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Dominick Sicola, 87
Dominick Sicola, 87, of Brick died
on Wednesday, February 2, 2000 in Brick
Hospital.
Born in Jersey City, he had lived in
Scotch Plains before moving to Brick
34 years ago.
Mr. Sicola had been a refrigeration
engineer for 35 years with Merchants
Refrigeration in Secaucus before retiring in 1977.
Surviving are a daughter, Dolores
Gudzak; a son, Carlo Sicola; a
brother, Joseph Sicola; a sister, Barbara Mirabelli; six grandchildren and
nine great-grandchildren.
A Mass was offered on Monday,
February 7, in St. Dominic’s Church in
Brick, following the funeral from the
D’Elia Funeral Home in Lakewood.
Clorinda G. DiCuollo
Clorinda G. DiCuollo of Scotch
Plains died on Monday, January 31, 2000
in Muhlenberg Regional Medical
Center in Plainfield.
Born in Montozzali, Provence of
Chiete, Italy, she settled in Scotch
Plains in 1926.
Mrs. DiCuollo was a member of
the Italian-American Club and St.
Nicholas Women’s Auxiliary, both
in Scotch Plains.
She was predeceased by her husband,
Angelo DiCuollo; a son, Philip
DiCuollo, and two brothers, Peter
Caparola and Armando Caparola.
Surviving are two sons, Angelo
DiCuollo and Thomas DiCuollo; a
brother, Ernesto Caparola, and two
grandchildren.
A Mass was offered on Thursday,
February 3, in St. Bartholomew the
Apostle Roman Catholic Church in
Scotch Plains, after the funeral from
the Rossi Funeral Home, also in
Scotch Plains. Interment was at St.
Mary’s Cemetery in Plainfield.
Rev. Michael A. Merlucci, 52
Pastor Of St. Bartholomew the Apostle
The Reverend Michael Angelo
Merlucci, Pastor of St. Bartholomew
the Apostle Roman Catholic Church
in Scotch Plains, died on Saturday,
February 5, 2000 in St. Barnabas Medical
Center in Livingston. He would have
been 52 years old today.
Born in Newark, the son of the late
Angelo and Rachel Malgieri
Merlucci, he had lived in Northvale,
East Orange, Jersey City and Washington,
D.C. before moving to Scotch
Plains in 1997.
Reverend Merlucci, who was Pastor at
St. Bartholomew Church since
1997, had also been Pastor at St.
Joseph’s Church in East Orange and
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish in
Jersey City.
He was also a parish priest at Mount
Carmel in Worcester, Mass. and at
St. Anthony Church in Northvale.
He was Director of continuing
formation of priests, Director of the
Rite of the Christian Initiation of
Adults program for the Archdiocese
of Newark and Secretary to the Papal
Nuncio at the Vatican Embassy in
Washington, D.C.
He had also been involved with the
Priest Senate and was dean of
deaneries 2 and 10, an archdiocesan
consulter Chaplain of Father Nelligan
Council No. 5730 of the Knights of
Columbus in Scotch Plains and
archdiocesan moderator of the
National Council of Catholic Women.
Reverend Merlucci was ordained
a Roman Catholic priest on July 12,
1975 after attending college and
seminary in Louvain, Belgium.
Surviving are aunts, uncles and
cousins.
A Vigil Mass was offered yesterday,
Wednesday, February 9, at St.
Bartholomew the Apostle Church.
A concelebrated Mass, which is
not open to the general public, will
take place at 10 a.m. today, Thursday,
February 10, in the church.
Interment will be at Gate of Heaven
Cemetery in East Hanover.
Arrangements were under the direction
of the Rossi Funeral Home in
Scotch Plains.
Memorial contributions may be
made to the Joslin Diabetes Center,
South Orange Avenue, Livingston,
07039.
Richard Tims
Musician and Veteran; Active With Local Service Groups
Richard Henry Tims of Mountainside
died on Thursday, February 3, 2000
in Overlook Hospital in Summit.
Born in Roselle Park, he had lived
in Elizabeth before moving to
Mountainside 50 years ago.
Mr. Tims, a printer, was a member
of the CWA Union, formerly the ITU
Typographical Union. He had operated
the linotype machine and was a
proofreader for the Art Color Printing
Company in Dunellen, J. C.
O’Brien in New York, The Wall Street
Journal and The Westfield Leader.
A musician from the age of 15, he
played the vibraharp and had worked
for WOR Lofts Candy, Dreamland
Park in Elizabeth, the Nine O’ Clock
Club and various church and social
clubs.
Mr. Tims joined the United States
Army as a musician and played in the
band at Fort Dix. He subsequently
attended the New England Aircraft
Technical School for mechanics in
Boston and was classified as a
mechanical technician.
He was assigned to Bolling Field
in Washington, D.C., where he served
as Crew Chief of single engine aircraft
and as Aerial Engineer on multi-engine
aircraft.
During his military service, he also
transported fighter planes on a tanker
to the Philippines, served in Okinawa
and was assigned to Japan during the
occupation following the war.
Mr. Tims was a charter member of
the Mountainside Chapter of Veterans
of Foreign Wars (VFW). He was
also a member of the VFW Clark
Ruddy Post No. 7363, where he was
appointed as historian, Civil Disaster
Chairman of the Fifth VFW First
Shelter Home in Union County and
Publicity Chairman and was elected
to the Office of Surgeon.
In addition, he was a member of
the Mountainside Elks Lodge No.
1585 and a member of the Elks’
Crippled Children’s Committee.
He was a member of Our Lady of
Lourdes Roman Catholic Church in
Mountainside and the Senior Citizen
Club of Mountainside.
Surviving are his wife of 54 years,
Pauline Conforti Tims, and a sister,
Marilyn DeNizo of Florida.
The funeral was held from the
Higgins and Bonner Echo Lake Funeral
Home in Westfield on Monday,
February 7. A Mass followed at Our
Lady of Lourdes Church. Interment
took place at St. John’s Cloister in
Middle Village, Queens.
Diana De Quollo, 79
Worked at Macy’s; Member of Scotch Plains Senior Citizens
Diana De Quollo, 79, of Scotch
Plains died on Monday, February 7, 2000
at home.
Born in the Bronx, she moved to
Scotch Plains in 1947.
Mrs. De Quollo had worked in the
security office of Macy’s department
store in Plainfield for 25 years before
retiring in 1990.
She was a member of the Scotch
Plains Senior Citizens.
Surviving are a daughter, Kathleen
De Quollo; a sister, Miriam
Shedrowitz, and a grandchild.
Private services were arranged by
the Rossi Funeral Home in Scotch
Plains.
