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Frances Brody, 83
Founded and Helped Facilities for Children and the Elderly
Kim Frances Brody, 83, of Scotch Plains died on Tuesday, June 13, 2000 in the Morris Township home of her daughter, Patti Lehrhoff.
Born and raised in Newark, the daughter of Russian immigrant parents, she had been a successful Realtor.
At age 17, she held a job running the day-to-day operations of a foundry. As a teenager, she also was a member and officer of Junior Hadassah and was active in fundraising and other activities for the women’s Zionist organization.
She and her late husband, Herbert Brody, were members of Temple Emanu-El in Westfield, where the Frances and Herb Brody Chapel was named in their honor.
She received the Judaic Heritage Award from the temple’s Men’s Club and established a scholarship fund there for student aid to Israel.
Mrs. Brody was a founding member of Westfield Hadassah, which honored her as its Woman of the Year.
She was also a member of the Board of Governors of Hebrew University in Israel and was Honorary Chairman of the New York Region of the university.
Mrs. Brody established research scholarships at the university and was the first woman to receive the university’s “Torch of Learning” award.
The Brody family established the Frances and Herb Brody Center for Food Sciences in Rehovot, Israel, where a street, Frances Brody Boulevard, is named in her honor.
Mrs. Brody served on the Board of Governors of Hadassah Hospital in Israel and was a founding member of its children’s hospital, as well as being on the board of Alyn Hospital for handicapped children in Jerusalem.
She also was a member of the Board of Israel Bonds, the Prime Minister’s Club and the President’s Club. Mrs. Brody was the recipient of both the Eleanor Roosevelt Hudegree award and the Woman of Valor award from Israel Bonds Women’s Division of Metro West.
She served on the Board of the Eye Institute of New Jersey and was a Past Vice-President of Fight for Sight. She was also a founding member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D. C. and was a life member of many other organizations, among them the Brandeis University Women’s Division.
Mrs. Brody donated the Neonatal Intensive Care Nursery at Newark Beth Israel Hospital and established the Frances and Herb Brody Early Childhood Centers at the MetroWest Jewish Community Center in Whippany and at the Jewish Community Center of Central New Jersey in Scotch Plains.
She also worked for many years on behalf of the Guild for Jewish children, where she was active in fundraising and established the first reading and testing room. Mrs. Brody also served as Vice-President of the guild.
She donated the Chapel at the Central New Jersey Jewish Home for the Aged in Somerset and worked for the Daughters of Israel Home in West Orange, where she sat on the boards for both the home and its Ladies Auxiliary.
Mrs. Brody was a longtime Associate member of the Franklin State Bank; a board member of the Eastern division of Easter Seals and a fundraiser for Boston University.
She received the Realtor of the Year award from the New Jersey Realtors Association for her humanitarian efforts, and was also honored by the Deborah Hospital of Browns Mills and AMIT Women.
Mrs. Brody was a member of the Jewish Federation of MetroWest in Essex County and the Jewish Federation of Central New Jersey in Union County and was on the board of the United Jewish Appeal.
She was predeceased by her husband in 1983. Mr. Brody was President and Chief Executive Officer of Supermarkets General.
Also surviving are two other daughters, Susanne Brody of Greenwich, Conn. and Wendy Keil of Morristown; a son, Andrew Brody of Harrison, N.Y.; two sisters, Rae Gelber of Hillside and Mae Lippy of West Orange, and 14 grandchildren.
Funeral services were held yesterday, Wednesday, June 14, at Temple Emanu-El. Interment followed in the Beth Israel Memorial Park in Woodbridge.
Shiva will be held at the Keil residence, 7 Cobblestone Lane in Morristown, today and tomorrow, June 15 and 16.
Arrangements were under the direction of the Bernheim-Apter-Goldsticker Suburban Funeral Chapel in Maplewood.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hebrew University, Brody College of Agriculture.
Evelyn Rohrabaugh, 73
Evelyn K. Rohrabaugh, 73, a life long resident of Westfield, died on Monday, June 12, 2000 at home.
Miss Rohrabaugh had worked in the Accounting Department of the Rohrabaugh Insurance Agency in Westfield until joining the office of Frank Perier, a Certified Public Accountant in Westfield, in 1952 as an accounting administrator.
She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Westfield, where she belonged to the choir and the Handbell Choir and was a church school teacher for many years.
She was a Past Grand Officer for the Order of the Eastern Star of New Jersey and was its Grand Representative to Kentucky from 1995 to 1997.
Miss Rohrabaugh served as Secretary of the Atlas Chapter No. 99 of BRIGHT.
for the past 20 years. Surviving are a brother, Kenneth C. Rohrabaugh of Norfolk, Va.
A memorial service will be held Friday, June 16, at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church.
Interment will be private.
Visitation will take place today, Thursday, June 15, at the Gray Funeral Home, 318 East Broad Street in Westfield, from 7 to 9 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the First Baptist Church Music Fund.
James E. Drum, 40
James Edward Drum, 40, of Scotch Plains died on Tuesday, June 13, 2000 at home.
Born in Elizabeth, he moved to Scotch Plains 25 years ago.
Surviving are his parents, Douglas and Nancy Drum; three brothers, Thomas Drum, Michael Drum and Daniel Drum, and a sister, Teri Crawford.
A Mass will be offered at 11 a.m. tomorrow, Friday, June 16, in the Immaculate Heart of Mary Roman Catholic Church in Scotch Plains.
Arrangements are being handled by the Higgins Home for Funerals in Plainfield.
Frank Cimato, 91
Frank Cimato, 91, of Hillsborough died on Sunday, June 4, 2000 at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville.
Born in Brooklyn, he had lived in Scotch Plains for 30 years before moving to Hillsborough in 1980.
Mr. Cimato had been employed by Bell Labs AT&T of Murray Hill, and previously with Western Electric in New York, for 30 years of combined service before retiring in 1973. He was a member of the Mary, Mother of God Church in Hillsborough.
Surviving are his wife of 67 years, Ethel Cimato; a son, Robert Cimato of Hillsborough; and three grandsons.
Funeral services were held yesterday, Wednesday, June 14, at the Hillsborough Funeral Home in Belle Mead.
Interment was at St. Bernard Mausoleum in Bridgewater.
Mildred E. Bianco
Mildred E. Bianco, 80, of Delray Beach, Fla., died on Tuesday, June 6, 2000 at Manor Care in Boynton Beach, Fla.
Born in Elizabeth, she had lived in Westfield before moving to Delray Beach in 1980.
Mrs. Bianco had been a bookkeeper with Arrowhead Conditioning Company in Westfield before retiring to Florida.
She was a member of the Rosary Society at St. Helen’s Roman Catholic Church in Westfield and at St. Vincent Ferrer Roman Catholic Church in Delray Beach.
She had also been an active volun teer with the Girl Scouts.
She was predeceased by a son, Raymond Bianco, in 1990.
Surviving are her husband, Anthony V. Bianco; a son, Vincent A. Bianco of Sergeantsville; two daughters, Elsie B. Powell of Scotch Plains and Noreen Lund of Westfield; two sisters, Mary Marhon of Morristown and Anne Lesak of Garwood, and eight grandchildren.
A memorial Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. in St. Helen’s Roman Catholic Church in Westfield today, Thursday, June 15.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Memorial Funeral Home, 155 South Avenue in Fanwood.
Memorial donations may be made to the St. Vincent Ferrer Building Fund, 840 George Bush Boulevard, Delray Beach, Fla., 33483.
Angelica E. Stappas, 56
Was Active With Church, Scouting and Hospice
Angelica E. Psilipoulos Stappas, 56, of Neshanic Station died on Friday, June 9, 2000 at home.
Born in Providence, R. I., she had lived in Westfield before moving to Neshanic Station four years ago.
Mrs. Stappas was a former Youth Director, Sunday school teacher, and President of the Ladies Philoptochos Society at the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Westfield.
She was also a former President of the Welcome Wagon organization in Westfield and a former volunteer for the Westfield High School system, the Hunterdon County Hospice and the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of America in Plainfield.
She was predeceased by a brother, Dennis H. Psilipoulos, in 1997.
Surviving are her husband of 36 years, Paul G. Stappas; a daughter, Kristina Marie Parsons of Hopkinton, Mass.; two sons, George Stappas of Delray Beach, Fla. and Gregory Stappas of Neshanic Station; a brother, John H. Psilipoulos of Providence, R.I.; two sisters, Bessie Papigiotis of Smithfield, R.I. and Demetra Hoopis of Lake Forest, Ill., and two grandchildren.
A Mass was offered on Tuesday, June 13, in the Annunciation Church in Cranston, R.I.
Interment followed at the North Burial Ground Cemetery in Providence, R.I.
Arrangements were under the direction of the Branchburg Funeral Home in Branchburg.
Additional visitation took place at the Nardolillo Funeral Home in Cranston.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Cancer Institute of New Jersey, 195 Little Albany Street, New Brunswick, 08901, attention: Dr. Hait.
Joseph Seeley, 94
Joseph Seeley, 94, of Fair Lawn died on Wednesday, July 22, 1998 at Barnert Memorial Hospital in Paterson.
Born in Buffalo, New York, he had lived in Fair Lawn for the last 60 years.
Mr. Seeley had been an assembler, machinist and foreman for Curtiss-Wright Flight Systems in Fairfield for many years before retiring.
He was a member of Van Riper Ellis-Broadway Baptist Church in Fair Lawn.
He was predeceased by his wife, Mildred A. Kuhl Seeley, in 1981.
Surviving are two sons, Joseph R. Seeley of Denville and Donald W. Seeley of Westfield, and three grandchildren.
A funeral service was held on Saturday, July 25, at the Vander Plaat Colonial Home, Inc. in Fair Lawn. Interment took place at George Washington Memorial Park in Paramus.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Van Riper Ellis-Broadway Baptist Church, River Road and Morlot Avenue, Fair Lawn, 07410.
