Arrangements Set For Longtime Union County Chairman Charlotte DeFilippo

UNION, NJ — Arrangements for former Union County Chairman Charlotte DeFilippo have been set, the Union County Democratic Committee announced.

The viewing will be on Sunday, Feb. 26 from 3 to 7 p.m. at the McCracken Funeral Home at 1500 Morris Avenue in Union Township.

Cremation and burial services will be private.

Her death was announced on Wednesday.

"A prolific County Chairman known across the state of New Jersey and beyond, Charlotte was a tenacious and brilliant strategist who led countless Democratic efforts to victory," the committee stated.

"Charlotte DeFilippo was a visionary, an innovator, and a trailblazer throughout an extraordinary governmental and civic career that spanned six decades," Union County officials stated in a release.

During her career DeFilippo was a Municipal Clerk, a Municipal Chair, a member of the Hillside Board of Education, a member and Chairman of the Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders, she later served for more than a decade as the Director of the Union County Improvement Authority, the Chairman of the Union County Democratic Committee, senior advisor to Democratic candidates.

"Our country, our state, and our county are better places because of her. She will be missed," the committee stated.

"On a personal level, Charlotte had a brilliant mind, was a great strategist and incredibly engaging in conversation on so many topics," according to a release from Union County. "Her influence on her friends, as well as local and County government, and the residents of our community will be long felt. She will be sorely missed."

(Image via Jamel Holley, NJ State Assemblyman)

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