Joseph E. Sr., formerly of Linden; Feb. 10. BROWN — Hyman, of Linden; Feb. 9. BURISS — Harryette Yvonne, of Union; Feb. 5. CERMAK — Dorothy Evelyn, formerly of Cranford; Feb. 6. DAMIANO — Grace C, of Linden; Feb. 6. DAVIS —Mildred Christine, of Linden; Feb. 10. DE ROSA — Frank M., of Cranford; Feb. 12. DRAKE — Annette K., of Clark; Feb. 6. FAULK — Roy Lee, of Roselle; Feb. 6. FRIEDMAN — Marjorie E., of Union; Feb. 7. FURMAN — Richard J., of Union; Feb. 11. GREGORY — Marie Conlon, formerly of Summit; Feb. 6. HALKO — Joseph, of Cranford; Feb. 7. JACOBSON — Paul W., formerly of Union; Feb. 7. KURZ — Annette T., of Hillside; Feb. 10. LAUDANO — Anna P., of Union; Feb. 7. LEGENDRE — RitaM., of Union; Feb. II. MADDEN —Joan, of Clark; Feb. 8. McDOUGAL — Olivia Johnson, of Summit; Feb. 5. McELROY — Ronald H. Sr., of KenilwOrth; Feb. 12. O'CONNELL — Harry E. Jr., of Roselle; Feb. 11. PATROWICZ — Edward, of Union; Feb! 9. PELLINGER — Elviti, of Rahway; Feb. 11. POLUJAK — Steven, of Mountainside; Feb. 11. REBEL — Mary Eleanor, formerly of Springfield; Feb. 4. RING—Thomas Patrick, of Union; Feb. 9. ROSEN — Diane Burn, of Summit; Feb. 10, RUSSELL — Susan King, of Rahway; Feb. 8. RUSSO — Pompilio "Pompi," of Roselle Park; Feb. 11, SARULLO — Peter, of Hillside; Feb. 8. SHERMAN — Gloria, formerly of Springfield; Feb. 7. SOMMERHALTER — Edward Paul, of Hillside; Feb. 9. SOUTHER — Cecelia Ann., of Mountainside; Feb. 11. TAYLOR — Patricia L., of Summit; Feb. 8. TORGESEN — John A. Jr., of Cranford; Feb. 6. TURNER — James R,, of Mountainside; Feb. 6. TWILL — Sally Ann, of Summit; Feb. 10. WALZ —Lucille, of Union; Feb. 10. WISNIEWSKI — Evelyn A., of Linden; Feb. 12. Editor's Note: Not all of the names included in this listing wilt appear as fall-length obituaries. child. The Higgins and Bonner Echo Lake Funeral Home, West- field, handled the arrangements. Roy Faulk Roy Lee Faulk, 69, of Roselle died Feb. 6 at home. Bom in Clayton, Ala., Mr. Faulk came to New Jersey after graduat- ing from high school and later resided in Roselle. He was employed by General Motors and retired in 2008. Mr. Faulk was a member of the Raiders Social Club. Surviving are his wife, Lillie Mae; two sons, Andre Terrence and Maurice Marcel; a daughter, Char- main Marquita; a sister, Alice Bold- en; six grandchildren and seven great-grandchi ldren. The Nesbitt Funeral Home, Elizabeth, handled the arrange- ments. Marjorie Friedman Marjorie E. Friedman, 82, of Union died Feb. 7 at home. Bom in Newark, Mrs. Friedman resided in Union for 50 years. She was the office manager for her late husband, Dr. Sidney Friedman, for 20 years and retired many years ago. Surviving are a son, David Miller; a daughter, Maureen Han- non; four grandchildren and two great-grandchi ldren. The Mastapeter Funeral Home, Roselle Park, handled the arrange- ments. Annette Kurz Annette T. Kurz, 89, of Hillside died Feb. 10 in Trinitas Regional Medical Center, Elizabeth. Bom in Brooklyn, N.Y., Mrs. Kurz lived in Hillside since 1951. She owned and operated Danine's Printing Co., Hillside, for 20 years and retired in 1982. Mrs. Kurz also was a professional folk dance teacher until 1982. Surviving are a son, Daniel; a daughter, Nina Cabrera, and a grandchild. The Growney Funeral Home, Hillside, handled the arrangements.
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OBITUARIESDiane Rosen
Diane Burn Rosen, 82, a long-time Summit resident and head ofmany community organizations,died on Feb. 10.
Born in England, Mrs. Rosenmoved to the United States in thelate 1940s. She resided in Summit.Mrs. Rosen helped to shape manyof the Summit area's key institu-tions during her five decades in thearea. Over the years, she was chair-person or president of the SummitArea Red Cross, Temple Sinai ofSummit, the Summit Board ofRecreation, the Municipal YouthGuidance Council, the SummitYWCA, now called the Connectionfor Women and families, and vari-ous other organizations. She waschairperson of the Community Pro-grams Advisory Board and servedon the board of the Summit Histor-ical Society.
In 1987, Mrs. Rosen and herhusband of 57 years, William E.Rosen, were jointly named "Citi-zens of the Year" by the UnitedWay of Summit, New Providenceand Berkeley Heights. In 1973, shereceived the Joseph P. Hadleyaward for adult volunteer leader-ship in the YMCA and in 1979, shereceived the Summit Area YMCA'sStuart Reed Memorial Award fordistinguished service to youth. Mrs.Rosen taught swimming, lifesavingand adaptive aquatics for threedecades and retired while in her70s. She trained a large percentageof the area's lifeguards over the lastfour decades and the adaptiveaquatics program she led fordecades helped people with specialneeds gain strength and developconfidence and skills in and out ofthe water.
Mrs. Rosen received a master'sdegree in organic chemistry fromHarvard University, Cambridge,Mass., a master's degree in Chinesestudies from Seton Hall University,South Orange, and an undergradu-ate degree from Oklahoma StateUniversity. She worked with RikerLaboratories Inc., Los Angeles,Calif., and Ciba PharmaceuticalCo. Inc., and as a translator of sci-entific documents and technicalpapers for several decades fromGerman, French, Spanish andRussian. Mrs. Rosen also was aconversant in Chinese and Hebrewand was studying Arabic before herillness.
Also surviving are two daugh-ters, Deborah and Barbara; threesons, David, Richard and Andrew,and nine grandchildren.
The Temple Sinai of Summithandled the arrangements.
Antonio AlmeidaAntonio Almeida, 87, of Hill-
side, Eucharistic minister at a Por-tuguese parish in Elizabeth, diedFeb. 9 at home.
Born in Lageosa do Mondego,Portugal, Mr. Almeida came toElizabeth in 1947 and moved toHillside in 1983. He was employed
as a boiler room fireman at ArcherDaniels Midland Co., Elizabeth, for34 years before retiring. Mr. Almei-da was a member of Our Lady ofFatima Church, Elizabeth, wherehe and his late wife, Aida, to whomhe was married 62 years ago in adouble wedding- ceremony with hisbrother, Edward, to Elizabeth, thebride's sister, were Eucharisticministers for 25 years. He also wasa member of the 50-Plus SeniorsClub of Our Lady of FatimaChurch, St. Anthony's Seniors andSt. Catherine Seniors Group, all inElizabeth.
Mr. Almeida had been an activemember and past president of thePortuguese Instructive Social Club,a member of the Portuguese Amer-ican Citizens Club and co-founderand supporter of the Amadeu Cor-reia Scholarship Foundation Inc.
Surviving are a son, Antonio C ;two daughters, Rosemarie Hiersand Suzette Hamilton; a brother,Edward; five grandchildren andtwo great-grandchildren.
The August F. Schmidt Memor-ial Funeral Home, Elizabeth, han-dled the arrangements.
Eva AndersonEva P. Anderson, 96, of Cran-
ford died on Feb. 8.Born in Waterbury, Conn , Mrs.
Anderson resided in Cranford. Shegraduated from high school inWaterbury and was valedictorian ofher class. Mrs. Anderson was abookkeeper for Bristol Hospital inConnecticut for many years. Shealso was a member of the CalvaryLutheran Church, Cranford.
Surviving are a son, RaymondC; three grandchildren and fivegreat-grandch i 1 dren.
The McCracken Funeral Home,Union, handled the arrangemei ts.
Charles BeifusCharles
Daniel Beifcs,65, a lifelongresident ofHillside, died
Feb. 11 in Newark Beth Israel Med-ical Center.
Mr. Beifus was an assemblyman for Automatic Switch Co.,Florham Park, for 33 years andretired three years ago. He was alife member of the Vietnam Veter-ans of America.
Surviving are his mother, Eliza-beth Beifus, and a sister, FlorenceBeifus.
The Gro.wney Funeral Home,Hillside, handled the arrangements.
Hyman Brown*#- Hyman
Brown,LindenFeb.Robert
89, ofdied
9 inWood
was the owner and operator ofSandford Equipment Co., a com-mercial laundry equipment distrib-utor in Newark for many years andretired in the 1980s. Mr. Brownwas an Army veteran of World WarII. He served in the European The-ater. Mr. Brown was a mastermason. He was a member of Lodge229 of the Free and AcceptedMasons of Linden, the VFW, the•Jewish War Veterans and the Amer-ican Legion Post 0102 of Linden.
Surviving are a son, Lawrence;a daughter, Sharon Smith; a broth-er, Michael; four grandchildren andfive great-grandchildren.
The Menorah Chapels at Mill-burn in Union handled the arrange-ments.
Harryette BurrissHarryette Yvonne Burriss, 71, of
the Vauxhall section of Union, diedon Feb. 5.
Bom in Trenton, Mrs. Burrisswas a resident of Vauxhall for 42years. She was a retired accountspayable representative for CelaneseResearch Co., Summit. Mrs. Bur-riss' church affiliation was theAfrican Methodist Episcopal ZionChurch.
Surviving are her mother, Mar-jorie M. Coursey; a daughter, theRev. Teresa Lynn Johnson-Rush-dan; two sons, Herman Johnson Jr.and William Vincent Johnson, andfour grandchildren.
The Whigham Funeral Homehandled the arrangements.
Mildred DavisMildred Christine Davis, 77, of
Linden died Feb. 10 in TrinitasRegional Medical Center, Eliza-beth.
Mrs. Davis was employed by St.Elizabeth's Hospital, now TrinitasRegional Medical Center, as anurse's aide for seven years and bythe Linden Board of Education forseveral years. She was an activemember of Greater Mount MoriahBaptist Church, Linden.
Surviving are a daughter, LeticiaS. Davis, and four sisters, GladysDavis, Bertha Avant, Delores Judeand Diane Griffin.
The G. G. Woody Funeral Homehandled the arrangements.
- , *£:•
Johnson University Hospital atRahway.
Born in Canada, Mr. Brownlived in Linden for 60 years. He
Frank De RosaFrank M.
De Rosa, 85,of Cranforddied on Feb.12.
Bom in Newark, Mr. De Rosamoved to Mountainside in 1954and lived there until five years ago,when he moved to Cranford. Hewas the owner of J & M Market,Mountainside, from 1969 to 2004.Mr. De Rosa was an Army AirCorps veteran of World War II.
Surviving are a daughter,Angela M. Maiorana; two sons,Frank A. and Raymond P.; ninegrandchildren and a great-grand-
OBITUARY LISTALMEIDA —Antonio, of Hillside; Feb. 9,ANDERSON — Eva P., of Cranford; Feb. 8.ANKER — Charlotte, formerly of Springfield; Feb. 9.BASZAK — Helen T., of Linden; Feb. 12.BEIFUS — Charles Daniel, of Hillside; Feb. 11,BONAVITACOLA — Margaret A,* of Roselle; Feb. 9.BOYLE — Joseph E. Sr., formerly of Linden; Feb. 10.BROWN — Hyman, of Linden; Feb. 9.BURISS — Harryette Yvonne, of Union; Feb. 5.CERMAK — Dorothy Evelyn, formerly of Cranford; Feb. 6.DAMIANO — Grace C , of Linden; Feb. 6.DAVIS —Mildred Christine, of Linden; Feb. 10.DE ROSA — Frank M., of Cranford; Feb. 12.DRAKE — Annette K., of Clark; Feb. 6.FAULK — Roy Lee, of Roselle; Feb. 6.FRIEDMAN — Marjorie E., of Union; Feb. 7.FURMAN — Richard J., of Union; Feb. 11.GREGORY — Marie Conlon, formerly of Summit; Feb. 6.HALKO — Joseph, of Cranford; Feb. 7.JACOBSON — Paul W., formerly of Union; Feb. 7.KURZ — Annette T., of Hillside; Feb. 10.LAUDANO — Anna P., of Union; Feb. 7.LEGENDRE — RitaM., of Union; Feb. II .MADDEN —Joan, of Clark; Feb. 8.McDOUGAL — Olivia Johnson, of Summit; Feb. 5.McELROY — Ronald H. Sr., of KenilwOrth; Feb. 12.O'CONNELL — Harry E. Jr., of Roselle; Feb. 11.PATROWICZ — Edward, of Union; Feb! 9.PELLINGER — Elviti, of Rahway; Feb. 11.POLUJAK — Steven, of Mountainside; Feb. 11.REBEL — Mary Eleanor, formerly of Springfield; Feb. 4.RING—Thomas Patrick, of Union; Feb. 9.ROSEN — Diane Burn, of Summit; Feb. 10,RUSSELL — Susan King, of Rahway; Feb. 8.RUSSO — Pompilio "Pompi," of Roselle Park; Feb. 11,SARULLO — Peter, of Hillside; Feb. 8.SHERMAN — Gloria, formerly of Springfield; Feb. 7.SOMMERHALTER — Edward Paul, of Hillside; Feb. 9.SOUTHER — Cecelia Ann., of Mountainside; Feb. 11.TAYLOR — Patricia L., of Summit; Feb. 8.TORGESEN — John A. Jr., of Cranford; Feb. 6.TURNER — James R,, of Mountainside; Feb. 6.TWILL — Sally Ann, of Summit; Feb. 10.WALZ —Lucille, of Union; Feb. 10.WISNIEWSKI — Evelyn A., of Linden; Feb. 12.
Editor's Note: Not all of the names included in this listing wiltappear as fall-length obituaries.
child. The Higgins and BonnerEcho Lake Funeral Home, West-field, handled the arrangements.
Roy FaulkRoy Lee Faulk, 69, of Roselle
died Feb. 6 at home.Bom in Clayton, Ala., Mr. Faulk
came to New Jersey after graduat-ing from high school and laterresided in Roselle.
He was employed by GeneralMotors and retired in 2008. Mr.Faulk was a member of the RaidersSocial Club.
Surviving are his wife, LillieMae; two sons, Andre Terrence andMaurice Marcel; a daughter, Char-main Marquita; a sister, Alice Bold-en; six grandchildren and sevengreat-grandchi ldren.
The Nesbitt Funeral Home,Elizabeth, handled the arrange-ments.
Marjorie FriedmanMarjorie E. Friedman, 82, of
Union died Feb. 7 at home.Bom in Newark, Mrs. Friedman
resided in Union for 50 years. Shewas the office manager for her latehusband, Dr. Sidney Friedman, for20 years and retired many yearsago.
Surviving are a son, DavidMiller; a daughter, Maureen Han-non; four grandchildren and twogreat-grandchi ldren.
The Mastapeter Funeral Home,Roselle Park, handled the arrange-ments.
Annette KurzAnnette T. Kurz, 89, of Hillside
died Feb. 10 in Trinitas RegionalMedical Center, Elizabeth.
Bom in Brooklyn, N.Y., Mrs.Kurz lived in Hillside since 1951.She owned and operated Danine'sPrinting Co., Hillside, for 20 yearsand retired in 1982. Mrs. Kurz alsowas a professional folk danceteacher until 1982.
Surviving are a son, Daniel; adaughter, Nina Cabrera, and agrandchild.
The Growney Funeral Home,Hillside, handled the arrangements.
