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Zygmunt Gottlieb, 75
Army Veteran; Self-Employed Real Estate Developer
Zygmunt Gottlieb, 75, of Mountainside, died on Tuesday, September 21, 1999 in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.
Born in Kopinicze, Poland, he lived in Havana, Cuba, before moving to Mountainside 35 years ago.
Mr. Gottlieb was a self-employed real estate developer in northern New Jersey.
He served in the Russian Army during World War II and was a Holocaust survivor.
He was a life member of B’nai B’rith in Westfield and the Men’s Club of Temple Emanu-El in Westfield.
Surviving are his wife, Lilly Gottlieb; two sons, Peter Gottlieb and Michael Gottlieb; a brother, Edward Harvitt, and five grandchildren.
Funeral services were held on Wednesday, September 22, at Temple Emanu-El in Westfield.
Arrangements were handled by the Menorah Chapels at Millburn, Union.
Dr. Gerald Birch Demarest, Jr., 87
Cardiologist; Owned Private Practice
Dr. Gerald Birch Demarest, 87, of Reno, Nev. died on Friday, October 22, 1999 in Wilton, Conn. while visiting family.
Born on October 29, 1911 in New York City, the son of Gerald and Daisy Demarest, he lived in Westfield for 40 years and Wilton for 22 years before moving to Reno.
He had attended Wesleyan University and received his Bachelor of Science Degree and Doctoral Degree from the University of Chicago School of Medicine in 1938.
He served an internship at Orange Memorial Hospital in Orange and a subsequent two-year medical residency in internal medicine at the New York University Post-Graduate Hospital where he was on the staff of Cardiovascular Disease.
He was certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, an Associate of the American College of Physicians, and was a Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners.
In 1975, in Houston, Tex., Dr. Demarest received the high honor of being elected as a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology.
He practiced internal medicine and cardiology at the Westfield Medical Group on Broad Street for 37 years.
He was an Attending Physician and Associate Attending Cardiologist at Overlook Hospital in Summit, and served there for many years as President of the Medical Staff.
At Overlook, he also developed the Coronary Care Unit and served as its Director.
Dr. Demarest was also a member of the American Heart Association, the Union County Medical Society and an Honorary Life Member of the Union County Heart Association.
In World War II, Dr. Demarest served for three years as a Flight Surgeon in the U.S. Army Air Force and was in action in the European Theater with the 488th and 463rd Bomb Groups (B-17), and the 772nd Bombardment Squadron, 15th Air Force at Foggia, Italy.
The Squadron received a Presidential Citation for its role in the famous bombing raid on the oilfields of Ploesti, Rumania.
In Westfield, he was a member of the Board of Directors of the Crestmont Savings & Loan Association and President and Medical Director of the Westfield Convalescent Center, now part of the Meridian Health Care Group.
In Wilton, he was a member of the Wilton Commission on Social Services, the Kiwanis Club and the Congregational Church, and conducted training sessions in cardiac crisis and resuscitation procedures for the Wilton Ambulance Corps.
Surviving are his wife of 59 years, Marian Dally Demarest; three sons, Chip Demarest of Albuquerque, N.M., David Demarest of Laguna Beach, Calif., and Peter Demarest of New York City; three daughters, Gail Wilday of Reno, Susan Kellogg of Wilton, Conn. and Paige Demarest of Lake Forest, Calif.; and 13 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Memorial services were held on Saturday, October 30, at the Congregational Church in Wilton.
Arrangements were handled by The Bouton Funeral Home in Georgetown, Conn.
Memorial donations may be made to the Wilton Volunteer Ambulance Corps Scholarship Fund, 234 Danbury Road, Wilton, Conn., 06897.
Milton Feller, 97
Superior Court Judge, Former Assemblyman, City Councilman
Milton Feller, 97, one of the longest serving Superior Court justices in New Jersey’s history, died on Wednesday, October 27, 1999 at Runnells Specialized Hospital in Berkeley Heights.
Born in New Brunswick, Mr. Feller moved to Elizabeth at age 2 and attended St. Mary’s Parochial School.
He graduated in 1921 from Battin High School in Elizabeth, where he played on the state championship baseball team.
He graduated cum laude in 1925 from Seton Hall College in South Orange, now Seton Hall University, and received a Master of Arts Degree from the school two years later.
He earned his law degree from the New Jersey Law School, now Rutgers University School of Law, in 1929.
Mr. Feller coached Seton Hall’s college and prep baseball teams for three years.
He briefly played professional baseball in the minor leagues before giving it up to pursue his law career.
In 1944, he was appointed as a Union County District Court judge.
Three years later, he was appointed as a delegate to the New Jersey State Constitutional Convention where he worked on the judicial and tax articles.
He advanced to the Union County Court in 1953 and the New Jersey Superior Court in 1961.
Accepting mandatory retirement in 1972 at the age of 70, Judge Feller was recalled to the bench in 1975 and served 13 more years before retiring again in 1988.
Mr. Feller subsequently worked several days a week in the Westfield law office of William Butler before breaking his hip in a fall several months ago.
Mr. Butler served as a law clerk to Mr. Feller during the judge’s early years on the bench.
In the 1960s and 1970s Judge Feller’s rulings set precedents for zoning and municipal land use law in Union County and the state.
Mr. Feller also served on the Elizabeth City Council and was elected to the New Jersey State Assembly for two terms.
He was inducted into the Seton Hall University Athletic Association Hall of Fame, the Union County Baseball Association Hall of Fame and the Elizabeth Athletic Hall of Fame.
He was predeceased by his wife, Joan Haggerty Feller, in 1996.
Surviving are several cousins, Frances, Nancy and Daniel Durett of Scotch Plains and Richard Durett of Westfield.
A Funeral Mass was offered on Saturday, October 30, at St. Genevieve’s Roman Catholic Church in Elizabeth.
Burial took place at St. Gertrude’s Roman Catholic Cemetery in the Colonia section of Woodbridge.
Arrangements were handled by the Leonard Home for Funerals in Elizabeth.
Henry Pullen, 82
Electrical Engineer For Western Electric Firm in Kearny
Henry Van Dusen Pullen, 82, of Lakewood died on Sunday, October 24, 1999 in Shorrock Gardens in Brick.
Born in Perth Amboy, he lived in Westfield, Cranford and Point Pleasant before moving to Lakewood nine years ago.
Mr. Pullen was an electrical engineer and had worked for Western Electric in Kearny for 37 years before retiring in 1978.
He graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.
Mr. Pullen was President of the Union County Chapter of the ARC, the Parent Association at New Jersey Training School and the Occupational Center of Ocean County.
Surviving are his wife, Irma Pullen; a son, Henry Pullen; a daughter, Martha Pullen; a brother, David William Pullen; three grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
A Funeral Service was held on Saturday, October 30, at the D’Elia Funeral Home in Lakewood.
Janet Lee Leonetti, 34
Janet Lee Leonetti, 34, of Scotch Plains died on Monday, October 25, 1999 in Rahway Hospital in Rahway.
Born in Brooklyn, she moved to Scotch Plains two years ago.
Miss Leonetti was a member of the ARC of Union County at the Scotch Plains facility.
Surviving are her parents, Roland and Jeannette Leonetti; a sister, Lisa Marie Rebosio, and a brother, Anthony Leonetti.
A Funeral Mass was held on Friday, October 29, in the St. Helen’s Roman Catholic Church in Westfield.
Arrangements were handled by the Higgins and Bonner Echo Lake Funeral Home in Westfield.
Arline C. Roll, 77
Arline C. Roll, 77, of Springfield died on Tuesday, October 26, 1999 at home.
Born in Newark, she lived in Irvington, Union and Mountainside before moving to Springfield in 1954.
Mrs. Roll had worked for the Hilton Dahlia Farm in Springfield for many years before retiring in 1982.
She was a member of the Senior Bowling League in Union.
Surviving are two sons, Stanley Roll and Steven Roll; a sister, Grace Silverstein, and a grandchild.
Funeral services were held on Friday, October 29, at the Haeberle & Barth Colonial Home in Union.
Robert L. Babb, 73
Robert L. Babb, 73, of Southbury, Conn. died on Tuesday, October 26, 1999 at Danbury Hospital in Danbury, Conn.
Born on May 22, 1926 in Detroit, Mich., the son of the late John and Loretto Keenan Babb, he had lived in Westfield for over 40 years before moving to Southbury in 1993.
Mr. Babb was an insurance manager for the New Jersey Educational Association Income Protection Plan.
He graduated from Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Surviving are his wife, Phyllis Hamilton Babb; a son, Timothy Babb of Atlanta; a daughter, Patti J. Harris of Torrington, Conn., and four grandchildren.
A memorial service was held on Monday, November 1, at the Southbury Funeral Home of Munson Lovetere.
Burial was at the New North Cemetery in Woodbury, Conn.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Heritage Village Ambulance Association, P.O. Box 2045, Southbury, Conn. 06488 or to the Shriners Hospital, 516 Carew Street, Springfield, Mass. 01104.
Adaline Tumolo, 85
Retired Presser; Rosarian at St. Bartholomew Church
Adaline L. Tumolo, 85, of Scotch Plains died on Monday, October 25, 1999 at the Greenbrook Manor Nursing Home in Green Brook.
Born in North Plainfield, she had lived in Plainfield and Long Valley before moving to Scotch Plains 30 years ago.
Miss Tumolo was a retired presser for the Star Dress Company formerly of Plainfield.
She was a member of St. Bartholomew the Apostle Roman Catholic Church in Scotch Plains and of the church’s Rosary Society.
She was predeceased by a brother, Jerry Tumolo, and a sister, Lucy DeAndrea, both earlier this year.
Surviving are four brothers, Louis Tumolo of Lavallette, Anthony Tumolo of North Plainfield, James Tumolo of Warren and Alfred Tumolo of Flemington, and a sister, Josephine Furey of Toms River.
Private funeral services were arranged by the Scarpa Funeral Home in North Plainfield.
