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Mildred Donner

Mildred Donner, 90, of West Orange, formerly of Livingston and West Palm Beach, Fla., died April 18, 2012. She was born in New York City. Mrs. Donner was an assistant to Dr. Cornelius P. Rhoads, the director… More

Sylvia Rothstein

Sylvia Rothstein, 100, of New Providence died April 29, 2012. Born in Jersey City, she also had resided in New York City, Miami, South Orange, and Maplewood. Ms. Rothstein worked as a nurse and also as… More

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Rose Gelber

Rose Gelber of West Orange died April 27, 2012. She was born in Newark in 1923 and also lived in Maplewood and Short Hills. Mrs. Gelber was a nurse who worked at the North Jersey Blood Center for 18 years.… More

Doris Singer

Doris Singer (Lasko), 90, of West Orange died April 8, 2012. Born in Newark, she lived in South Orange and Boca Raton, Fla., before moving to West Orange in 1967. Mrs. Singer was a member of Temple Sharey… More

Jack Kaplowitz

Jack Kaplowitz, 98, of Delray Beach, Fla., died April 17, 2012. He was born in Passaic. Mr. Kaplowitz founded the Birch Lumber Co. and was a member of the Valley National Bank Advisory Board. He served… More

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Stanley Solomon

Stanley T. Solomon, 92, of Burlington Township died April 23, 2012. Born and raised in the Bronx, he lived in Danbury, Conn., before moving to Cranford in 1960. He resided in Linden from 1994 to 2004 and… More

Martin Lee

Martin Lee, 68, of Jerusalem died March 9, 2012. He grew up in Bayonne and lived in Asheville, NC, before moving to Israel in 2000. Dr. Lee, a scientist in the field of medical laboratory testing, was… More

Edwin Lewinson

Edwin R. Lewinson, 82, of South Orange died April 10, 2012. He was born in Detroit. Blind from birth, Dr. Lewinson fought against many forms of discrimination. He worked to increase accessibility for blind… More

Nora Syrkin

Nora Seidner Syrkin, 95, of West Palm Beach, Fla., died April 22, 2012. She was formerly of Livingston, Randolph, and Teaneck. Mrs. Syrkin had worked as a reader for Burrelle’s Press Clipping Bureau… More

Lucille Sondike

Lucille Ladimer Sondike, 89, of Marlboro, formerly of Manalapan, died April 5, 2012. Born in Brooklyn, she lived in Queens for many years before moving to Manalapan for 33 years. Mrs. Sondike worked at… More

Seymour Baranoff

Seymour “Sy” Baranoff, 86, of Las Vegas died April 11, 2012. He was born in Newark and moved to Florida after his retirement and then Las Vegas. Mr. Baranoff was a small business owner in New… More

Alma Klausner

Alma Klausner, 89, of West Orange died April 23, 2012. She was a resident of West Orange for the past 59 years. Mrs. Klausner worked as a bookkeeper for Tabatchnick’s in Millburn and Manning’s… More

Herbert Gandel

Herbert Gandel, 82, of Little Silver died April 9, 2012. He lived in the area for the past 60 years. Mr. Gandel worked as an advertising executive and entrepreneur. He is survived by his wife, Florence;… More

Lois Shapiro

Lois H. Shapiro of Dallas died April 20, 2012. Born in Newark, she lived in West Orange prior to moving to Dallas in 1979. Mrs. Shapiro worked for many years as a registered nurse. She also directed the… More

Jack Sondike

Jack Sondike, 96, of Marlboro, formerly of Manalapan, died January 9, 2012. Born in Hartford, Conn., he spent his youth in Brooklyn and lived in Queens before moving to Manalapan for 33 years. Mr. Sondike… More

Peter Stark

Peter A. Stark, 62, of Framingham, Mass., formerly of Freehold, died Jan. 3, 2012. Mr. Stark was a teacher at Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Boston. Predeceased by his parents, Sid and Ida, and… More

Marvin Facher

Marvin L. Facher, 92, died April 24, 2012. Born in Jersey City, he resided in Maplewood and Short Hills for much of his life. Mr. Facher was the chairman and chief executive officer of America on Wheels,… More

Sheldon Glickman

Sheldon Edwin Glickman, 91, of San Juan Capistrano, Calif., died April 11, 2012. He was born in Brooklyn. Mr. Glickman was employed for over 25 years as production manager for Century Letter Company in… More

Alberta Shevel

Alberta Linda Shevel, 85, of Long Branch died April 7, 2012. Born in Perth Amboy, she moved to Fair Haven in 1949 after her marriage and later to Long Branch. Ms. Shevel grew up in an apartment over her… More

Nicky Morgan

Nicky N. Morgan of Upper Montclair died April 11, 2012. Born in 1950 to Holocaust survivors in Bucharest, Romania, he resided in Upper Montclair since 1980. Mr. Morgan was an engineer, inventor, and photographer.… More

Arnold Miller

Arnold Miller, 66, of Lakewood died April 18, 2012. Born in Newark, he also had resided in Bricktown. Mr. Miller was an avid trumpet player and a lover of all music. He graduated from Weequahic High School… More

William Dickerman

William Dickerman, 91, of Monroe Township died April 14, 2012. Born in the Bronx, he was a former resident of East Brunswick. Mr. Dickman was employed as an auto parts manufacturers representative before… More

Daniel Hittner

Daniel Marc Hittner, 55, of Brooklyn died March 29, 2012. He grew up in West Orange. Dr. Hittner taught at Felician College. He was also a singer and songwriter whose stage name was “Dancing Dolphin.”… More

Jennifer Danzig

Jennifer Danzig, 39, of West Orange died April 16, 2012. Ms. Danzig is survived by her parents, Mark and Jean Danzig; two sisters, Linda Glassman and Amy Danzig; a brother, Josh Danzig; twin nephews, Greg… More

John Kroner

John Kroner of New York City died April 7, 2012. A lifelong lover of the musical theater, Mr. Kroner was a composer, orchestrator, vocal coach, and theater historian. He is survived by his husband, Jeffrey… More

Doree Denburg Stark

Doree Denburg Stark, 80, of Brick died April 20, 2012. Born and raised in Newark, she lived in Hillside and Elizabeth before moving to Brick 10 years ago. Mrs. Stark graduated in 1952 from New Jersey State… More

Harold Bushberg

Harold “Harry” Bushberg, 95, of Verona died April 16, 2012. He was a native of Newark and moved to Verona in 1953. Mr. Bushberg and his brother Gilbert founded Bushberg Bros. Furniture. On… More

Leo Friedman

Leo Friedman, 92, of Aberdeen died April 6, 2012. Born in Mountaindale, NY, he lived in Brooklyn and Washington, DC, before moving to Aberdeen in 1963. Mr. Friedman was a certified public accountant, working… More

Isabelle Cohen

Isabelle Gellin Cohen, 93, of Boynton Beach, Fla., died April 18, 2012. Born in Rahway, she lived there and in Linden before moving to Florida in 1990. Mrs. Cohen was a secretary for Twin County Grocers,… More

Sam Baydin

Sam Baydin, 98, of Tampa, Fla., died April 15, 2012. Born in Wyszkow, Poland, he came to the United States at the age of seven after the end of World War I, living in Brooklyn. He resided for many years… More

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