Page 16 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • August 15, 2012 Obituaries Carmela Benevento of Wyckoff died Aug. 3. She was 88. Born in San Chirico Nuovo Provincia di Potenza, Italy, she emigrated with her husband and four children to the United States in 1961. She is survived by her children Mary Calvo, and Tony, Frank, and Gina Petrella, nine grandchildren, and 16 great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband Mike, and her granddaughter Mary Jane. Arrangements were made by Festa Memorial Funeral Home in Totowa. Memorial donations may be made in to S. Antonio da Padova 75019 Tricarico (MT) Italy. Yolanda Borrelli, nee Coscia, of Rockville, Maryland, formerly of Franklin Lakes, died Aug. 3. She was 96. She was a 1937 graduate of the Dental Assistant Training Institute in New York. Before retiring in 1985, she was secretary and treasurer of M.B. Sprinkler and Heating in Franklin Lakes. She was a former parishioner of Most Blessed Sacrament R.C. Church in Franklin Lakes and a volunteer with The American Cancer Society. She is survived by her children Richard Borrelli of Salem, Massachusetts, Joseph Borrelli of Rockville, Maryland, and Dr. Linda F. Borrelli of Abramsville, Pennsylvania, six grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband Mario Borrelli, and her five brothers and sisters. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat-Vermeulen Memorial Home in Franklin Lakes. Memorial donations may be made to The American Cancer Society, 20 Mercer Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601. Dennis D. Corrigan of Wyckoff died July 8. He was 43. He was a graduate of Indian Hills High School, and attended Bergen Community College. He is survived by his brother Thomas and sister-in-law Jo of Suffern, New York, and by his brother Kevin of Oakland. He was predeceased by his parents Thomas P. and Margaret J. (nee Lyons) Corrigan. A memorial will be planned at a later date. Memorial donations may be made to the ASPCA. Theodore Gates Councilor of Jupiter, Florida died Aug. 6. He was 81. He was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran. He was a 1952 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh. He spent several years in public accounting before joining the family business, Black Millwork in Allendale. He was president of the company for over 40 years and was recognized as a leader of the lumber and millwork industries. He was a member of the Pine Valley Golf Club and the Arcola Country Club. He is survived by his companion Kitty, his children Robb, David, Missy, and Gates, 14 grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife Barbara Councilor, and his son Thomas. Arrangements were made by Van Emburgh-Sneider-Pernice Funeral Home in Ramsey. Carmela Benevento Yolanda Borrelli Carolyn J. Fessler of Franklin Lakes died Aug. 2. She was 82. She had been a secretary for the Ramapo-Indian Hills Regional School District in Franklin Lakes from 1964 until her retirement in 1997. During that time, she served as personal secretary to the superintendent of schools. She also worked as a part-time secretary for the Franklin Lakes Planning Board. She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Mahwah. She is survived by her daughter, Janet “Jan” Compton and son-in-law Norman, five grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and her brother Donald Meredith of Nevada. She was predeceased by her husband George Fessler, her daughter Joan Fessler, and her son Jamie A. Fessler. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat Funeral Home in Wyckoff. Memorial donations may be made to the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 417005, Boston, MA 02241-7005. Paul T. Frazza of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, formerly of Ridgewood, died Aug. 8. He was 89. He was a U.S. Army veteran. He was a graduate of Upsala College and studied finance at Seton Hall University. He was a purchasing agent for various companies and for the United States government. He was a chaplain for the American Legion and a member of The Hobbyists. He was a Eucharistic minister and a member of Our Lady of Mount Carmel R.C. Church in Ridgewood. He is survived by his wife Peggy, his children Lisa of Del Aire, California, Paul of Easton, Pennsylvania, Chris of Meriden, Connecticut, and Luke of Fairfax, Virginia, four grandchildren, and his siblings Lorraine, Mary Averil, Betsy, and George. He was predeceased by his parents, Paul T. Frazza Sr. and Myrtle Van Riper, and his brothers Joseph and Peter. Arrangements were made by Feeney Funeral Home in Ridgewood. Edward John Herter III, formerly of Midland Park, died July 4. He was 73. He was a graduate of Ridgewood High School Class of 1957 and received an associate degree in business from Bergen Community College, a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Ramapo College, and a master’s degree in management from New Jersey Institute of Technology. He was in the graphics arts and printing industry for over 40 years working in a variety of sales and sales management roles for organizations such as Borden Chemical, Lewis Roberts Inc., Rollcut, and Superior Printing Ink. Most recently, he was president and founder of Ramapo Graphics, Herter Associates, and Clean Impressions. He was also an adjunct college professor at Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner, Massachusetts, Nyack College in New York, and Felician College. He was posthumously given the “Winter Warmers Board Member of the Year” award. He was a member of the New Jersey National Guard. He was a past board member of the Tag and Label Manufacturing Institute, a past member of Delta Mu Delta Carolyn J. Fessler (an international business honor society), a past member of LeTip International, a past member of Rotary Club International, and a past member of Jaycees. He was a member or the Fitchburg Business Networking Group and the North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce, and an ambassador for the Wachusett Chamber of Commerce. He is survived by his wife Gail (Archer) Herter, his children Michael Herter of Lunenburg, Massachusetts and Michelle L. (Herter) McGivney of Midland Park, and six grandchildren. Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, Attention: Gardner Relay for Life, 350 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA. Memorial services will be held at the Masciarelli Funeral Home-Water Street in Fitchburg, Massachusetts on Aug. 18 at 2 p.m. and at The Community Church at Upper Ridgewood, Fairmount and Hillcrest Roads in Ridgewood, on Sept. 22 at 2 p.m. Paul T. Frazza New rabbi Dennis D. Corrigan Edward John Herter III Theodore Gates Councilor (continued from page 6) position at the Baldwin Jewish Center on Long Island. From 2000 to 2010, he was the spiritual leader at Little Neck Jewish Center in Queens, New York where he founded a Hebrew high school, an initiative that contributed to the congregation receiving the United Synagogue’s Solomon Schechter Gold Award for excellence in ritual and worship programming two times. From 1988 to 2000, Prouser held the pulpit at Congregation B’Nai Sholom in Newington, Connecticut, where he developed a religious school curriculum and guide that has since been adopted by Conservative congregations in at least 10 states. He also directed a regional institute for interfaith couples and aspiring converts to Judaism named “The Course in Basic Judaism.” These endeavors helped earn B’Nai Sholom the Solomon Schechter Gold Award a total of nine times in the categories of worship and ritual, elementary education, and family education. Dr. Ora Horn Prouser, a New Jersey native, earned a Ph.D. in Bible studies at the Jewish Theological Seminary and served on its faculty. She is now executive vice president and academic dean at the Academy for Jewish Religion in Yonkers, New York. Her father, Rabbi William Horn, is rabbi emeritus of the Jewish Community Center of Summit, New Jersey. Her sister, Dassy Mark, is the regional director of the United Synagogue Youth organization, and her brother-in-law is Rabbi Randall Mark, who leads Congregation Shomrei Torah in Wayne. Rabbi and Dr. Prouser have three children: Shira, 26; Eitan, 24; and Ayal, 20, all of whom are alumni of Solomon Schechter day schools. The same week they began their association with Temple Emanuel, the Prousers celebrated their thirtieth wedding anniversary. Upon arriving, Rabbi Prouser said he is looking forward to helping Temple Emanuel grow and serve as a resource to the broader Jewish community in and around Franklin Lakes.