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Trachy S. Eslava
Thursday, July 25, 2002
Services for Trachy S. Eslava, 69, a lifelong resident of Caldwell, will be at 4:30 p.m. Sunday in the Dancy Funeral Home, 9 Smull Ave., Caldwell.
Mr. Eslava, who died Tuesday in the Department of Veterans Affairs N.J. Healthcare Center at East Orange, served in the Navy during the Korean War.
He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10184 in Parsippany, the American Legion Post 249 in Lake Hiawatha, the Disabled American Veterans, the Marine Corps League, the American Three Quarter Midget Racing Association and the Great American Trucking Racing.
Surviving are a brother, George I., and a sister, June M. Stocks.
Frank Bertino
Thursday, July 25, 2002
INDIAN CREEK, Ill. -- A Mass for Frank Bertino, 86, of Hallandale, Fla., a native of Newark, N.J., will be here at 11 a.m. Saturday in St. Mary of Vernon Church. Arrangements are by the McMurrough Chapel, Libertyville.
Mr. Bertino died Saturday in the Condell Medical Center, Libertyville.
He was employed by ITT before retiring. Previously, he owned and operated his own shoe making business in New Jersey.
Mr. Bertino was a member of the Moose Lodge, Hallandale.
Born in Newark, he moved to Florida several years ago.
Surviving are his wife, Concetta; daughters, Phylis Roden and Rosalie Ehrlich; a sister, Antoinetta Surina; five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Bill Horey, 77, coach who inspired winners
Friday, July 26, 2002
During his years as athletic director and football and track coach at Glen Ridge High School, Bill Horey was always known for his "horey" stories -- an old-fashioned brand of inspirational tales.
At school assemblies and speaking to athletes or parents, Mr. Horey would regale his audience with encouraging words, said Lou Calderone, then an assistant coach and now the school's athletic director.
"He would always have a great story with great meaning for the kids," Calderone said. "I don't know if they were all true, but they sounded good, the kids liked them and the coaches liked them, and they were all inspirational."
Mr. Horey, an athlete and coaching legend in New Jersey high school sports, died Wednesday in Delray Community Hospital in Delray Beach, Fla. He was 77.
The cause of death was a heart attack, officials said.
During his career, Mr. Horey compiled a coaching record in Glen Ridge football of 147 victories, 35 defeats and 3 ties over 25 years.
"He was very successful, and a mentor for all the new coaches," said Calderone, who came to Glen Ridge in 1968 as a physical education teacher and assistant coach in baseball and basketball.
Mr. Horey's stellar record included eight North Jersey, Section 2, Group 1 championships, unbeaten streaks of 34 and 24 games and eight undefeated seasons.
The renowned coach was also named Star-Ledger Coach of the Year in football in 1969.
A native of the Weequahic section of Newark, Mr. Horey took to athletics at a young age. At Weequahic High, he earned All-State honors as a football lineman in 1943. Mr. Horey also threw weights for the track and field team.
After graduation, Mr. Horey served in the Army during World War II. As he finished training in the Army Air Radio Corps, the war was coming to an end, which led him to Army Special Services, where he boxed in 39 matches.
"When I finished radio school," Mr. Horey once recounted, "the war was over. I went to special services as a boxer. I weighed 171 pounds and fought as a light heavyweight."
Mr. Horey dominated the division, losing just one time during his career, which included winning a Texas state championship.
From there, Mr. Horey went to Rutgers and played football from 1946 through 1950 under coach Harvey Harmon.
After Rutgers, Mr. Horey made the transition from athlete to coach. He got his first shot on the football sidelines in 1951 as an assistant at his alma mater, Weequahic, and helped the team to its first city championship that year as the line coach.
Four years later, in 1954, he moved to Glen Ridge and began what would be one of the most successful high school coaching careers in New Jersey. After serving for a year under coach Rawley Brown, Mr. Horey took over and stayed through 1978 as head coach.
"I don't think there was a better motivator of kids than Bill Horey," said Mel Klein, the principal at Glen Ridge during Mr. Horey's career. "He was a fine speaker with a good sense of humor."
It was Klein who elevated Mr. Horey to director of athletics at the school.
Mr. Horey's coaching expertise wasn't limited to the gridiron. He coached track and field at Glen Ridge for 24 years and set a state record with 10 consecutive outdoor Group 1 championships.
While looking back on his illustrious career in 1994, on the eve of his induction into the Newark Athletic Hall of Fame, Mr. Horey recalled a state football championship run in 1977.
"There were so many big games," Mr. Horey said. "It is hard to pinpoint one. We came back against Belvidere in the second half in the first round and came back against Brearley in the fourth quarter of the championship game."
Although he retired from coaching, Mr. Horey stayed involved in sports as a track and field official.
Surviving are his wife, Beatrice, who had been a home-economics teacher at Glen Ridge High; a son, Marc; a daughter, Marcie; sisters, Eva Portnoff and Bertha Portnoff, and two grandchildren, John and Scott.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in Menorah Chapels in Palm Beach.
Marion Scudder
Friday, July 26, 2002
Mrs. Marion Scudder, 79, of Bayonne died yesterday in Morristown Memorial Hospital.
A Mass will be at 9 a.m. Monday in St. Henry's Church, Bayonne. Arrangements are by the Migliaccio Funeral Home, Bayonne.
Mrs. Scudder was a teacher in Bayonne for 30 years before retiring.
Surviving are a son, Joseph; a daughter, Eloise Costello, and two grandchildren.
Sinisha Popovic
Friday, July 26, 2002
PORT JERVIS, N.Y. -- Services for Sinisha Pop Popovic, 64, of Port Jervis, a former New Jersey resident, will be at 11 a.m. tomorrow in the Gray-Parker Funeral Home here.
Mr. Popovic, who died Tuesday in Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, was a steamfitter before retiring.
Born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, he lived in West Orange, N.J., before moving to Port Jervis.
Surviving are his wife, Maxine; a son, William; sisters, Vera Lubarda and Nadica Medakovic, and two grandchildren.
