Page 16 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • November 25, 2009 Obituaries Catherine Maltese, nee Finocchio, of Glen Rock died Nov.17. She was 96. She is survived by her children Anthony J. Maltese, Geraldine Redling, and Kathleen Bauer, nine grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband Anthony Maltese and her grandson Douglas James Redling. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat Colonial Home, Inc. in Fair Lawn. Memorial donations may be made to Boys Towns of Italy, Inc., 250 East 63rd Street, Suite 204, New York, NY 10065 or Hackensack University Medical Center Hospice Program, 20 Prospect Avenue, Hackensack, NJ 07601. Mildred Petrizzo, nee Giampetruzzi, of Ridgewood, formerly of Lodi, died Nov. 15. She was 84. She is survived by her daughter Rosalind Mala of Montvale and two grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband Jerry Petrizzo. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat Memorial Home in Paramus. Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, 20 Mercer Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601. Arthur C. Phiefer of Mahwah died Nov. 18. He was 78. He owned and operated several restaurants in the Bergen area including the Timbers Tavern and Grill in Oakland. More recently he worked for the Market Basket in Franklin Lakes. He was a former member and past president of the New Jersey Restaurant Association, a member of the Saddle River Valley Lions Club, and a parishioner of the Immaculate Conception R. C. Church in Mahwah. He is Catherine Maltese survived by his wife Carol Lee (nee Finkenstadt), his sons Glenn of Lafayette, Neal of Weehawken and Brian of Mahwah, three grandchildren, and his brother Andrew of Wyckoff. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat Funeral Home in Wyckoff. Memorial donations may be made to the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund, 14 Pennsylvania Plaza, Suite 1400, New York, NY 10122. Gregory R. Raffaelli of Midland Park died Nov. 13. He was 44. He was a box office manager at Madison Square Garden before becoming the director of the box office at the Prudential Center in Newark. He had been a coach for the Midland Park Pee Wee Panthers. He is survived by his wife Lisa, his children Lauren and Ryan, his parents Richard and Judith Raffaelli of Lewes, Delaware, and his sister Deanna Magrane of Farmingdale, New York. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat Funeral Home in Wyckoff. Memorial donations may be made to the Raffaelli children’s education fund; additional information is available at the funeral home. Peter A. Razzo Jr. of Wyckoff died Nov. 11. He was 63. He was president and owner of The PAR Group, Inc. of Little Ferry for 15 years. He was a member of White Beeches Golf and Country Club. He sponsored an annual golf outing for the Inserra Family Foundation for Childhood Cancer and was a Partner in Hope Donor for Saint Jude Children’s Research Hospital. He was a parishioner of Saint Elizabeth’s R.C. Church in Wyckoff. He is survived by his wife Sylvia Razzo of Wyckoff, and his sister Elizabeth Anne Dangler of Madison. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat Funeral Home in Wyckoff. Memorial donations may be made to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, P.O. Box 27105, NY, NY 10117-2504, Attention: Dr. Dennis Kraus’s Group; the Saint Jude Tribute Program, P.O. Box 1000, Dept. 142, Memphis, TN 38148-0142; or The Wyckoff Volunteer Ambulance Corps, P.O. Box 214, Wyckoff, NJ 07481. David M. Sheehan of Mahwah died Nov. 12. He was 87. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran of WWII. He is survived by his wife Miriam A. Sheehan (nee Martin), his children Elizabeth Christensen of Forest Hills, New York, Marie Lombardi of Hillsdale, and Patricia Tricano of Pearl River, New York, two grandchildren, and his sister Catherine Unger. Arrangements were made by Van Emburgh-Sneider-Pernice Funeral Home in Ramsey. Memorial donations may be made to the NJ Veterans Home, 1 Veterans Way, Paramus, NJ 07652-4100 or the Saint Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 Saint Jude Place, Memphis, TN 381051905. Carol Ruth Sherman of Waldwick died Nov. 13. She was 81. Before retiring, she was employed as a customer service representative for the Garden State Plaza Mall in Paramus. She was a member of the Wyckoff chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star. She is survived by her husband Louis Sherman, her children Steven H. Sherman, Karen R. Levine Susan L. Sherman, Neal H. Sherman and Ellen N. Danzis, and five grandchildren. Arrangements were made by Louis Suburban Chapel in Fair Lawn. Memorial donations may be made to Hospice Program -336 Prospect Avenue, Hackensack, NJ 07601. Margot Metzger Shoemaker of Glen Rock died Nov. 15. She was 66. She had been the children’s librarian in Allendale, Englewood, and Wyckoff. She was a member of the Unitarian Society of Ridgewood. She is survived by her husband Bob Shoemaker, her children Douglas and Kate, three grandchildren, and her brothers Lawrence and Peter. Memorial donations may be made to Firstbook.org or the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition. Edith G. Webb, nee Atkinson, of Allendale died Nov. 12. She was 90. She had worked for Continental Insurance. She was the longest living member of Archer United Methodist Church and a member of the United Methodist Women and the Allendale XYZ Club. She is survived by her daughter Barbara E. Draper of Allendale, two grandchildren, and her sister Mildred Keet. She was predeceased by her husband Howard E. Webb. Arrangements were made by Van Emburgh-Sneider-Pernice Funeral Home in Ramsey. Memorial donations may be made to Archer United Methodist Church, 37 EastAllendale, Avenue, Allendale, NJ 07401-2095. Margot Metzger Shoemaker Gregory R. Raffaelli David M. Sheehan Mildred Petrizzo Edith G. Webb Carol Ruth Sherman Peter A. Razzo Jr. Arthur C. Phiefer Remembrance Tree to be Dedicated The Vander Plaat Funeral Home LLC of Wyckoff and the Olthuis Funeral Home LLC of Midland Park will continue their tradition this holiday season, when they dedicate a Tree of Remembrance to honor the memory of loved ones lost. The Holidays can be a difficult time, and we would like to help by making available the booklet: Experiencing the Holidays and Special Occasions Without a Loved One Anyone can obtain a copy at Feeney’s or at: The Glen Rock Library The Ho-Ho-Kus Library The Ridgewood Library The Waldwick Library Grief and the Holidays Dedication services will be held at the Advent Lutheran Church Wednesday, December 2, at 7:30pm Community Outreach Workshop “Grief and the Holidays” 6:30 - 7:15 pm in Fellowship Hall of the Church The eight foot tree will be decorated with ornaments personalized with the names of the deceased. Family members will be invited to take the special ornaments home following the service. 777 Wyckoff Avenue, Wyckoff All are welcome to attend. 232 Franklin Ave., Ridgewood, NJ • 201-444-7650 “A Proud Member of the Carriage Funeral Service Network” David B. Feeney, Manager, CFSP, CPC • NJ Lic. No. 3482 Ginny Sanzo. CFSP, CPC • NJ Lic. No. 4553 www.feeneyfuneralhome.com William Brock Jr. C.F.S.P Mgr. ., NJ Lic. No. 3287 William Brock Jr. C.F.S.P Mgr. ., NJ Lic. No. 3287 Vander Plaat Funeral Home, 201-891-3400 • Olthuis Funeral Home, 201-652-8844