Josephine Downes Beckler, a former Irvington municipal employee whose husband, Newark Police Det. Howard Downes, was killed in the line of duty in 1958, died of complications of COVID-19 on June 7. She was 93. Beckler is survived by her son, Michael, who was nine months old when his father was killed.
Joan Lynch Coan, a 50-year member of the League of Women Voters, died on June 1. She was 96. Coan had become president of the Ridgewood League at age 76 and spent years as the state LWV newsletter editor. Coan was also a member of the Democratic Club.
Janet Lynds, who served as the Wood-Ridge borough clerk and administrator from 1976 to 1995, died don May 13 after a long battle with a brain tumor, died on May 13. She was 81.
Edward Hillyerd, a former school board member in Knowlton and North Warren, died on June 7. He was 94. Hillyerd was a Korean War veteran.
Liddy Kuithle, a former staffer in the Long Hill building inspector’s office, died on June 6. She was 84.
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