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Albino J. Rossi
Saturday, August 03, 2002
Memorial services for Albino J. Rossi, 83, of Bridgewater will be at noon tomorrow in Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 300 Union Ave., Somerville. Arrangements are by the Bruce C. VanArsdale Funeral Home, Somerville.
Mr. Rossi, who died Wednesday at home, was a laboratory worker at Union-Carbide in Piscataway for 32 years before retiring in 1981.
He served in the Army during World War II and was a member of the American Legion in Martinsville.
Born in Hazelton, Pa., he lived in Beaver Meadows, Pa., before moving to Bridgewater 48 years ago.
Surviving are his wife, Elizabeth; a son, Allan; daughters, Carol Jean Morse and Beth Lillie; a brother, Celeste, and five grandchildren.
Bartolomeo Patuto
Saturday, August 03, 2002
A Mass for Bartolomeo Benny Patuto, 81, of Summit will be at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in St. Teresa of Avila Church, Summit, after the funeral from the Paul Ippolito Summit Memorial, 7 Summit Ave., Summit.
Mr. Patuto, who died Thursday at home, was a specialized welder with the American Aluminum Co. in Mountainside for 25 years until 1983.
He built tanks during World War II and was a member of the Civilian Citizens Corp.
Born in Tifflin, Ohio, he lived in San Bartolomeo, Italy, and Ohio again before moving to Summit in 1951.
Surviving are his wife, Lidia; a daughter, Carmela, and a son, Gioacchino A.J. Patuto, M.D.
Robert Cullen Francis Sr., 74, owned limo company, insurance exec
Saturday, August 03, 2002
Robert Cullen Francis Sr., 74, of Florham Park died yesterday in Morristown Memorial Hospital.
A Mass will be at 10 a.m. Monday in St. Raphael Church, Livingston, after the funeral from the Quinn-Hopping Funeral Home of Livingston, 145 E. Mount Pleasant Ave.
Mr. Francis owned and operated the All American Limousine Co., Florham Park, for the past seven years. Earlier, he had been a vice president of the Frank B. Hall Insurance Agency in New York for nine years and, before that, he owned the Robert C. Francis Agency, an insurance agency, in West Orange.
In 1951, he earned a bachelors degree in English Literature from Rutgers University, Newark.
Mr. Francis served in the Naval Reserves from 1946 through 1954.
He was a member of the Mountain Club and American Legion Post 22, both of West Orange, and the Columbia High School Boosters, Maplewood.
Born in Newark, he lived in Maplewood and West Orange before moving to Florham Park 16 years ago.
Surviving are his wife, Mary Anne; sons, Jack, Timothy and David Charles; daughters, Mary Elizabeth Perlman, Jeanne Marie Francis, Clare Michelle Moss, Nina Dennis and Linda Lou Butler, and 11 grandchildren.
Anna Schwarz
Saturday, August 03, 2002
A Mass for Mrs. Anna Schwarz, 87, of Clark will be at 9:45 a.m. Monday in St. Agnes Church, Clark, after the funeral from the Walter J. Johnson Funeral Home, 803 Raritan Rd., Clark.
Mrs. Schwarz, who died Thursday at home, owned and operated Schwarz Farm, Clark, for 51 years.
She was a member of the Rosary Society of St. Agnes Church.
Born in Germany, she lived in Clark for 51 years.
Surviving are daughters, Ursula Maresca and Mary Ann Conway; sons, John and Fred; 11 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Tessie Roberts of Bayonne, 80, personnel manager, union head
Saturday, August 03, 2002
A Mass for Mrs. Tessie A. Roberts, 80, a lifelong resident of Bayonne, will be at 10 a.m. Monday in the Masonic Home Chapel, 902 Jacksonville Rd., Burlington. Arrangements are by the Page Funeral Home, Burlington.
Mrs. Roberts died Tuesday in the Masonic Home of New Jersey, Burlington Township.
She was employed with Best Foods, Bayonne, for more than 30 years before retiring as a personnel manager in corporate management.
A former president of the Best Foods Employees Union, she helped to form the Best Foods Retirees Association, where she served as president.
Surviving are a son, John; a stepdaughter, Doris Roberts; a sister, Mary Antunes; grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Harry A. Margolis, a caring judge, 74
Saturday, August 03, 2002
A dispute over building repairs between a developer and a group of condominium owners in Bloomfield might not have seemed like the most exciting case to preside over.
But to Judge Harry A. Margolis it was an opportunity to make sure people were treated fairly. The case dragged on for several years, but the judge, then sitting in state Superior Court in Newark, stayed focused.
"He never lost interest in it. He really showed a lot of concern for these homeowners who were caught in the middle," said lawyer Jay Rice, who handled the case and later asked the judge to be of counsel at his law firm upon his retirement from the bench.
That was the kind of jurist Judge Margolis was, his friends and colleagues said.
"In addition to doing the right thing, Harry Margolis was a judge who cared about people," said Harold Braff, a Livingston attorney and longtime friend. "He loved the idea that as a lawyer he was given the opportunity to speak for those who couldn't speak for themselves, and as a judge he was in a position to do justice for whoever came before him."
Judge Margolis, who lived in West Orange, died Thursday at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston. He was 74.
Judge Margolis was appointed to the state bench in 1972 and served full time until 1998. During his tenure, he served as presiding judge of the chancery division for many years. Following retirement, he was asked to return to the bench part time. Two years ago, he joined the law firm Nagel, Rice, Dreifuss & Mazie in Livingston.
"He was what a judge should be, quite frankly," said Superior Court Judge Joseph Falcone, the assignment judge in Newark.
Judge Margolis not only made an impression on his contemporaries in the courthouse, but also on younger members of the bar.
In 1987, he helped found the Justice William J. Brennan Jr. Inn of Court, a program that provides mentoring and guidance to inexperienced members of the bench and bar. He was president of the organization for more than a decade. Today, there are roughly 20 inns of court in New Jersey.
"He would always have time to speak with people one on one," said Jeffrey Beacham, a Roseland lawyer who took part in the program's classes. "I would see him at the courthouse and he would pull me aside and go back in chambers and we would talk. ... It helped me a lot. It made a big impression, I felt more confident."
Judge Margolis was also active in the community. He was a past president of the West Orange Lodge of B'nai B'rith and was a member of United Jewish Appeal campaigns.
In addition to his many friends, Judge Margolis is survived by his wife of 51 years, Frances Margolis, and a daughter, Dale Margolis of Pennsylvania.
Services will be held 2 p.m. tomorrow at Bernheim Apter Kreitzman Suburban Funeral Chapel, 68 Old Short Hills Road in Livingston. Burial will be at Mount Lebanon Cemetery
in Iselin.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Inns of Court Foundation, c/o Don Stumbaugh, Executive Director, 127 S. Peyton St., Suite 201, Alexandria, Va. 22314.
