Obituaries

Alfred Eugene Barton

Alfred Eugene Barton

Dec 25, 2017

Alfred "Gene" Eugene Barton, age 89, of Cedar Crest Village, Pompton Plains, formerly of Butler, died Monday, December 25, 2017 at his home surrounded by his family. Mr. Barton was born in Macon, Georgia, the son of the late Rev. Alfred Eugene Barton and the late Isabelle (Lewis) Barton. Gene was a long time member and former Director of...

Theresa Ann Becker

Theresa Ann Becker

Dec 21, 2017

Theresa Ann Becker, age 60, of Warwick, NY, formerly of Butler, NJ, died suddenly, Thursday, December 21, 2017. Mrs. Becker was born in Anchorage, AK, the daughter of the late George Keckeissen and Terry Walsh. She was a Legal Secretary for Alan S. Lipman, Attorney at Law in Goshen, NY, a member of various AA Chapters in the local...

Adeline Walsh

Adeline Walsh

Dec 20, 2017

Adeline Walsh of Wayne, NJ formally of Hawthorne, NJ passed away peacefully, Wednesday December 20, 2017 surrounded by her family. She was the daughter of the late Nicholas and Frances (Migliore) Altieri. Della was a waitress at the Wayside Diner/ Land & Sea in Fairlawn, NJ for 16 years while raising her young children and worked in sales for...

Arthur Lawrence Nelson

Arthur Lawrence Nelson

Dec 17, 2017

Arthur Lawrence Nelson, age 92, Kinnelon, NJ, passed away peacefully on Sunday, December 17, 2017, at Bristol Glen in Newton, with his loving family at his side. Mr. Nelson was born in Brooklyn, NY, the son of the late Leo and the late Helen (Hastie) Nelson. He served in the Army during World War II, loved woodworking and playing...

Kathleen Barrie

Kathleen Barrie

Dec 12, 2017

Kathleen Barrie, 61 of Butler, NJ formerly of Weehawken, NJ, died suddenly on December 12, 2017. She is the daughter of the late Bruce Barrie and Janet (Wirths) Spagnola and step father Carmine Spagnola. Kathy was a graduate of Butler High School and Morris County College in Randolph, NJ. She was employed by Nedloyd Shipping Lines until she retired...

Caroline Victoria Baruth

Caroline Victoria Baruth

Dec 11, 2017

Caroline Victoria Baruth of Butler, passed away Monday, December 11, 2017. She was the daughter of the late Stephen Roskos and Antoinette (Harenza) Walasek and step daughter of the late Stephen Walasek. Caroline was a teacher at Butler High School for 25 years. She was a parishioner at St. Anthony's RC Church and an amazing seamstress. Caroline is survived...

Doris M. Brown

Doris M. Brown

Dec 10, 2017

Doris M. Brown, age 86, of Butler, entered into eternal rest, Sunday, December 10, 2017. Mrs. Brown was born in Bloomingdale, NJ the daughter of the late Chester and the late Helen (Morgan) Van Orden. She was a clerk for State Farm Insurance in Wayne, NJ before retiring. Mrs. Brown was a member of the Bloomingdale Baptist Church, Bloomingdale,...

Jeanette S. Burns

Jeanette S. Burns

Dec 10, 2017

Jeanette S. Burns, 93, of Butler, NJ, passed away on December 10th, 2017, surrounded by her loving family. Jeanette was born in Butler, daughter of the late George and Gertrude Sindle. She was a telephone operator for NJ Bell and Pioneer in Riverdale, NJ , a former member of the Church of the Nazarene and the Ladies Auxiliary of...

Mary Jean Cole

Mary Jean Cole

Dec 9, 2017

Mary Jean Cole, age 79, lifelong resident of Butler, died Saturday, December 9, 2017 at home surrounded by her family. Mrs. Cole was born in Paterson, NJ the daughter of the late John and the late Marjorie (Norman) Gormley. She retired after 37 years from BAE in Little Falls, NJ, working as an Executive Assistant. Mary Jean was a...

Thomas Joseph Bartley

Thomas Joseph Bartley

Dec 8, 2017

Thomas Joseph Bartley, age 69, of Bloomingdale, died Friday, December 8, 2017. Mr. Bartley was born in Brooklyn, NY, the son of the late William and the late Anna (Mancuso) Bartley. He was an IT Consultant for M & M Mars Corp. in Mt Olive, NJ, a member of Knights of Columbus and a Navy Veteran, serving during the...

Timothy M. Morrison

Timothy M. Morrison

Dec 4, 2017

Timothy M. Morrison, age 59, of Kinnelon, formerly of Butler, passed away, Monday, December 4, 2017. Mr. Morrison was born in Paterson, NJ, the son of the late William Francis and the late Ruth Lillian (Adkins) Morrison. He was the owner of The Morrison Funeral Home in Butler, NJ, and a graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science...

Laurene A. Maggio

Laurene A. Maggio

Nov 28, 2017

Laurene A. Maggio, age 82, of Bloomingdale, formerly of West Milford, died Tuesday, November 28, 2017. Mrs. Maggio was born in Long Island City, NY, the daughter of the late Henry and the late Mary (Monaghan) Kurth. She was a wonderful homemaker and enjoyed retirement with her husband in Florida where they were members of the Silver Springs Country...

Karen E Simpson

Karen E Simpson

Nov 26, 2017

Karen E. Simpson, age 64, of Butler, passed away on Sunday, November 26, 2017. Karen was born in Providence, RI, daughter of the late John and Rosemary Sousa. She graduated from University of Connecticut with a Bachelors Degree and worked for Catapult Learning in Paterson before retiring. She is survived by her devoted husband, Robert Simpson, her loving sisters,...

Muriel “Lynn” Lutkins

Muriel “Lynn” Lutkins

Nov 21, 2017

Muriel "Lynn" Lutkins, 71, of Stockholm, N.J., passed away surrounded by her loving family, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017. Lynn was born Sept. 21, 1946, in Paterson, N.J., to Albert M. and Muriel E. (Rielly) Bonser. She was a 1964 graduate of Hawthorne (N.J.) High School, the city in which she met her loving husband Al. They moved from Hawthorne...

Enrico Cannataro

Enrico Cannataro

Nov 19, 2017

Enrico Cannataro, 70, of Pompton Lakes, NJ, passed away suddenly on November 19, 2017. Born in Cerisano, Italy, he was the youngest son of the late Antonio and Marietta (ne Santelli) Cannataro. Enrico came to the United States at the age of 8, lived in Little Falls, NJ, and attended Passaic Valley High School. He graduated from Montclair State...

Patricia K Bossard

Patricia K Bossard

Nov 17, 2017

Patricia K. Bossard, 68, of Butler, NJ, passed away on November 17th, 2017. She was born in Passaic, NJ, daughter of the late Paul and Jane Fitzgerald. Pat was a great homemaker with a passion for reading and shopping for her grandchildren. She worked at National Air Balance Co. in Paramus, NJ, before her retirement. She is survived by...

Eleanor Post

Eleanor Post

Nov 15, 2017

Eleanor Post, age 94, of West Milford and Butler, died Wednesday, November 15, 2017. Mrs. Post was born in Richmond Hill, NY, the daughter of the late Clarence and the late Gladys (Ballou) Lake. Eleanor was a wonderful homemaker and was active in the family business, Post Radio & T.V. Butler, NJ. Mrs. Post was a former member of...

Avalon Beek

Avalon Beek

Nov 7, 2017

Avalon Beek, 78, of Bloomingdale, passed away on November 7, 2017. She was born in Passaic, NJ, daughter of the late John and Helen Andriko. She was a Human Resource Director at Bloomingdale Health Care Center in Bloomingdale, was an avid bowler and loved to travel. She is survived by her beloved children Terry Beek, John Beek and wife...

Elizabeth Lyon

Elizabeth Lyon

Oct 31, 2017

Elizabeth Lyon, age 87, of Highland Lakes formerly of Butler, died Tuesday, October 31, 2017. Mrs. Lyon was born in Boonton, N.J. the daughter of the late Andrew and the late Mary (Pleva) Bolcar. She worked at GAF, Wayne, NJ before retiring and was a former member of the Ladies Auxiliary at the VFW in Butler. She is survived...

Eberhard Hermann Bareiss

Eberhard Hermann Bareiss

Oct 21, 2017

Eberhard Hermann Bareiss, 85, passed away after a long illness on 21 October, 2017 in Natick, Massachusetts after recently relocating from Kinnelon, NJ. He was born August 11, 1932 to Max and Emma (Maas) Bareiss in Cambridge, Massachusetts. On June 17,1956 he married Marjorie Ellis in Caldwell, New Jersey. Eberhard graduated from Grover Cleveland High School, Caldwell, NJ in...