Essex Judge, chief of staff to mayor die

Former Superior Court Judge Frances Cocchia passed away on November 23.  She was 96.  A former secretary of the Newark Central Planning Board, she served as a judge from 1972 until her retirement in 1991.  He late husband, Neal Cocchia, was the Star-Ledger editorial page editor.

Ann Gordon, a former chief of staff to Piscataway mayor Brian Wahler, died on November 23.  She was 84.