A funeral mass was offered Aug. 2 at St. Francis RC Church, Hoboken, for Joseph J. Bilis, 90, a World War II veteran. He died peacefully July 29 at Hoboken University Hospital. He was a lifelong resident of Hoboken, awarded the Bronze Star and was a former textile supervisor at Fabric Resource in Clifton. Joseph was the husband of the late Rose Bilis; father of Frances Bunny Bohning, Rosemary Bilis, Bernice Prior, Joseph Bilis, Janet McClellan, and Jennifer Apps. He was predeceased by four brothers, Anthony, George, Gregory, and Nicholas Bilis and also predeceased by one sister, Julia Turnbul . Services arranged by the Lawton-Turso Funeral Home, Hoboken.