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Frank Salsano, Jr., 32
Frank P. Salsano, Jr., 32, of
Fanwood died on Saturday, September
5, at Muhlenberg Regional Medical
Center in Plainfield.
Born in Newark, he had moved to
Fanwood in 1966.
Mr. Salsano was a member of St.
Bartholomew the Apostle Roman
Catholic Church in Scotch Pains.
He attended Scotch Plains-
Fanwood schools.
He was predeceased by his father,
Frank P. Salsano, Sr., in 1972.
Surviving are his mother, A. Jackie
Salsano of Fanwood; a brother, Adam
A. Salsano, Sr. of Wall Township,
and a sister, Deborah Salsano of
Fanwood.
Funeral services will be held today,
Thursday, September 10, at 9
a.m. at the Rossi Funeral Home in
Scotch Plains, followed by a Mass at
10 a.m. at St. Bartholomew the
Apostle Church.
Memorial contributions may be
made to the Fanwood Volunteer Rescue
Squad or to the Fanwood
Policemen’s Benevolent Association.
Shirley Monroe, 68
Shirley “Mac” Monroe, 68, of
Westfield died on Monday, September
7, at home.
Mrs. Monroe was educated through
the Westfield school system.
She was a member of the Metropolitan
Baptist Church in Westfield,
where she served on the Senior Usher
Board, the Missionary Board and the
Scholarship Committee.
She was predeceased by a son,
William Monroe, Jr.; her father,
Deacon Issac Bennett; two sisters,
Mildred Roach and Louise
Pinckney, and a brother, Issac
Bennett, Jr.
Surviving are her husband, William
Monroe, Sr.; her mother, Carrie
Bennett; a son, Mark Monroe,
Sr. of Westfield; three daughters,
Judy Johnson and Traci McNeil,
both of Westfield, and Delores
Morgan of Plainfield; six brothers,
Earl Lee, Grant Bennett, Robert
Bennett, Garfield Bennett, Ernest
Bennett and Richard Bennett, all
of Plainfield, and a sister, Ruth
Wells, also of Plainfield.
Funeral services will be held at
noon tomorrow, Friday, September
11, at the Metropolitan Baptist
Church in Scotch Plains.
Visitation is from 7 to 9 p.m. today,
Thursday, September 10, at the
church. Arrangements are being
handled by the Plinton Curry Funeral
Home in Westfield.
Frank Parlapiano, 53
Navy Veteran; Had Owned Food Service for 10 Years
Frank Parlapiano, 53, of
Mountainside died on Tuesday, September
1, in St. Michael’s Medical
Center in Newark.
Born in Irvington, he had lived in
Summit before moving to
Mountainside in 1970.
Mr. Parlapiano had owned the
Community Food Management Service
of New Jersey, serving many
areas in the state, for more than 10
years.
He was a graduate of the Culinary
Institute of America in Hyde Park,
New York, and Middlesex County
College in Edison.
He served in the United States
Navy during the Vietnam War.
Mr. Parlapiano was a member of
the Tuesday Nite Mixed Bowling
Club in Clark and the Mountainside
Parents and Teachers Association.
Surviving are his wife, Michele L.
Parlapiano; a daughter, Lauren M.
Parlapiano; his mother, Mary
Parlapiano, and two sisters, Marie
Cristo and Dolores Ruggiero.
A Mass was offered on Saturday,
September 5, in Our Lady of Lourdes
Roman Catholic Church in
Mountainside following the funeral
from the Rossi Funeral Home in
Scotch Plains.
Rev. William Cober, 75
Hospice Leader; Former Pastor at First Baptist Church
The Reverend William K. Cober,
75, of Palatine, Illinois died on Sunday,
August 23, in Northwest Community
Hospital in Arlington
Heights, Illinois.
Born in Rochester, New York, he
had lived in Blackstone, Massachusetts,
in Dayton, Ohio, in Westfield,
in Topeka, Kansas, and in Philadelphia
before moving to Palatine.
Reverend Cober, who oversaw denominational
mission programs
throughout the United States, had
been the executive minister for
American Baptist Churches of Metropolitan
Chicago, encompassing 67
congregations, from 1989 to 1992.
He had served as Pastor at several
churches, including the Blackstone
Federated Church in Blackstone from
1947 to 1950; the Memorial Baptist
Church in Dayton from 1950 to 1960,
and the First Baptist Church of Westfield
from 1960 to 1972. He also was
executive minister of the Kansas Baptist
Convention from 1972 to 1977.
He was awarded a bachelor’s degree,
with honors, in sociology from
Colgate University in Hamilton, New
York in 1944, and a Bachelor of
Divinity Degree from Andover Newton
Theological Seminary in Newton
Center, Massachusetts in 1947.
Reverend Cober also received an
honorary Doctor of Divinity Degree
from Ottawa University in Ottawa,
Kansas in 1973.
He was a volunteer with the Community
Church of Barrington in Illinois,
where he assisted in a program
to benefit the homeless. In addition,
he volunteered time teaching English
to non-native speakers.
Reverend Cober was a member for
four years on the board of the Hospice
Foundation of Northeastern Illinois
Inc. in Barrington, serving as
President in 1997.
He launched a nationwide “Grow
By Caring” program while working
with the Baptist Convention’s national
ministries. In addition, Reverend
Cober sponsored training programs
in conflict-resolution techniques,
as well as an Urban Strategy
workshop in Chicago.
Surviving are his wife, Edith
Cober; two sons, Peter and Gregory,
both of the Chicago area, and two
grandsons.
A memorial service was held on
Sunday, August 30, in the North
Shore Baptist Church in Chicago.
Emily M. Yankielun
Emily M. Yankielun, 76, of Westfield
died on Wednesday, September
2, in Overlook Hospital in Summit.
Born in Brooklyn, Mrs. Yankielun
had moved to Westfield 45 years ago.
Surviving are her husband, Norbert
Yankielun; a son, Norbert Yankielun,
and two daughters, Judith Yankielun
and Audrey Yankielun.
A Mass was offered on Saturday,
September 5, in St. Helen’s Roman
Catholic Church in Westfield, following
the funeral from the Dooley
Colonial Funeral Home, 556 Westfield
Avenue in Westfield.
Pauline Cantillo, 70
Pauline Sciarpelletti Cantillo, 70,
of Scotch Plains died on Wednesday,
September 2, at Overlook Hospital in
Summit.
Born in Port Reading, she had
lived in Scotch Plains for 50 years.
Mrs. Cantillo had been a beautician
in Scotch Plains before retiring
25 years ago.
She was a former member of the
Gran Centurions and a member of the
Twig program at Rahway Hospital.
Surviving are her husband,
Michael Cantillo; three sisters, Rose
Boross of Cranbury, Gussie Young of
Edison and Carmela Posaski of Fair
Play, South Carolina, and a brother,
Anthony Sciarpelletti of the Colonia
section of Woodbridge.
Funeral services were held on Saturday,
September 5, at the Memorial Funeral Home,
155 South Avenue in Fanwood.
