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John Haggerty, 64
Banking Executive; Hospice Trustee Had Served in Marines
John R. “Red” Haggerty, 64, of Westfield died on Wednesday, August 30, 2000 at home.
Born in Elizabeth, he moved to Westfield in 1960.
Mr. Haggerty had been the Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Summit Bancorp in Princeton.
He had worked for Summit Bancorp, formerly UJB Financial Corporation, for more than 27 years before retiring last year.
Mr. Haggerty joined United Jersey Banks in 1972 to establish the internal audit function.
He was named Comptroller in 1977, Senior Vice President in 1978 and Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 1982.
Prior to working for United Jersey Banks, he served as Financial Vice
President of Unimusic, now Ampeg, in Linden and was the audit manager for KPMG Peat Marwick in Newark.
A graduate of St. Benedict’s High School in Newark, he earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from St. Peter’s College in Jersey City in 1957.
He served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps for 11 years during peacetime and was discharged with the rank of Captain.
Mr. Haggerty was a Trustee of the Center for Hope Hospice in Linden for 15 years and was a former Trustee of the Youth and Family Counseling Service in Westfield.
He was a Past Chairman of the Chief Financial Officers Executive Committee of the American Bankers Association and a member of the Bankers Roundtable, both national organizations.
He was a member of the Friendly Sons of the Shillelagh in Elizabeth and the Marine Corps League and also of the Marine Corps League, a national organization.
Mr. Haggerty was listed in Who’s Who in America until his retirement.
Mr. Haggerty was a member of the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants and received the Outstanding CPA - Distinguished Business Leader Award in 1997 for his significant achievements within the accounting profession.
He was a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Financial Executives Institute and was a former member of the Advisory Board of Professional Accounting at Rutgers University.
Mr. Haggerty was an active member and founding parishioner of St. Helen’s Roman Catholic Church in Westfield.
Surviving are his wife, Marilyn McGurgan Haggerty; three daughters, Kathi Ayers of Fanwood, Terri Braun of Scotch Plains and Eileen Haggerty of San Francisco; a son, John Haggerty of Stroudsburg, Pa., and three grandchildren.
A Mass was offered on Saturday, September 2, in St. Helen’s Roman Catholic Church, following the funeral from the Higgins and Bonner Echo Lake Funeral Home in Westfield.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Haggerty Family Foundation, benefiting the Center for Hope Hospice and the National Brain Tumor Foundation.
Samuel J. Zakovic
Samuel Joseph Zakovic of Fanwood died on Saturday, September 2, 2000 at Morristown Memorial Hospital in Morristown.
He was born on Friday, September 1, at Overlook Hospital in Summit.
Surviving are his parents, Gary and Susan Boyle Zakovic; his twin brother, Evan Hugh Zakovic; his sister, Jennifer Zakovic; his paternal grandmother, Ann Zakovic, and his maternal grandmother, Helen Boyle.
A memorial service will be held at the Fanwood Presbyterian Church in Fanwood at 11 a.m. today, Thursday, September 7.
Arrangements were under the direction of the Memorial Funeral Home in Fanwood.
Paul F. Ferrara, 77
Retired Builder; Decorated Veteran of World War II
Paul F. Ferrara, 77, of Wells, Me., died on Friday, August 25, 2000 in the River Ridge Center in Kennebunk, Me.
Born in Scotch Plains, he had lived there for more than 60 years before retiring to Kennebunk Beach, Me. He recently relocated to Wells.
Mr. Ferrara had been a home builder and developer in New Jersey for 45 years before his retirement.
A Staff Sergeant during World War II, he served as a radio operator and mechanic with the United States Army Air Force 34th Bombardment Group, 7th Bomb Squadron.
Mr. Ferrara was awarded the American Theater Ribbon, the European-African-Middle East Ribbon, two Bronze Battle Stars, Air Medal, Good Conduct Medal and the World War II Victory Medal.
He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion in Scotch Plains.
He attended the University of Iowa and graduated from Catholic University in Washington, D. C. Mr. Ferrara was a member of Phi Kappa Sigma and a senior council member of the Men’s Panhellenic Association.
He was predeceased by a sister, Angie Hall.
Surviving are his wife of 50 years, June Ferrara; two sons, Paul Ferrara and Peter Ferrara; three daughters, Nancy Williams, Lorraine Brookes and Joan McKay; a brother, Philip Ferrara; five sisters, Lucy DeFrancesco, Clara Ferrara, Josephine Beaty, Laura Shockey and Jean Waldron, and six grandchildren.
A Mass will be offered at 10 a.m. on Saturday, September 16, at St. Bartholomew the Apostle Roman Catholic Church in Scotch Plains.
Arrangements were under the direction of the Memorial Funeral Home, 155 South Avenue in Fanwood.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Memorial Program, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tenn. 38105-1905.
Fred Carpenter, 84
Fred Carpenter, 84, of Millington died on Friday, September 1, 2000 in St. Clare’s Hospital in Denville.
Born in Westfield, he moved to Millington in 1956.
Mr. Carpenter had been employed by Ford Motor Company in Edison for 34 years before retiring in 1982.
He served in the United States Army in the Philippines campaign during World War II.
Surviving are his wife of 55 years, Bernice M. Carpenter; a daughter, Joan A. Muniz; a son, Jim Carpenter; three grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Services will be held in Fairview Cemetery in Westfield at a time to be announced.
Kristin A. Laurite
Services were held on Saturday, September 2, 2000 in the Quinn-Hopping Funeral Home in Livingston for Kristin Ann Laurite, 25, of Scotch Plains.
Miss Laurite, who had been driving across the country en route to McKinleyville, Calif., was found dead near a rest area in Arkansas on Saturday, August 26.
Born in Edison, she had lived there before moving to Scotch Plains.
Miss Laurite was a plant technician and designer at the Parker Greenhouses Farm and Garden Center in Scotch Plains.
She also was a preschool teacher at various day care and preschool facilities.
She attended East Stroudsburg University in East Stroudsburg, Pa.
Surviving are her mother, Lynn Ann McCue; her father, Edward M. Laurite; her stepmother, Peggy Laurite; her stepfather, Thomas McCue, and her grandfather, Joseph V. Laurite.
Patricia Bizzarro, 72
Patricia M. Bizzarro, 72, of Brant Beach died on Friday, September 1, 2000 in the Westfield Center, Genesis ElderCare Network, in Westfield.
Born in New York City, she had lived in Long Beach Island, Bonita Springs, Fla. and Trumbull, Conn. before relocating to Brant Beach.
Surviving are her husband, Joseph P. Bizzarro; three sons, Joseph M. Bizzarro, Robert K. Bizzarro and Kevin P. Bizzarro; a brother, Joseph C. McDonough, and four grandchildren.
A Mass will be offered at 11 a.m. today, Thursday, September 7, in St. Francis Church in Brant Beach.
Arrangements were being handled by the Gray Funeral Home, 318 East Broad Street in Westfield.
Teresa De Bacco, 97
Teresa De Bacco, 97, of Mendham died on Monday, September 4, 2000 in Holy Manor Nursing Home in Mendham.
Born in Arten, Belluno, Italy, she had lived in Scotch Plains for 15 years before moving to Mendham five years ago.
Surviving are a son, Paul DeBacco; three daughters, Elsa Lamastra, Sister Mary De Bacco and Angela Valgenti; a brother, Alfonso Bovo; 15 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.
A Mass will be offered at 2 p.m. tomorrow, Friday, September 8, in St. Joseph’s Church in Mendham.
Arrangements were handled by the Doyle Funeral Home in Morristown.
Helen Hollander, 84
Hadassah Member; Holocaust Survivor Served in Polish Army
Helen Hollander, 84, of Scotch Plains died on Tuesday, September 5, 2000 in the John F. Kennedy Medical Center in Edison.
Born in Poland, she had lived in Hillside, Long Branch and Clark before moving to Scotch Plains four years ago.
A Holocaust survivor and a veteran of the Polish Army, Mrs. Hollander escaped from a Siberian prison camp during World War II.
She was a member of the Sisterhood of the Hadassah of Clark.
Surviving are a son, David Hollander; a sister, Sharon Kamler, and two grandchildren.
Graveside services took place yesterday, September 6, in the Mount Lebanon Cemetery in Iselin.
Arrangements were under the direction of the Menorah Chapels at Millburn in Union.
