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Bergen Funeral Home Provides Burial With Honors For One Of Last WWII Vets Bergen Funeral Home Provides Burial With Honors For One Of Last WWII Vets
Bergen Funeral Home Provides Burial With Honors For One Of Last WWII Vets TRIBUTE: A final farewell for one of the last remaining veterans of World War II's Normandy Invasions was all paid for when disaster struck. Eugene W. Dednam of Hackensack died last month, just weeks after turning 100. He had no known survivors. The Paterson funeral home that was chosen to someday handle Dednam's burial arrangements had since burned down, however. With it went the money that was paid in the late 1980s for his final rest. Then Brian and Deb Warner stepped in. “We feel that a wartime veteran can never truly be thanked for the sacrifices they make,” said Brian Warner, the e…

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Coaching, Teaching Legend Sal Benanti Of Charlie Bloods Restaurant In Garfield Passes At 80 Coaching, Teaching Legend Sal Benanti Of Charlie Bloods Restaurant In Garfield Passes At 80
Coaching, Teaching Legend Sal Benanti Of Charlie Bloods Restaurant In Garfield Passes At 80 Somewhere this week music is playing, sauce is simmering and sports talk is spirited. There's no such joy in Garfield, though. Charlie Bloods remains dark this week as loved ones, friends and countless customers mourn the passing of the popular restaurant's owner, "Coach" Sal Benanti. “My heart hurts,” wrote Jennifer Armstrong Alfonso in an online tribute. “He was an amazing man who was willing to help anyone. He was to so many people a mentor, a father, a friend and so many other things.” Garfield was pretty much Italian and Polish when Salvatore Benanti was born in Passaic in 1941, a l…

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NJ Thieves Snatching Snow Plows At Alarming Rate, Funeral Director Among Victims NJ Thieves Snatching Snow Plows At Alarming Rate, Funeral Director Among Victims
NJ Thieves Snatching Snow Plows At Alarming Rate, Funeral Director Among Victims With so much snow falling on New Jersey in recent weeks, funeral director Brian Warner got himself a new $7,000 plow for his 2005 monument pickup truck. And just like that it was gone. "It was locked with the keys kept inside the building," said Warner, who owns and operates Warner-Wozniak Funeral Service in Wallington. It's not just him: Privately-owned pickups with plows are being stolen at an alarming rate in New Jersey, authorities confirmed Friday. This past week, three trucks with plows were stolen out of East Rutherford alone. One owner bought his three days earlier and hadn't even…

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Garfield Man, 29, Killed In Motorcycle Crash Garfield Man, 29, Killed In Motorcycle Crash
Garfield Man, 29, Killed In Motorcycle Crash Tomasz Dragan of Garfield loved his motorcycle. The 29-year-old took his last ride on May 27, succumbing to his injuries on June 4. More than $10,500 had been raised toward funeral expenses on a GoFundMe as of Wednesday. Born in Poland, Tomasz moved to the U.S. settling in Garfield with his family. He graduated from Garfield High School in 2009 and went on to work as a driver for Kuiken Brothers, his obituary said. A NJ Devils and NY Red Bulls fan, Tomasz also enjoyed music and playing guitar. He is survived by his parents Jan and Anna; sister Justyna Dragan; and countless family member…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Wallington Woman, 35, Found In Passaic River To Be Cremated In Polish Homeland Wallington Woman, 35, Found In Passaic River To Be Cremated In Polish Homeland
Wallington Woman, 35, Found In Passaic River To Be Cremated In Polish Homeland TRIBUTE: A 35-year-old immigrant whose body was found floating in the Passaic River Friday night will be laid to rest in her Polish homeland.  A funeral Mass will be held in Poland for Barbara Lachcik of Wallington before her cremated remains are interred in her hometown of Cmentarz Mrowla, according to Warner-Wozniak Funeral Service in Wallington.  A memorial visitation is scheduled from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday at Warner-Wozniak, 80 Midland Ave., Wallington. Lachcik's body was pulled from the river after members of the Nereid Boat club notified Rutherford police around 5…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Community Rallies For Clifton Woman Who Took Fatal Fall Feeding Stray Church Cats Community Rallies For Clifton Woman Who Took Fatal Fall Feeding Stray Church Cats
Community Rallies For Clifton Woman Who Took Fatal Fall Feeding Stray Church Cats Ewelina P. Krzywinska of Clifton died on Sept. 28. She was 31 years old. More than $7,800 had been raised on a GoFundMe toward her funeral.  Ewelina, an avid animal lover, was on her way to feed cats behind her church when she fell and sustained brain damage, according to the GoFundMe launched by her sister, Klaudia Kolodynska. She ultimately died from her injuries, the campaign says. For most of her life, Ewelina, who came to the U.S. from Poland in 2001, had been battling a rare nerve disorder, the campaign says. "Through it all she was a fighter," Kolodynska wrote of her si…

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by Cecilia Levine