Villadom Times Weekly Newpaper Online-December 15, 2010 Issue

Page 22 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • December 15, 2010 Obituaries Myron T. Holman of Ramsey, formerly of Franklin Lakes, died Dec. 7. He was 91. He was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII. Before retiring in 2007, he had been employed by Shotmeyer Oil Company, where he had worked since 1960. He was past exalted ruler of the Paramus Elks Lodge #2001, and served on various committees of the Valley Hospital. He is survived by his son and daughter-in-law of Ramsey, and his brother-in-law of Clifton. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat Funeral Home in Wyckoff. Charles Vincent O’Neill of Glen Rock died Dec. 7. He was a U.S veteran of the Korean War. He was a graduate of Fordham University and Law School, and was founding partner of O’Neill, DiManno, and Kelly, a law firm in New York City. He is survived by his wife Mary Catherine, his children Charles Vincent O’Neill Jr., Mark O’Neill, MaryEllen O’Neill, and Daniel O’Neill, and five grandchildren. Arrangements were made by Feeney Funeral Home in Ridgewood. Memorial donations may be made to Valley Hospice, 15 Essex Road, Paramus, NJ 07652. Linda Madeline Brenda Petruzziello, nee Illipronti, of Upper Saddle River died Dec. 4. She was 71. She is survived by her husband Michael, her children Michael, Mark, and Luke, five grandchildren, and her sisters Lorraine and Myron T. Holman Gerri. Arrangements were made by Van Emburgh-SneiderPernice Funeral Home in Ramsey. Memorial donations may be made to the Fraternity of Notre Dame, 2290 First Avenue, New York City, NY 10035, or the Community of Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, 420 East 156 Street, Bronx, NY 10455, or to the Church of the Presentation Haiti Ministry, 271 West Saddle River Road, Upper Saddle River NJ 07458. Letitia Pintauro Rovegno of North Carolina, formerly of Ho-Ho-Kus, died Dec. 2. She was 91. She is survived by her sons, Richard Rovegno, and Paul Rovegno, both of Graham, North Carolina, seven grandchildren, three greatgrandchildren, and her brother Arthur Pintauro. She was predeceased by her husband Charles Frances Rovegno. Arrangements were made by C.C. Van Emburgh Funeral Home in Ridgewood. Memorial donations may be made to Hospice of Alamence/Caswell, 914 Chapel Hill Road, Burlington, NC 27215; the Humane Society of Alamance County, P.O. Box 5117, Burlington, NC 27216; or Haw River Animal Shelter, 221 Stone Quarry Road, Haw River, NC 27258. Haidi Stratis, nee Hionides, of Franklin Lakes died Dec. 7. She was 72. She was a member of the Women’s Bible Society, Gideon’s International, Council of Missions, and chaplain of the Deaconesses Committee. She is survived by her husband Theodore Stratis, her children Demetrios Stratis of Franklin Lakes, Theodore Stratis Jr. of Den Haag, Netherlands, and Jonathan Stratis of West Palm Beach, Florida, five grandchildren, and her siblings John Hionides of Canada and Noppee Stavropoulos of Midland Park. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat-Vermeulen Memorial Home in Franklin Lakes. Memorial donations may be made to World Vision, P.O. Box 9716, Federal Way, WA 98063-9716, The Voice of the Martyrs, PO Box 443, Bartlesville, OK 74005-0443, or to Gideon’s International PO Box 140800 Nashville, TN 37214-0800. Jean A. Valenti, nee Mongelli, of Mahwah, formerly of Letitia Pintauro Rovegno Hillsdale, died Dec. 8. She was 69. She had been employed at the A&P Headquarters in Montvale in the human resources department. She was a member of the Hillsdale Woman’s Club. She is survived by her children Dianne Valenti, Laura Pinto, and Lewis Valenti, two grandchildren, and her siblings Joe Mongelli, Michael Mongelli, Mary Mongelli, and Anntoinette Masi. Arrangements were made by Van Emburgh-Sneider-Pernice Funeral Home in Ramsey. Charles Vincent O’Neill Haidi Stratis Linda Madeline Brenda Petruzziello �� Are you missing your family for the holidays? Come join ours! Christmas Program (by Children and Youth) Family Christmas Eve Candlelight Service Traditional Christmas Eve Candlelight Service Abundant Life Reformed Church Jean A. Valenti Irine Fokine of Ridgewood died Dec. 5. She was 88. She was the daughter of Alexandra Fedorova and Alexander Fokine. Her mother danced with the Marinsky Theater, and her father owned the Trotsky Theater and the first car dealership in Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was the niece of Michael Fokine and the goddaughter of Anna Pavlova. She attended school in Riga, Latvia. She came to the United States as a teenager and became a United States citizen. During World War II she danced in USO tours and with opera companies. She founded the Irine Fokine School of Ballet in Ridgewood in March 1950, and operated the studio until September 2010. In addition to teaching ballet, she choreographed “The Nutcracker” and directed her ballet company, the Irine Fokine Ballet, for 52 years. She choreographed for ballet companies in South America, Germany, Poland, and throughout the United States. She traveled several times to Saint Petersburg, Russia with students from her school to perform in dance festivals. She was a prolific choreographer. Among her works are: “Mayerling,” “Samson and Delilah,” “Diagonal,” “I,” “The Princess Who Couldn’t Laugh,” and “By the Sea.” She is survived by her children Nina Marlow, Jon Decker, Donna Decker, and Michael Decker, eight grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, and one great great-grandchild. She was predeceased by her husband Don Q. Decker. Arrangements were made by C.C. Van Emburgh Funeral Home in Ridgewood. 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