We pause to remember those who made their final departures from our South Orange and Maplewood community this year. They all made indelible marks upon our community and took pieces of our hearts with them.
If you know of anyone we should add to this memorial, please email us at [email protected].

Melanie Troncone
Melanie Troncone, 47, ‘Fierce Friend,’ Proud Mom, Selfless Volunteer & Mentor
Joyce Scott, Resident of South Orange for 53 Years

Willie Joyce Brown
Willie Joyce Howard, Beloved Mother of Maplewood Deputy Mayor Jamaine Cripe
South Orange Mayor Posts Loving Tribute to Her Halmeoni (할머니)
Jerry Ford, Who Led South Orange-Maplewood Schools Transportation, Dies Following Accident

Patricia A. “Pat” Bell
Anne Nye, 91, Devoted Wife, Mother, Grandmother & Woman of Faith
Edith Oxfeld, 104, Peace Activist & Long-Time South Orange Resident

Thomas J. Gates (credit Playbill)
Thomas J. Gates, Broadway Stage Manager, Struck & Killed by Train at South Orange Station
Obituary: Randi Ehrich Feno, Mother, Wife, Maplewood Native, Dies at 72

Sister Ann Infanger
Sister Ann Infanger—Maplewood Native, Groundbreaking Genetics Researcher, Educator & Woman of Faith
Francine Varon, 78, ‘Never Shied Away From Fighting for What’s Right’

Donald Payne Jr. (Photography by Matt Peyton Photography)
Congressman Donald Payne, Jr., 65, Leaves a ‘Legacy of Service’

Crawford “Ed” Sabin
Crawford ‘Ed’ Sabin, 93, Pillar of His Family & Community
John Overall, 77, Unofficial South Orange Historian & Friend to Many

Peter Shapiro
Peter Shapiro, 71, Remembered as Groundbreaking Political Reformer & Friend

Martin L. Greenberg
Martin L. Greenberg, 92 — State Senator, Judge & Beloved Husband, Father & Grandfather
Jed Michael Stern, 70, New Yorker at Heart