Page 16 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • November 23, 2011 Obituaries Reverend Leonard Ballesteros of Deland, Florida, formerly of Ridgewood, died on Oct. 5. There will be a memorial service at Emmanuel Baptist Church, 14 Hope Street in Ridgewood on Nov. 26, at 11 a.m. For more information, call (201) 444-7300 or visit www.ebcridgewood.org. Ernesto Barone of Ridgewood died Nov. 9. He was 92. He was born and raised in Naples, Italy. At age 13, he joined the Italian merchant marine. He served in Libya in WWII. After his return to Italy in 1943, he worked in the U.S. Army canteen in Naples. He immigrated to the United States when he was 41. He is survived by his wife Assunta, his children Rosemarie Barone of Glen Rock and Robert Barone of Ridgewood, and three grandchildren. He was predeceased by his six siblings Fernando, Ugo, Joseph, Antoinette, Virginia, and Ida. Arrangements were made by Feeney Funeral Home in Ridgewood. Filomena Clementi of Ridgewood, formerly of Fair Lawn, died Nov. 16. She was 89. She was employed by M.N.B. Textile in New York City until she retired. She attended Grace Church in Ridgewood. She is survived by her children Joseph Clementi of Ridgewood, Jamie Mantell of Orange County, California, and six grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband James, and her grandson Tyler Clementi. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat Funeral Home in Wyckoff. Memorial donations may be made to Grace Church, 340 Meadowbrook Road, Ridgewood, NJ 07450 or The Tyler Clementi Foundation, PO Box 54, Ridgewood, NJ 07451-0054. Dorothy May (Gavora) Cordo of Glen Rock died Nov. 14. She was 74. A 1996 graduate of Caldwell College, she earned a master’s degree in library science. She was a member of the Friends of the Glen Rock Library. Before retiring this year, she was a law librarian with the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Newark for 32 years. She is survived by her children Loretta Cordo, Lisa Stevens, and Gina Krieger, and two grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband Joseph Cordo Jr. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat-Caggiano Funeral Home, Inc. in Fair Lawn. Memorial donations may be made to the American Diabetes Association, New Jersey Office, Center Pointe II, Suite 103, 1160 Route 22 East, Bridgewater, NJ 08807 or to the Friends of the Glen Rock Library, 315 Rock Road, Glen Rock, NJ 07452. Kelly Elisabeth Creegan of Ridgewood died Nov.14. She was 6. She was a student at Somerville School, and a parish- Reverend Leonard Ballesteros Ernesto Barone ioner of Our Lady of Mount Carmel R.C. Church, both in Ridgewood. She was in the Daisy Girl Scouts, the Kindness Club, Ridgewood Irish Dance, and the Ridgewood Soccer Association. She is survived by her parents Jeffrey and Elise (nee Fleckenstein), her brothers Robert, Raymond, and Patrick, her grandparents Robert and Alice Fleckenstein, and John and Mary Jane Creegan, her aunts and uncles Maria Fleckenstein, Richard Fleckenstein, Patricia Currier, John Creegan, Scott Creegan, Kevin Creegan, and 15 cousins. Arrangements were made by Feeney Funeral Home in Ridgewood. Julia A. Kirsch of Glen Rock died Nov. 11. She was 11. She was a student at the Children’s Therapy Center in Midland Park and a member of the Glen Rock Jewish Center. She is survived by her parents Teri and Clifford Kirsch, her sisters Abby and Emma Kirsch, her grandparents Jacqualine Brotbacker, and Rita and Terry Kirsch, and her aunts and uncles Beth Smith, Harriett and Jacob Nachum and Mitchell and Iris Kirsch, and eight cousins. She was predeceased by her grandfather Henry A. Brotbacker. Arrangements were made by the Louis Suburban Chapel in Fair Lawn. Memorial donations may be made to The Children’s Therapy Center, 29-01 Berkshire Road, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410. John Meininger of Upper Saddle River died Nov. 11 He was 88. He was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII. He was employed by Wolf Press before starting his own contracting business in the late 1960s. He owned the Holiday Apartments in South Fallsburg, New York and The Bridge Inn in Greenwood Lake, New York. He is survived by his children Diane Schubert of Upper Saddle River, John of Collingswood, Michael of Fallsburg, New York, Debra VanGieson of Upper Saddle River, and Denise Kehoe of Upper Saddle River, eight grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and his sister Ann Clements of New York City. He was predeceased by his wife Bertha (nee Decker), his parents Anna and Lewis Meininger, and his siblings Lewis, Howard, Louise and Edward. Arrangements were made by Van Emburgh-Sneider-Pernice Funeral Home. Memorial donations may be made to Saint Jude’s Children’s Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105. Carol S. Prushan of Wyckoff died Nov. 15. She was 54. She was born in Athens, Greece and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. She went to Friends High School and graduated from New York University. She had worked as a paralegal coordinator in New York City. She is survived by her husband David, and her daughters Danielle and Jennifer. Arrangements were made by Robert Schoem’s Memorial Chapel, in Paramus. Matthew Sayles of Ridgewood died Nov. 10. He was 26. He was a 2003 graduate of Ridgewood High School, Julia A. Kirsch and graduated from Siena College in 2007. He taught math at Midland Park High School and in Thailand. He is survived by his parents Kathleen and David, his siblings Dave, Timothy, and Grace Li, his grandparents Rita H. Bayer of Ridgewood, Germaine Sayles of Glen Rock, and Ted Bayer of Tucson, and several aunts, uncles, and cousins. He was predeceased by his grandparents David G. Sayles and Joanne Sayles of Glen Rock Arrangements were made by Feeney Funeral Home in Ridgewood. Memorial donations may be made to the Matt Sayles Memorial Scholarship Fund for aspiring musicians or mathematicians entering college and sent to Matt Sayles Memorial Scholarship Fund, 899 Lincoln Avenue, Glen Rock NJ 07452. Shop the Rock (continued from page 13) traffic congestion and vehicle emissions. Bringing your own bag reduces the fossil fuels and other resources used to create, transport, and recycle single-use paper and plastic bags.” “Honestly, I think it’s a great idea,” said Matt Kopacki of Rock Ridge Pharmacy. “We’re really glad to embrace it, and we’re happy to reduce the plastic flow to our landfills. Plastic is a necessary evil in our business, but we’re happy to do anything we can to stop the stream of plastic pollution.” Cooperating businesses registered at press time include Beekman Wine & Liquors, Boiling Springs Bank, Giannella’s Delicatessen, Glen Rock Digital Photo, Glen Rock Paint & Hardware, Grow-Cery, Kilroy’s Wonder Market, Rock Ridge Pharmacy, Rock Sweet Shop, Sasha Hair & Day Spa, Shades of Soho, and Verizon Wireless. The bags were purchased with grants form outside Glen Rock and Hy Eisman, a nationally-syndicated cartoonist and Glen Rock resident, donated the art logo on the bags. Filomena Clementi John Meininger Dorothy May Cordo State recognition (continued from page 4) The second award was for innovative renegotiation of police and paid fire department contracts, which paved the way for hiring new officers and firefighters at lower starting wages. The third award was for the decision to process liquid waste from other towns at Ridgewood’s sewage treatment plant, which reportedly saved Ridgewood $140,000 in 2010 and is projected to save $170,000 in 2011. The plant is located Ridgewood-owned land located inside the borders of Glen Rock, a fact that raised some concerns when the operation was started a few years ago. J. KOSTER Carol S. Prushan Kelly Elisabeth Creegan Matthew Sayles