All Obituaries

Doris Teresa (née Kelly) Shinn, 99, passed away at her home in Northridge, CA, on August 8, 2023. Born in Harrison, NJ, on May 2, 1924, to Herbert and Ruth (née Hollister) Kelly, Doris was a child of the Great Depression. She remembered its lessons throughout her life and treated every hardship as a temporary misfortune that would soon be overcome. A clever bright-eyed girl with a bob cut, young Doris sang and tap-danced in vaudeville shows and was always the star student in...

Grace Morales de Augusto “Margie”, 70, passed away on Thursday, September 21, 2023, in Clara Maass Medical Center, Belleville, NJ. Relatives and friends are invited to visit at the Thiele-Reid Family Funeral Home, 585 Belgrove Drive, Kearny, NJ on Sunday, September 24 from 1 to 5 p.m. Cremation will be private. Born in Ecuador, Margie immigrated to the United States in 1970 and lived in Queens, NY. She has lived in Kearny for the last forty six years. She worked as a...

Breanna Nicole Pifano, 20, quietly took her last breath on Monday, September 18, 2023, in Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ. Relatives and friends are invited to visit at the Thiele-Reid Family Funeral Home, 585 Belgrove Drive, Kearny, NJ on Saturday, September 23 from 1 to 5 p.m. Cremation will be private. She was born in Belleville, NJ as the firstborn daughter of Italo and Laura Pifano. Breanna grew up in Kearny and was a graduate of Kearny High School's class of...

Marion Rita Dunrovich, (nee Myles), departed her loving family on September 6, 2023.  Relatives and friends are invited to visit at the Thiele-Reid Family Funeral Home, 585 Belgrove Drive, Kearny, NJ on Tuesday, September 12 from 4 to 7 p.m. The funeral will begin in the funeral home on Wednesday morning at 11:00 a.m. then to St. Stephen's R.C. Church where a Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 12:00 p.m. Interment will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, NJ. Marion was...

Elaine Grajewski, 78, passed away on Sunday, September 3, 2023, in St. Michael’s Medical Center, Newark, NJ. Relatives and friends are invited to visit at the Thiele-Reid Family Funeral Home, 585 Belgrove Drive, Kearny, NJ on Friday, September 8 from 2 to 6 p.m. The funeral service will begin at 4:00 p.m. Cremation will be private. Born in Norfolk, VA Elaine lived in the Bronx, NY before moving to Harrison, NJ in 1978. Mrs. Grajewski was a lunch aide in Lincoln School in Harrison...

Mr. Johnny Robert Arana, Sr. died at Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville, NJ on Monday, August 21, 2023. Visiting will be held in the Thiele-Reid Family Funeral Home, 585 Belgrove Drive, Kearny, from 8:30-9:30 am on Friday, September 1, 2023. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Cecilia’s Church in Kearny at 10:30 am on Friday. Interment will follow at Arlington Cemetery in Kearny. Born and raised in Lima, Peru, Mr. Arana emigrated to the United States in 1992 where he...

Mr. John V. O’Rourke, 86, died at home in Kearny, NJ on August 27, 2023. Visiting will be held in the Thiele-Reid Family Funeral Home, 585 Belgrove Drive, Kearny, on Wednesday, August 30 from 3 to 7 pm. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Kearny on Thursday, August 31 at 10 am. Interment will follow at Glendale Cemetery in Bloomfield. Born and raised in Jamaica, Queens, Mr. O’Rourke served in the US Army in Germany from 1959-1961 and continued to...

Antonio Manuel Madalena, was born on October 22,1939 passed away on Saturday, August 5,2023 in Clara Maass Medical Center, Belleville, NJ after a long battle with cancer. Relatives and friends are invited to visit at the Thiele-Reid family Funeral Home, 585 Belgrove drive, Kearny, NJ on Tuesday August 8th from 4 to 8 pm. The funeral will be on August 9th at Holy Cross Church, Harrison, NJ at 10:00am, with interment to follow at Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, NJ. Born and...

William Thomas Donoghue, 65, passed away on Saturday, July 29, 2023, in Complete Care at Barn Hill in Newton, NJ after a long illness. Relatives and friends are invited to visit at the Thiele-Reid Family Funeral Home, 585 Belgrove Drive, Kearny, NJ on Monday, August 7 from 4 to 8 p.m. The funeral will begin in the funeral home on Tuesday morning, August 8 at 9:00 a.m. then to St. Stephen’s Church, Kearny where a 10:00 a.m. Funeral Mass will be celebrated. Cremation will be...

Miss Sharon Powell, 64, passed away peacefully at home in Orange, NJ on Sunday, July 30, 2023, while surrounded by her loving family. Relatives and friends are invited to visit at the Thiele-Reid Family Funeral Home, 585 Belgrove Drive, Kearny, NJ on Wednesday, August 2 from 4 to 8 p.m. Cremation will be private. Born in New York City, Sharon lived there until moving to Orange in 2016. She worked for Verizon in Manhattan for many years before retiring in 2008. Sharon is survived by her...