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Peter P. Lojewski, 63
Peter P. Lojewski, 63, a former resident of Fanwood, died on Tuesday, April 7, 1998 at Leesburg Regional Medical Center in Leesburg, Florida.
Born in Bayonne, he had lived in Cranford, Fanwood and Edison for many years before moving to Florida in 1992.
He had been an operating engineer for Local No. 825 in Newark for 38 years, prior to retiring in 1992.
Mr. Lojewski was predeceased by his daughter, Robin Lojewski, in 1995.
Surviving are his wife of 40 years, Carol Meusel Lojewski; a son, Peter Lojewski; a daughter, Jill S. Proscia; two sisters, Joan Keenan and Barbara Wissel, and two grandchildren.
Funeral services were held on Tuesday, April 14, at St. Anne's Roman Catholic Church in Garwood.
Arrangements were handled by the Dooley Colonial Funeral Home, 556 Westfield Avenue, in Westfield.
Robert E. Lee
Coach and Musician; Decorated Veteran Also Wrote Book
Robert E. Lee, 73, of Billings, Montana, formerly of Scotch Plains, died on Thursday, March 26, 1998 in Billings.
Born in Brooklyn, he grew up in Scotch Plains and attended Scotch Plains High School. In the early 1940s, he founded a dance band at the high school, The Moon Glowers, whose theme song, "It Must Have Been Moon Glow," was played at the beginning and end of every dance.
He was also a drum major and won a New Jersey State Championship for baton twirling.
He received his bachelor's degree in physical education in 1949, and his master's degree in education, with an emphasis in administration and physical education, in 1954, both from the University of Denver.
Mr. Lee had been a high school coach for four years in Colorado and Wyoming before becoming head football coach at Northwest Community College in Powell, Wyoming in 1955.
He had been a coach for Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah, from 1959 to 1964, when he accepted a coaching position at Eastern Montana College. From 1961 to 1963, Mr. Lee scouted for the Dallas Cowboys professional football team.
He was voted District No. 5 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletes (NAIA) in 1965, 1970 and 1971.
Mr. Lee was a member of the United States Tennis Association, Montana Tennis Association, Billings Tennis Association, National Musicians Union, Billings Musicians Union and the United States Teaching Tennis Professional Association.
He also belonged to the Montana and Wyoming Officials Associations, Western Athletic Conference Basketball and Football Officials Association, NAIA and American Foot ball Coaches Associations, Skyline Conference Basketball Officials Association and Utah High School Basketball Association. Mr. Lee was President of the Salt Lake Valley Little League Football Organization.
He coached American Legion baseball and taught Red Cross swimming. He was also a survival instructor with the United States Strategic Air Command at Camp Carson, Colorado.
A United States veteran of World War II, Mr. Lee served with the 10th Mountain Division of Ski Troops. He was awarded the Purple Heart, among other commendations.
Besides The Moon Glowers, Mr. Lee played drums in many groups including the Binkerd Trio and Doc's Dixieland Band.
He co-authored, with Mike Harkins, a college text entitled "Beginning Tennis" in 1983, which was published by Burgess Publishing Company.
Mr. Lee was predeceased by his former wife, Barbara Kidder.
Surviving are his wife, Alicia Lee; eight sons, Renzi Lee and Kelbi Lee of Billings, Dirk Lee of Missoula, Montana, Robi Vacchina of Phoenix, Arizona, Ty Lee of Anchorage, Alaska, Cag Lee of Billings and Nat and Tali Lee, both of St. Paul, Minnesota; six grandchildren, and a great-granddaughter.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Michelotti, Sawyers and Nordquist Alderson Chapel in Billings. Interment with military honors took place at Mountview Cemetery.
Memorial donations may be made to the Robert E. Lee Scholarship Fund, care of The Foundation of MSU-Billings, 1500 North 30th Street, Billings, Montana 59101-0298, or to the 10th Mountain Division Foundation, 1776 South Jackson Street, No. 603, Denver, Colorado, 80215.
Charles Benedict, 79
Retired Butcher; Had Worked for John's Meat Market
Charles W. Benedict, 79, of South Plainfield died on Friday, April 10, 1998 at Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center in Plainfield.
Born in Olyphant, Pennsylvania, he moved to Plainfield in 1940. He relocated to South Plainfield 47 years ago.
Mr. Benedict had been a butcher for over 25 years at the former Colonial Store in Plainfield. He was the owner and operator of the store from 1967 until its closing in 1981.
From 1981 until his retirement in 1993, he had been a butcher for John's Meat Market in Scotch Plains.
Surviving are his wife of 54 years, Margaret M. Acker Benedict; three daughters, Judith A. Benedict-Tappen of Wolcott, New York, Patricia M. Hammock of Scotch Plains and Kathleen M. Smith of Fort Lauderdale, Florida; a son, Robert C. Benedict of Key West, Florida; a sister, Julia Callea of South Plainfield, and a grandson.
Funeral services were held on Tuesday, April 14, at the McCriskin Home for Funerals in South Plainfield, followed by a Mass at the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in South Plainfield.
Arrangements were handled by the McCriskin Home For Funerals in South Plainfield.
NOWICKI, Edward G.
On April 7, 1998 Edward G. of Brooksville Fl. (Formerly of Haddonfield). Age 76 Years.
Beloved husband of Patricia A. and the late Anna Rita (nee Tillson).
Loving father to Dr. David E. Nowicki of Westfield, NJ., Barbara A. Wright of Baltimore, MD. and Edward P. Nowicki of Burlington Twp., NJ.
Loving Stepfather to Michael, Jeffrey, Brian, and Todd Haferl.
Also survived by a brother George J. Nowicki of Manhasset, NY.
Grandfather of 16 and Great Grandfather of one.
A Mass of Christian Burial was conducted on Tuesday at Christ the King Church in Haddonfield, NJ.
Interment was at Calvary Cemetery in Cherry Hill, NJ.
Arrangements were handled by the Hinski-Tomlinson Funeral Home, 81 Haddon Ave., Haddonfield, NJ.
Memorial Contributions in his memory may be made to St. Anthony's Church, 20428 Cortez Blvd., Brooksville, Fl., 34601 or to Hernando Pasco Hospice, 12260 Cortez Blvd., Brooksville Fl. 34613.
Raymond A. Van Sweringen, Jr., 76
Named to Who's Who of Engineering
Raymond A. Van Sweringen, Jr., 76, of Scotch Plains, died on Thursday, April 9, 1998 at Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center in Plainfield.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he had lived in Westfield before moving to Scotch Plains 35 years ago.
He had been employed as a mechanical engineer for Exxon Research and Engineering in Linden for 36 years, retiring as an engineering advisor in 1983. He proposed and supervised the first application of computer technology to the operation of pilot plants in the petroleum industry.
Mr. Van Sweringen received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York in 1944.
He served as a Captain in the United States Army during World War II and the Korean Conflict.
He was a member of Tau Beta Pi, an engineering society, and was admitted to Who's Who of Engineering in 1982.
Mr. Van Sweringen was active in the United Way of Union County and in the formation of the Fanwood-Scotch Plains YMCA. He was a member of the First Congregational Church of Westfield.
He was a past member of the Board of Directors of the Cornell Club of Northern New Jersey.
Surviving are his wife, Marilyn Murphy Van Sweringen; three sons, Raymond A. Van Sweringen, 3rd of Annapolis, Maryland, William H. Van Sweringen of Houston, Texas and Scott K. Van Sweringen of Ann Arbor, Michigan; a brother, Paxton Van Sweringen of Cleveland Heights, Ohio; a sister, Virginia Jirus of Upland, California, and two grandchildren.
Memorial services were held on Tuesday, April 14, at the First Congregational Church. Interment was private. Arrangements were handled by the Memorial Funeral Home, 155 South Avenue, in Fanwood.
Donations may be made to the United Way of Union County, 33 West Grand, Elizabeth, 07207.
John Hluchy, 80
Had Vaudeville Act; Owned Westfield Radio & TV Studio
John S. Hluchy, 80, of Toms River, died on Saturday, April 11, 1998 in the Green Acres Nursing Home in Toms River.
Born in Detroit, he had lived in Mountainside before moving to Toms River nine months ago.
Mr. Hluchy had owned and operated the Westfield Radio and TV Studio for 35 years before retiring in 1978.
During the 1920s and 1930s, he had been a part of a vaudeville acrobatic act known as the Mazur Brothers.
He served in the United States Army during World War II.
Mr. Hluchy was a member of the Mountainside Elks Lodge No. 1585.
Surviving are his wife, Antionette Misuriello Hluchy; two brothers, Michael Hluchyj of Syracuse, New York and William Hluchyj of Buffalo, New York, and a sister, Ann Holawaty of Buffalo.
A Mass was offered yesterday, Wednesday, April 15, in the Roman Catholic Church of the Visitation in Bricktown after the funeral from the Silverton Memorial Funeral Home in Toms River. Interment took place at Fairview Cemetery in Westfield.
Mary Rose, 69
Mary Rose, 69, of Mountainside died on Thursday, April 9, 1998 in Overlook Hospital in Summit.
Born in Newburgh, New York, she had lived in Providence, Rhode Island and Waterbury, Connecticut before moving to Mountainside 34 years ago.
She was a member of the Rosary Society of Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church.
Surviving are her husband, Louis W. Rose; three sons, Louis Rose, William Rose and John Rose; two brothers, Vincent Yereance and Kenneth Yereance, and a grandchild.
A Mass was offered on Monday, April 13, in Our Lady of Lourdes Church.
Funeral arrangements were handled by the Higgins and Bonner Echo Lake Funeral Home in Westfield.
