All Tributes - Ridgewood, NJ

Raymond Ragonese, 96, of Waldwick peacefully passed away on April 3, 2020. He is predeceased by his beloved wife Claire. Left to mourn his passing are their dear children daughter Carol Logrande (Dominic), daughter Susan Ragonese, daughter Diane Grundmann (Ricardo), and son Raymond Ragonese (Nikki) . Raymond was the beloved grandfather to Craig Logrande (Jessica), Danielle Zoddda (Marcello), Lauren Mutardo (August), and Benicio Ragonese. Adoring great-grandfather to Christian and Jack...

June T. Conlon, 52, of Jackson, NJ. peacefully passed away on March 31, 2020. June was the beloved mother to Jessica O’Reilly and her husband Tim. She is also survived by dear parents Michael and Mary Conlon. June was the beloved sister to brother Michael Conlon (Diane), sister Clementia Carrigy (Martin), sister Amanda O’Sullivan (Michael), brother Joseph Conlon (Joann), brother Anthony Conlon (Kristen), brother David Conlon (Dawn) and sister Ann Marie Ross (Anthony). June...

  Please visit the following links for Gene Smith's tribute: Tribute Page: www.jacobbrown.com Obituary: http://www.jacobbrown.com/JBImage/Photos2020/GeneSmith100/GeneSmithObit-2020.pdf    

MARGUERITE KATHERINE SWODY, 104, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON MARCH 26, 2020. SHE HAD LIVED IN RIDGEWOOD OVER 60 YEARS. WHEN SHE TURNED 100, THE RIDGEWOOD MAYOR DECLARED HER BIRTHDAY “MARGUERITE SWODY DAY”. SHE IS SURVIVED BY NANCY K. DAVIDSON, DAUGHTER; 3 GRANDDAUGHTERS – TAMMY MCCARTHY, CORRIE GUDDEMI AND MEGAN HUND; 6 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN – BRENDAN MCCARTHY, EMILY MCCARTHY, MADALINE GUDDEMI, GRACE HUND, MAKAI HUND, BROOKE MURRAY. MARGUERITE HAD BEEN AN AVID COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER. SHE...

Dr. Frank H. Healey (b. 10/5/24) passed from this world to be with the Lord on March 24, 2020. The son of Frank Healey, Sr. and Elizabeth MacGillivray, he was born in Worcester, MA and grew up during the Great Depression. An excellent student of the sciences, he attended Holy Cross and Clark University, earning a Ph.D. by the young age of 23. After serving his country as a radar specialist in the US Navy in the Pacific at the close of WWII, he became a Professor of Chemistry at Lehigh...

  Alexander W. Cairns, 75, passed away March 20, 2020 of melanoma. Alex was born in New York City and raised in Nyack, NY. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in engineering from NYU, and he served for four years in the Navy. Alex worked in the early days of the data processing field. He later became a royalty accountant at Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. After 25 years with H&R Block, his last job was at Intuit as an IRS Enrolled Agent. He also volunteered as a preparer with...

Nicholas (Nick) M. Pellegrino, resident of Ridgewood, passed away on March 18, 2020 at the age of 86.  Born on June 15, 1933 in Port Redding, NJ, Nick attended Woodbridge High School (Class of 1950), graduated from the University of Notre Dame (Class of 1955), and served in the U.S. Army from 1955-1958. After being honorably discharged, he went to work for SSC&B, a NYC-based advertising agency, his sole employer during his 45-year career. Nick was a true pioneer on Madison Avenue. His...

Paul C. Wallace, 63, of Ridgewood, passed away on March 17, 2020. He is survived by his wife Carol (nee: Ramirez) and their loving daughters. Beloved grandfather to seven grandchildren. Caring brother to Michael, Chris, Mary, and Robert. Cherished son to Pauline Wallace. Paul was born and raised in New York City. He served his country in the Navy during the Vietnam War. He was an accomplished theatrical stagehand and a loving husband and father. Cremation will be private and a public...

James T. Brennan, 78, passed away on St. Patrick’s Day. Beloved husband of Mary Louise and father of James Jr., Paul (Nancy) and Lynn, Jim was a creative director at several major advertising agencies in New York, where he handled and brainstormed for many of those agencies’ largest clients. Prior to his advertising career, Jim was a comedy writer for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson at the age of 26. Following his advertising career he was a marketing/public relations executive...