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Somerset (NJ) Messenger Gazette, September 5, 1954:
Uriah Coleman
Uriah Coleman, 76, of 61 Mercer street, a retired employe(sic) of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, died yesterday in his home.
Born in Roycefield, he was a life-long resident of this area.
He retired nine years ago as superintendent of parks and gardens for the Central Railroad.
He had been employed by the railroad for 42 years.
Mr. Coleman was a member of Ivanhoe Council, Jr. OUAM, and was active 50 years in the First Methodist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lottie Conners Coleman; a son, Clarence N. Coleman of Fitchville, Conn.; four grandchildren, and a brother, William Coleman of New Egypt.
Services will be held in his home Saturday at 3 p.m., the Rev. Harold B. Wright, pastor of the First Methodist Church, and the Rev. A.N. Smith, former pastor, officiating.
Burial will be in Old Cemetery.
Plainfield N.J. Courier-News, Friday, October 1, 1954:
Mrs. John V. Wells
Mrs. Myrtle Marjorie Stranzenbach Wells, wife of John V. Wells of 27 Everett Pl., died yesterday (Sept. 30, 1954) at Muhlenberg Hospital.
Born in North Plainfield 41 years ago, she had lived there the last 16 years and before that in the borough.
Also surviving are her mother, Mrs. Edward Stranzenbach of Martinsville; a brother, Fred Stranzenbach of Rahway; two sisters, Mrs. Fred Gutman of Westfield and Mrs. Henry Maritz of Martinsville.
Services will be at the Memorial Funeral Home Sunday at 3 p.m. in charge of Dr. John Y. Broek of Trinity Reformed Church.
Burial will be in the Bound Brook Cemetery
Monday morning.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 12 noon tomorrow.
Carl G. Roberts
New Brunswick - Funeral services will be held tomorrow for Carl B. Roberts, five-month-old son of Mr. & Mrs. Ulysses Roberts Jr., and grandson of Mrs. Dorothy Wynn of Scotch Plains. He died Wednesday.
Other survivors are his paternal grandparents and a brother.
Harrie C. White
Bennington, Vt. - Harrie C. White, 78, a past president of the National Toy Manufacturers Association, and president of the family concern, the H.C. White Company, makers of the kiddie car, died yesterday.
Stanley Plesnarski
Whitehouse Station - Stanley Plesnarski, 56, of Pulaski Rd., died yesterday (Sept. 30, 1954) at home. Born in Poland, he came to this country 41 years ago and had lived here the past nine years. He was a former Jersey City resident.
Mr. Plesnarski was employed by Diehl Manufacturing Co., Finderne.
He was a member of its Employes (sic) Independent Union.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Lottie Plesnarski; four children, Stanley and Mrs. Stanley Adamczyk, both of this place; Eleanor and Lucille at home, and a brother, Paul, Jersey City.
The funeral will be Monday at 8:30 a.m. from the Bongiovi Funeral Home, Raritan Borough, and at 9:30 a.m. at St. Mary's Church, Bound Brook, where a Solemn Requiem Mass will be celebrated.
Burial will be in St. Bernard's Cemetery, Raritan.
Mrs. Joseph Winiski
Funeral services were held yesterday in the Scarpa Funeral Home for Mrs. Florence Edna Winiski, wife of Joseph Winiski of 354 Somerset St., who died Monday at home.
The Rev. Earl E. Hair of the Watchung Avenue Presbyterian Church officiated and burial took place in Hillside Cemetery.
Bearers were Anthony Oliveri, Albert Gaub, Tulio Caperelli, Louis Baldini, Thomas Akalewicz and Ray Kubian.
John F. Galbraith
A High Requiem Mass for John Francis Galbraith if 540 W. Sixth St. was celebrated yesterday at St. Mary's Church by the Rev. Harold V. Colgan.
The Children's Choir sang the responses and Miss Mary Smith was organist.
Interment followed in Holy Redeemer Cemetery, South Plainfield.
Mr. Galbraith, a retired plumber, died Tuesday.
The Memorial Funeral Home had charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Alice Jennings
Mrs. Alice L. Jennings of 165 Crescent Ave. died yesterday (Sept. 30, 1954) at Muhlenberg Hospital. She had resided here many years and was a member of Grace Episcopal Church.
She leaves a niece, Mrs. William Racine of Hinsdale, Ill.
The A.M. Runyon & Son "Home for Services" will announce arrangements.
