Funeral Thursday for Wayne Man Killed in Route 46 Accident

Michael W. Pascrell, 21, who will be laid to rest at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.

Funeral services are set for Michael W. Pascrell, 21, who died Saturday after being struck by a car Friday night. Pascrell, a lifelong resident of Wayne, will be laid to rest at the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Totowa after a funeral mass at 10 a.m. Thursday at Our Lady of the Valley Church, 630 Valley Road. The Wayne Valley High School Class of 2010 graduate was walking on the right side of a ramp leading to Route 46 at about 10:15 p.m. Friday when an unidentified driver struck him. Pascrell died at St. Joseph's hospital at 12:35 a.m. Saturday morning, police said. Pascrell was a junior at Rider University and a cousin of U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, D-Paterson.

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Funeral Arrangements Set for Departed Soldier McConnell

People can pay respects in both of the Afghanistan veteran's hometowns, Parsippany and North Caldwell.

The final journey for U.S. Army Spc. Derek McConnell is set.  McConnell, who lived in Parsippany, died Monday of causes yet to be announced. A viewing for the soldier will be held Monday, April 1, from 2 to 8 p.m. at the Par-Troy Funeral Home, 92 Parsippany Road in Parsippany, according to his mother, Siobhan Fuller-McConnell. A funeral mass will be held in North Caldwell Tuesday, April 2 at 11 a.m., where he lived as a youth, at Notre Dame Roman Catholic Church, 359 Central Ave.  McConnell, 23, was wounded in Afghanistan in July 2011, after being hit by an improvised explosive device while patrolling in the Zahri District in Kandahar. He lost his legs and suffered other serious injuries that kept him in recovery in Maryland for months.  …

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Wake for Dews will be Monday in Lyndhurst

Dews' body was found at the base of a gorge in Pennsylvania last week. Authorities have labeled her death as being 'suspicious.'

A visitation for relatives and friends of Gail Dews will be held from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at Nazare Memorial Home in Lyndhurst. Dews body was found at the base of a 92-foot gorge off a Pennsylvania highway Monday, March 11. Authorities have deemed Dews’ death “suspicious.” Pike County coroner Kevin Stroyan previously said Dews died from “multiple blunt force injuries” that appear to have been caused by Dews’ fall to the bottom of the gorge. An obituary on Nazare Memorial Home’s website states that Dews was a clerk for a local dairy distributor. She was born in Passaic and was a Wayne resident for most of her life. Dews (nee Vander Teems), 56, is survived by her husband Stephen; children Jaime, Christopher, and Timothy; grandson …

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Whitney Houston Laid to Rest in Westfield

Procession arrived at noon Sunday for burial ceremony at Fairview Cemetery. Nearly 100 fans shouted 'We love you, Whitney' as hearse turned into the cemetery.

The vigil at Fairview Cemetery began at first light Sunday morning. There were no mourners, just reporters and photographers mingling congenially as they staked out a good spot for their reports back to the network morning shows or a position for the perfect photo of the funeral procession bringing Whitney Houston to the cemetery for her burial. Police officers arrived before daylight, at 6 a.m., to secure every possible corner of the Fairview property, from the Cranford border along Union County College to the south and E. Broad Street to the north. At the western end of the cemetery, Gallows Hill Road was closed to prevent any neighborhood street from messing up any potential route in which the procession of hearses and limos that would …

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Mendez was 'Fun, Loving, and Polite'

Viewing will be Friday, Oct. 7.

Alan "A.J." Mendez is described as being a a fun, loving, polite, friendly, prankster on his obituary page on the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home's Web site. Mendez "loved being outdoors and really enjoyed being with his friends," the obitary states. "BMX bike riding, skateboarding, electric guitar (heavy metal/rock), and playing XBox for hours on end were all passions of his." Mendez, 16, was killed Sunday when a train fatally struck him and 17-year-old Fairfield resident Nick Sabina. A third youth, a 15-year-old suffered non-life threatening injuries. Mendez, a junior at Wayne Valley High School, previously attended Randall Carter Elementary School and George Washington Middle School. Mendez worked at Journeys Shoes at the …

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This Week's 'Real Housewives' Continues to Break Hearts

Laurita-Holmes fight continues and Giudice-Gorga feud back on the scene.

"The Real Housewives of New Jersey" marked its second thoroughly difficult viewing week Sunday. We continue seeing the argument between housewife Jacqueline Laurita and her daughter Ashley Holmes, and once again see Montville Township sisters-in-law Teresa Giudice and Melissa Gorga exchange jabs at each other during an otherwise pleasant social event. The show picks up where last week’s left off, with Laurita, her husband Chris, her ex-husband Matt and his wife Jodi trying to discuss Holmes’ future with her. Last week, Jacqueline stormed out when Ashley brought up the fact that she was not pregnant at 20, like Jacqueline was with her. While Chris follows Jacqueline, Matt and Jodi tell Ashley that she has to apologize to her mother. She …

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Daniel Dolan, 74

Longtime Wayne fire official retired in 2002.

Daniel Dolan, 74, of Wayne died Friday, Jan. 14. He was the owner of Dan Dolan Construction for 10 years. Before retiring in 2002, he was the Fire Official for Wayne for 25 years. He was a member of Wayne Community Fire Company No. 1, the Wayne Township First Aid Squad and was a member of the Wayne Elks Lodge No. 2181. He also coached baseball at the Wayne Police Athletic League. He served as a chaperone for ski trips for elementary schools in Wayne and DePaul High School, also in Wayne. He served 20 years on the board of directors of Sisco Village in Wayne.  He is survived by his wife Elsie (nee Unger); children Kenneth and Colleen; brothers Donald, and his wife Jean, James and Thomas; sister Lynne Mulholland, and her husband Richard; …

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Annette Attardi, 93

Survived by six great-grandchildren

Annette Attardi (nee Esoldi), 93, of Wayne died Jan. 14. She was predeceased by her husband Charles. She is survived by her son Charles Jr., and his wife Nel; daughter Loretta Werkley and her husband Tim; grandchildren Terry, and her husband Perry Ray, Timothy Werkley, and his wife Rosa, Christopher Attardi and David Attardi; and great-grandchildren Ashley, Perry Neal, Julia, Emma, Christopher and Alexis. Arrangements: Moore's Home for Funerals, Wayne.

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