Employed by Wilson & Jones Company, Mrs. Baykowski left to become a ́Rosie the Riveterî for Eastern Aircraft, where she worked on fighter planes as part of the war effort during World War II.

She retired after many years with the Westinghouse Corporation in Edison.

She was married for 60 years to the late Edward W. Baykowski. Surviving are her son, and many nieces and nephews.

Donald A. Featherstone, 85

An Army veteran of World War II, Mr. Featherstone served in Normandy, the Ardennes, the Rhineland and Central Europe. He also received two Purple Hearts, a Distinguished Unit Badge, a Bronze Arrowhead and a World War II Victory Medal.

He was a general foreman for Westinghouse, Newark, N.J., where he worked for 40 years before retiring.

Michael J. Mondo, 86

An Army Air Force veteran of World War II, Mr. Mondo was awarded the Purple Heart at McGuire Air Force Base on Jan. 22, 1998 for wounds received when his B17 Flying Fortress was hit, setting three engines on fire. He also received the Prisoner of War Medal.

A prisoner of war for 15 months in various camps, he was captured and bayonetted by German guards and bitten by German Shepherd attack dogs while handcuffed to another prisoner of war on the approximately 500-mile forced Black March. He marched from the Baltic Sea to Hanover, Germany, before being liberated in 1945.

He was a real estate and insurance broker with Pine Brook Realty for 30 years before retiring. Previously, he was a manager at the Westinghouse Corp.

Lillian Krause

Active with the Girl Scouts of America, Miss Krause received a 65-year certificate. She was a nurse's aide for the Red Cross and was an air raid warden during World War II. She was a member and president of the American Association of Retired Persons at Redeemer Lutheran Church, where she also taught religion classes.

Miss Krause was an assembly worker for Westinghouse, Newark, for 30 years before retiring in 1976.

Mrs. Willard was a pilot and earned her flying certificate in 1939at Teterboro Airport, and was an acquaintance of Amelia Earhart. She volunteered as a driver for the Meals on Wheels program in Elizabeth. She enjoyed crocheting, knitting, ceramics and traveling. She was a member of the Willard Family Association of America.

She was an assembler with the Westinghouse Electric Company of Newark for five years.

Thomas F. Dorrity Sr., 82

Mr. Dorrity was the beloved husband of Joan P. (Sullivan), for 55 years, and a devoted father, dear brother and cherished grandfather. His sense of humor, dedication to his community, optimism and willingness to help were always evident, but it was his family that was the true center of his life. Pop Pop took particular pride in the accomplishments of his 12 grandchildren, and his greatest joy was being part of their lives. He will be forever honored and remembered as his legacy of love lives on in his family.

He was a manufacturing supervisor at Westinghouse, where he worked for 32 years, retiring in 1987. In lieu of flowers, donations to the West Essex First Aid Squad would be appreciated.

Lillian Westcott, 93

An active member of Christ Episcopal Church, where she was a member of its vestry, Mrs. Westcott was the director of the Youth Fellowship, which she founded, and assisted with raising significant funds to help with the building of the current church. She also served as a Sunday School teacher, where she became superintendent and was a counselor of the Girls Friendly Society.

In 1999, the Episcopal Diocese of Newark awarded her the lifetime achievement award.

She was a founding member and treasurer of the Friends of the Belleville Free Public Library, and was awarded the distinguished service award by the Board of the Belleville Public Library. She was one of the founding members of the American Association of Retired Persons Local Chapter 2051, and served three terms as its president. Mrs. Westcott was awarded the Township of Belleville Award for the Sesquicentennial Year.

She was executive secretary to the president of Westinghouse Electric Corp., Newark, for 45 years before retiring in 1972.

Anne Nicodemus, 86

Perhaps because she spent her childhood in an orphanage and in several foster homes, family was everything to Mrs. Nicodemus. Born in Newark, she was 3 when her mother died in the early 1920s. She was sent with her sister and three brothers to St. Mary's Orphanage in Newark because their father could no longer care for them. ́She had vivid recollections of getting to hold a doll for only a minute and then being asked by a nun to pass the doll on to another orphan girl,î said her son, Robert. ́And she also remembered that at Christmas time, she received only an orange and several pieces of hard candy,î he said.

Later, she was a foster child and had to work on a farm in Monmouth County. ́It was hard work,î hers on said. ́Besides her schoolwork, my mom had to fetch water from an outdoor pump, pick potatoes and milk the cows.

Mrs. Nicodemus would grow up to have five children of her own, eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. My mother was in to her family. Her family was everything,î said her daughter.

After attending Irvington High School, she worked at the Westinghouse factory in Newark making light bulbs. She met and later married her sweetheart, Timothy Francis O'Leary, in 1943 while he was home on leave from the U.S. Army.

For more than 20 years, Michael Friel Jr. could be counted upon to participate in the St. Patrick's Day parades in Newark, marching in as how of his Irish pride. ́He was very proud of his Irish heritage,î said his daughter. ́He loved everything Irish, from the music to plays to making frequent visits there.

The highlight of Mr. Friel's firefighting career came in 1976, when he rescued an elderly man from the rubble of a house that had collapsed after a fire and explosion. Firefighters did not have time to wait for rescue equipment. Instead, a group of firemen use ́brute strengthî to lift a portion of the roof so Mr. Friel could crawl under and pull the man out.

Mr. Friel was born in Newark and attended Arts High School. He served in the Army for two years before returning to New Jersey to work at Westinghouse, the electronics manufacturer. He joined the fire department in 1971.

Maurice Veneri, 89

During a decades-long career as a labor leader, Mr. Veneri rose through the ranks and spoke out extensively on issues of interest to the working man, his daughter said.

An employee of Westinghouse in Newark, Mr. Veneri was president of Local 426, International Union of Electrical Radio and Machine Workers, AFLCIO, for 23 years. In 1965, he was named assistant to the president of the IUE¹s District 3,representing thousands of workers in New York and New Jersey. He was subsequently elected president of the New Jersey Industrial Union Council.

́He was a champion of rights for working people,î his daughter said. And always, it was his golden tongue that he wielded to great effect in that cause, Falcone added. ́He had great oratorical skills, and he used them to bring attention to the plight of those less fortunate,î his daughter said. ́He had a gift for making people sit up and listen.

On one occasion, when his son was young, Mr. Veneri returned home from walking a picket line with his head bleeding. ́It was talked about over the years as a reminder of what dangers these people faced,î his son said.

He is survived by Rose, his wife of 66 years, two sons and a daughter. Also surviving are seven grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.

Catherine Gutowski, 84

Mrs. Gutowski was a coil winder for 35 years with Westinghouse before retiring in 1972. After her retirement, she was honored for never missing a day of work or being late in her 35 years with Westinghouse.

Mr. Brannagan was a group leader in the meter division of the Westinghouse Electric Corp., Newark, where he worked for 43 years before retiring in 1975.

During that time, he turned in 1,764 suggestions in a 12-year period. Westinghouse accepted 843 of his suggestions, an accomplishment that was described in a Reader¹s Digest edition in 1943 and in Popular Science Magazine in 1953.

Surviving are a daughter, two sons, Edward and Joseph; a sister, nine grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

William C. Petty, 82

He was a tool-and-die maker for Westinghouse in Newark before retiring in 1984. Previously, he worked for Alcoa, where he made the first die for the first aluminum beer can and the first aluminum pie tray.

A World War II Navy veteran, Mr. Petty served on the U.S.S. Erben and fought in 13 battles, including the Gilberts, Tarawa, Guadalcanal and Leyte Gulf, and four battles of Marshall Islands.

Salvatore Del Tufo

A professional violin and trumpet player, Mr. Del Tufo was a member of Musicians Local 16, West Orange. He was a member of the Phil Bennett Society Orchestra, with which he performed at the debuts of President Nixon's daughters. Performing in nightclubs throughout the 1930s, he provided music for Red Skelton, Jackie Gleason, Martha Raye, Jimmy Durante, Joe E. Brown and Olsen and Johnson.

During World War II, he played for Red Cross functions, at canteens and in hospitals for wounded soldiers and sailors. Mr. Del Tufo also played at Veterans hospitals and hospitals for the aged and mentally ill.

He was a foreman for Westinghouse, Newark, for 40 years before retiring in 1973.

Geraldine "Gerry" Fryer Barnes, 82

Mrs. Barnes was best known as an accomplished watercolor artist whose work was exhibited and honored with awards at juried shows, galleries and "one woman" exhibits throughout New Jersey. She was known for her exquisite floral paintings, which reflected her appreciation and love of the flower's pure color, grace, texture and form.

She enjoyed hearing comments about her paintings being so realistic that the viewer could almost smell the flowers. Her greatest pleasure came from teaching floral watercolor paintings at the Frelinghuysen Arboretum for two decades. She took great pride in the friendships and achievements of many of her students, who started as beginners and went on to achieve professional status.

As a young woman, she was an executive secretary at Westinghouse, where she met her husband and many lifelong friends.

Jeannette Golda, 83

Jeannette Golda developed her love for art as a child, drawing at the kitchen table under the light of a kerosene lantern. She graduated Newark Industrial and Fine Arts School, studying fashion illustration.

After a hiatus of 20 years to raise a family, Jeannette renewed her interest in art by taking up painting in oils and watercolors and photo coloring. She believed in sunshine in art. Specializing in still life and landscapes, she created thousands of paintings, including many in private collections in the U.S., Europe and Asia. She and her husband, Walter, were familiar faces at art shows throughout the Garden State.

She worked at Westinghouse Corp., Brunet Junior High, Broad Street Printers and Coats and Clark before retiring in 1982.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa.

Henry Orzech, 86

A lifelong model aviation enthusiast, Mr. Orzech began building and flying model airplanes as a teenager in the early 1930s. He pioneered aspects of the craft and was the proud holder of Glider License 146, signed by Orville Wright in 1933.

He was a machinist for Westinghouse, Newark, for 40 years before retiring 27 years ago.