Gerald Conte

Mr. Gerald Conte, 82, of Cedar Grove, passed away peacefully on March 14, 2023 at Mountainside Hospital in Glen Ridge, NJ.

Visiting in the Prout Funeral Home, (www.proutfuneralhome.com), 370 Bloomfield Avenue, Verona will be on Monday, March 20 from 9 to 10:30 am. A service will follow at 10:30 am. Interment will be private.

Born and raised in Newark, Mr. Conte was a lifelong resident of Newark until he retired and moved to Cedar Grove 27 years ago. He graduated from Barringer High School with the Class of 1957. While in high school he was on the football team. He attended St. Peter's College in Jersey City.
He worked for LaFera Construction Company in Newark since his early twenties.

Mr. Conte was a member of St. Catherine of Siena Church in Cedar Grove and he enjoyed being an active member of the senior citizen community at Cedar Ridge.

He was predeceased by his parents, Michael Angelo and Geraldine (nee Pepe) Conte and his brothers, Michael S. Conte and John Conte.

Mr. Conte is survived by his sisters-in-law, Edith R. Conte and Dolores Conte; his nephews, Michael (Sarah), Larry (Dominique), Chris (Stanley Thrift) and Paul Conte; and grandnieces and grandnephews, Elizabeth, Andrew, Madeline, Caroline and Luciano, Amber, Josh, John, ToniAnn, Frank (Billie) and Dina. He is also survived by his cousin Angie and many special friends from Cedar Ridge.

In lieu of flowers memorial donations to American Cancer Society, PO Box 6704, Hagerstown, MD 21741 (www.cancer.org) would be greatly appreciated.

Condolences may be left at www.proutfuneralhome.com.