Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
On Tuesday, October 28, 2008; beloved husband of LuAnn Baron Donaway; devoted father of Daniel; son of the late Mary (Verdan) & Roland Donaway; loving brother of Barbara Cooney & husband John, Diane Cooney & husband Ernest, Thomas Donaway & wife Wendy, Sharon Nazarko & husband John, Donna Donaway, Robert Donaway & wife Joann & …
WRIGHTSON, ROBERT P. Mass for Robert P. “Bob” Wrightson, a native and lifelong resident of Secaucus, was held Oct. 24 at Mack Memorial Home, Secaucus. He died Oct. 20 at Meadowlands Hospital, Secaucus. Wrightson was president of Record Press in New York City. Survivors include his wife, Annette K. (Butler) Wrightson; a daughter, Karen Wrightson; …
LENDER, WALTER JOSEPH. Mass for Walter Joseph Lender, 106, of Ticonderoga, N.Y., formerly of North Bergen, will be Nov. 4 at 11 a.m. at St. Mary’s Church, Ticonderoga, N.Y. He died Oct. 26 at Moses Ludington Hospital, Ticonderoga. Born in New York City, Lender grew up in North Bergen. Lender worked in automobile mechanics before …
WILLIAMS, JACQUELINE PLATT LEDBETTER. Services for Jacqueline Platt Ledbetter Williams, 59, a longtime educator, were held Oct. 26 at Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Jersey City. She died Oct. 20 at the Barbara Cheung Hospice, Edison. Known as “Cookie,” she was born in North Carolina and came to Jersey City with her family in the early …
NAVARRO, CARMEN S. Mass for Carmen S. Navarro, 58, of Jersey City, was held Oct. 30 at Assumption All Saints Church, Jersey City. She died at home Oct. 26. Born in Hormigueros, Puerto Rico, she lived in Jersey City for many years. Navarro was a member of Assumption All Saints Church. Survivors include her husband …
MILDNER, MARGARET A. Services for Margaret A. Mildner, 62, formely of Jersey City, were held Oct. 29 at Quiram-Sycamore Funeral Chapel, Sycamore, Ill. She died at home Oct. 27 after a 10-year battle with cancer. Born in Jersey City, was a former member of Bethel Bible Chapel in Middletown, N.J. Survivors include her husband, George; …
LORENZO, FRANK. Services for Frank Lorenzo, 97, of Jersey City, were held on Oct. 27. He died Oct. 22 at Jersey City Medical Center. Survivors include six children, Raymond Ruiz, Frank Lorenzo, Priscilla Duda, Dorothy Lorenzo, Donna Lorenzo, Frances Kalinich, and the late John Ruiz; a brother, Luis Lorenzo; and, 22 grandchildren, and 34 great-grandchildren.
AREY, ROBERT A. Services for Robert A. Arey, 80, were held Oct. 25 at Greenville Memorial Home, Jersey City. Arey, a Jersey City resident and professor emeritus of English at New Jersey City University, died Oct. 15 at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Medical Center in New York. Arey was president of Local 1839 of the American Federation …
CANTATORE, MICHELE. Services for Michele Cantatore, 88, of Hoboken were Oct. 30 at St. Joseph’s Church, East Rutherford. He died at home Oct. 27. Born in Molfetta, Italy, Cantatore moved to Hoboken in 1937 before moving to Carlstadt 38 years ago. Cantatore worked for 30 years at the Army Corps of Engineers at Caven Point, …
(nee: Mink) On Thursday, October 23, 2008; beloved wife of the late John; loving mother of John W. & wife Beatrice (nee: Theil) of Manahawkin and William J. & wife Patricia (nee: Folger); adored grandmother of John, Michael & wife Nancy, Dana, Wendy Doyle & husband Chris, William & fiancé Kerry and Jenny Waller & …