All Obituaries

William E. Johns, Jr., “Bill,” the son of the late William E. Johns, Sr., and Vivian Yvonne Brandon Johns, departed this life on November 13, 2020 in Kindred Hospital, Dover, New Jersey after an illness lasting several months.    Bill was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, at Mountainside Hospital on July 26, 1964.  Bill was a lifelong resident of Montclair, NJ.   After graduating from Montclair High School in 1983, Bill attended Curry College in...

Arlene Imogene Green Eden, 81. Resident of Montclair, New Jersey exited this world on Thursday, November 5, 2020 at St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, New Jersey. She was born October 11, 1939 in Bluefields Nicaragua, Central America daughter of the late Avis Green and Reverend Charles Hebbert. Of notable distinction was her late uncle Alfred Green, who she considered very special. He and his family were instrumental in her upbringing. In her own eyes she was just an ordinary...

Lorraine Marion Gardner was born to Charlotte and Berkeley Hazard Burgess in Montclair NJ October 18th 1927. She was the middle child and the last of the 3 children to be born in the Burgess home by a midwife. Lorraine was the classic middle child, shy determined. She attended Nishuane elementary, Hillside middle, and Montclair high schools. Nearing her high school graduation she had the temerity to desire to go to college. Her school counselor, as was the habit in the 1940’s for...

Educator and progressive activist Ethel Werfel Owens, 97, died on October 27, 2020 in Montclair, NJ. White, Jewish and from Brooklyn, Ethel married a Black man from Memphis whom she met while teaching at Morehouse College. A graduate of Abraham Lincoln High School, Brooklyn College and the University of Chicago, Ethel became a gifted teacher and an evangelist for artistic sensibility and critical thinking as foundations for the nurturing of humanity and...

The Katz Company is saddened to announce the passing of our longtime friend and client, Tony-Nominee, Anthony Chisholm.  Affectionately called ‘Chiz,’ he was an actor and storyteller like none-other, embodying loyalty, devotion, and compassion to his artistry.  Chisholm was born on April 9, 1943 in Cleveland, Ohio to Edith Amilia and Victor Chisholm. Drafted by the U.S. Army, Chisholm served as platoon leader for the 4th Armored Calvary, 1st Infantry Division in...