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Fred Ducatman, 73
Was Executive; Member of Several Honor Societies
Fred Ducatman, 73, of Scotch Plains died on Wednesday, November 25, 1998 at home.
Born in New York City, he had lived in Plainfield and Westfield before moving to Scotch Plains last year.
Mr. Ducatman had served as Vice President of Dart Industries, a chemical producer based in Paramus, before retiring in 1983 after 29 years with the company.
During his career, he was responsible for strategic planning, accounting, personnel and office services for a division of the firm which generated $300 million, and included 1, 100 employees, five plants and eight office locations.
Mr. Ducatman was also a member of the company’s Division Board of Directors, Joint Venture Operating Committee, and Chairman of the Joint Venture Strategic Planning Committee.
He was awarded a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in chemical engineering from Columbia University in New York City. He also received a master’s degree in business administration from Rutgers University in Newark.
Mr. Ducatman was a member of Beta Gamma, a business honor society, and engineering and science honor societies Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi and Phi Lambda Upsilon. He served in the United States Navy as an electronics technician’s mate during World War II.
Surviving are his wife, Shirley Ducatman; two sons, Dr. Alan Ducatman and Dr. Stephen Ducatman; a daughter, Dr. Amy Dunn and five grandchildren.
Funeral services were held on Friday, November 27, in Temple Emanu-El in Westfield.
Arrangements were handled by the Menorah Chapels at Millburn in Union.
Charles Haase, 91
Charles F. W. Haase, 91, of Mountainside died on Wednesday, November 25, 1998 at home.
Born in New York City, he lived in Mountainside for 51 years.
Mr. Haase had been a manager with Dykes Lumber Company in New York City for 30 years before retiring 26 years ago.
He was a graduate of New York University and a member of the Deutscher Club of Clark.
Surviving are his wife, Susan Haase, and two sons, Henry L. Haase and Charles P. Haase.
Funeral services were held on Saturday, November 28, in the Haeberle & Barth Colonial Home in Union.
Elizabeth Repak, 91
Elizabeth Repak, 91, of Cranford died on Thursday, November 26, 1998 in the Newton Memorial Hospital.
Born in Westfield, she moved to Cranford 49 years ago.
Surviving are a son, Robert Campbell; a sister, Dorothy Nixon; four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Graveside services were held on Saturday, November 28, in Fairview Cemetery in Westfield.
Arrangements were handled by the Smith-McCracken Funeral Home in Newton.
Helen B. Ferullo, 89
Helen B. Ferullo, 89, of Westfield died on Saturday, November 28, 1998 at home.
Born in Jersey City, she lived in Westfield for 20 years.
Mrs. Ferullo was active in St. Helen’s Roman Catholic Church in Westfield, where she unlocked the doors every morning for the priests.
Surviving are a son, Louis Ferullo; two daughters, Adele Prinzo and Kathy Gross; four sisters; a brother, and seven grandchildren.
A Funeral Mass was offered yesterday, Wednesday, December 2, in St. Helen’s Church.
Funeral arrangements were handled by the Dooley Colonial Home, 556 Westfield Avenue in Westfield.
Elsie Hoehing, 92
Elsie Hoehing, 92, of Westfield died on Tuesday, November 24, 1998 in Overlook Hospital in Summit.
Born in Newark, she had lived in Union before moving to Westfield in 1995.
Mrs. Hoehing was a member of the Senior Citizens Club of Union.
Surviving are two daughters, Nancy Sillito and Gladys Senna; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
A Funeral Mass was offered on Monday, November 30, in St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Church in Cranford.
Funeral arrangements were handled by the Gray Memorial Funeral Home, 12 Springfield Avenue in Cranford.
Giovanni DiBenedetto, 68
Was Custodian; Member of Local Italian-American Club
Giovanni DiBenedetto, 68, of Scotch Plains died on Sunday, November 29, 1998 at his home.
Born in Italy, he moved to the United States in 1970 and settled in Scotch Plains. Mr. DiBenedetto had been a custodian for the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education for 21 years before retiring in 1997.
He was a member of the Italian-American Club and St. Bartholomew the Apostle Roman Catholic Church, both in Scotch Plains.
Surviving are his wife, Maria Mastrocola DiBenedetto; two sons, Vincenzo DiBenedetto and Alceo DiBenedetto; a daughter, Carmelina Januszanis; a sister, Filomena Mastracola, and four grandchildren.
Funeral services were held yesterday, Wednesday, December 2, at the Rossi Funeral Home in Scotch Plains, followed by a Mass at St. Bartholomew the Apostle Church.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, 1 Bleeker Street, Millburn, 07041.
Robert N. Draper, 87
Robert N. Draper, 87, of Plainfield died on Tuesday, November 24, 1998 at Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center in Plainfield.
Born in Dunellen, he had lived in Plainfield for 65 years.
Mr. Draper had worked at Mack Motors in Edison and later as a sales clerk at Fanwood Liquors for 40 years before retiring in 1978.
Surviving are two daughters, Barbara Watson of Morganville and Lorraine Hooten of Old Bridge; a sister, Dolly Thompson of Somerville, and two grandsons.
Funeral services were held on Friday, November 27, at the Judkins Colonial Home in Plainfield.
Herbert G. Guillaume, 78
Owned Firms; Created New System for Mixing Gases
Herbert G. Guillaume, 78, of Maplewood died on Sunday, November 29, 1998 at home.
Born in Buffalo, New York, had also lived in Scotch Plains.
Mr. Guillaume was the founder and owner of three firms which manufactured specialty gases for commercial use. He had owned Pressure Industries of Plainfield, and Ideal Gas Products of Edison, from 1977 until his retirement in 1983.
Prior to that, he had been Vice President of Cryogenic Rare Gases in Newark from 1975 to 1977. He had operated his first company, Precision Gas Products of Scotch Plains, from 1963 until 1975.
Mr. Guillaume graduated from the University of Buffalo in New York with a degree in chemistry. He began his career in 1944 with Linde Air Products, a division of Union Carbide, in Tonawanda, New York.
In the mid-1960s, Mr. Guillaume developed a highly accurate system of mixing industrial gases by weight instead of pressure.
Surviving are his wife, Maura Guillaume; five daughters, Patrice Karahalios, Marcia Decker, Denise Wyckoff, Jane Dillonaire and Diane Kiesel; two sons, Keith Guillaume and Greg Guillaume, and 15 grandchildren.
A memorial service was held on Tuesday, December 1, in the Jacob A. Holle Funeral Home in Maplewood.
Mary Jo Harris, 70
Former CSH Trustee; Active in Junior League, Boosters, Church
Mary Jo Harris, 70, of Fanwood died on Thursday, November 26, 1998 in the Gwynedd Square Center in Lansdale, Pennsylvania.
Born in East Orange, she had lived in Madison before moving to Fanwood in 1956.
Mrs. Harris graduated from the Connecticut College for Women in New London, Connecticut in 1950.
She had been employed as a job evaluator for the Equitable Life Insurance Company in New York City for six years until 1956.
She was an auxiliary member and former Trustee of Children’s Specialized Hospital in Mountainside.
Mrs. Harris was also a former member of the Junior League of Elizabeth-Plainfield and a former Trustee of the Union County Homemakers’ Association.
She was a member of the Music Booster Club of Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School, and of the Fanwood Presbyterian Church.
Surviving are her husband, Thomas R. Harris of Fanwood; two sons, Edward Mason Harris of Hong Kong and Richard Townsend Harris of East Brunswick, and two grandsons.
Funeral services were held on Tuesday, December 1, in the Memorial Funeral Home, 155 South Avenue in Fanwood.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Children’s Specialized Hospital, 150 New Providence Road, Mountainside, 07092.
