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Death Notices from Wednesday, April 14, 1999:
GERTRUDE L. BODMER ALEWYNSE, 80, of Pine Bush, N.Y., formerly of Hackensack, died Tuesday.
Before retiring in 1976, she was a meter maid for the Hackensack Police Department, where she worked for 25 years.
Arrangements: Patrick J. Conte Funeral Home, Elmwood Park.
VICTOR BLUMENSTYK, 75, of Fair Lawn and Tamarac, Fla., died Monday.
He was born in Poland.
He was a founder and president of H&D Sportswear, West Paterson.
He was active in the YM-YWHA and the Community Synagogue/Hebrew Free School, Paterson, and Congregation B'nai Israel and the Veritan's Club, both in Fair Lawn.
Arrangements: Robert Schoem's Menorah Chapel, Paramus.
DOROTHY L. BRITT of Paterson died Saturday.
She worked at the former Bergen Pines County Hospital, Paramus, for 24 years.
She was a member of True Witness Church, Paterson.
Arrangements: Bragg Funeral Home, Paterson.
NOREEN M. NUGENT CABIBBO, 39, of Ridgefield Park died Monday.
She was a parishioner of St. Francis R. C. Church, Ridgefield Park.
Arrangements: G. Thomas Gentile Funeral Home, Hackensack.
NIA D. CHASE, 96, of Paramus died Tuesday.
She had been a governess for A. J. Linen, Greenwich, Conn.
Arrangements: Becker Funeral Home, Westwood.
LOUISE PICCINO CIARLEGLIO, 83, of Totowa died Monday.
Born in Italy, she came to the United States in 1921.
Before retiring in 1977, she was a sewing machine operator employed by various Paterson garment factories.
Subsequently, she was a salon assistant at Josephine's Beauty Salon, Paterson, until 1989.
She was a parishioner of St. James R. C. Church, Totowa, and a former parishioner of St. Anthony R. C. Church, Paterson.
She was a member of the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union Local 134.
Arrangements: Festa Memorial Funeral Home, Totowa.
JOE COLLINS, 67, of Englewood died April 7.
Before retiring in 1992, he was a maintenance supervisor at Elizabeth Morrow School, Englewood, for 20 years.
He was an Army and an Air Force veteran of the Korean War.
Arrangements: Nesbitt Funeral Home, Englewood.
HELEN WALLS CREATHORNE, 80, of Clifton, formerly of Wayne and Totowa, died Monday.
She was a member of Van Riper Ellis-Broadway Baptist Church, Fair Lawn, and of its B'tweens and Senior Fellowship Clubs.
She was also a member of American Legion Auxiliary, Lincoln Park.
Arrangements: Patrick J. Conte Funeral Home, Elmwood Park.
PETER CUTTITTA, 77, of Hasbrouck Heights died Tuesday.
Before retiring in 1992, he was a lingerie designer for Masterbilt, Hackensack, for 45 years.
He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 4591, Hasbrouck Heights.
Arrangements: Hennessey-Powell Funeral Home, Hasbrouck Heights.
SHIRLEY DAVIS, 86, of Westwood died Saturday.
She was born in Turkey.
She had been headmistress and elementary French teacher of Miss Fine's Preparatory School, Princeton.
She was a member of Friends of the Westwood Library, Westwood.
A graduate of Swarthmore College and the International School, Geneva, Switzerland, she received a master's degree in French from Middlebury College, Vt.
Arrangements: Becker Funeral Home, Westwood.
STEFANOS LAIOS, 70, of New Milford died Tuesday.
Before retiring in 1996, he was a patternmaker for Positive Influence Corp., Queens, N.Y., where he worked for 20 years.
Arrangements: Boulevard Funeral Home, New Milford.
SOPHIA E. LOWDEN, 94, of Brick, formerly of Lyndhurst, died Tuesday.
She was a parishioner of Sacred Heart R.C. Church, Lyndhurst, where she was a charter member of the Seniors Group.
She was a member of the Seniors, and a past president of the World War I Auxiliary, both in Lyndhurst.
Arrangements: Colonial Funeral Home, Brick.
JOSEPH MAKOWKA, 55, of Rochelle Park died Tuesday.
He was an electronics technician for the U.S. Postal Service, South Hackensack, where he worked for 15 years. An Air Force veteran, he was a member of the American Legion, Rochelle Park.
He was a parishioner of Our Lady of Mount Virgin R.C. Church, Garfield.
Arrangements: Santangelo Funeral Home, Lodi.
JOHN F. MARASS, 79, of Rutherford, formerly of Lyndhurst, died Monday.
Before retiring, he was a seaman for the Military Sea Transport Service and for Exxon Oil.
Previously, he was a printer for the Bergen Record and the Rutherford Republican. A Navy veteran of World War II, he was a member of American Legion Post 109, Rutherford.
He was a volunteer driver for the Red Cross and Starfish, and a coach for recreation baseball and softball, all in Rutherford.
Arrangements: Collins Calhoun Funeral Home, Rutherford.
HENRY L. MENENDEZ, 83, of Pompton Plains died Monday.
Before retiring in 1981, he was a plant personnel supervisor for Blickman Equipment Co., Union City, where he worked for 40 years.
He was a member and past master of Mountain View Masonic Lodge 154; the Scottish Rite, Lincoln Park; the York Rite; and past patron of the Order of the Eastern Star, Chapter 205, Wayne.
Arrangements: Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, Wayne.
