Obituaries

Harold Mabern Jr.

- September 17, 2019
Service Date: September 27, 2019

HAROLD MABERN JR, WAS BORN IN AMERICA'S JAZZ CAPITAL, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, ON MARCH 20TH, 1936, TO PARENTS HAROLD MABERN SR. AND ELNORA SMITH. HIS MUSICAL JOURNEY STARTED WITH PLAYING BARITONE HORN IN THE DOUGLASS HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND; AT AGE FIFTEEN, HE HEARD A YOUNG LADY PLAY A SONG ON THE PIANO FROM MEMORY AFTER LISTENING TO IT ONCE, JUMPSTARTING HIS INTEREST IN IMPROVISATION. TRANSFERRING TO MEMPHIS' ACCLAIMED MANASSAS HIGH...

Stephanie Ball

- August 21, 2019
Service Date: August 29, 2019

Stephanie Ball passed away in New York on August 21, 2019

Marilyn Cooke

- July 26, 2019
Service Date: July 28, 2019

Alice "Marilyn" Cooke was born in 1933 as the first child of Sam and Kate Berman. She was raised on the Lower East Side of New York City. She had 3 siblings. Her sisters, Sandra and Sydelle, who pre-deceased her, and her brother, Michael, survives her. Marilyn was the loving mother of Staci, Candace, Kelly and Kerry. The Grandmother of Helen, Andrew, Jamie and Jacob, and the Great Grandmother of Christopher, Jackson, and Aria. She was the Aunt...

Walter Adams Sr.

- July 13, 2019
Service Date: July 18, 2019

Walter Adams, the third son of Elenore and Charles Adams Sr. was born July 4th, 1939 and grew into manhood in the Washington Heights, New York area. It was there his formation into a Christian caring gentleman began. He was baptized at the Roman Catholic Church of Saint Catherine of Genoa, attended their grammar school, spent a year at Bishop Dubois High School and completed his formal education at George Washington High School in New York City....

Miguel Santiago

- July 9, 2019
Service Date: July 15, 2019

Elizabeth C. Weese

- June 30, 2019
Service Date: July 6, 2019

On June 30, Elizabeth Catherine Weese, daughter of Elizabeth M. and Fred V. Weese passed on at the age of 96 years young. Born on April 20, 1923, Elizabeth was a dear neighbor and friend to many. She engaged everyone she met, remembering their names as well as something special about them. Her mind was sharp. She was a wealth of knowledge about books, opera, history, travel, the in's and out's of dinner parties, finance, and aging. ...

Muncie Hendler

- June 23, 2019
Service Date: no services

MUNCIE HENDLER, who was designer of City College of New York (CCNY) The Alumnus Magazine for 19 years, through 2017, died suddenly on June 23, 2019. She was 90 years old. She designed the CCNY Communications Alumni Group's newsletter The Communicator for 21 years, through Spring of 2019. Born in Brooklyn 1929, Muncie was talented, reliable, and organized, skilled and trained in a wide range of art forms. In the early 1950's, she painted in Paris...

Joseph Pressman

- May 21, 2019
Service Date: May 24, 2019

William J. McLaughlin

- May 8, 2019
Service Date: May 14, 2019

On May 8, William (Bill) J McLaughlin, loving husband of Anne E McLaughlin and devoted father of Grace M Rainey, Dr. Margaret M McLaughlin, Anne M Welch, Irene M Clark and Patricia M Kavanagh (deceased July 27, 2012) passed on at the age of 93. Bill was the youngest of 4 brothers (Donald, James, and Robert all deceased) and was born on March 18, 1926, in the Bronx, NY to James and Grace McLaughlin. Bill's father James was the son of Hell's...

Paul James Wrobleski

- April 22, 2019
Service Date: April 26, 2019

Paul J. Wrobleski passed peacefully on Monday, April 22nd surrounded by his loving wife, adoring son, and devoted family. Paul lived his life striving to do great things both professionally and personally, devoting his professional life to his co-founded financial services firm - Clarfeld Financial Advisors - and personal time to building a life for his family that people aspire to have. Paul will be missed by all who had the pleasure of...