A funeral service took place Dec. 12 for Costescu, Vasile 71, of Guttenberg. He passed away Dec. 8. He was born in Romania and was an engineer in New York City. He was the husband of Zabela; father of Simona Costescu; brother of Christian Costescu and his wife Doina and Michaela Ugurlayan. Services arranged by the Frank A. Patti and Kenneth Mikatarian Funeral Home, Fort Lee.