Obituaries

Alvin Louis Smith III, 57, of Montclair, died on Jan. 5, 2019.Mr. Smith was very active with the Montclair Child Development Center Inc.He was predeceased by his father Alvin L. Smith Jr....

Carmella Martino nee Schillaci, of Cedar Grove, formerly of Montclair, died on Jan. 6, 2019, surrounded by her family.  Mrs. Martino was born at home in Montclair on Feb. 24, 1920. Her patron Saint...

Yu Cheung Chiu, 76, of Galloway, formerly of Montclair, died on Dec. 24, 2018 surrounded by his family. Mr. Chiu was born in Toishan, Canton, China, he lived with his uncle in Hong Kong to...

Josephine “Jackie” or “Mima” M. Zimmermann (nee Casciano) 88, of Bloomfield, formerly of Montclair and Newark, died Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018.As a member of a family of eight children, Mrs. Zimmermann enjoyed motorcycle rides...

Audrus Griffith, 92, of Montclair, died on Dec. 20, 2018.Ms. Griffith retired from Memorial Home for the Aged in Montclair as a nurses aide.She was predeceased by her husband Deighton Griffith. Ms. Griffith is...

Joan MacLachlan Newkirk of Newport, N.H., formerly of Montclair, died on Dec. 23, 2018, after an extended battle with Alzheimer’s disease.Ms. Newkirk was born in 1932 in West Orange to Theodore and Ethel (Bancroft)...

Betty Hammond Johnson, 91, of Cary, NC, formerly of Montclair, died Dec. 16, 2018 surrounded by her family.Mrs. Johnson was the only child of the late Henry E Tunnell and Keturah Hammond. She...

Carmelite Kelly Guttmann, 95, of Cedar Grove, formerly of Montclair, died in her sleep on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018.Mrs. Guttmann was born in Jersey City and was the daughter of Patrick Milton Kelly and...

Judd Harner, of Montclair, died at the age of 53 on Dec. 10, 2018, after battling with metastatic melanoma for the last few months.Mr. Harner went to the Friends Select School in Philadelphia, and...

Clarence H. Wilson, formerly of Montclair, died on Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018.Mr. Wilson was born on Sept. 4, 1919 in Chase City, VA, and grew up in rural Farmville, VA. His teen years were...