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Anthony P. Correia,
Anthony P. Correia, 75, died on Sunday, September 28, 1997 at Muhlenburg Regional Medical Center in Plainfield.
Born in Newark, he had lived in Irvington for 35 years before moving to Scotch Plains two years ago.
Mr. Correia had been a shipping clerk for Micro Stamping Company in Somerset for 30 years, retiring in 1993.
He also was a United States Army veteran of World War II and received two Purple Hearts.
He was predeceased by his wife, Frances Rivers Correia, in 1989.
Surviving are a son, Anthony J. Correia of Scotch Plains; a daughter, Phyllis Correia-Ruela of Howell; two brothers, Joseph Correia of Whippany and Phillip Correia of Chicago, and four grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held today, Thursday, October 2, at 9 a.m. at the Rossi Funeral Home in Scotch Plains, followed by a 10 a.m. Mass at St. Bartholomew the Apostle Roman Catholic Church in Scotch Plains.
Ruth Robinson, 88
Ruth Robinson, 88, of Plainfield, died on Wednesday, October 29, 1997 at Abbott Convalescent Center in Plainfield.
Born in King William County, Virginia, she had lived and worked in the Westfield and Plainfield area for more than 70 years.
Mrs. Robinson was a member of the Bethel Baptist Church in Westfield, where she was a member of the choir for many years. She also was one of the original members of the Westfield Negro History Club and belonged to various area social clubs.
Surviving are three sons, James B. Robinson of Saluda, Virginia; William G. Robinson of Columbus, Ohio and Robert H. Robinson of Plainfield; two daughters, Ruby Williams of Plainfield of Plainfield and Fay Pearyer of Allentown, Pennsylvania; a sister, Madeline Williamson of Westbury, New York; 15 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held on Tuesday, November 4, at the Bethel Baptist Church.
Arrangements were handled by the Plinton Funeral Home in Westfield.
Janice J. Shackell, 70
Secretary; Was Member of Sweet Adelines
Janice Jensen Shackell, 70, of Fanwood died on Wednesday, October 29, 1997 at home.
Born in Philadelphia, Mrs. Shackell had lived in Fanwood for the last 65 years.
Mrs. Shackell had been a medical secretary at Overlook Hospital in Summit.
She was a member of the Scotch Plains Chapter of the Sweet Adelines.
Surviving is a sister, Audrey Wreszin of Basking Ridge, and six nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were handled by the Gray Funeral Home, 318 East Broad Street in Westfield.
Interment was at Fairview Cemetery in Westfield.
Imperio Cuccaro, 58
Imperio Cuccaro, 58, of Garwood died Friday, October 31, 1997 at home.
Born in Italy, he had lived in Westfield before moving to Garwood 24 years ago.
Mr. Cuccaro had worked in maintenance for The Gran Centurians in Clark. Previously, he was a heat treater for Accurate Bushing Co. in Garwood for 25 years.
Surviving are his wife Theresa Cuccaro; his mother, Maria Carasonna Cuccaro; two sons, Joseph Cuccaro of Garwood and Antonio Cuccaro of Westfield; two daughters, Maria Valles and Rosaria Carlino, both of Westfield; four sisters, Rosetta Psemeneki of Mountainside, and Emma Cuillo, Gina Cuccaro and Agnese Cuccaro, all of Westfield; a brother, Elio Cuccaro of Congers, New York, and six grandchildren.
A Funeral Mass was held Monday, November 3, in St. Anne’s Roman Catholic Church in Garwood.
Funeral arrangements were handled by the Higgins and Bonner Echo Lake Funeral Home in Westfield.
Interment took place at Fairview Cemetery in Westfield.
Elizabeth S. Barrett, 71
Elizabeth Suzanne Barrett, 71, a former resident of Westfield, died on Saturday, October 18, 1997 in San Jose, California, after a long illness.
She was born in Westfield on June 9, 1926, to Lewis A. and Elizabeth Pierson Kniffin.
Mrs. Barrett was a granddaughter of State Senator Arthur N. Pierson, and a descendant of the first Colonial settlers of Westfield.
Ms. Barrett received her early education in the Westfield public schools and at a private school in Virginia.
Later she majored in liberal arts and music, a lifelong devotion of hers, at the Casements School in Florida.
In 1950 she married Paul S. Kueter; they had four children and lived in New York for several years before moving to Westfield in 1957. The marriage ended in divorce. Subsequently she moved to northern California and later married David Barrett, who died in 1990.
Ms. Barrett is survived by a son, David C. Kueter, of Mullheim, Germany, three daughters, Katherine A. Scandling of Saratoga, California and Karen L. Kueter and Erica K. Wilson of San Jose, and three grandsons.
Funeral arrangements were private.
Robert Johnston, 72
Robert S. Johnston, 72, of Lakewood died on Thursday, October 30, 1997 at the Green Acres Manor nursing home in Toms River.
Born in Plainfield, Mr. Johnston had lived in Green Brook for 30 years before moving to Lakewood.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Seton Hall University in South Orange in 1950. Mr. Johnston was one of the first disc jockeys at the college’s radio station, WSOU. Mr. Johnston received a master’s degree in social work from Rutgers University in New Brunswick in 1968.
He had worked in the 1950s as an unemployment counselor with Jersey Job Services. In the 1960s, he had been employed as a social worker for Somerset County, where he established a worker training program for welfare families.
Mr. Johnston served as Welfare Director for Franklin Township during the 1970s, during which time he established food programs for needy families.
He had also directed a program in the late 1970s which brought inmates from Trenton State Prison to the Mercer County Vocational and Technical School for job training and education.
A jazz aficionado, Mr. Johnston was a drummer, who played clubs in Central New Jersey and in New York City from the 1950s through the 1980s. He became a leader in Local No. 746 of the Musicians Union in Plainfield during the 1950s.
Mr. Johnston was predeceased by his wife, Carol Hacker Johnston.
Surviving are three sons, Robert Johnston, Jr. of Westfield, James Johnston of North Brunswick and Gary Johnston of Matawan; a sister, Doris Jones of Columbia, Maryland, and six grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted on Monday, November 3, at the Sheenan Funeral Home in Dunellen.
A Mass of Christian Burial followed at St. John’s Roman Catholic Church in Dunellen.
Interment took place at Hillside Cemetery in Scotch Plains.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Green Brook Rescue Squad, 101 Green Brook Road, Green Brook, 08812.
Margaret H. Jarnagin, 83
Margaret Hollenbeck Jarnagin, 83, of Westfield died Wednesday, October 29, 1997 at Rahway Hospital.
Born in Bayonne, she had lived in Westfield for the last 45 years.
Mrs. Jarnagin retired in 1978 after 23 years as a receptionist and switchboard operator for Engelhardt Industries in Menlo Park. She had previously worked for 18 years as a switchboard operator in New York City for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
Mrs. Jarnagin was predeceased by her two husbands, Harold R. Hollenbeck and William M. Jarnagin.
She is survived by a daughter, Joy Hollenbeck Jekelis of Westfield; three stepchildren, Sydney Wright of Sea Bright, William M. Jarnagin, Jr. of Trenton and Richard Jarnagin of Red Bank, and three grandchildren.
A Eucharist was offered on Friday, October 31, at St. Helen’s Roman Catholic Church in Westfield.
Arrangements were handled by the Gray Funeral Home, 318 East Broad Street in Westfield.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in Mrs. Jarnagin’s memory to the American Heart Association or the Westfield Volunteer Rescue Squad, 335 Watterson Street, Westfield, 07090.
