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Adam Wade

Bruce Taylor, one of the legendary Montclair Mounties 1964 championship team, passed away this week, leaving behind a rich history of wonderful memories.

The Montclair school community is mourning the passing of long-term educator Karen Wingfield.

Catherine “Kitty” Mulroe passed away on Feb. 8, three weeks shy of her 90th birthday.  Born on a farm in County Mayo, Ireland, as the second of 11 children, she grew up helping her parents and grandparents tend cattle, fetch well water, foot turf and raise her seven rambunctious younger brothers. After emigratin...

Canio Zarrillo, 92, a longtime Montclair resident, passed away on Dec. 24, 2019. Canio was the general manager of Brookdale Shoprite in Bloomfield for many years, and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Family came first, and he enjoyed vacationing at The Limetree in Florida...

Gloria Robin, 89, of Montclair, N.J., passed away on Dec. 28, 2019. Born and raised in Birmingham, Ala., to the late Sam and Susie Carruba. Gloria was predeceased by her siblings, Nicolina Carruba, Irene Schillaci, Sue Nowosackie and Paul Carruba...

Maurice Anthony Glasgow, of Montclair, passed away on Dec. 21, 2019.   Maurice was born in the South American country of Guyana on Nov. 6, 1934. He lived in London, England and worked as a Limber British gunner.   He was a Montclair resident for 45 years, and is survived by his loving wife, Lurleen and son Malcom and daughter Michelle.  ...

By Erin Roll roll@montclairlocal.news Adele Katz, the founder of Montclair tutoring and mentoring group Sister to Sister, has died. In an interview with Montclair Local in November, Katz said the group and its young women faced many new challenges in the over two decades that Sister to Sister has paired middle and high school girls with adult female mentors. ...

Joan Juengling, a beloved 28 year old passed away on Nov, 13, 2018. Born in Paterson, raised in Clifton and Lake Stockholm, she resided in Montclair for half of her life. She was a former parishioner and student of St. Philip the Apostle, and an 2008 graduate of Montclair High School...

Wallace “Wally” Choice Jr., a veteran, NBA basketball player and Harlem Globetrotter, and local public advocate, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 9. He was 85.