Obituaries

Oct 20, 2013

Daniel Treacy was 83 when he died peacefully at home in Bloomfield on Sunday October 20, 2013. Born in Arklow, County Wicklow Ireland, Daniel immigrated to New York City in 1958, settled in Glen Ridge in 1971, before moving to Bloomfield in 2001. Daniel and his family have been parishioners at St. Thomas the Apostle, Bloomfield since 1971. A shipwright...

Oct 7, 2013

William A. Tomaiko of Bloomfield passed away on Monday, October 7, 2013 at the age of 85. Born in New York City, he had lived in Bloomfield for 58 years. Mr. Tomaiko was a Partner with Cal Carting in New York City for 40 years before his retirement in 1988. He was a Navy Veteran of WWII. He was a...

Sep 16, 2013

Grace Ho Chen, who, as the head of the children's section at the Livingston Public Library for almost three decades, helped to foster a love of reading in generations of children, died on Monday at the Green Hill Retirement Community in West Orange. She was 77. Or so her death certificate says. Anyone who came into contact with Mrs. Chen...

Sep 14, 2013

James C. Malcolm, Sr. passed away on Saturday, September 14, 2013 at the age of 93. Visitation will be at Frank Halpin's Brookdale Funeral Home, 1284 Broad St, Bloomfield, on Monday from 2-4 & 7-9 p.m. Funeral Services will be held in the funeral home on Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. Entombment will follow in Glendale Cemetery, 28 Hoover Ave, Bloomfield....

Aug 20, 2013

William J. Gromann 92, died peacefully on August 20, 2013 at Mountainview Gardens, Pompton Plains. Beloved husband of the late Helen Kovalycsik Gromann, father of Barbara Satz and William Gromann II and grandson William. He was a WWII veteran's service as a tanker in Patton's Third Army, a survivor of the Battle of the Bulge and part of the forces...

Aug 18, 2013

Megan Patricia Macaluso, 19, of Bloomfield passed away at home on Sunday, August 18, 2013, after a long and courageous battle with cancer and surrounded with love by her parents and siblings. Born November 10, 1993, Megan was a 2012 graduate of St. Mary's High School in Rutherford and attended the University of Scranton this past year. She was the...

Aug 14, 2013

PENDING - To be announced

Jul 20, 2013

Beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmohter. 92 Philomena Faye LaPomo (nee Giello) of Bloomfield passed away Saturday the 20th of July 2013. Visitation at Frank Halpin's Brookdale Funeral Home, 1284 Broad St, Bloomfield, on Tuesday from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm concluding with a prayer service at 1:00 pm in the funeral home. Entombment will be at Hollywood Memorial Park,...

Jul 18, 2013

Miss Margaret M. McGlynn of Coopersburg, PA, formerly of Bloomfield, NJ passed away on Thursday July 18, 2013 at the age of 96. Born in Jersey City, NJ. she moved to Bloomfield in 1955. Margaret received a Bachelor of Science degree from Chestnut Hill College in Germantown, Pennsylvania. She taught school for 29 years in the Archdiocese of Newark parochial...

Jul 16, 2013

Elizabeth Humphries, 87, of Bloomfield, NJ, passed away on Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Born in Dover, New Hampshire, she lived in Kearny, NJ later moving to Bloomfield, NJ. Betty, a Registered Nurse, graduated from St. Michael's Hospital, Newark, NJ - 1946. She worked at St. Michael's Hospital and West Hudson Hospital in Kearny, NJ. After retirement, Betty volunteered for Hospice....

Jun 29, 2013

Julia Giuliano of Hamburg, formerly of Bloomfield, passed away on June 29, 2013. She had lived most of her life in Bloomfield before moving to Hamburg 12 years ago. Miss Giuliano retired 20 years ago after 40 years as a supervisor with Shering-Plough in Kenilworth. Surviving are two sisters, Frances Giuliano and Teresa Mascuch (Ben); sister-in-law Marge Giuliano; and many...

Jun 22, 2013

Michael J. LaRosa, 72, of Bloomfield, N.J., formally of Newark and Lyndhurst, passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday June 22, with his loving family by his side. Michael was born on February 28, 1941 in Newark N.J. to the late James and Betty (nee Barone) LaRossa. He was a heavy equipment operator with Operating Engineers Local 825 prior...

Jun 15, 2013

Palmerio "Tom" Cifelli World War II Navy Veteran Palmerio passed away peacefully at Mountainside Hospital on Saturday, June 15, 2013. Palmerio, known as "Tom", was a Navy vet who served as a Boatswain's Mate 1st Class aboard the light cruiser "Duluth" in the Pacific Theater of Operations under the command of Admiral William "Bull" Halsey. A proud union man and...

Jun 14, 2013

Marion E. Molnar, 91, of Bloomfield entered into eternal rest peacefully on Friday June 14, 2013 surrounded by her loving family.She was born to the late Andrew and Elizabeth (nee Bernath) Molnar, on September 11, 1921 in Passaic, NJ. Marion graduated from Passaic High School in 1939. Marion worked for Prudential Insurance Company in Newark for 42 years retiring as...

Jun 12, 2013

Jean G. Levenez of Bloomfield passed away on Wednesday June 12, 2013 at the age of 88. Born in Cleden-Poher France he had lived in Lodi before moving to Bloomfield 40 years ago. He was a chemical operator for Hoffman La Roche in Nultey for 31 years before retiring in 1982. He was a member of the Hoffman La Roche...

May 11, 2013

Lois M. (nee Smith) O'Brien of Bloomfield passed away on Saturday May 11, 2013 at the age of 75. Born in Orange she had lived in Bloomfield for several years then in Wall Township for 17 years before returning to Bloomfield 2 years ago. Prior to retirement she was a secretary for the Norton Insurance Agency in Bloomfield. Lois was...

Mar 20, 2013

Mary Beth (nee Ganning) Santora passed away on Wednesday March 20, 2013 at the age of 50. Born in Montclair, she was a lifetime resident of Bloomfield. She was the beloved wife of Sal Santora; loving mother of Danielle Targonski, and her husband Rick; Joe, Anthony, and Sal Santora; grandmother of Sophia Targonski. She was the daughter of Mary (nee...

Nov 1, 1954

Carol Etter, of Bloomfield, passed away on March 20, 2020. She was 65 years old. Carol operated her own answering service for 18 years. She enjoyed Facebook and playing computer games, watching Judge Judy and Steve Wilkos, cooking and Spanish music. Most importantly, Carol loved her family. She was the caretaker of her mother up until her passing in 2001....

September 21, 1924 ~ October 27, 2014 Son of the Late CHARLES and ANNA LINDSTROM JOHNSON Husband of the Late LORRAINE CURRY JOHNSON Father of DIANE JOHNSON JANE BODMAN Brother of ELSIE CASSIDY And of the Late ARTHUR JOHNSON ~ VIVIAN HAMILTON Mr. Johnson attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY, graduating in 1950 with a degree in Chemical Engineering. He...

Ruth G. Saunders Beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother Ruth Grace Saunders, (nee) Alessi passed peacefully on September 25, 2020. Born and raised in Elizabeth, Ruth spent most of her life in Bloomfield, after moving there with her late husband Jimmy. Ruth took joy in raising her sons Ricky and David, and her grandsons, Alexander (Kristy) and Michael (Amanda) before re-entering...