Hackensack Cemetery

It belonged to a former New Yorker buried just across the Hudson River.The broken stone bearing the name Rose Roy Weiss, who died Feb. 19, 1986, was discovered by a passerby earlier this month — setting off a search for relatives and perhaps the return of the headstone to its rightful place.The Post learned through Ancestry.com records that Rose Weiss died in Miami at age 83. Her Florida death certificate placed her burial at Cedar Park Cemetery in Paramus, New Jersey.But the plot thickened when a visit to Cedar Park revealed that Weiss’ footstone in the family plot — nearly identical to the discarded one — was intact and weathered, as if it had been there for decades.The one big difference was that “Roy” is not etched in the stone.Rose Roy WeissCourtesy of Loren Brandman To get answers, The Post reached out to Weiss’ grandson, 58-year-old Marvin Suchoff.He remembered some kind of problem with the original grave marker, which in Jewish custom is usually placed about a year after death.“I think the story goes that the footstone was put in place and it was set maybe too high in comparison to the other foot stones of the family,” Suchoff said. “I guess they couldn’t reset it so they must have cut it out and put in a new one to get it to the correct height.”The stone at Cedar Park now was the replacement stone, sans Roy. The original stone, with Roy, was the one found near the highway.“My grandfather had always called her Roy,” said Suchoff, adding he did not know how the pet name came about.Suchoff thought perhaps his mother, who died in 1997 and is buried next to Rose, objected to having Roy on the stone, so left it out when she ordered the replacement.“So maybe that was my mom’s complaint, that she didn’t like having the nickname on there,” he said.Koch Monument in Hackensack said its records show an order for Rose Weiss’ footstone in September 1986, but nothing on file indicated there was a problem or a reorder of the marker.If the company discards stones, it usually breaks them first and...

WohlrabAUBURN – James J. Wohlrab, 76, of Auburn, died Friday, March 22, 2019, at the Hospice House of Androscoggin Home Healthcare & Hospice in Auburn, following a long illness. Born in Hackensack, NJ, on June 4, 1942, he was the son of John B. and Augusta De Pauw Wohlrab.Educated in New Jersey, he joined the U.S. Navy following his high school graduation. Jim served for 23 years, retiring from the Navy as a Chief Petty Officer. After retiring from the Navy, he moved to Lewiston, his wife’s hometown, and together they managed the Clubhouse of Lewiston Raceway, Cumberland Fair Ground, and Topsham Fair Ground while he attended classes at Bates College, graduating in 1984 with a degree in Business Administration. He then went to work for the Civil Service, Department of the Navy, as the Supervisor of Shipbuilding at Bath Iron Works. Jim later had a third career as a Funeral Attendant at Albert & Burpee Funeral Home.Jim enjoyed travel, taking his family out to dinner, and was an avid reader, especially naval and military history. A member of Sacred Heart Church, Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, he is survived by his wife, Anita Hamel Wohlrab; fours sons Micheal and his wife Amy Wohlrab, Nathan Wohlrab, Micheal Curran, and James Wohlrab, one daughter Nancy and her husband Micheal Herbst; grandchildren Dylan Herbst, Rachel Herbst, Rebecca Wohlrab, Evan Curran, Trista Curran; one great-grandchild Silas Curran.Visitation will be at the Albert & Burpee Funeral Home on Friday, 2 – 4 &n 7 – 9 p.m. Services will be held Saturday, 11 a.m., Sacred Heart Church. Interment, Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Augusta. Condolences may be found online at www.albert-burpee.com. Donations may be made in his memory to thecharity of your choicefiled under:...