Bernard Gola
Washington Township resident
Bernard Gola of Washington Township, N.J., and Highland Beach, Fla., passed away on July 8, 2019 at the age of 92.
He was born in Kielce, Poland, and came to America in 1945 after surviving the Holocaust. He opened a retail business in Paterson, N.J., in 1955, Belle Cotton Shop, which is still operating today.
He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and friend. He was predeceased by his first wife, Belle, and is survived by his wife, Bernice; daughters, Denise Schwartz and Michele Gola; his son-in-law, Mark Schwartz, and grandchildren, Bari and Alex Schwartz, Marissa Frudden, Adriana Stapelman, as well as his stepchildren, Joan and Alan Stapelman.
The funeral service was held on Wednesday, July 10, 2019, followed by burial at Cedar Park Cemetery (Paramus, NJ). For all further information, please visit: www.SchoemsChapel.com. Funeral arrangements were by Robert Schoem's Menorah Chapel, Inc.