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James Stancati, 81
James Stancati, 81, of Brick died on Friday, April 9, 1999 at home.
Born in Brooklyn, he had lived in Fanwood before moving to Brick 15 years ago.
Mr. Stancati had been the President and owner of the Aljay Tool and Die Corporation in Manville for 38 years before retiring 19 years ago.
He was the Past President of the Lions Club of Fanwood and an auxiliary member of the United States Coast Guard.
Surviving are his wife, Lucy Stancati; a sister, Mary McManas; two brothers, George Stancati and Arthur Stancati; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
A Mass was offered on Friday, April 16, in St. Martha’s Church in Point Pleasant, following the funeral from the Colonial Funeral Home in Brick.
William H. Parker, 4th, 55
Had Been Assistant Fire Chief in Mountainside
William H. Parker, 4th, 55, of Colonia died on Thursday, July 27, 2000 at home.
Born in Summit, he had lived in Mountainside before relocating to Colonia 12 years ago.
Mr. Parker had been a salesman with the Plainfield Roofing and Sheet Metal Company in Plainfield for 10 years before retiring in 1997.
He was a member of the Mountainside Volunteer Fire Department, where he served as an Assistant Chief.
Mr. Parker was also a member of the New Jersey State Exempt Firemen.
Surviving are his wife, Barbara Parker; a daughter, Christine Parker; a son, Robert Parker, and a sister, Brenda Rizzi.
Private services were arranged by the Gustav J. Novak Funeral Home in Perth Amboy.
Robert A. Ruggiero, 69
Local Judge; Former Mountainside Councilman
Robert A. Ruggiero, 69, a Municipal Court Judge in Mountainside for the past 25 years, died on Thursday, July 27, 2000 at his home in the borough.
Born in Brooklyn, he had lived in Leonia and Cranford before moving to Mountainside in 1963. He also maintained a residence in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.
Besides his position as a magistrate in Mountainside, Judge Ruggiero also served as an alternate municipal court judge in Westfield and Summit.
He had maintained a law practice in Jersey City since 1955, when he was admitted to the New Jersey, Federal and United States Supreme Court Bar Associations.
During the 1980s, he had co-owned, with his late father, Charles Ruggiero, the Hobart Equipment Sales Agency in Jersey City.
The company was the top selling supplier of Hobart supermarket equipment in the country at the time.
Judge Ruggiero received a bachelor’s degree in commerce and finance from Villanova University in Pennsylvania in 1952.
He earned his Doctorate from Fordham Law School in the Bronx in 1955 and completed the Rutgers Appellate Procedures Program at Rutgers University in New Brunswick. He served as a Borough Councilman in Mountainside from 1974 through1980, during which time he was also Police Commissioner, and was a past member of the Mountainside Planning Board.
Judge Ruggiero was an honorary silver life member of the Mountainside Police Benevolent Association; a founder of the Mountainside Pop Warner Midget Football League and an art teacher for patients with Alzheimer’s disease at S.A.G.E. Spend A Day, operated by the Summit Area Association for Gerontological Endeavor.
He was Past President of the Union County Municipal Judges Association, a member of the Union County Bar Association and the New Jersey State Bar Association.
He was Past President of the Holy Name Society at Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church in Mountainside and a member of the Echo Lake Country Club in Westfield and the St. Thomas Yacht Club in the Virgin Islands.
Judge Ruggiero, who developed the Supermarket National Account Sales Program for the Hobart Equipment Company, was named “Industry Man of the Year” in 1988 by the Southeastern Weights and Measures Association of New York State.
Surviving are his wife, Diane Ruggiero; two sons, Dr. Charles F. Ruggiero and Peter A. Ruggiero; a brother, Joseph C. Ruggiero; three sisters, Nancy Venuto, Joy Moneuse and Mellarie Marra, and six grandchildren.
A Mass will be offered at 10 a.m. today, Thursday, August 3, in Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Mountainside, following the funeral from the Higgins and Bonner Echo Lake Funeral Home in Westfield.
Doris Bezkorowayny, 71
Doris Panzer Bezkorowayny, 71, of Garwood died on Friday, July 28, 2000 at home.
Born in Frankfurt, Germany, she came to the United States in 1944. She had lived in Elizabeth, Garwood and Westfield before returning to Garwood 13 years ago.
Mrs. Bezkorowayny had been a secretary for 20 years with Elb Ginders in Mountainside before retiring in 1996.
She was a member of the Deutscher Club of Clark and the Ladies Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Bayleaf Post No. 6807 of Garwood.
Surviving are a son, Eric Bezkorowayny; a daughter, Karen D. Riordan; a sister, Anny Goldman, and three grandchildren.
A Mass was offered on Monday, July 31, in St. Anne’s Roman Catholic Church in Garwood. Interment was in Rosehill Cemetery in Linden.
The Dooley Funeral Home, 218 North Avenue in Cranford, was in charge of the arrangements.
Hazel Brix, 83
Active in Area Church; Retired From Westfield School District
Hazel May Brix, 83, of Scotch Plains died on Friday, July 28, 2000 at the Baptist Retirement Home in Newark.
Born in Brooklyn, she had lived in Cranford before relocating to Scotch Plains nine years ago.
Mrs. Brix had been an administrative assistant for the Westfield Board of Education before retiring in 1973.
A member of the Hydewood Park Baptist Church in North Plainfield for more than 40 years, she taught Sunday school there and served with her late husband, George C. Brix, as an advisor to the Senior High Youth Fellowship.
She also served as President of the Women’s Missionary Society and worked at the church as a secretary after her retirement.
Besides her husband, who died in 1990, she was predeceased by a sister, Dorothy B. Stone, and twin infant sons.
Surviving are a daughter, Debora L. Huffman of Claremont, Calif.; two sons, Kenneth G. Brix of West Redding, Conn. and the Reverend James A. Brix of Scotch Plains; a sister, Edith B. Gallagher of Whiting; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held yesterday, Wednesday, August 2, in the Hydewood Park Baptist Church. Interment took place in Rosedale Memorial Park in Linden.
Arrangements were handled by the Memorial Funeral Home, 155 South Avenue in Fanwood.
Memorial donations may be made to the Memorial Fund of the Hydewood Park Baptist Church.
Connie Golembeske, 71
Connie C. Golembeske, 71, of South Plainfield died on Saturday, July 29, 2000 in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.
Born in Newark, she had lived in Maplewood and Scotch Plains before moving to South Plainfield 45 years ago.
Mrs. Golembeske was the owner of Evergard Steel Corporation in Linden, which she and her husband, Frank W. Golembeske, started in 1962. She retired in 1990, but remained as a consultant.
Surviving, in addition to her husband, are four daughters, Leslie Curley, Catherine Smith, Connie Macellara and Tracey Golembeske; two brothers, Mario Bruttaniti and Salvatore Bruttaniti, and six grandchildren.
A Mass was offered on Monday, July 31, in Our Lady of Czestochowa Roman Catholic Church in South Plainfield, following the funeral from the McCriskin Home For Funerals, also in South Plainfield. Cremation took place in Rosehill Cemetery in Linden.
Memorial donations may be made to Our Lady of Czestochowa Church, 120 Kosciusko Avenue, South Plainfield, 07080.
MAYZETTE STOVER
Retired Westfield teacher, died July 26, 2000 in State College, PA. A writer and artist, Mayzette volunteered as a docent in museums in NJ and PA, as a children’s grief counselor and by instructing diverse topics at schools and prisons.
She was predeceased by husband Burd Stover; friend, George Levenbach.
Marie Dempsey, 86
Was Staff Sergeant In Women’s Army Corps During War
Marie C. Dempsey, 85, of Cranford died on Wednesday, July 26, 2000 in Union Hospital.
Born in Newark, she had lived in Westfield for 12 years before moving to Cranford a year ago.
Miss Dempsey had been a supervisor for eight years at the former Presbyterian Hospital in Newark before retiring in 1979.
Earlier, she had owned Marie C. Dempsey phone Exchange in Newark for eight years.
She served as a Staff Sergeant in the Women’s Army Corps during World War II.
Surviving are three sisters, Rose L. Dempsey, Irene Marhold and Dorothy Smith.
A Mass was offered on Saturday, July 29, in St. Anne’s Roman Catholic Church in Garwood.
Burial took place in the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in East Orange.
Arrangements were handled by the Dooley Funeral Home, 218 North Avenue in Cranford.
