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Frederick Jones, of Montclair, died on Aug. 1, 2020. He was 81. Born and raised in Montclair, Fred worked his professional career as a postal clerk for the U.S. Postal Service until his retirement. He spent his retired years enjoying life with family and friends, and by traveling to Maryland to visit his daughter and granddaughters...

Helen Ziegler (née Markman) passed away peacefully in Montclair on July 29, 2020. Helen was born on Sept. 16, 1918, and grew up in Brooklyn Heights, N.Y., where, in 1944, she met and married the love of her life, the late Sydney Ziegler. She l...

Robert (Bob) A. Melville, formerly of Montclair, entered into eternal rest on June 29, 2020, after a long illness. He was 76. Bob was born in 1943 in Montclair to the late Whinfield D. Melville Sr. and Alice Blauvelt Melville. He grew up in Upper Montclair and was a 1961 graduate of Montclair High School...

Angelo Maffucci of Naples, Fla., formerly of Montclair, died on July 27 at Lakeside Pavilion Nursing Home after a courageous battle with Parkinson’s disease. He was 87.  Angelo was born in Montclair in 1933 to Beatrice and Angelo Maffucci. He served...

Anne “Hope” Crawley (nee Savage), beloved mother and grandmother, died peacefully in her home in Montclair on July 24 after a long struggle with Parkinson’s disease. She was 87. She was with her loving children, Joe and Anne, who cared for her during her difficult illness.  Hope and her...

Dwight Jackson, formerly of Montclair, a loving husband, father, brother and friend, died peacefully on July 4 at home in Pinehurst, N.C., after a 15-year battle with early onset Alzheimer’s disease. He was 66. Dwight was the husband of Gail Lucretia Moore, and they shared 36 years of loving marriage together. B...

James Brunson, a longtime resident of Montclair, died on July 21. He was 101. James was born in Edgefield, S.C., on May 10, 1919, and moved with his parents to Georgia prior to his first birthday. He was the second-youngest of nine children...

by ALIYAH ANDREWS, ISIS AREVALO, MIKEE ELLIS and GENESIS WHITLOCK Special to Montclair Local This piece is part of our "Town Square" opinion essay section. The writers are organizers of Black Lives Matter Montclair. Over the past few months our community has shown an overwhelming amount of support for the Black Lives Matter movement...

Clarence Cody Hackney Jr., of Montclair, died at his home on July 10 after a short illness. He was 91. Clarence was employed at General Electric and retired from Rowe International in 1992. He was a longtime member of the congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses on Orange Road in Montclair. C...

Ryan Gilbertson, of Montclair, died on July 14 after a courageous five-year battle with cancer. He was 33. For those who did not have the pleasure to know him, he was the most wonderful, loving person you could ever know. He was warm, he was funny, he was kind...