Obituaries

Former Livingston resdent Lester Paul Dubow died last month. He was 96 years old.

Gary Raymond Allen, 72, died on August 25. He was born on June 10, 1952 and grew up in Livingston.

Paul Schwartz, a lighting industry executive whose pioneering use of LED technology led him to light up Yankee Stadium, the Empire State Building, and other New York landmarks, died on August 2 in West Orange, New Jersey. He was 81. Mr. Schwartz, a devoted husband and father who raised his family in Livingston and spent nearly a half century in New Jersey, passed away peacefully at his home in Bel Air at West Orange. He had moved there in 2016, after retiring from a decades-long career in the lighting business. As a marketing executive to the industry, he sold commercial lighting, was the president of several marketing associations, and frequently received salesman of the year awards for the companies he represented. Earlier in his career, he founded his own lighting manufacturing factory, known as the Benchmark Products company, in Elizabeth, New Jersey. But it was his early adaptation to LED lighting – the energy efficient bulbs that were once a peripheral sector of the market – that ultimately defined his career. Sensing that the lighting industry was undergoing upheaval amid environmental concerns about incandescent lighting, Mr. Schwartz embraced the nascent light-emitting diode technology. And soon, he landed prominent projects in New York, including at the Empire State Building and the Lincoln Tunnel. He also struck deals in major sporting arenas, includingYankee Stadium and Red Bull Arena, a professional soccer stadium in Harrison, New Jersey. “He didn’t just light up our world, he lit up the world,” one of his daughters, Amanda Protess, said in her eulogy. But he lived for his family, she added. When his children were young, he coached his other daughter, Kimberly, in softball, took Amanda on nature walks and chaperoned their school trips. He later doted on his grandchildren, Harry and Lorelei Protess, frequenting their school events and extracurricular activities. He attended his granddaughter’s dance recitals and nearly every baseball game that his grandson played, cheering from the dugout fence. Heandhiswife,CynthiaSchwartz, traveled the world together, visiting over 30 countries and most of the United States.

Genevieve P. Krueger,102, died on Thursday, August 8.

Lenore A. Dodick, 94, died on August 24. She and her husband, Murray Dodick, lived in Thunder Bay, Ontario and Fort William, Scotland, before moving to the United States and settling in Livingston after their retirement.

Raymond Michael McCarthy, 88, formerly of Succasunna and Livingston, died on Monday, August 12, in Richmond, Virginia.

Walter Beck died at the age of 91 on August 17.

Donna J. Del Vecchio (née Mulvihill) 63, of Livingston, New Jersey, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Monday, August 12, 2024. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at St. Raphael Church, 346 E. Mt. Pleasant Avenue, on Monday, August 19, 2024 at 10 a.m. The family received their friends at Quinn-Hopping Funeral Home, 145 E. Mt. PleasantAvenue, Livingston, New Jersey, on Sunday August 18, 2024.

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Captain (Ret.) Frederick Friedman Sr., M.D. (87 years old) while at his home in Livingston, New Jersey, on August 16, 2024. Dr. Friedman (Fred) was born to Frances and David Friedman (both predeceased) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on February 26, 1937. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Pennsylvania and later the SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, where he received his medical degree and specialized in obstetrics and gynecology. Early in his career, he was a captain in the U.S. Air Force, where he served as Chief of Obstetrics at Otis Air Force Base in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Following his service, Dr. Friedman developed a robust medical practice in Brooklyn and Manhattan, delivering thousands

Arlene Hesterhagen, 87, of Livingston, died on August 3. She was born on August 7, 1937 in Orange, to her parents, Carmen and Mary Canouch. Her two sisters, Anastasia Simone and Gertrude Ennis, preceded her in death.

In his own words, from Don’s personal history written for his family, “I stirred things up a bit and I think I did some good while making my fair share of mistakes. Although I think most of my battles were good ones, you never really know why you do things. And that’s so, even when you can give reasons for what you’ve done. But at least I tried to live with some success by this statement of Henry David Thoreau: ‘Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.’” Donald Stephen Coburn lived a most remarkable life from April 18, 1939 to August 7, 2024. Inspired by his motto “Carpe Diem,” Don seized each day in a life filled with hard work, love of the law, devotion to family and his dogs, and great pleasure in exploring nature, learning, and the arts.