Obituaries

Calvin C. Roberts, 94, died on Friday, Sept. 13, 2019. He was a lifelong resident of Montclair.  Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 26 at Woody “Home For Services,”...

Fulvia Cocja (nee Colella), 87, of Morris Township, died in her home on Sept. 17, 2019. Mrs. Cocja was born in Alexandria, Egypt on June 30, 1932 to the late Nicola and Elvira (Allegra) Colella. Before...

Douglas Williams Martin, 75, a long-time resident of Montclair, died on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019 at Leisure Park Nursing Home in Lakewood.Mr. Martin was born on June 27, 1944. He spent many hours plowing...

Family and friends, including many in Montclair's literary scene, recall Dorothea "Dottie" Benton Frank fondly after her unexpected death.

Madelyn Cummings FitzGerald, 96, formerly of Montclair, died on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019 at her family’s home in Simsbury, Conn.She was born in Montclair, on June 24, 1923 to Martin and Delia Cummings.Mrs. FitzGerald...

Margie May Johnson died on Monday, Aug. 30, 2019.Mrs. Johnson was born Sept. 7, 1914, in Ansonville, N.C. to David L. and Tinnie Mask McLendon. During her early years in Ansonville, she married the late...

Frances T. Giammella, 96, died on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019.Mrs. Giammella was born on May 7, 1923 in Jersey City. She lived in Montclair for almost 40 years, and in Brick for 26 years.Mrs....

James Thomas Johnson, of Montclair, died on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2019. Mr. Johnson was born on Oct. 24,1932 in the small city of Charlotte County, Va. to Robert Francis and Evelyn Dennison Johnson.Mr. Johnson attended...

Gregory Charles Smith, 77, of Montclair died on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019.Born in Kearny, the son of the late Charles Smith and Frances Rainey Brown, he lived in Montclair for over 60 years.Mr. Smith...

Robert Gleason, 73, died at home in Livingston on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. Mr. Gleason was born on May 26, 1946 to Thomas and Irene Gleason of Jersey City.He attended St. Aloysius High School in...