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Sadie F. Gagliardi
ROCKAWAY – Sadie F. Gagliardi died on Thursday, August 21, 2008 at Regency Grande Nursing Home in Dover. She was 82.
Born in Rockaway, she lived in Dover and Mine Hill before returning to Rockaway 20 years ago.
Mrs. Gagliardi was a cafeteria worker at Morris Knolls High School in Denville for 17 years before her retirement in 1991.
She was predeceased by her husband Joseph in 1989, and three brothers Raymond, George and Roland Hiler.
She is survived by four children Judith Gagliardi of Rockaway, Lorraine Ficarella of Hackettstown, Joseph of Morris Plains, and Trudy Gagliardi of Rockaway; two sisters Elizabeth Feola of Hibernia, Constance “Connie” Kimble of Virginia, and a brother, Robert Hiler of Denville; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, Aug. 24 at 9: 15 a.m. from the Whitham - Kanapaux Funeral Home, 20 Keller Ave., Rockaway to a funeral Mass celebrated at 10 a.m. at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Rockaway. Visiting hours will be held on Sunday from 2-6 p.m. only.
Martha Jane Budd
ROCKAWAY – Martha Jane Budd died on Saturday, January 3, 2008 at home. She was 85.
Born in Dover, she was a lifelong resident of Rockaway and had previously wintered in Boyton Beach, FL.
Mrs. Budd was a homemaker.
She was a member of the Rockaway Boro Super Seniors.
She is survived by her husband John R.; four daughters, Sharon McMahon of Hackettstown, Merile Allen of Ojai, CA, Sandra Taylor of Belmar, Pamela Culp of Ashville, NC; a son Christopher of Rockaway; 11 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held privately.
Joseph W. Stoddard
DENVILLE – Joseph W. Stoddard died on Saturday, January 3, 2009 at Franciscan Oaks in Denville. He was 92.
Born in Brooklyn, NY to the late William and Catherine Stoddard, he lived in Valley Stream, NY before moving to Denville 3 years ago.
He was an insurance salesman and the owner of Turtle Bay Brokerage in Wantagh, NY for 20 years.
Mr. Stoddard served in the Army under Gen. George S. Patton during WWII.
He was a member of the VFW and American Legion both of Long Island.
He is predeceased by his sister Mazie, and three brothers Bill, John and Frank.
He is survived by his wife Audrey of 69 years; two sons, Daniel and his wife Tricia of Vero Beach, FL, and John and his wife Luci of Denville; and four grandchildren, Nicholas, Joseph, Jackson and Christine Stoddard.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday, Jan. 8 at 9: 15 a.m. from the Whitham-Kanapaux Funeral Home, 20 Keller Ave., Rockaway to a funeral Mass at St. Catherine of Siena Church, 10 N. Pocono Rd., Mountain Lakes at 10 a.m.
Visiting hours will be held on Tuesday from 4 to 8 p.m. and on Wednesday from 4 to 8 p.m.
Julia Patricia DiGirolamo
HOPATCONG – Julia Patricia DiGirolamo died on Tuesday, November 25, 2008 at home after a long illness. She was 70.
Born in New York, NY she was raised in Ft. Lee and moved to Hopatcong 37 years ago.
Mrs. DiGirolamo was the third grade teacher at Sacred Heart School in Rockaway for 37 years before her retirement in 2006; prior to that she taught at Madonna School in Ft. Lee.
She was a parishioner of St. Jude’s Church in Hopatcong.
She is survived by her husband Anthony; a sister, Rosemary Martin and a brother William John Martin.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, Dec. 1 at 10:30 a.m. from the Whitham-Kanapaux Funeral Home, 20 Keller Ave., Rockaway to a funeral Mass at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Rockaway at 11:30 a.m.
Visiting hours will be held on Sunday from 2 to 6 p.m. only.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to: Sacred Heart School, 40 E. Main St., Rockaway, NJ 07866. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.
Maria D. Hnat
ROCKAWAY – Maria D. Hnat died on Saturday, November 22, 2008 at home. She was 83.
Born in Fall River, Mass. she lived in Totowa Borough for 35 years and Spring Hill, FL for 11 years before moving to Rockaway 10 years ago.
Mrs. Hnat was an accounting clerk with Prudential Insurance Co. for 13 years before retiring in 1987.
She was a parishioner of Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Rockaway and a member of the Rockaway Twp. Seniors.
Loving mother and grandmother, she loved and cherished her family and friends. She truly touched the lives and hearts of everyone she met. Bold, strong- willed, quick-witted and fun-loving, she was an avid traveler and skilled craftswoman. Among her many talents she was an accomplished knitter, she loved to crochet and do needlepoint. Her greatest happiness was creating a special project or knitted keepsake for friends and family so that they would have a special and lasting reminder of her.
Throughout her lifetime, she used her talents to bring happiness and comfort to so many people. She crafted countless blankets for shut-ins and people in hospice care as a member of the Morristown Women’s Club. She knitted hundreds of hats for the homeless and donated them to the Dover Soup Kitchen at Trinity Lutheran Church.
She also had a special place in her heart for all animals, especially the wounded and abandoned. She donated food to Noah’s Ark in Ledgewood, regularly as well as taking home “doggie bags” to feed those animals not fortunate enough to find shelter.
She was predeceased by her husband Stephan in 1997.
She is survived by two sons, Jeffrey Hnat and his wife Kathleen and Gregory Hnat and his wife Elsa; a daughter Joyce Baio with whom she lived, and her husband Giuseppe Puzo. Also surviving are her six grandchildren Jillian, Tore, Arielle, C.J., Stephan and Julie; and two great-grandchildren Kyleigh and Azalea.
This loving, generous woman was a true beacon of light, love, and hope in her family’s life who will be dearly missed and remembered always.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 26 at 9: 15 a.m. from the Whitham-Kanapaux Funeral Home, 20 Keller Ave., Rockaway to a funeral Mass at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Rockaway at 10 a.m. Interment at Locust Hill cemetery in Dover.
Visiting hours will be held on Tuesday from 4 to 8 p.m. only.
Because she so firmly believed in and supported Catholic education, it would have pleased her greatly for family and friends to donate money to the two schools her grandchildren attended in lieu of flowers. Donations may be made to: Sacred Heart School, 40 E. Main St., Rockaway, NJ 07866, or to: Morris Catholic High School, 200 Morris Ave., Denville, NJ 07834. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.
Mary D'Amelio
ESCONDIDO, CALIF. -- Mary D'Amelio passed on peacefully at her home on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008. She was 75.
She was born and raised in central Ohio, Washington Courthouse and Upper Sandusky. She moved to Boonton as a teenager, and eventually settled in Rockaway for most of her life. She was an accomplished quilter and owned Quilt Country USA on Union Street in Rockaway for many years. She also enjoyed pottery, bobbin lace, weaving and sewing of all kinds. She was a collector of antiques and most things handmade. She was a mentor and teacher to many over the years and also a student herself of bobbin lace and more recently banjo playing, drawing and sculpture.
She was blessed with a large family. She was predeceased by her mother, Genevieve; her father, Samuel; her first husband, Joseph Vnenchak; a son, Joseph Jr.; and her second husband, Peter D'Amelio.
She is survived by her brothers, Jackie Perry, Darrel Wilt and James Backenstoe; her sister, Gloria Biermiester; five daughters, Sharon Martin and her husband, James, of Lake Hiawatha, Susan Kee of Ladson, S.C., Jenny Copeland and her husband, Michael, of Apex, N.C., Francine Del Grosso and her husband, Dean, of Jefferson and Margaret D'Amelio of Byram; and a son, Danny D'Amelio of Ledgewood. She has three stepchildren, Rocco D'Amelio and his wife, Carol, of Wisconsin; Anthony D'Amelio and his wife, Tracy; and Jerry and his wife, Gayle, both of Long Valley. She will also be missed by 11 grandchildren, Michael and Jimmy Martin, Thomas, Steven, Linda and Danny Kee, Bjarne Severud, Jesse, and Casey Del Grosso, and Christopher and Kimberly D'Amelio. In addition, four great-grandchildren, Gabriella, and Angelo Martin, and Christopher and Breanna Bridgwater, also survive. She also had many nieces and nephews.
She was loved by many friends and will be dearly missed. She was a wonderful woman, a great mother with a heart full of kindness and love.
A memorial gathering will be held on Friday, Nov 21, at Whitham-Kanapaux Funeral Home, at 20 Keller Ave., in Rockaway, N.J., from 4 to 8 p.m.
Victoria Pisarcik
ROCKAWAY TWP. – Victoria K. (Bakosh) Pisarcik died on Sunday, November 16, 2008 at Merry Heart Nursing Home of Boonton Twp. She was 92.
Born in Passaic, she lived in Boonton before moving to Rockaway Twp. 72 years ago.
Mrs. Pisarcik was a telephone operator with NJ Bell in Dover for 25 years before retiring in 1972; prior to that she worked at Picatinny Arsenal.
She was a parishioner of St. Simon the Apostle Church in Green Pond and had attended St. Cecilia’s Church in Rockaway for many years. She was a member of the St. Cecilia’s Seniors and the Bell Telephone Pioneers.
She was predeceased by her first husband Stephen J. Bakosh in 1972, and her second husband Joseph Pisarcik in 1999; two brothers Joseph and Edward Kalafut; her grandson Frank Wasko; and her son-in-law Roger Robinson.
She is survived by three daughters Victoria Robinson, Katherine Peer and her husband David and Beverly Bordano-McClendon and her husband Dayle McClendon; a sister Maryann Saulsbery; seven grandchildren, Victoria Love, Annette Varela, Anona Day, Kathyann Snyder, David M. Wasko, Mary Davenport and Lorraine Scheer; 15 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday, Nov. 20 at 9: 15 a.m. from the Whitham-Kanapaux Funeral Home, 20 Keller Ave., Rockaway to a funeral Mass at St. Simon the Apostle Church, 1010 Green Pond Rd., Green Pond, NJ at 10 a.m. Interment at Our Lady of Czestochowa cemetery in Doylestown, PA.
Visiting hours will be held on Wednesday from 4 to 8 p.m. only.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to: Hibernia Fire Co. #1, PO Box 911, Hibernia, NJ 07842 or an organization of your choice.
Raymond E. Weiler
ROCKAWAY – Raymond E. Weiler died on Wednesday, November 12 2008 at Compassionate Care Hospice at St. Clare’s Hospital/Dover. He was 77.
Born in Dover, he lived in Rockaway for 48 years before moving to Wharton two years ago.
Mr. Weiler served in the Army during the Korean Conflict.
He worked as a machine engraver with Pamarco Inc. in Roselle for 39 years before his retirement.
He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Rockaway, the Rockaway Borough Seniors, the Ironia Wheelers, and he had also served as a Cub Scout Master.
He is survived by his wife Fay; two daughters, Fay M. Rice and her husband Daniel of Long Valley, and Diane L. Miller and her husband Thomas of Rockaway; two sons, William R. and his wife Maryjude of Denville and Jeffery A. and his wife Cara of Rockaway; 9 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
A funeral services will be held on Saturday, Nov. 15 at 10 a.m. at the Whitham-Kanapaux Funeral Home, 20 Keller Ave., Rockaway. Interment at Rockaway Presbyterian cemetery.
Visiting hours will be held on Friday from 4 to 8 p.m. only.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in memory of Ray to: American Diabetes Assn., Center Point II, Ste. 103, 1160 Rt 22E, Bridgewater, NJ 08807 or the American Cancer Society, 669 Littleton Rd., Parsippany, NJ 17154
