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Harmony is celebrating life through a distinctive funeral arrangement - this is the mission of the Lazear-Smith & Vander Plaat Memorial Home.

Harmony is defined as "an interweaving of different accounts into a single narrative." At Lazear-Smith & Vander Plaat Memorial Home, harmony is achieved by the honoring and celebration of a life through distinctive funeral arrangements.

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Roger Vander Plaat, Funeral Director, continues his family tradition of four generations of funeral service in Bergen County, NJ, as well as continuing the five generations of the Lazear and Smith families in Warwick, in offering only the best in funeral service.

Upcoming Services

Daniel Gregory Prial

Visitation will take place on Friday, January 29, from 2 to 6 p.m. at St. Stephen the First Martyr Church, 75 Sanfordville Rd., Warwick, NY. Please use the main entrance to the church off Sanfordville Rd. Masks and social distancing are required. Unfortunately, due to COVID-19 restrictions, the number of visitors will be limited at any given time throughout the afternoon. In order to accommodate all who would like to pay respects, the Prials ask that after prayers and condolences are offered, visitors move out of the church to allow others an opportunity to come inside.

A Funeral Mass will be held on Saturday, January 30 at 10 a.m., at St. Stephen’s Church. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, attendance in the church is by invitation only. The funeral Mass will also be livestreamed through the parish website at www.ststephenchurchwarwick.org. Audio from the funeral Mass will be broadcast outside the church for those who cannot be admitted inside but wish to be present. Those gathered outside are asked to socially distance, wear masks, and watch the Mass on muted personal devices.

Alice V. Talmadge Visitation will be on Thursday, January 28 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Lazear-Smith & Vander Plaat Memorial Home, 17 Oakland Avenue, Warwick, NY. A graveside service will follow at 2:00 p.m. in Warwick Cemetery, with Rev. Michael Barry officiating.

Dorothy Petrek Mannarino A funeral service will be on Friday, January 29 at 10:00 a.m. at Warwick Assembly of God Church, 60 South Street, Warwick, NY followed by interment in Warwick Cemetery.

Ann C. Briscese A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, January 29th at St. Stephen’s R.C. Church. Interment will follow in St. Stephen’s Cemetery.