Reggi Bleemer

Reggi Bleemer, formerly of Cranford, N.J., passed away in Voorhees,

N.J., on Oct. 21, 2019.

Born in Brooklyn in 1929 to Leo and Sophie Springer, Reggi graduated from Prospect Heights High School. She attended Brooklyn College and The New School while working for Maidenform Bra Co. and Ceil Chapman, a noted 1950s New York dress designer. In that job she met notables like Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Wilding, Debbie Reynolds

and Eddie Fisher, Marilyn Monroe, Joan Crawford, Paulette Goddard and others.

She married Mel Bleemer in 1956 and moved to North Bergen where her son Russell Eric was born. They then purchased a home in Cranford where daughter Judith Erica was born. She lived there for more than 50

years. She had many local interests and was a member of the League of Women Voters for 35 years where she was one of the editors of the

Know Your Town guide to Cranford. She also served as a mentor in the Homeless Intervention Program (HIP) for single women who are adrift.

She was also a member of the board of Friends of the Cranford Library

for 12 years serving as treasurer, recording secretary, program chair and

publicity chair. She was active in book delivery to Cranford’s senior

housing site. She was a leader in the Cranford group, Caregivers of

Older People, for decades.

Her favorite activity was Bookmark, a book club she was part of for

more than 25 years.

In addition to her son and daughter, she also leaves her grandsons Ryan

and Justin, son-in-law Dr. Donald Baker, and daughter-in-law Nancy

Rine. She was predeceased by her most precious husband Melvin, who