Page 22 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • June 22, 2011 Obituaries Margaret Billings, formerly of Ridgewood, died June 3. She was 101. Cindy Bromley of Ridgewood died June 9. She was 53. She was a fashion stylist for the modeling industry. She is survived by her husband Steve, her children Cody and Cassie, and her brothers Marc Newman and Peter Newman. Arrangements were made by Robert Schoem’s Menorah Chapel in Paramus. Thomas H. Connolly of Franklin Lakes, formerly of Ridgewood, died June 12. He was 91. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of WWII. He was a graduate of Saint Peter’s College in Jersey City. He was the owner of Thomas H. Connolly and Sons, Inc., the first and oldest marine manufacturers’ sales agency in America. He is survived by his wife Helen (nee Willis), his children Dr. Helen “Sue” Watt, Dr. Tom Connolly, Kate Chepucavage, Dr. Chris Connolly, Paul Connolly, and David Connolly, 21 grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat Funeral Home in Wyckoff. Memorial donations may be made to Saint Peter’s College, 2641 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ 07306 or Valley Hospice, 223 North Van Dien Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ 07450. Peter “Finnegan” Finucane of Glen Rock, formerly of Jersey City, died June 11. He was 93. He was retired from the New York City Transit Authority. He was a parishioner of Our Lady of Mount Carmel RC Church in Ridgewood. He is survived by his children Timothy Finnegan of Glen Rock, Mary Hurley of Ridgewood, Peter Finnegan of Madison, one grandchild, and his sister Bridie Barton of Ridgewood. He was predeceased by his wife Nellie Finucane, and 12 siblings both here and in Ireland. Arrangements were made by Feeney Funeral Home in Ridgewood. Margaret O’Brien Lesch, formerly of Ridgewood, died June 11. She was 95. She was a homemaker. She is survived by her daughter Marjorie Ann Wilkerson of Madisonville, Kentucky, two grandchildren, and her siblings Rita Alexander of Coconut Creek, Florida and Edward Timothy O’Brien of Hawaii. She was predeceased by her husband George Lesch. Arrangements were made by Milward Funeral Directors in Kentucky. Memorial donations may be made to the First Presbyterian Church, 722 East Ridgewood Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ 07450. Charles A. Railble Jr. of Glen Rock died June 10. He was 53. A 1976 graduate of Glen Rock High School where he was Athlete of the Year, he earned his bachelor’s degree at Margaret Billings Cindy Bromley Fairleigh Dickinson University. He was an accountant with Tullett and Tokyo Fourex, Inc., New York, New York. He was a parishioner of Saint Catharine RC Church in Glen Rock. He is survived by his father Charles A., his siblings Elizabeth, Annie, Louis, Cornelius, Stephen, and John. He was predeceased by his mother Anna (nee Curtin). Arrangements were made by Feeney Funeral Home in Ridgewood. Memorial donations may be made to Christian Health Care Foundation, 301 Sicomac Avenue, Wyckoff, NJ 07481, Attention: David Kerntel, Executive Director. Paul Rork of Mahwah died June 12. He was 91. He was a U.S. Coast Guard veteran of WWII. He served in the Paterson area guard unit for over 15 years after his discharge from active duty. He attended Rutgers University, was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity, and graduated in 1942. He worked for The Hartford Insurance Company, and started his own insurance agency, the Rork Agency in Ridgewood, in 1953. He ran the agency until his retirement in 1982. He had been a member of Grace Church in Ridgewood and, most recently, was a member of the Hawthorne Gospel Church in Hawthorne. Along with his first wife, Ruth, he started the first indoor tennis facility in the area, the Frank Brennan Tennis Center, later called Rork’s Tennis Center and Olympian Swim Club in Upper Saddle River. He is survived by his wife Lydia, his children, Ruth Ann, Paul William Jr., George, Andrew, Peter, Heidi and Amee, 17 grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his first wife Ruth. Arrangements were made by C.C. Van Emburgh Funeral Home in Ridgewood. Memorial donations may be made to the American Diabetes Association. Suresh C. Seth of Upper Saddle River died June 11. He was the owner of Danline, Inc., an industrial brush manufacturing facility in Springfield. He was the founder of the Hindu Samaj Temple in Mahwah. Under his leadership, the temple grew from 10 families to 1,600 families. He is survived by his wife of Usha, his son Abhinav, his daughterin-law Rashu, and his granddaughter Isha. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat Funeral Home in Wyckoff. Memorial donations may be made to Hindu Samaj Temple, 247 West Ramapo Avenue, Mahwah, NJ 07430. Alice Shnorhokian of Mahwah died June 16. She was 98. She was a survivor of the Armenian Genocide in 1915. She survived with her family and relocated to Aleppo, Syria and later Beirut, Lebanon where she pursued her career as a midwife and educator at the American University in Beirut. In 1980, she moved to America, where she was active in the Armenian Presbyterian Church. In her later years, she was a driving force in urging Congress to recognize the Armenian Genocide. She is survived by her children Arpi Sarian, Ivan and Harout Shnorhokian, and six grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband the Reverend Manasseh Shnorhokian. Arrangements were made by William G. Basralian Funeral Home. Memorial donations may be made to the Armenian Presbyterian Church or the AMAA Shnorhokian Publishing Fund. Helen B. Silok, nee Blazewicz, of Ramsey died June 13. She was 90. Before retiring, she had worked for Nabisco. She was a parishioner of Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church in Mahwah. She had been active in the Mahwah Elks with her husband. She is survived by two children, four grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband Stanley F. Silok. Arrangements were made by Van Emburgh-Sneider-Pernice Funeral Home in Ramsey. Robert Benjamin Smith of Franklin Lakes died June 8. He was 92. He graduated from the University of Vermont and attended New York University Graduate School of Business. He owned Magnetic Aids, Inc. in Paterson for over 50 years. He was a member of the West Side Tennis Club, Ridgewood Country Club, Indian Trail Club, and the Sons of the American Revolution. He is survived by his wife Patricia K. Smith, his daughters Sarah Sangree of Summit and Stacy Smith of Franklin Lakes, and six grandchildren. Memorial donations may be made to Valley Hospice, Dorothy B. Kraft Center, Third Floor, 15 Essex Road, Paramus, NJ 07652. Adele Josephine Sorese of Midland Park, formerly of Dumont, died June 13. She was 75. She was a parishioner of Church of the Nativity in Midland Park and a former parishioner of Saint Mary’s R.C. Church of Dumont. She is survived by her daughters Stephanie Pritchard of Berryville, Virginia, Denise Sorese of Athol, Massachusetts, Phyliss Mosca of Forest Hill, Maryland, and Audra Kristiansen of Wyckoff, five grandchildren, and her sister Lorraine Kuhl of Stephens City, Virginia. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat Funeral Home in Wyckoff. Norman C. Valentine of Mahwah died June 14. He was 60. He worked for Ramsey Controls in Mahwah as an electronic supervisor. He is survived by his siblings Gary of Florida, New York, Lori Ellen Heydt of Palmerton, Pennsylvania, and Wendy Vittum of Salisbury Mills, New York, four nieces and nephews, and six grand-nieces and nephews. Arrangements were made by Scarr Funeral Home in Suffern, New York. Kathleen L. “Kathy” Wojcik of Cream Ridge, formerly of Upper Saddle River, died June 9. She was 68. She ran Creative Gardens in Upper Saddle River for 35 years. She was a member of the Upper Saddle River Ladies Auxiliary Fire Department for 20 years. She is survived by her husband Martin D. Wojcik, her son Dennis T. Wojcik of Allentown, two grandchildren, and her brother Ronald Temple of Long Valley. Arrangements were made by Van EmburghSneider-Pernice Funeral Home in Ramsey. Helen B. Silok Paul Rork Thomas H. Connolly Robert Benjamin Smith Adele Josephine Sorese Peter Finucane Suresh C. Seth Norman C. Valentine Margaret O’Brien Lesch Alice Shnorhokian Kathleen L. Wojcik Charles A. Railble Jr.