Obituaries

OBITUARY: Loving Wife, Mother and Friend, Maplewood’s Corey Ayala Fagundez Passes Away at 60

Coral “Corey” Ayala Fagundez, age 60, longtime resident of Maplewood, NJ and formerly of Brooklyn, NY, died peacefully on Tuesday, February 9, 2021, ending a…

Michael Smith, 51, ‘Will Always Be Remembered for Kindness & Compassion’

Michael G. Smith of Maplewood, born July 10, 1969, died on January 9, 2021. The sudden and unexpected loss of Michael has left his family…

Maplewood TC Honors Residents Who Passed Away in 2020

At its Annual Reorganization Meeting on New Year’s Day, the Maplewood Township Committee honored 13 citizens of Maplewood that passed away in 2020 and were…

Joe Clark, Paterson’s ‘Principled Principal’ and Longtime South Orange Resident, Passes Away at 83

From Princeton Strategic Communications: Joe Louis Clark, the baseball bat and bullhorn-wielding Principal whose unwavering commitment to his students and uncompromising disciplinary methods at Paterson,…

In Memoriam: Remembering South Orange & Maplewood Neighbors We Lost in 2020

This year, our In Memoriam reflects the pain of loss we experience every year — deaths due to tragic accidents, brutal disease or even coming…

PiaRocel Paras, 55, of Maplewood, Known for Her Warmth, Love and Strength

PiaRocel Paras, 55, of Maplewood, passed away on December 6, 2020. Pia was born in the Tarlac City, Philippines and has lived in Maplewood since…

Brian Mecca, 64, Lived for His Daughters

Brian Mecca of South Orange died on October 26, his 64th birthday. The cause was complications due to diabetes. “He fought hard all year to…

Joyce (Dunn) Joyce, 84, Formerly of South Orange

Joyce Catherine (Dunn) Joyce, 84, formerly of South Orange and Spring Lake, N.J., passed away peacefully on October 13, 2020, at home in Tinton Falls,…

Dan Baum, 64, Columbia High School Class of ’74 and Former WSJ & New Yorker Reporter

Dan Baum, who grew up in South Orange and graduated from Columbia High School in 1974 before embarking on a storied career as a journalist,…

PHOTOS: ‘May Her Memory Be For a Revolution’ — South Orange & Maplewood Remember Ruth Bader Ginsburg

On Sunday, September 20, scores of South Orange and Maplewood residents gathered at Maplewood Town Hall at sundown for “Shofars for Justice: A…