Page 14 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • April 3, 2013 Obituaries William James Bradley III of Ridgewood died March 22. He was 52. He received an undergraduate degree with distinction from the Virginia Military Institute and served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1982 to 1987, earning many honors of distinction. He graduated from the University of Richmond School of Law, where he served as Notes and Comments editor for the Richmond Law Review. He began his law career as an associate for McGuire Woods in Richmond, Virginia, and went on to become partner with Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld in New York City. Most recently, he was a principal partner of Malaby & Bradley in New York City. He is survived by his wife Linda (nee Edelman), his children Rachel Lynn and Sarah Beth, his mother Mae Bradley, and his sister Sharon Rukes. He was predeceased by his father William James Bradley Jr. Arrangements were made by Feeney Funeral Home in Ridgewood. Memorial donations may be made to Saint Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, P.O. Box 1000, Department 142, Memphis, TN 38148-0142 or Wounded Warrior Project, PO Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675. Louise (Kartalian) Danubio of Glen Rock, formerly of Bergenfield, died March 24. She was 80. Before retiring, she was a publishing clerk with New American Library in Bergenfield for many years. She is survived by her children Mildred, Joseph R., John A., and Louis Danubio, and six grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband Joseph Danubio. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat-Caggiano Funeral Home in Fair Lawn. Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, 20 Mercer Street, Hackensack, NJ 0760. James M. Kozielski of Ridgewood died March 22. He was 43. He graduated from DeVry Institute of Technology with a degree in electrical engineering, and worked for IBM in Fishkill, New York. He is survived by his wife Jennifer (nee Wyatt) of Hopewell Junction, New York, his children William James and Emma Catherine Kozielski, his mother Joan C. Kozielski, and siblings Robert J. Jr. and Lori Kozielski. He was predeceased by his father Robert J. Sr. Arrangements were made by C.C. Van Emburgh Funeral Home in Ridgewood. Memorial donations to a college fund for his children may be made to William J. Kozielski, c/o Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, 159 Barnegat Road, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601, Ridgewood PBA Local #20, 131 North Maple Avenue, Ridgewood NJ 07450, or Ridgewood FMBA Local #47, 201 East Glen Avenue, Ridgewood NJ 07450. John A. Schilstra of Hawthorne, formerly of Mahwah and Wyckoff, died March 23. He was 63. He graduated William James Bradley III from Ramapo High School, and was employed by several Ford dealerships in the Bergen County area over the past 40 years before retiring one year ago. He was a member of the Grace Bible Church in Pompton Plains, where he served in various ministries. He is survived by his wife Susan (nee Terhune), his children Leah Brown and John Schilstra, his brother David Schilstra, sister-in-law Lois, and niece Stefanie. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat Funeral Home in Wyckoff. Memorial donations may be made to the Hawthorne Volunteer Ambulance Corps, 970 Goffle Road, Hawthorne, NJ 07506. Samuel S. Walstrum II of Ridgewood died March 24. He was 83. He was a U.S. Navy veteran. He attended the Samuel S. Walstrum II Peddie School for two years, returning to Ridgewood High School to graduate in the Class of 1947, where he played varsity football and baseball. He attended Princeton University for two years. After serving in the Navy, he joined the firm of SS Walstrum - Gordon & Forman as a real estate broker until 1975 and was a member of the Northwest Bergen Board of Realtors. He then joined The Valley Hospital transport staff, where he worked until 1994. He was a member of the Ridgewood Kiwanis Club, serving as president from 1964-65. He is survived by his children Samuel William Walstrum II, Mary Jane Kearns, and James Halsey Walstrum, six grandchildren, and his sister Sallie Herman Bailey of Mesa, Arizona. Arrangements were made by C.C. Van Emburgh Funeral Home in Ridgewood. A memorial service will be held later this spring. board level a few days before, showed an actual reduction of about $29 in the property taxes on an average Glen Rock house. The budget introduced by the Glen Rock Board of Education calls for a total budget of $42,570,579 and a general tax levy of $40,033,500 -- projecting a decrease in taxes for school purposes for perhaps the first time in history. The tax impact is calculated on the average Glen Rock house assessed at $578,000. No vote is required on the Glen Rock Board of Education’s budget this year, as the increase to the operating budget falls under the state-mandated cap, which is currently two percent. In 2012, the state allowed school districts that chose to move their school board elections from spring to the date of the November general election to forego the public vote on the school budget as long as the spending plan falls below the prescribed cap. A second breakthrough came when Paul saw the potential of the Magnetophon, developed in Germany by I.G. Farben as a magnetic-tape recorder. Hitler had once recorded his speeches by Magnetophon so Allied bombers could not blow up the speech locations while he was there. The technology made a recorded speech seem to be spontaneous. The Americans confiscated the technology as soon as World War II ended in Europe. Paul and Ford soon discovered ways to make multi-track recordings so that Paul’s playing and Ford’s singing could be accompanied by none other than -- Paul and Ford. The simple romantic melodies and sophisticated technology blended to make the signature popular music sound of the early 1960s. Visitors at the concert heard it all in a remarkable facsimile of the magic days before the legendary duo broke up over personal differences. Paul was a long-time resident of Mahwah, and his friend and student brought back fond memories of his mentor to everyone who heard the concert. Even people who never heard Paul and Ford on the radio loved the golden sound of a golden era in American music. Budget increase (continued from page 10) Salary ranges included $85,000 to $155,000 for the police chief, $80,000 to $145,000 for the captain, $35,000 to $55,000 for the borough administrator and $40,000 to $90,000 for the chief financial officer, now construed as tandem positions, $50,000 to $110,000 for the director of public works, and $30,000 to $110,000 for the construction officer and construction code official. The wide ranges constitute the difference between an entry-level employee and the maximum salary for the office-holder, and do not constitute what present senior employees are actually paid. The Glen Rock Board of Education budget, voted at the Louise Danubio James M. Kozielski Retrospective (continued from page 5) Polsfuss in 1915, the guitar virtuoso was the son of Prussian immigrants. He became Les Paul during World War I, when a substantial percentage of the German-American community decided to become Anglo-Saxon or Dutch. Paul and his two-man backup band were spotted by Bing Crosby. Crosby shouted to them: “You’re coming to work for me at $1,000 a week.” “Okay!” Paul shouted back. “How much for the other two guys?” In a short time, he was making $15,000 to $20,000 a year in an era when new cars sold for $1,000 or less and candy bars cost a nickel. Paul was a superb guitarist (and a think-on-his-feet businessman), but his big breakthrough came in teaming up with Mary Ford -- born Iris Colleen Summers -- after they were introduced by Gene Autry, a cowboy crooner of the 1930s and 1940s. She had the perfect voice for his kind of music. John A. Schilstra