Page 20 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • November 30, 2011 Obituaries Marguery A. Aquinas, nee Geraghty, of Ramsey died Nov. 16. She was 80. She was a graduated of Saint John’s University in New York City. She had been employed with Phillips Electronics for 20 years, and later as an executive secretary at Okonite Corp. She is survived by her children Michael III of Ramsey and Leisa Shimmel of Pompton Lakes, and four grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband Michael Jr., her daughter Marguerite Aquinas Bussell, and her brother Thomas Geraghty. Arrangements were made by Van Emburgh-Sneider-Pernice Funeral Home in Ramsey. Memorial donations may be made to Saint Jude’s Children’s Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105. Mary Cucopulos, nee Sinanis, of Ridgewood, formerly of Washington Township, died Nov. 19. She was 84. Before retiring in 2000, she was a saleswoman with A&S and Macy’s, both in Paramus. She is survived by her husband Nicholas Cucopulos, her children Denise Stine, Gregory Cucopulos, and Linda Slutzky, seven grandchildren, and one great-grandson. Arrangements were made by C.C. Van Emburgh, Inc. in Ridgewood. Memorial donations may be made to American Heart Association, 1 Union Street, Suite 301, Robbinsville, NJ 08691 or to the Pulmonary Fibrosis Association, 811 West Evergreen Avenue, Suite 204 Chicago, IL. 60642. Dorothy A. Doherty of Ridgewood, formerly of WoodRidge, died Nov. 21. She was 85. She had been an executive secretary with Exxon Corporation in New York City and was a member of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Ridgewood. She is survived by her sisters Joan Emer- Marguery A. Aquinas son of Ocean Township, Margaret Gregory of Hicksville, Long Island, and Sister Frances Delaney of Mount Alverno Convent in Warwick, New York. She is also survived by many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband William Doherty, and her brother Thomas Delaney. Arrangements were made by Lazear-Smith & Vander Plaat Memorial Home in Warwick, New York. Amie Leigh Harris of Waldwick, and Monroe and Greenwood Lake, New York, died Nov. 19. She was 30. She was a graduate of George F. Baker High School in Tuxedo, New York. She was an alternative energy sales representative. She is survived by her parents Jeffery Harris and Laura Harris-Whitby, her stepfather Norman Whitby, her sisters Jessica Mueller and Nicole Harris, and her grandparents Richard Beaumont and Robert and Catherine Harris. She was predeceased by her maternal grandmother Rachel Beaumont. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat Funeral Home in Wyckoff. Memorial donations may be made to Saint Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 Saint Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105. Grant Reed Horton of Brighton, Iowa, formerly of Saddle River Township, Sydney, Australia, Oakland, and Holiday, Florida, died Nov. 11. He was 95. He was a US Navy veteran. He was a member of Beethoven Lodge 154, FA&M for over 50 years. He was a sheet metal worker for Spoelstra Brothers for 35 years, and a member of the Sheet Metal Workers Union No. 25. He was a member of City Island Yacht Club in New York and the Seven Springs Golf Club in Florida. He is survived by his wife Jean of Holiday, Florida, his daughter Susan Winter of Wyckoff, and two granddaughters. He was predeceased by his parents Grant John and Jennie, his brothers John Floyd, Hubert Heath, and David Arms Horton, and his granddaughter Meridyth Susan Winter. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat Funeral Home in Wyckoff. Gretchen Pucciarelli, nee Bornkessel, of Ridgewood died Nov. 18. She was 56. She had been a teacher at Ridgewood Nursery School and was a member of Christ Episcopal Church in Ridgewood. She is survived by her husband Albert, her children Melissa, Caroline, Paul, and John, one granddaughter, her mother Rae-Nelle, and her sister Heidi. Arrangements were made by C. C. Van Emburgh Funeral Home in Ridgewood. Memorial donations may be made to Thon, benefiting The Four Diamonds Fund at Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital, Thon, 210 HUB, University Park, PA 16802. Father Jerzy (George) Schneider of Ramsey died Nov. 22. He was 88. He was a member of the Salesian Community of Don Bosco Prep High School. He was born at Zywiec, Poland. During WWII, he was interned for four years in a German labor camp. He joined the Salesians in 1945 and made his first profession of vows on Aug. 26, 1946, in Krakow, Poland. He was ordained a priest in Oswiecim on May 30, 1953. He earned a master’s degree in fine arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow in 1961, and religious art became his chief apostolate for most of his 58 years as a priest. From 1961 to 1967, he was part of the Salesian community of Oswiecim, and he was rector of the chapel at the Auschwitz concentration camp from 1965 to 1967. He moved to the Salesian community of Don Bosco Prep in 1967. He spent the rest of his life there designing and executing works of liturgical art for numerous churches in the Northeast and for various vestment companies. He taught modern languages, art, and drafting. He went to many local parishes to celebrate Mass in Polish and looked after the numerous Polish immigrants in northern New Jersey and southern New York. Arrangements were made by Van Emburgh-Sneider-Pernice Funeral Home in Ramsey. Gretchen Pucciarelli Amie Leigh Harris Father Jerzy Schneider Mary Cucopulos Grant Reed Horton Dorothy A. Doherty