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Death Notices from Saturday, April 3, 1999:
KATHY ANN MAJOR, 37, of Waldwick died Wednesday.
She was a secretary for Ventura Foods, City of Industry, Calif.
She was a member of the Waldwick Ambulance Corps.
Arrangements: C.C. Van Emburgh Funeral Home, Ridgewood.
DR. CATHERINE J. MOLINARI, 78, of North Arlington died Thursday.
Before retiring in 1985, she was a Patient Education Coordinator at East Orange Veterans Administration Hospital.
Subsequently, she was an associate professor at Rutgers University's College of Nursing, Newark, where she worked for 16 years.
From 1967 to 1969, she assisted the chairman of the Nursing Department at William Paterson College in organizing and implementing the Baccalaureate Degree Program in Nursing.
She was assistant director of the National League for Nursing, Department of Diploma and Associate Degree Program, New York City.
From 1955 to 1961, she was director of the School of Nursing for Hackensack Hospital.
She was a member of the American Nurses Association, the National League for Nurses, and New Jersey League for Nursing.
She was a life member of the Teachers College at Columbia University, New York City, and was past president of the New Jersey State Nurses Association.
She served as New Jersey Nursing League Representative to the New Jersey Department of Higher Education Health Professions Education Advisory Council Nursing Subcommittee.
From 1986-1987, she was listed in Who's Who in American Nursing.
A 1941 graduate of St. Michael's Hospital School of Nursing, she received her bachelor's and master's degrees from Seton Hall University.
In 1971, she earned a master's in education from Columbia University, New York City, and received her doctorate from Rutgers University Graduate School of Education, New Brunswick, in 1980.
Arrangements: Parow Funeral Home, North Arlington.
BARBARA ELIZABETH MOSCA, 78, of Manahawkin, formerly of Totowa, died Thursday.
Before retiring in 1990, she was an executive secretary for Consolidated Novelty Inc., Paterson, where she worked for 18 years.
Arrangements: Thos. L. Shinn Funeral Home, Manahawkin.
ELLEN HANSEN OLAFSON, 88, of Whiting, formerly of Wood-Ridge, died Thursday.
Before retiring in 1979, she was an assistant librarian for the Wood-Ridge Library.
She was a member of United Methodist Church, Hasbrouck Heights, and its Women's Association.
She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and Wood-Ridge 60-Plus Club.
She was a former organist for Bethany Methodist Church, Jersey City.
Arrangements: Kohler Funeral Home, Wood-Ridge.
FRANK BOYD RODWELL SR. of Passaic died Tuesday.
Before retiring, he worked for DeLuxe Cleaners, Clifton.
He was an Army veteran of World War II.
Arrangements: Bragg Funeral Home, Passaic.
HELEN I. SMITH, 90, of Fair Lawn died Friday.
Before retiring in 1972, she was the principal of Cambridge School, Saddle Brook, for 22 years.
The school was renamed in her honor upon her retirement.
Previously, she was an educator in the Saddle Brook School System for 43 years.
She was a member of First Reformed Church, Hawthorne.
Arrangements: Browning-Forshay Funeral Home, Hawthorne.
ALEXANDER TARANTO, 18, of Bergenfield, formerly of Fort Lee, died Thursday.
He was a student at William Paterson University, Wayne.
Arrangements: A. K. Macagna Funeral Home, Cliffside Park.
MICHAEL D. VACCARO, 89, of Oradell died Thursday.
Before retiring, he was vice president of Witco Chemical Co., New York City.
Subsequently, he worked for Kramer Corp., Fair Lawn.
He was a former River Edge councilman.
He was a member of the Hackensack Golf Club and the Seniors, Oradell.
He was president of the Mayfair League.
Arrangements: Beaugard Funeral Home, River Edge.
TUNIS VAN DER WENDE, 95, of Paramus, formerly of Fair Lawn, died Tuesday.
Before retiring, he was a truck driver and mechanic for Glen Rock Lumber Co., Fair Lawn.
He was an Army veteran of World War II.
Arrangements: Vander Plaat Colonial Home, Fair Lawn.
WALTER R. WISNIEFSKI, 72, of Paterson died Wednesday.
Before retiring, he was an electrical engineer consultant for Bendix Corp., Teterboro.
He was an Army veteran of World War II.
Arrangements: Della Torre Funeral Home, Paterson.
CARMINE YUPPA, 64, of Gilbert, Ariz., and his son SCOTT YUPPA, 30, of Chandler, Ariz., both formerly of Lodi, died March 20 in a plane crash.
Carmine Yuppa was a retired truck driver and an Air Force veteran.
Scott Yuppa was a computer analyst and a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh.
Arrangements: Lakeshore Mortuary, Mesa, Ariz.
