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Stephen is survived by his devoted wife of 35 years Maria (nee Lourdes). Brother in law of Domingo Ela Jr., he is also survived by many loving and cherished friends.

George McCarthy

George McCarthy, of San Francisco, Calif., passed away on Oct. 16 at age 64 from metastatic cancer.

He was born to George and Edna McCarthy (nee Conley) in Kearny, where he graduated from St. Ce-cilia’s High School. He attended Rutgers Newark University where he ma-jored in sociology.

He was predeceased by his parents and brother Daniel. He is survived by five siblings: Marianne Petriello (Robert), Eu-gene (Patricia), Kathleen (Craig Geis), Edward, and Michael (Nancy MacDonald) and 15 nieces and nephews.

George was employed by several well-known San Francisco companies, Western Can and Win-terland Productions, for many years in computer

support. Donations in George’s

memory can be made to the Tom Waddell Urban Clinic, 230 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco, Calif. 94102 or to KQED, 2601 Mariposa St., San Fran-cisco, Calif. 94110.

Gwen Rodgers Gwen Rodgers, of

Bradenton, Fla., formerly of Harrison, entered eter-nal rest on Aug. 14. Gwen was the widow of Jack Rodgers, the deceased Harrison fire chief. She was 81.

Gwen was an active member of the Ameri-can Legion Post 24 in Bradenton. She was only the second female com-mander of the post since its inception 90 years ago. Gwen was a veteran of the Korean War and served in the Women’s Army Corps.

Gwen is survived by her brother, Robert Parslow, a daughter Ka-ren Mauriello and grand-daughters Kim Mauriello, Nicki Montcalvo. She is also survived by three great-granddaughters, Kaitlyn, Skyla and An-nabella, great-grandson Vincenzo, all from Bradenton, Fla.

Gwen is also survived by her extended family in New Jersey: Sharon Holmes of Morristown, Jack Rodgers of Harrison, Elaine Gage and husband Alan of Roxbury, Mike Rodgers of Brick. She was also survived by grandchildren Colleen Holmes Luzaj, Robert

Holmes, John Colasanti, Brian Gage, Sarah Gage and all their children.

Gwen will also be missed by all her friends in the Harrison area.

Her immediate family requests that any dona-tions in Gwen’s mem-ory can be made to the Veteran’s Relief Fund at American Legion Post 24, Bradenton, Fla. 34207.

Mildred P. Ward Mrs. Mildred P. Ward

(nee Wittek) of Kearny passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 28. She was 85. The funeral Mass was offered on Friday, Oct. 31, at St. Stephen’s Church, Kearny, Entombment followed in Holy Cross Chapel Mausoleum. Condon Funeral Home (condonfuneralhome.com) 684 Kearny Ave., Kearny, was entrusted with the arrangements.

Mrs. Ward had been a clerk for Prudential Insurance Co. in Newark before retiring many years ago.

Wife of the late Joseph P. Ward, she is survived by her children Berna-dette McDonald and her husband, Stephen, Patrick Ward and his wife, Judith and Claire Wiggins and her hus-band, John. Also surviv-ing are her grandchildren Erin, John, Christopher, Stephen, Julia and Kelly.

In lieu of flowers, please make donations to St. Barnabas Hospice or St. Stephen’s Church. En-velopes will be available in the funeral home.

OBITS from 25

Nutley resident Ben-jamin Halligan, Class of 2015 at St. Peter’s Pre-paratory School, Jersey City, has been named a Commended Student in the 2015 National Merit Scholarship Program.

Commended Students placed among the top 5% of more than 1.5 million students who

entered the 2015 compe-tition.

Benjamin is the son of Theresa and John Halli-gan and is a graduate of J. H. Walker School. At Prep, he is a consistent Honor Roll student, a member of the Ignatian Scholars, Campus Min-istry team and the crew team.

Halligan is to be ‘Commended’

Benjamin Halligan

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