26 DECEMBER 5, 2019 RIDGEWOOD  TIMES WWW.QNS.COM 
 OBITUARIES 
 ADALBERTO  RIVERA,  of  
 Ridgewood,  died  on  Monday,  
 November 25, at the age of 77. A  
 native of Ponce, Puerto Rico, he  
 was the beloved husband of the  
 late  Carmen  Morales,  and  the  
 devoted father of Elizabeth Torres, 
  Anna Ayala, Maria Morales,  
 Leila Gonzalez, Miguel Santiago,  
 Moritza  Rivera,  Nancy  Rivera  
 and Adalberto Rivera Jr. He is also  
 survived by 21 grandchildren  
 and 31 great-grandchildren. Services  
 were offered at Morton Funeral  
 Home/Ridgewood Chapels,  
 followed by interment at Cypress  
 Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, under  
 the direction of Morton Funeral  
 Home/Ridgewood Chapels,  663  
 Grandview Ave., Ridgewood.  
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 ELBA SANTIAGO, of Maspeth,  
 died  on  Saturday,  November  
 30, at the age of 80. A native of  
 Isabella, Puerto Rico, she was the  
 devoted mother  of  Sandra  Santiago  
 Santos. She is also survived  
 by two grandchildren. Services  
 were offered at Morton Funeral  
 Home/Ridgewood  Chapels,  followed  
 by  interment  in  Linden  
 Hill Cemetery, Ridgewood, under  
 the direction of Morton Funeral  
 Home/Ridgewood Chapels,  663  
 Grandview Ave., Ridgewood. 
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 MACARIO  MENJIVAR,  of  
 College  Point,  died  on  Friday,  
 November 8, at the age of 49. A  
 native of El Salvador, he was the  
 devoted father of Erik Menjivar  
 and loving son of Vicente Torres  
 and Magdalena Menjivar. A Mass  
 of Christian Burial was offered at  
 St. Fedelis R.C. Church, followed  
 by interment at St. Charles Cemetery, 
   Farmingdale,  under  the  
 direction  of  Morton  Funeral  
 Home/Ridgewood Chapels,  663  
 Grandview Ave., Ridgewood. 
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 VASILICA  TEODORESCU,  
 of Astoria, died on Wednesday,  
 November 20, at the age of 79. A  
 native of Bucharest, Romania, she  
 was the devoted mother of Beatrice  
 Teodorescu and dear sister  
 of Victor Negoescu. Services were  
 offered at Morton Funeral Home/ 
 Ridgewood Chapels, followed by  
 interment at Lutheran All Faiths  
 Cemetery, Middle Village, under  
 the direction of Morton Funeral  
 Home/Ridgewood Chapels,  663  
 Grandview Ave., Ridgewood. 
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 FRANK RUDOLPH EPPICH,  
 of Monsey, died on Wednesday,  
 November 20, at the age of 67. He  
 was a Ridgewood native. A Mass  
 of Christian Burial was offered  
 at Our  Lady  of  the Miraculous  
 Medal  R.C.  Church,  followed  
 by  interment  at  Linden  Hill  
 Cemetery,  Ridgewood,  under  
 the direction of Morton Funeral  
 Home/Ridgewood Chapels,  663  
 Grandview Ave., Ridgewood. 
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 JOHN R. EPPICH, of Germantown, 
  Maryland, died on Wednesday, 
  November 20, at the age of  
 58. A native of Ridgewood, he was  
 the loving son of Josef Eppich and  
 dear brother of Helmut Eppich. A  
 Mass of Christian Burial was offered  
 at St. Matthias R.C. Church,  
 followed by interment at Cypress  
 Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, under  
 the direction of Morton Funeral  
 Home/Ridgewood Chapels,  663  
 Grandview Ave., Ridgewood. 
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 ELLEN  ROGERS,  of  Ridgewood, 
   died  on Wednesday, November  
 20, at the age of 87. She  
 was a native of Brooklyn. A Mass  
 of Christian Burial was offered  
 at Our  Lady  of  the Miraculous  
 Medal  R.C.  Church,  followed  
 by  interment  at  Cypress  Hills  
 Cemetery, Brooklyn, under the  
 direction  of  Morton  Funeral  
 Home/Ridgewood Chapels,  663  
 Grandview Ave., Ridgewood. 
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 STEFAN WASZCZENKO died  
 on Friday, November 29, at the  
 age of 92. He was the beloved husband  
 of Leopoldina Waszczenko,  
 the loving father of Victor Waszczenko, 
  Nadia Perez and Christina  
 Waszczenko, and father-in-law of  
 John Perez, the cherished grandfather  
 of Jayson, Alyssa, Jonathan  
 and Erika, great-grandfather of  
 Derek James, and dear brother  
 of  Wera  Teixeira  and  the  late  
 Wasyl Waszczenko. Funeral  
 services  were  held  at  Papvero  
 Funeral  Home  on  Wednesday,  
 Dec. 4, followed by interment at  
 St. John Cemetery, Middle Village,  
 under the direction of Papavero  
 Funeral Home, 72-27 Grand Ave.,  
 Maspeth. 
 	
	 
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