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Evelyn Power, 54
Evelyn Pittington Power, 54, of Plainfield died on Tuesday, March 9, 1999 at Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center in Plainfield.
Born in Fanwood, she was raised in Plainfield and had also lived in North Plainfield for 15 years before returning to Plainfield in 1975.
Surviving are two daughters, Debra Bunton and Kimberly Power, both of Eatontown; two sisters, Shirley Ricci of Denver and Margaret McCabe of Cocoa Beach, Florida, and three grandchildren.
Private services will be arranged by the Scarpa Funeral Home in North Plainfield.
Ruth Becker
Named ‘Woman of Year’; Was District Leader, Air Raid Warden
Ruth Becker of Westfield died on Thursday, March 4, 1999 in Union Hospital.
Born in Newark, she had lived in Irvington before moving to Westfield 30 years ago.
Mrs. Becker was a district leader/ air raid warden in Newark for three years during World War II.
She was a member of the Ladies Felix Fuld Lodge and the Erste Bershader Lodge, both in Newark, and the Women’s Club in Westfield.
She was named “Woman of the Year” by the Senior Citizens in Westfield.
Surviving are two sons, Sheldon Becker and Robert Becker; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Graveside services were held on Sunday, March 7, in King Solomon Cemetery in Clifton.
Arrangements were handled by the Menorah Chapels at Millburn in Union.
Marie Cafro, 81
Marie Cafro, 81, of Westfield died on Wednesday, March 10, 1999 in Rahway Hospital.
Born in Newark, she had lived in Piscataway and Bayville before moving recently to Westfield.
Surviving are three sons, Ralph Cafro, Gerald Cafro and Edward Cafro; two daughters, Grace Chimento and Marie Lazaro; two brothers, Arnold Memoli and Steve Memoli; 13 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
A Mass was offered on Friday, March 12, in Our Lady of Fatima Church in Piscataway, following the funeral from the Middlesex Funeral Home in Middlesex.
Jack Sanzalone, 4
Former Student At Temple Emanu-El, Local School
Jack Sanzalone, 4, of Westfield, died on Thursday, March 11, 1999 at home.
Born in Livingston, he had lived in Westfield all of his life.
He attended Temple Emanu-El preschool and the Precious People Early Earning Center, both in Westfield.
Surviving are his parents, Richard Sanzalone and Lisa Ann Kessler Sanzalone; a sister, Grace I. Sanzalone, all of Westfield; his paternal grandmother, Dorothy Connelly Sanzalone of South Plainfield; and his maternal grandparents, Herbert Kessler and Jane Berenson Kessler of Westfield.
Funeral Services were held on Friday, March 12, at Temple Emanu-El in Westfield.
Shiva was observed on Friday, Saturday evening, March 13, and Sunday, March 14, in Westfield.
Arrangements were handled by James W. Conroy Funeral Home in South Plainfield.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Jack A. Sanzalone Fund, c/o Temple Emanu-El, 756 East Broad Street, Westfield, 07090.
Lillian Darrow, 83
St. Bart’s Parishioner; Resident of Scotch Plains for 39 Years
Lillian Toresco Darrow, 83, of Scotch Plains died on Wednesday, March 10, 1999 at home.
Born in Plainfield, she lived in Scotch Plains for 39 years.
Mrs. Darrow was a member of St. Bartholomew the Apostle Roman Catholic Church in Scotch Plains.
She was predeceased by her husband, Louis Darrow, in 1970, and by three brothers, Matthew Toresco, Domenick Toresco, and Anthony Toresco.
Surviving are two sons, Larry Darrow of Westfield and Richard Bruce Darrow of Scotch Plains; a daughter, Rita Poole of Normandy Shores; two sisters, Jeannette DiQuollo of Scotch Plains and Betty Simmons of Sun City, South Carolina; six grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Funeral services were held on Saturday, March 13, at the Higgins Home for Funerals in Watchung, followed by a Mass at St. Bartholomew the Apostle Church.
Memorial contributions may be made to Atlantic Hospice, 33 Bleeker Street, Millburn, 07041.
Mary R. Gibbons, 87
Mary R. Gibbons, 87, of Scotch Plains died on Saturday, March 6, 1999 at Berkeley Convalescent Center in Berkeley Heights.
Born in Orange, she had moved to Scotch Plains in 1948.
Mrs. Gibbons was a homemaker. She was predeceased by her husband, William Gibbons, in 1990.
Surviving is her daughter, Sharon G. Staehler.
Funeral Services were held on Wednesday, March 10, at Rossi Funeral Home in Scotch Plains.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Hubert’s Giralda, 575 Woodland Avenue, P.O. Box 159, Madison, 07940.
Helen M. Geiger, 88
Assembly Worker At Cosmair Cosmetic-L’Oreal in Clark
Helen M. Geiger, 88, of Bricktown died on Wednesday, March 10, 1999 at Bartley Manor Convalescent Center in Jackson.
Born in Rahway, she had lived there before moving to Bricktown 20 years ago.
Mrs. Geiger had been an assembly worker for 14 years at Cosmair Cosmetic-L’Oreal of Paris in Clark before retiring 25 years ago.
She was predeceased by her husband, Fred Geiger, in 1977.
Surviving are two sons, Richard Geiger of Seminole, Florida and Fred Geiger of Bricktown; a daughter, Anna Ziegler of Fanwood; six grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held on Saturday, March 13, at the Silverton Memorial Funeral Home in Toms River.
Valerie V. English, 81
Founded Art Club; Secretary For County Prosecutor’s Office
Valerie V. English, 81, of Mountainside died on Sunday, March 7, 1999 in Overlook Hospital in Summit.
Born in Elizabeth, she had lived in Westfield before moving to Mountainside 34 years ago.
Mrs. English was head of the accounts payable department at Phelps-Dodge in Elizabeth and a secretary in the Union County Prosecutor’s Office for attorney H. Russell Morss.
She co-founded the Elizabeth Art Club, was a secretary of the Art Council of New Jersey, and was a member of the Westfield Art Club and the Elizabeth Town Cotillion Club.
She graduated from the Miami Business School in 1945 and from the Newark School of Fine Arts in 1952.
Mrs. English also graduated from the Robert Brackman School of Arts in Noank, Connecticut, and from the Gerry Farnsworth School of Art in North Truro, Massachusetts.
Surviving are her husband, Richard English; two daughters, Devon Colby and Gwyn Nielsen; a sister, Cay Jones; two brothers, Chester Youthkus and Joseph Youthkus, and three grandchildren.
Funeral services were held on Saturday, March 13, in the Higgins and Bonner Echo Lake Funeral Home in Westfield.
Sandra Moore-Price, 48
Sandra L. Moore-Price, 48, of Fanwood died on Tuesday, March 9, 1999 at Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center in Plainfield.
Born in Chicago, she had lived in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in Cleveland, in Carol Stream, Illinois, and in Bloomingdale, Illinois, before moving to Fanwood in 1984.
Ms. Moore-Price was an assistant collection manager for Hartz Mountain Industries, Commercial Realty, in Secaucus for 12 years.
She also worked as a collector for Berkeley Federal Savings and Loan in Millburn; and as an account representative for Montgomery Ward in Lombard, Illinois, and General Electric Corporation in Glen Ellyn, Illinois.
Ms. Moore-Price was awarded a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Anthropology from the University of Chicago, and earned a master’s degree in business administration from Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison.
She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Scotch Plains.
Surviving are a daughter, Shannon M. Price of Fanwood; a son, Thaddeus L. Price of Fanwood; her parents, George W. and Valeria Davis Moore of Fanwood, and a sister, Sharon Moore of Voorhees.
Funeral services were held on Saturday, March 13, at the First United Methodist Church.
Arrangements were handled by the Rossi Funeral Home in Scotch Plains.
