Harriet E. Walz Procaccino of Northampton Township, PA (formerly of Trenton area)

Harriet E. Walz Procaccino, 70, of Northampton Township, PA, passed away on Monday, April 4, 2016 at Sunrise Senior Living, Lower Makefield Township, PA.

Born in Trenton, NJ, she resided most of her life in the Trenton area, in New Egypt for 10 years and for the last five years in Northampton Township, PA.

Mrs. Procaccino retired in 2008 after more than 30 years, from the Wells Fargo Bank, West Windsor, New Jersey. The family would like to give a special thank you to the staff of Sunrise Senior Living and especially the Reminiscence Staff.

Daughter of the late Harry and Evelyn Hines Walz; sister of the late Ceal DeVere; she is survived by her loving husband, Daniel M. Procaccino; two daughters and sons-in-law, Teresa and Sam Amico; and Tina and Larry Frascella; a brother, Edward E. Walz and his husband Bruce G. Campbell; a sister, Emily Blackwell; three grandchildren, Joseph and Sofia Frascella and Lorenzo Amico; an aunt, Margaret Nemes; a brotherin-law and sisterin-law, Ronald and Patty Procaccino; and many nieces, nephews, greatnieces, great-nephews, cousins, and friends.

A Rite of Reception will be held on Friday morning, April 8, 2016 at 9:30 a.m. at Our Lady of the Angels/Saint Joachim’s Church 20-50 Butler Street, Trenton. Calling hours will be held from 9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. at the church, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. Cremation will be private.

The family requests that you do not send flowers. Memorial contributions may be made in her name to Our Lady of the Angels Parish, 21-23 Bayard Street, Trenton, NJ, 08611.

Arrangements are under the direction of Frank M. Immordino of the Brenna Funeral Home, 340 Hamilton Avenue, Trenton.

To send condolences to the family or for directions please visit www.brennafuneralhome.com CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA >> Australian author, journalist and speech writer for the center-left Labor Party Bob Ellis died at his Sydney home of liver cancer on Sunday, his son said. He was 73 years old.

“He died, as was his wish, at home. His family were by his bedside,” Ellis’s son Jack wrote on his father’s blog “Table Talk.”

“The camaraderie of his regular readers has been a source of tremendous joy to him these past few years. Thank you all,” he said.

Ellis’s accomplishments include the screenplay for the acclaimed 1978 Australian movie “Newsfront” and the autobiographical 1992 movie “The Nostradamus Kid.”

He wrote 19 books including best-selling “Goodbye Jerusalem” that was pulped in 1998 after then conservative government ministers Tony Abbott — who later became prime minister — and Peter Costello sued for defamation.

Born a Seventh Day Adventist in the New South Wales state country town of Lismore on May 10, 1942, Ellis became a political writer through his opposition to Australia’s military involvement in the Vietnam War.

He was always outspoken about his left-wing views.

“Anyone in journalism who has experience or travelled winds up on the left. The right is a product of ignorance or a sealed-off, world ignorance,” Australian Broadcasting Corp. quoted him as saying.

Labor leader Bill Shorten said he called the Ellis family to share “the deep sense of loss the Labor family feels.”

“Bob’s writing moved people to tears and drove others to litigation. At every turn he confounded and delighted, he shocked and awed,” Shorten wrote.

“There was truly no such thing as a dispassionate Ellis piece. With Bob, it was always personal, it was always emotional, it was never dull,” Shorten said.

Ellisissurvivedbyhiswife, author Anne Brooksbank, and three children.