All Obituaries

Ada Luz Rosa, (nee Castillo) 78, passed away on Friday, August 31, 2018 at St. Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ. The funeral will be from the Thiele-Reid Family Funeral Home, 585 Belgrove Drive, Kearny, NJ on Friday, Sept. 7, 2018 at 8:45 a.m. A Funeral Mass will be offered in St. Michael’s Church, Newark at 10:00 a.m. Interment will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, NJ. Relatives and friends are invited to visit at the funeral home on Thursday from 4 to 9...

Alberta (Babe) Hill, 87, (nee Newton), died on Friday, August 10, 2018, from Alzheimer’s disease. Babe was born January 15, 1931 in Newark, N.J., and grew up in North Arlington where her parents, the late Max and Alberta Newton, owned and operated the Forest Dairy. She lived in Belleville for many years where she raised her family and was active in Boy and Girl Scouting and with Fewsmith Church. She was employed by Bell Labs at AT&T/Lucent Technologies until her retirement...

Mary King, (nee McKeown), 93, passed away on Saturday, August 11, 2018 at her home in Kearny, NJ. The funeral will be from the Thiele-Reid Family Funeral Home, 585 Belgrove Drive, Kearny on Thursday, August 16, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. A Funeral Mass will be offered in St. Stephen’s Church, Kearny at 10:00 a.m. Entombment will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, NJ. Relatives and friends are invited to visit at the funeral home on Wednesday from 4 to 8 p.m. Born in Kearny, Mrs....

James J. McNamara, 96, passed away on Friday, August 3, 2018 at the Paramus Veterans Memorial Home, Paramus, NJ. Relatives and friends are invited to meet at Brigadier General William C. Doyle Memorial Cemetery, 350 Province Line Road Wrightstown, NJ 08652 on Tuesday, August 14, 2018 at 10:40AM.  An Inurnment Service will begin at 11:00 a.m. Born in Kearny, James lived there for many years before moving to Nutley 16 years ago. He has lived in Paramus for the last six months. He...

Robert J. Wolansky, 86, of North Arlington, NJ, passed away on Sunday, August 5th, 2018. The funeral will be from the Thiele-Reid Family Funeral Home, 585 Belgrove Drive, Kearny on Thursday, August 9th, 2018 at 8:30 a.m. A Funeral Mass will be offered in Sacred Heart Church, 324 Ridge Road, Lyndhurst at 10:00 a.m. Interment to follow in Holy Cross Cemetery, 340 Ridge Road, North Arlington. Relatives and friends are invited to visit at the funeral home on Wednesday from 4:00 to 8:00...

Elenor Ann Gilmartin (nee Sweeten), 70, of Kearny passed away peacefully on August 3, 2018 at the Villa Marie Claire hospice in Saddle River after a brief illness.  The funeral will be from the Thiele-Reid Family Funeral Home, 585 Belgrove Drive, Kearny on Tuesday, August 7th, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. A Funeral Mass will be offered in St. Cecilia Church, 120 Kearny Avenue, Kearny at 11:00 a.m. Cremation will be private. Relatives and friends are invited to visit at the funeral home on Monday...

Sally P. O’Hare, (nee Connolly), 84, passed away on Saturday, July 28, 2018 at her home in Kearny, NJ. The funeral will be from the Thiele-Reid Family Funeral Home,  585 Belgrove Drive, Kearny, on Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. A Funeral Mass will be offered in St. Cecilia Church, Kearny at 10:00 a.m. Interment will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, NJ. Relatives and friends are invited to visit at the funeral home on Monday from 4 to 8 p.m. Mrs. O’Hare...

Israel Betances, 29, passed away on Thursday, July 19, 2018 at Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ. The funeral will be from the Thiele-Reid Family Funeral Home, 585 Belgrove Drive, Kearny on Monday, July 23, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. A Funeral Mass will be offered in St. Stephen’s Church, Kearny at 10:00 a.m. Entombment will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, NJ. Relatives and friends are invited to visit at the funeral home on Sunday from 2 to 6 p.m. Israel...

Georgina  Piela, 78, (nee Connachan) passed away on Sunday, July 15,2018 at home in Rockaway Borough, NJ The funeral will be from the Thiele-Reid Family Funeral Home, 585 Belgrove Drive, Kearny on Friday, July 20, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. A Funeral Mass will be offered in Queen of Peace Church, North Arlington, NJ at 10:00 a.m. Cremation will be private. Relatives and friends are invited to visit at the funeral home on Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. Mrs. Piela was born in Glasgow, Scotland and...

Brian K. O’Donnell, 44 passed away on Sunday, July 15, 2018 at home in Whiting, NJ. Relatives and friends are invited to visit at the Thiele-Reid Family Funeral Home, 585 Belgrove Drive, Kearny on Wednesday, July 18, 2018 from 4 to 8 p.m.  A funeral service will begin at 7:30 p.m. Cremation will be private. Brian was born in Belleville, NJ and he lived in Kearny most of his life before moving to Whiting one year ago. He is survived by his mother, Donna (nee Volpe) Mair;...