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Ann Tutko
06/25/01
A graveside service for Ann Tutko, 85, of North Bergen, will be at 10:45 a.m. today at Holy Cross Cemetery, North Bergen. Tutko died Friday at Hudson View Nursing Home, North Bergen.
Tutko was a waitress before retiring.
Joseph Z. Konopka Funeral Home, North Bergen, is in charge.
Joseph Picone
06/25/01
Mass for Joseph Picone, 83, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. John's Church, Leonia. He died at home Saturday.
Picone was co-founder and retired chairman and chief executive officer of Evan-Picone, a major producer of women's sportswear in North Bergen. Picone and his partner, Charles Evans, sold their company to Revlon in 1962, while Picone remained its president. He privately re-purchased the company from Revlon in 1967 and remained at its helm until he retired in 1983.
Starting in 1986, Picone served as chairman and chief executive officer of MaxMara USA Inc., in New York City. He retired from MaxMara in 1991.
Picone was born in Castronovo, Sicily, in 1918. He began work in the garment industry as an apprentice at the age of seven.
He immigrated to the United States in 1936, settling in Jersey City. He later moved to Ridgefield, then Leonia. He moved to Manhattan over 20 years ago.
Picone was an Army veteran of World War II.
He was sponsor and vice chairman of the Inner City Scholarship Fund of the Archdiocese of New York. He was past honorary Regent, Saint Peter's College, Jersey City.
Picone received a number of honors in Italy and elsewhere outside of the United States.
Surviving are his wife, Fannie
Blackley Funeral Home, Ridgefield, is in charge.
John J. Zoller
06/25/01
Services for John J. Zoller, 73, of Union City, will be at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow at Holy Family Church, Union City. He died Friday at Meadowlands Hospital, Secaucus.
Zoller was a self-employed embroidery worker.
He was born in Weehawken.
He was an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II.
Surviving are two sons, John W. And Randy; a brother, Albert, and a grandson, Patrick.
Leber Funeral Home, Union City, is in charge.
Dorothy A. Teetsel
06/25/01
Services for Dorothy A. (Bal) Teetsel, 81, a native of Jersey City, will be at 11 a.m. tomorrow at A.K. Macagna Funeral Home, Cliffside Park. She died at home Friday .
Teetsel was a technical assistant in the engineering department at Picatinny Arsenal, Milton, for over 26 years.
She moved from Milton to Ft. Lee three-and-a-half years ago.
She was a life member of the Milton First Aid Guard.
Surviving are a sister-in-law, Helen Bal; a brother-in-law, William Dwyer; and many nieces and nephews.
A. K. Macagna Funeral Home, Cliffside Park, is in charge.
Luis G. Velez
06/25/01
Services for Luis G. Velez, 54, a longtime resident of Jersey City, will be at 10 a.m. tomorrow at Alvarez-Marshello Funeral Home, Jersey City. He died Saturday at Jersey City Medical Center.
Velez was an auto body painter at Metropolitan Volkswagen, Jersey City.
He was born in Puerto Rico, coming to Jersey City 21 years ago.
Surviving are his wife, Maria; three sons, Angel, Joey, and Gil; a daughter, Michelle; his father, Luis; his mother, Lydia; and six grandchildren.
Elizabeth Cottone
10/04/01
Services for Mrs. Elizabeth Cottone, 83, will be at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow in the William J. Leber Funeral Home, 15 Furnace Rd., Chester.
Mrs. Cottone, who died Monday in Morristown Memorial Hospital, was a member of the Golden Age of St. Peter’s Senior Citizens Club of Parsippany.
She was born in Johnstonville, Ga.
Surviving are daughters, Mrs. Elaine Kunkel, Mrs. Diane Rossi and Mrs. Adrianne Green; sisters, Mrs. Grace Babbage and Mrs. Naomi Ur; nine grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
