Emilia Faaland

April 14, 1928 - January 9, 2020

Emilia Faaland, 91, passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 9, 2020 at Robert Wood Johnson University Medical Center in Somerville, NJ. She was born in Opatia, Yugoslavia the daughter of the late Ivan and Emilja Ivanich. She was a resident of Manville, NJ for the past 11 years. Mrs. Faaland had worked as an nursing assistant at Lutheran Hospital in Brooklyn, NY for many years before retiring. She was a loving wife, mother, sister grandmother and great-grandmother who loved spending time with her family. She was predeceased by her husband Olaf Faaland in 1991 and by her brother. She is survived by her three daughters, Carol Faaland-Kronmaier and her husband Raymond Kronmaier, Doris Tscheremischin and her husband Alex Tscheremischin and Diane E. Caffyn and her husband William G. Caffyn. She is also survived by her three grandchildren, Joseph Kronmaier, Jenna Urbanek and her husband Jeremy Urbanek and William J. Caffyn and by her three great-grandchildren, Lucas, Livy and Lexi Urbanek. Arrangements are private and under the direction of the Ketusky Funeral Home, 1310 Brooks, Blvd., Manville, NJ.