46 DECEMBER 19, 2019 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
OBITUARIES
AURORA RUZAN, of
Glendale, died on Thursday,
December 5, at the age of 72.
A native of Seleus, Yugoslavia,
she was the beloved wife
of Kornel Ruzan, devoted
mother of Kornel Ruzan and
dear sister of Minadora Cimesa
and Jonel Ruzan. 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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STEFAN WASZCZENKO
died on Friday, November 29,
at the age of 92.She was the beloved
husband of Leopoldina
Waszczenko, the loving father
of Victor Waszczenko, Nadia
Perez and Christina Waszczenko,
father-in-law of John
Perez, cherished grandfather
of Jayson, Alyssa, Jonathon
and Erika, great-grandfather
of Derek James, and dear
brother of Wera Teixeira and
the late Wasyl Waszczenko.
Funeral services were held
at Papavero Funeral Home
on Wednesday, December 4,
followed by interment at St.
John Cemetery, Middle Village,
under the direction of
Papvero Funeral home, 72-27
Grand Ave., Maspeth.
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ALICE COMPERIATI, of
Maspeth, died on Wednesday,
December 11, at the age of 89.
She was the beloved wife
of the late Joseph, devoted
mother to Joseph, Daniel,
Marianne, Michael, Alice,
Peggy Liz, and Chris, the dear
sister of Mary Ann Phelan and
Patricia Bergenn, and is also
survived by 19 grandchildren
and one great-granddaughter.
Services were offered at Saint
Stanislaus Church, follwed by
interment at Calvary Cemetery
on Wednesday, Dec. 18,
under the direction of Hess-
Miller Funeral Home, 64-19
Metropolitan Avenue, Middle
Village.
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ION Z. JOSAN, of Glendale,
died on Saturday, December
7, at the age of 71. A native of
Bucharest, Romania, he was
the devoted father of Robert
Josan. Services were offered
at Morton Funeral Home/
Ridgewood Chapels, followed
by cremation at Fresh Pond
Crematory, Middle Village,
under the direction of Morton
Funeral Home/Ridgewood
Chapels, 663 Grandview Ave.,
Ridgewood.
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SAMIE TEDAWES, of
Glendale, died on Saturday,
December 7, at the age of 85. A
native of Cairo, Egypt, he was
the beloved husband of Nadia
Faltas, the devoted father of
Samir Tedawes, Samuel Tedawes,
and Mary Balabanian,
and is also survived by five
grandchildren. Services were
offered at St. Mary & St. Antonios
Coptic Orthodox 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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JOSEPHINE SERRAO died
on Thursday, December 5,
at the age of 87. She was the
beloved sister of Gina Voras
and the late Maria Licata and
a cherished aunt. A Mass of
Christian Burial was offered
at Our Lady of Hope Church
on December 9, followed by
entombment at Lutheran All-
Faiths Cemetery Trinity Mausoleum,
Middle Village, under
the direction of Papvero Funeral
home, 72-27 Grand Ave.,
Maspeth.
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JOY KOSLOW LAZARUS, of
Tucson, Arizona, died on Friday,
December 6, at the age of
94. A native of New York, she
was the beloved wife of the
late Eli, and devoted mother
of John Kiva Lazarus. Services
were offered at Mount
Judah Cemtery, Ridgewood,
followed by interment under
the direction of Morton
Funeral Home/Ridgewood
Chapels, 663 Grandview Ave.,
Ridgewood.
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DALIBOR VASILIJIC, of
Glendale, died on Tuesday,
December 10, at the age of
39. A native of Flushing, he
was the loving son of Dragisa
Vasilijic and Ljubinka Dragusinovic,
and dear brother
of Miroslav Vasilijic. 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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BOHDAN MACIEJ SPIEGOWSKI,
of Ridgewood,
died on Tuesday, December
10, at the age of 66. A native of
Plock, Poland, he was the beloved
husband of Jolanta Pieta,
devoted father of Dominique
Spiegowski, and loving son
of Halina Blekicka. A Mass of
Christian Burial was offered
at St. Aloysius R.C. Church,
followed by interment at Linden
Hill Cemetery, Ridgewood,
under the direction of Morton
Funeral Home/Ridgewood
Chapels, 663 Grandview Ave.,
129 Ridgewood.
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