Adele Slater, 74

•  Parishioner of Grace Episcopal Church

Sep 8, 2010 – Adele (Burgess) Slater, 74, on Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. Mrs. Slater was employed as a quality control officer for the Permanent Label Company in Bloomfield for 30 years prior to her retirement in 1996.

The widow of Arthur Slater, she was a parishioner of Grace Episcopal Church on Highfield Lane in Nutley. Born in Passaic, she resided in Clifton and then in Bloomfield for 37 years before moving to Flanders 12 years ago.

Mrs. Slater is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Richard and Virginia Slater of Hopatcong, and Craig and Julia Slater of Moorestown, N.J.; two brothers, Russell and Leonard Burgess; two sisters, Joyce Tursiella and Lynn Riley and four grandchildren.

Funeral 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Allwood Funeral Home, 660-670 Allwood Rd., Clifton. Interment at the East Ridgelawn Cemetery. Visiting 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Thursday.

Lionel Cottino, 85

•  Mechanical Draftsman, World War II Veteran

Sep 7, 2010 – Lionel Cottino, 85 of Nutley, on September 5, 2010, at the Clara Maass Medical Center, Belleville. Mr. Cottino was a WWII Army veteran serving in Europe. Born in West New York, NJ, he resided there most of his life before moving to Essex Co. A mechanical draftsman by trade, he worked at various jobs before
retiring in 1986 from C & S Machine.

An avid and enthusiastic bowler, he had been currently active in 4 bowling leagues. He especially enjoyed the friendships he made as a member of the Nutley Old Guard, where he had served as vice president.

Predeceased by his wife of 51 years, Angelina and a brother, Alfred, he is survived by his son and daughter-in law, Lionel and Marie;, a daughter and son-in-law, Carol Ann and Alan Ballester; three grandchildren, Melissa, Christopher and Alan; three great-grandchildren, Julian, Anthony and Shane Denino, and many nieces and nephews.

Services 8:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 10, from the S.W. Brown & Son Funeral Home, 267 Centre St., with a 9:30 a.m. mass at St. Mary's Church, 17 Msgr. Owens Place. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington. Visiting 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Nutley Volunteer Emergency Rescue Squad, PO Box 172, Nutley, NJ 07110, or St. Joseph's School for the Blind, 761 Summit Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07307, would be appreciated.

Rosemarie LaRiccia, 80

•  Loving Mother and Grandmother, 80

Sep 7, 2010 – Mrs. Rosemarie (George) LaRiccia, 80, on Monday, August 30, 2010 at her Clifton home and surrounded by her family. Born in Newark, Mrs. LaRiccia resided in Nutley before moving to Clifton eight years ago.

She is survived by two daughters and a son, Carolyn Steinhauser and her husband Paul, Phyllis LaRiccia, and Robert LaRiccia and his wife Joanne. She also leaves four grandchildren, Janine, Grace, Juliet, and Nicole. Mrs. LaRiccia was predeceased by her husband, Nicholas, and a brother, Bernard George.

Services held 9:30 a.m. Sept. 4 from the Biondi Funeral Home of Nutley, 540 Franklin Avenue. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Scleroderma Foundation would be appreciated by the family.

Monsignor Louis F. Fimiani

•  Priest for 50 years, Former Pastor at Holy Family

Sep 7, 2010 – Monsignor Louis F. Fimiani, former pastor of Holy Family Church in Nutley, on Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. This past May, he celebrated the 50th anniversary of his ordination into the priesthood.

During the half-century of his priestly ministry, he served the people of St. Teresa of Avila in Summit, Our Lady of Sorrows in South Orange and as pastor at St. Bernard's in Plainfield,Holy Family in Nutley and Blessed Sacrament in Roseland.

He also served on the Priest Personnel Board, the Vocation Board, the Parish Review Committee and the Presbyteral Council, over which he presided. In addition, Msgr. Fimiani was the dean for Deanery 26, vicar for Pastoral Life and coordinator for Renew 2000. He was born in Newark.

Born in Newark, he retired in 2005 to residence at St. Michael's Church, Cranford, where his body will be received on Wednesday, Sept. 8, at 12 noon followed by a viewing and then a funeral mass at 7:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory to the Capital Campaign, c/o St. Michael's Church, 40 Alden St., Cranford, N.J. 07016, would be appreciated.

Genaro "Naring" Canlas Mallari, 77

• Retired Accountant

Sep 4, 2010 – Genaro "Naring" Canlas Mallari, 77, on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. Mr. Mallari was a retired accountant.

Born in Tarlac, Philippines, he was the only son of Melecio and Leoncia Mallari, and brother to Priscilla "Prising" Mallari. He was a graduate of the Far East University in Manila with a major in accounting.

Mr. Mallari immigrated to the United States in 1970 where he settled with his wife in New Jersey. He worked as an accountant for numerous firms including Valiant IMC in South Hackensack.

The husband ofbLorenza (nee Bautista), he is also survived by two sons, Edmund Mallari, and Gene Mallari and
his wife, Clarinda CasaPao; a daughter Lorilynn Lynch and her husband Frederick Lynch, and four grandchildren, Michael, Madelynn, Dylan and Alessandra.

Funeral Mass 10:30 a.m. Monday, Sept. 6, at Holy Family Church, 28 Brookline Ave., Nutley. Visiting 1-5 p.m. Sunday at the S. W. Brown and Son Funeral Home, 267 Centre St., Nutley.

Marie F. Kiernan

•  Services Sept. 9 at St. Peter's Church

Sep 8, 2010 – Marie F. Kiernan of Nutley, on Sept. 4, 2010. She was the wife of the late John J. and mother of Dennis, Vincent, Maureen Grutt, and the late John J. Thomas, and Kenneth. Mrs. Kiernan is also survived by a daughter-in-law, Elsie Kiernan, 11 grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren.

Services 9 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 9, from the Hugh M. Moriarty Funeral Home, 76 Park St., Montclair, with a 10:30 a.m. mass at St. Peter's Church, Belleville. Interment in the parish cemetery.

Gene Biagini, 83

•  World War II Navy Veteran.

Sep 7, 2010 – Gene Biagini, 83, of Barnegat, and formerly of Nutley, on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010 at the Compassionate Care at St. Claire's Hospital Dover.

Born in Newark and a Nutley resident before moving to Barnegat, he was a truck driver for Giordano Trucking in Newark for over 30 years. He served with the U.S. Navy during WWII.

He is survived by three daughters, Patricia Lopreato and her husband Matthew, Gina Ilaria and her husband Charles, and Maria Pereira and her husband Tony; five grandchildren, Michele, Matthew, Janene, Jessica and Daniella, and three great-grandchildren, Paul, Isabella and Matthew. He was predeceased by his wife. Jessie (Chiaravallo) Biagini.

Services were held Sept. 3, 2010, from the Biondi Funeral Home of Nutley.

Salvatore Trovato, 92

•  Lifelong Nutley Resident Was Retired from ITT Communications

Sep 7, 2010 – Salvatore Trovato, 92, a lifelong resident of Nutley, on Sept. 5 at his home following a brief illness. Born in Newark, Mr. Trovato was a retired milling machinist for ITT Communications in Clifton where he worked for 40 years.

Mr. Trovato was also a World War II Army and a member of the Disabled Veteran's Association and the Bloomfield Senior Citizens. He was also a lifetime member of the ITT Century Club, an elected official of the IUE-AFL-CIO, a member of the Disabled Veteran's Association and the Bloomfield Senior Citizens.

Services 9:30 a.m. Thursday from the S.W. Brown & Son Funeral Home (www.swbrownandson.com) with a 10:30 a.m. mass at Holy Family Church, 28 Brookline Ave. Interment at the Glendale Cemetery, Bloomfield. Visiting 2-4 and 7-9 Wednesday at the funeral home.

Mr. Trovato was predeceased by his wife, Rose (Cofone) Trovato; his parents, Fortunato and Josephine; his three brothers, John, Sam and Eugene, and his four sisters, Lena Giamportone, Rose Treglio, Faye Gamba and Lucy Juliano. Surviving are three sisters, Marie Santucci, Gloria Coughlin and Sally Daly; four children, Dr. Fred Trovato and his wife Bernadette, Helen Ferruggia and her husband Rich, Eugene Trovato and his wife Debbie, and Joyce Donovan and her husband, Rick. He also leaves 12 grandchildren, Michelle McAloon Martin, John McAloon, Stephanie Ferruggia, Richard Ferruggia, Carrie Ann Trovato LaSpada, Chris Trovato, Tom Trovato, Daniel Trovato, Rick Donovan, Katie Donovan, Kellie Donovan and Maggie Donovan. He also leaves 13 great-grandchildren.

The family also acknowledged "the loving care and support he got from his caregiver, Donna, and the dedicated team from St. Barnabas Hospice." In lieu of flowers, donations would be appreciated to St. Barnabas Hospice, Old Short Hill Road, West Orange.

Mrs. Dolores Arlt, 78

•  Owned Nanny D's Infant Care Center

Sep 5, 2010 – Mrs. Dolores (McGarry) Arlt, 78, on Friday, Sept. 3, 2010, at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York. She was a telephone operator for the Nutley Answering Service for 12 years and owned the Nanny D's Infant Care Center in Belleville for 28 years before retiring.

Born in Newark, Mrs. Arlt resided in Belleville for 58 years.

The wife 59 years to Franc C. Arlt, she was also the mother of Robert, Diane and Carl, and the sister of Robert F. Mc-Garry, Jr. and his wife, Rose. She is also survived by a brother-in-law, Don Burns; several nieces and nephews, and close friends.She was predeceased by her sister, Janice Burns.

Services 8:30 a.m. Tuesday from the Biondi Funeral Home of Nutley, 540 Franklin Ave., with a 9:30 a.m. mass at Holy Family Church, 28 Brookline Ave. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington. Visitation 1-5 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.

Eugene R. Waltz, 73

•  Former Vice President of Atlantic Chemical Co.

Sep 2, 2010 – Eugene R. Waltz, 73, of East Hanover, on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010, at the Mountainside Hospital, Glen Ridge.
Mr. Waltz was vice president of the Atlantic Chemical Co. in Nutley from 1967 until his retirement in 1995.

A certified teaching pro, Gene was a golf instructor with Anchor Golf Land in Whippany. He was a graduate of Penn State Extentions in 1959, earning a B.S. degree in chemical engineering.

He was a member of the Eastern Short Hair Dog Training Club and the Professional Golf Teaching Association of America and an amateur judge for the K-9 Obedience Club of Essex County. He served in the Marine Reserve from 1953 to 1957.

Born in Lawn, Pa., he resided in Charlotte, N.C. and Bloomfield, N.J., before moving to East Hanover.
Earlier he was a plant manager for Bell Chemical in Gastonia, N.C.

Surviving are are his wife, Shirley; twp daughters, Deborah Reffie and Sherri Pyka; a brother, Richard Streckler; four grandchildren, Samantha, Rocco, Sandra and Brad, and a great-granddaughter, Gianna.

Services Thursday, Sept. 2, at 8:30 p.m. in the Megaro Memorial Home, 503 Union Ave., Belleville. Visitation Thursday from 5 to 9 p.m. On Saturday morning there will be additional visiting at the Lamm-Whitman Funeral Home, 243 W. Penn Ave., Wernersville, Pa., from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Interment will be in St John's Hain's Cemetery, Wernersville, Pa., on Saturday at 11 a.m.