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Death Notices from Sunday, April 25, 1999:
ARTHUR H. BROTHERTON, 85, of Fair Lawn died Tuesday.
Before retiring in 1975, he was supervisor of buildings and grounds for the Fair Lawn Board of Education, where he worked for 23 years.
He was a former member and chief of the Fair Lawn Volunteer Fire Department.
He was a life member of the New Jersey State Firefighters Association and a member of the New Jersey Fire Chiefs Association, and had been coordinator of Central Bergen Mutual Aid.
He was a past president of the Bergen County Supervisors of Buildings and Grounds, a member of the Master Benevolent Orange Masonic Lodge, and a member and past grand chaplain of the Clifton and Wyckoff Masonic lodges.
He was also a member of the Masonic Kilters, the Tall Cedars Lodge, Paterson, and was past president and a member of the Bergen County Courthouse Square Club and the NJPMMA.
Arrangements: Vander Plaat Colonial Home, Fair Lawn.
WALTER BYRA, 82, of Garfield died Saturday.
Before retiring, he was a chemical operator for Ganes Chemical Co., Carlstadt.
He was an Army Air Force veteran of World War II.
He was a parishioner of Most Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral, Passaic.
Arrangements: Bizub-Quinlan Funeral Home, Lexington Avenue, Clifton.
MARY H. SPELLMAN CALLAHAN, 78, of Cedar Grove died Friday.
Before retiring in 1987, she was a teacher for the Hanover Park School District, Hanover Township, where she worked for 31 years.
She was a parishioner of Holy Angels R.C. Church, Little Falls.
She was a graduate of Misericordia College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Arrangements: Bizub-Parker Funeral Home, Little Falls.
MAXWELL A. DENECKE JR., 81, of Louisville, Ky., formerly of Upper Saddle River, died Tuesday.
He was mayor of Upper Saddle River in the late 1950s and had been a self-employed certified public accountant.
Arrangements: Arch L. Heady and Son Funeral Home, Louisville.
ANDREW JOSEPH DODD, 84, of New Milford, Conn., formerly of Wayne, died Friday.
Before retiring, he was plant manager of CBS Soundcraft, Danbury, Conn.
Previously, he was a supervisor in the experimental test division of Curtiss-Wright Corp., Wood-Ridge, where he worked for 31 years.
He was a former volunteer for Company 4 of the Wayne Volunteer Fire Department and was a former Boy Scout leader at the Preakness Reformed Church.
Arrangements: Moore's Home for Funerals, Wayne.
ARTHUR HENRY DOLT SR., 86, of Lakehurst, formerly of Closter, died Friday.
Before retiring, he owned Art's Florist, Closter.
He also had been a groundskeeper for the Upper Saddle River public school system.
He was former chief and a life member of the Closter Volunteer Fire Department and was a life member of the Closter Volunteer Ambulance Corps.
He was a member of Redeemer Lutheran Church, Lakehurst, and the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America.
Arrangements: Moritz Funeral Home, Closter.
JACQUELINE ELIZABETH FLAKES FISHER, 38, of Englewood died Friday.
She was a data processor for Active Data, Bergenfield.
She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Englewood.
Arrangements: Nesbitt Funeral Home, Englewood.
BETTY CARTER FLEMING, 79, of Englewood died Monday.
She had been an executive secretary for the Palisades Institution for Research Services Inc., Palisades, N.Y.
Arrangements: Volk-Leber Funeral Home, Teaneck.
PAUL M. GIACALONE, 19, of Dumont died Friday. He worked for Midas Muffler and Brake Shop, Dumont.
He was a 1998 graduate of Dumont High School.
He was a parishioner of St. Mary R.C. Church, Dumont.
Arrangements: Frech Funeral Home, Dumont.
WILLIAM H. GOODSIR JR., 76, of Port St. Lucie, Fla., formerly of Oakland, died Friday.
Before retiring, he worked for and was a member of the Amalgamated Lithographers of New York City.
He was a Marine Corps veteran of World War II.
Arrangements: Port St. Lucie Funeral Home and Cremation Service.
JOSEPH J. HASKINS, 80, of Bogota died Friday.
Before retiring in 1969, he was a quality control inspector for Alcoa, Edgewater, where he worked for 30 years.
An Army Air Corps veteran of World War II, he was a member of the Disabled American Veterans and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5561, Bogota.
He was a parishioner of St. Joseph R.C. Church, Bogota.
Arrangements: Petrik Funeral Home, Bogota.
MILDRED KOCHER, 91, of Rochelle Park died Thursday.
Before retiring in 1974, she was a supervisor for New York Telephone.
She was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church, Maywood, where she was a member of the Priscilla Guild, the Altar Guild, and the Shut-In Visitation Team.
Arrangements: Trinka-Faustini Funeral Home, Maywood.
CYNTHIA VAN BLARCOM LEMMERMAN, 82, of Durham, N.C., formerly of Wyckoff, died April 18.
Before retiring, she worked at Paterson General Hospital.
She was a nursing graduate of the University of Virginia and received a master's degree from the University of Denver.
She had taught at the University of Colorado. She and her husband operated Lemmerman's Farm in Wyckoff for more than 30 years.
She served in the Navy Corps of Nurses during World War II.
She was a member of the Wyckoff Republican League and the Valley Hospital Auxiliary.
Arrangements: Vander Plaat Funeral Home, Wyckoff.
LOUISE WITKOWSKI LUKOWSKI, 79, of the Oak Ridge section of West Milford, formerly of Maywood, died Saturday.
Before retiring in 1987, she was a machine operator for Nabisco, Fair Lawn, where she worked for 29 years.
She was a parishioner of St. Thomas the Apostle R.C. Church, Oak Ridge.
Arrangements: Lesko-Stickle Funeral Home, Newfoundland.
MARIE A. LaSALA MANTONE, 75, of Fairview died Friday.
Before retiring in 1959, she was head of personnel for Faberge Inc., Ridgefield, where she worked for 15 years.
She was a parishioner of Our Lady of Grace R.C. Church, Fairview.
She was a member of the Fairview Senior Citizens.
Arrangements: McCorry Bros. Funeral Home, Cliffside Park.
