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Rita Lida
08/01/01
Services for Mrs. Rita Lida, 75, of Monroe Township will be at 10:45 a.m. today in Mount Sinai Memorial Chapels, Cranbury Road, East Brunswick.
Interment will be in Old Montefiore Cemetery, St. Albans, N.Y.
A Holocaust survivor, Mrs. Lida, escaped her family’s fate by hiding along the Polish-Russian border.
Born in Poland, she came to the U.S. in 1950, and lived in the Bronx before moving to Monroe Township 15 years ago. Mrs. Lida also maintained a home in Delray Beach, Fla., since 1987.
Surviving are Sol, her husband of 50 years; daughters, Mrs. Evie Bramson and Mrs. Ann Arvedon, and four grandchildren.
Joan Leuenberger
08/01/01
Services were held for Mrs. Joan Leuenberger, 70, of Bloomfield, who died Friday in the Clara Maass Medical Center, Belleville. Arrangements were by the Zarro Funeral Home, Bloomfield.
Mrs. Leuenberger was a self-employed housekeeper. Earlier, she had been a registered nurse in Holland.
Born in Holland, she came to the U.S. in 1961 and settled in Bloomfield.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Paula Triano; a sister, Mrs. Jan DeGast, and four grandchildren.
Mildred Kravitz
08/01/01
Mrs. Mildred Kravitz, 85, of Iselin died yesterday at home.
Graveside services will be at 11:30 a.m. today in King Solomon Cemetery, Clifton. Arrangements are by the Goldstein Funeral Chapel, Edison.
Mrs. Kravitz was a former president of the Sisterhood of Beth Shalom, Iselin.
She was vice president of the Metwood Chapter of the Organization of Rehabilitation through Training and president of the Parent-Teacher Association of School 6 in Iselin.
Born in Newark, she moved to Iselin in 1951.
Surviving are a son, Stephen; a daughter, Mrs. Ellen Tischio; a sister, Mrs. Selma Lubelkin; a brother, Robert Kandler, and three grandchildren.
Donations may be made to the Hartwyck Adult Medical Day Center, 2050 Oak Tree Rd., Edison, N.J. 08820.
Henry H. Koecher
08/01/01
Services for Henry H. Koecher, 86, of Springfield will be at 11 a.m. tomorrow in Smith and Smith (Suburban), 415 Morris Ave., Springfield.
Mr. Koecher, who died Monday, was a tool-and-die maker with Bendix Corp., Teterboro, for 20 years before retiring 1975.
He served in the Army during World War II.
Born in Newark, he moved to Springfield 30 years ago.
Surviving is a brother, Philip.
Stephen Klacker
08/01/01
A Mass for Stephen Klacker, 90, of West Caldwell will be at 11 a.m. tomorrow in St. Joseph Church, Maplewood, after the funeral from the Jacob A. Holle Funeral Home, 2122 Millburn Ave., Maplewood.
Mr. Klacker, who died Monday in West Caldwell Care Center, was a textile worker before retiring.
He served as a master sergeant in the Army during World War II at Pearl Harbor and a chemical warfare unit. Mr. Klacker was a recipient of the Bronze Star.
Born in Allentown, Pa., he lived in Maplewood before moving to West Caldwell six years ago.
Michael J. Kalucki
08/01/01
A Mass for Michael J. Kalucki, 84, of Bloomfield will be at 10 a.m. tomorrow in St. Valentine Church, Bloomfield, after the funeral from the Levandoski Funeral Home, 44 Bay Ave., Bloomfield.
Mr. Kalucki died Monday in Community Medical Center, Toms River.
He was a maintenance supervisor at William Paterson College in Wayne, where he worked for 24 years before retiring 19 years ago.
Mr. Kalucki served in the Army during World War II.
He was a member of the American Legion Post in Bloomfield and the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Nutley.
Born in Newark, he lived in Bloomfield for many years.
Surviving are his wife, Helen R.; sons, Michael J., Patrick A. and David A.; a brother, Walter; a sister, Mrs. Bebe Manegold, and seven grandchildren.