Page 18 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • April 18, 2012 Obituaries Thomas F. Browne of Upper Saddle River died April 8. He was 91. He was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII. He received a bachelor of arts in business from Fordham University and began his career with the Archdiocese of New York. He served as general manager of Institutional Commodity Services and retired in 1987 after 37 years of service. He was a founding parishioner and first head lector of the Church of the Presentation in Upper Saddle River. He is survived by his wife Claire; his children Anthony Browne of Ridgewood, Bradley Browne of Ho-Ho-Kus, Barbara Wineland of Medford, and Kilby Browne of Union City; seven grandchildren; and his brother James of Normandy Beach. Arrangements were made by Lorne & Sons Funeral Home in Delray Beach, Florida. Memorial donations may be made to Autism New Jersey at www.autismnj.com. Mary S. Dromerick, nee Sedor, of Upper Saddle River died April 6. She was 88. She is survived by her children Donna, Adrienne and Walter and their families. She was predeceased by her husband Walter Michael. Arrangements were made by Van Emburgh-Sneider-Pernice Funeral Home in Ramey. Memorial donations may be made to Helen Hayes Rehabilitation Hospital in Nyack, New York or Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired, 218 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94102. Rick Garbaccio of Glen Rock, formerly of Waldwick, died April 9. He was 57. He was a 1973 graduate of Waldwick High School. He was the owner of Rick’s Maintenance Service in Glen Rock. He is survived by his wife Kathleen (nee Van Wetering), his children April and Ricky Jr., his mother Marilyn (nee Miller), and his brothers Ernest, Cliff, and Dino. He was predeceased by his father Ernest Garbaccio. 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 or the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Greater New Jersey Chapter, 2 University Plaza, Suite 312, Hackensack, NJ 07601. Margaret Lois McNish of Whiting, formerly of Paramus and Waldwick, died April 11. She was 81. She was a 1947 graduate of Kearny High School. She was employed by the Permutit Company and Campus Clothing in Paramus as a traffic and export coordinator. She was a founding member of Trinity United Presbyterian Church in Paramus. She is survived by her husband Howard “Bud” McNish, her daughters Jill and Linda, four granddaughters, and her brother Charles R. Rogers. Arrangements were made by Carmona-Bolen Home for Funerals in Whiting. Mary Teresinski, nee Monachello, of Waldwick died April 8. She was 87. She began her career as a bookkeeper Thomas F. Browne for Bendix Aviation in Teterboro before becoming an owner/operator of Terry’s Restaurant in Ridgewood. She also worked as a bookkeeper/administrator for Houlihan’s in Hackensack, a bookkeeper for Vinyl Building Products in Oakland, and as a cafeteria worker at Northern Highlands High School in Allendale. She was a parishioner of Saint Luke’s R.C. Church in Ho-Ho-Kus. She is survived by her children Ronald Teresinski of Clifton and Cynthia Addesso of Hawthorne, two grandchildren, her sister Rose Monachello of Ridgewood, and three nieces. She was predeceased by her husband Edward Teresinski, and her sisters Carmen Briganti, Phyllis Monachello, and Josephine Davis. Arrangements were made by Browning-Forshay Funeral Home in Hawthorne. Memorial donations may be made to the Passaic County Elks Cerebral Palsy Adult Training Center, 600 Route 46, Clifton, NJ 07013. Waldwick’s Annual 5K Run (continued from page 11) the runners would actually see, and they were incorporated into the map mural. “It’s really great to see how far this 5K event has come in five years,” Kowalski said. “None of this would be possible without the commitment from our community, the generosity of our sponsors, and the hard work from our volunteers for this event.That in itself is as rewarding as crossing the ‘finish line,’” he added. The Run/Walk is scheduled for Sunday, May 6, beginning at 9 a.m.; 9:30 a.m. for the 1 mile Walk at the Waldwick High School Track and Field, corner of Wyckoff and Hopper avenues. Pre-race pickup of bib, shirt and goody bags will take place on Saturday, May 5 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Ambulance Corps building. Same-day registration will be from 7:30 a.m. until 8:45 a.m. at the field. The course has been officially certified and sanctioned by the USATF, giving the event recognition as an official running course in New Jersey. Race results will be available on www.Bestrace.com. Entry fees for the run and the Fun Walk are $25 per person (if received by April 27); $30 thereafter (children 10 and under are free). Group discounts for five entries or more received by April 27 will be $22 per person; $27 after that date or on day of race. Entry forms may be secured on line from the chamber website: www.waldwickchamberofcommerce.com/5Krun or from raceforum.com. They may also be picked up and dropped off in person at Kallman Travel, 20 Harrison Ave., Waldwick 07463. For further information and directions, call Kim Manziano at 201-693-6734 or visit the chamber website. Mary S. Dromerick Rick Garbaccio Railroad club lawsuit (continued from page 3) and found that a change should be made on the VFW building’s tax-exempt status. Merolla said the change was warranted due to the lease with the club and the fact that the veterans have access to the building for meetings only once a month and one week before Memorial Day. Merolla stated that the property is being entirely leased to the club, with limited access to the veterans. While the railroad club is a non-profit, Merolla said it does not meet the statutory requirements for property tax exemption. According to the law covering taxation in leasehold situations, Merolla found that the exemption should be prorated. The area used by the veterans remains exempt, the assessor found. However, she determined that the remaining portion of the building is taxable, with the tax payable by the lessee. The State of New Jersey permits a full tax exemption for veterans’ organizations that meet specific legal requirements, and allows these organizations to derive income without losing their exemption. “However, when the veteran organization property is leased to a non-exempt tenant the lessee has the leasehold estate, and is listed as the owner, even though they do not actually own the property. (N.J.S.A. 54:4-2.3). As the leasehold owner, they are responsible for their portion of the real estate taxes,” Merolla previously stated. She added that the law provides that, in the absence of payment, “a lien on the leasehold estate is to be made and…(the club) shall be personally liable.” The lease was originally proposed in the 1990s, and was promoted as a solution for the railroad club and for the VFW. The club had recently lost its layout space in Ramsey, and the VFW had approached the council for assistance with maintaining the building. In recent years, the club and the VFW have been at odds over the use of the building due to the restrictions placed on the VFW. The terms of the lease, which was renewed in 2002, allow the VFW limited access to the building, a situation that has been problematic since the VFW has become more active. The VFW had planned to raze the Cliff Street building and construct a new home for Post 192, but the railroad club did not support those plans. The VFW then approached the borough to buy the neighboring property for a construction project. When that matter was close to a vote, the state VFW said the local post’s lease with the club was invalid, and the project was put on hold. Post 192 later attempted to evict the club. The VFW claimed that the club violated the lease, and asked the club to remedy the violations. The case went to court and was dismissed without prejudice. Margaret Lois McNish Mary Teresinski