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Ruth Coulbourn, 90
Active in GOP; Courier-News Reporter for 30 Years
Ruth Murphy Coulbourn, 90, of Scotch Plains died on Monday, November 30, 1998 at home.
Born in Baltimore, she had lived in Astoria, New York before moving to Scotch Plains in 1935.
Mrs. Coulbourn was a news reporter for The Courier-News for 30 years, retiring in 1970.
She was also a writer for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis in Westfield.
She was active in the Scotch Plains Republican Club and served as a Republican committeewoman in District No. 4 for many years.
She was a charter member of the Scotch Plains Woman’s Club and of the First United Methodist Church in Scotch Plains.
Her husband, William H. Coulbourn, died in 1976.
Surviving are two daughters, Mary Jane Haiback of New Jersey and Nancy C. Ike of Ohio; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Private services are being arranged by the Rossi Funeral Home in Scotch Plains.
Visitation will take place today, Thursday, December 3, from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Irene Koller, 91
Worked in Banking; Active in Red Cross, Scouting, Churches
Irene Koller, 91, of Scotch Plains died on Monday, November 30, 1998 at Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center in Plainfield.
Born in New York City on January 23, 1907, the daughter of the late Samuel and Daisy Tolson Gluck, she had lived in Chicago before moving to Scotch Plains 36 years ago.
Mrs. Koller, who began her career in the Trust Department of a major New York bank, eventually became Assistant Personnel Director at Chemical Bank of New York. She retired in 1945 to become a homemaker.
She served as a Gray Lady at the Veterans Hospital in Chicago and later in Providence, Rhode Island, where she logged approximately 20, 000 hours of service.
Mrs. Koller was among the organizers of the Woodridge Congregational Church in Cranston, Rhode Island, and also served as a Deaconess.
She also organized and was the first President of the Garden Club of Garden City in Cranston.
Mrs. Koller was a Girl Scout leader and later became an instructor for Girl Scout leaders. She was a board member for the Visiting Nurses Association and served with the Cranston Chapter of the American Red Cross.
She was elected to the Cranston School Board and served as its Finance Chairwoman.
Mrs. Koller was a member of the First Congregational Church of Westfield. She was a member of the Women’s Fellowship and served as Secretary, Chairwoman of the World
Service Committee, and was a member of the Reader’s Group. She was recently a member of the Nominating Committee for the church Board of Trustees.
Mrs. Koller served on the Environmental Committee in Scotch Plains.
Surviving are her husband of 59 years, Henry F. Koller, and two brothers, Edward S. Gluck of Queens and Alfred E. Gluck of Toms River.
A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, December 12, at 4 p.m. at the First Congregational Church.
Funeral arrangements and private burial were handled by the Gray Funeral Home, 318 East Broad Street in Westfield.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the First Congregational Church, 125 Elmer Street in Westfield.
George B. Pruden, 72
Civil Engineer; Real Estate Executive and Parishioner
George Baxton Pruden, 72, of Wilton, Conn., died on Monday, October 2, 2000 at home.
Born on July 29, 1928 in Boykins, Va., he was the eldest son of the late George Stanley and Etta Pruden.
He had lived in Westfield from 1965 to 1983, when he relocated to Wilton.
Mr. Pruden spent 15 years as a civil engineer with the Seaboard Railroad in Atlanta, Ga. and in Richmond, Va.
In 1967, he joined the Union Carbide Corporation as a real estate executive in New York City and Danbury, Conn., retiring in 1992 after 25 years of service.
He received a civil engineering degree from North Carolina State University, where he was Student Campus President, a member of the Sigma Chi Epsilon fraternity and the Golden Chain.
Mr. Pruden had served in the United States Air Force and was stationed in Japan.
He was a Trustee at the Wilton Congregational Church and served as Chairman and Treasurer of the Hillside Cemetery.
Mr. Pruden was also Treasurer and Secretary of the Wilson Cove Yacht Club, which awarded him an Honorary Lifetime Membership.
He additionally was a Peer Counselor with Nursing and Home Care in Wilton and an active member of the Wilton Lunch Bunch Group.
While living in Westfield, Mr. Pruden served as a Deacon and Elder at The Presbyterian Church in Westfield.
He also was a Sunday School teacher and coach of his daughters’ sports teams.
Surviving are his wife of almost 50 years, Mary Lou Clifton Pruden; two daughters, Alison Yearley of Washington Crossing, Pa. and Jennifer Cropp of West Friendship, Md., and five grandchildren.
A celebration of his life was held on Friday, October 6, at the Wilton Congregational Church.
Arrangements were under the direction of the Bouton Funeral Home, Inc. in Georgetown, Conn.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Wilton Library, the Wilton Volunteer Ambulance Corps or the American Heart Association.
Violet Rowan, 70
Had Been Employed As Medical Technician for Physicians
Violet Marx Rowan, 70, of Mountainside died on Wednesday, October 4, 2000 at Overlook Hospital in Summit.
Born in Long Island, she had lived in Bloomfield and Somers Point before relocating to Mountainside in 1965.
Mrs. Rowan had been employed as a medical technician for 33 years for Dr. Richard Lange and for Dr. Mahesh Shah in Cranford before retiring earlier this year.
She was also employed for the last 20 years as a clerk at Walgreens Drug Store in Garwood.
Mrs. Rowan was a member of the Rosary Altar Society of Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church in Mountainside.
She was predeceased by her husband, Graham Rowan, in 1964. Surviving are three sons, Graham V. Rowan of Mountainside, Stephen A. Rowan of Wayne and Edward A. Rowan of East Brunswick; two daughters, Karen Anne Rowan of Mountainside and Mary Price of Roselle Park; her mother, Margaret Tambine Marx of Roseland; a sister, Joan Geiss of Roseland; a brother, James Marx of New Milford, Conn., and five grandchildren.
A Mass of Christian Burial was offered on Friday, October 6, at Our Lady of Lourdes Church. Interment took place in Fairview Cemetery in Westfield.
The Dooley Funeral Home, located at 218 North Avenue in Cranford, was in charge of the arrangements.
Memorial donations may be made to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 1 Kalisa Way, Suite 205, Paramus, 07652.
Richard Moncur, 66
Uniquest President Was Former Fire Captain in Westfield
Richard A. Moncur, 66, of Mountainside died on Monday, October 2, 2000 at Overlook Hospital in Summit.
Born in The Bronx, he had lived in Westfield before moving to Mountainside in 1996.
Mr. Moncur was President since 1988 of Uniquest, Inc., a Mountainside company that conducts fire and safety audits for state, national and international clients.
Since 1998, he was also the Safety and Health Officer for the Edward Leske Company and Midwest Mechanical Contractors and provided contractor orientation for Merck & Co. in Rahway.
Mr. Moncur served as Captain of the Westfield Fire Department from 1962 until retiring in 1990. He had also been a firefighter with the Department of Defense Fire Service in Camp Kilmer in Edison from 1956 to 1962.
Mr. Moncur was an instructor for and a member of the Board of Directors of the New Jersey State Fire College.
He served in the United States Navy as an aviation electrician during the Korean Conflict.
Mr. Moncur earned an associate’s degree from Union County College in Cranford and attended Thomas A. Edison State College in Trenton and the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, Md.
He was a member of the New Jersey Industrial Fire Chiefs Association and of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), and formerly served on the NFPA Fire Department Organization Standards Committee.
Mr. Moncur was a former member of the Board of Directors to the Fire Service Section of the NFPA and former Chairman of the Fire Service Section Executive Board.
He was a member of the American Society of Safety Engineers, the Society of Fire Protection Engineers, the International Society of Fire Service Instructors and a former member of the Union County Hazardous Materials Response Team.
He was a former Dean of the Union County Fire School and an instructor for Middlesex, Somerset, Union and Warren Counties.
Mr. Moncur was a member of the Firefighter Occupational Safety and Health Advisory Council to the New Jersey State Fire Safety Commission and a member of the New Jersey State FMBA Safety and Health Committee.
He authored and coauthored numerous articles and training manuals. Mr. Moncur was a member of the Masons and of the Scottish Rites Club, both of Westfield.
Surviving are his wife, Linda J. Moncur; a daughter, Mary Bedrosian of Brick Township; two sons, Steven Moncur of Clark and Richard Moncur of Seaside Heights; a stepdaughter, Kimberly Walsh of Rahway; a stepson, Keith Traynor of Lutz, Fla.; two brothers, William Moncur of Myrtle Beach, S. C. and Robert Moncur of Piscataway, and seven grandchildren.
A Mass was held on Friday, October 6, in Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church in Mountainside, following the funeral from the Rossi Funeral Home in Scotch Plains. Interment took place at Fairview Cemetery in Westfield.
Charles H. Heimlich, 78
Charles H. Heimlich, 78, of Naples, Fla., formerly of Mountainside, died on Saturday, September 30, 2000 aboard an airplane bound for Italy.
Mr. Heimlich had been an agent with State Farm Insurance in New Jersey for 35 years before retiring.
He served in the United States Army during World War II and saw action on the beaches of Normandy and at the Battle of the Bulge.
He attended the Newark College of Engineering.
Surviving are his wife, Arleen Heimlich; a son, James Heimlich; four daughters, Kathleen Ritter, Janice Bistis, Patricia Wohlfarth and Arlene Brianik; a sister, Janice Cook, and 13 grandchildren.
Services were held in Naples on Monday, October 9.
Arrangements were under the direction of the Fuller Funeral Home in Naples.
Katherine E. Bender
Registered Nurse; Member of St. Anne’s Rosary Society
Katherine E. Dunn Bender of Westfield died on Thursday, October 5, 2000 in Union Hospital in Union.
Born in Elizabeth, she was a resident of Westfield since 1952. Mrs. Bender had been a registered nurse for the Visiting Nurse and Health Services in Elizabeth and the Polio Rehabilitation Institute of Union County for many years before retiring.
Mrs. Bender was a member of the Rosary Society of St. Anne’s Roman Catholic Church in Garwood.
Surviving are her husband, Fred R. Bender, and two sons, Fred W. Bender of Lafayette and Daniel J. Bender of Chicago.
A Mass was offered on Saturday, October 7, in St. Anne’s Church. Interment took place at Rosedale Cemetery in Linden.
Arrangements were under the direction of the Higgins and Bonner Echo Lake Funeral Home in Westfield.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Visiting Nurse and Health Services.
James H. Brown, 77
James Harding Brown, 77, of East Orange, died on Monday, October 2, 2000 in the Department of Veterans Affairs, New Jersey Health Care Center at East Orange.
Born in Westfield, he lived in Plainfield before moving to East Orange many years ago.
Mr. Brown was a truck driver with ABC Trucking Co. for many years before retiring. Earlier, he owned a taxi business in Westfield.
During World War II, he served in the Army’s “Red Ball Express” as a truck driver hauling ammunition and gasoline for General Patton’s army in Europe and was a part of the D-Day followup forces.
Mr. Brown was a member of International Brotherhood of Teamsters Union Local 478 and Elks Westfield Centennial Lodge 400.
Surviving are a son, James A., and brothers, Charles, Lawrence Wallace and Douglas.
Services were held on Monday, October 9, at the Plinton-Curry Funeral Home in Westfield.
