Obituaries
Obituaries
Obituaries for Somerville, Bridgewater, Branchburg and surrounding areas
Mustafa Metin Serbester
Oct 15, 2025
Mustafa Metin Serbester, 80, of Bridgewater, died peacefully on October 14, 2025.
Born and raised in Izmir, Turkey. Mr. Serbester immigrated to New Jersey where he settled to Scotch Plains. He went on to work for the Scotch Plains Board of Education as a custodial engineer at Scotch Plains High School. In 1986 he met the love of his life, Maria...
Marilyn L. Cortright
Oct 4, 2025
The Dance of Marilyn L. Cortright
Some people walk through life — Marilyn danced through hers, guided by a sense of delight in every step.
On October 4, 2025 — just hours after celebrating her daughter Amy’s birthday — Marilyn took her final bow. The moment felt like a tender duet, completing the circle of life between mother and child: together at...
Hong Quan
Oct 3, 2025
Hong M. Quan, 80, passed away on October 3, 2025.
Born on May 18th, 1945 in Bạc Liêu, Vietnam, Hong was the third son of seven children born to Minh Tam Quan and Mo Trinh Tran. He founded and ran his own soy sauce business, Hữu Hùng Long, before marrying Thay L. Quan in 1975 and raising two sons, Thang and...
Wenjun Jin
Oct 1, 2025
Wenjun Jin, 89, died peacefully on October 1, 2025.
Born in Shanghai, China, Wenjun grew up as the youngest of three brothers. In 1964, he married his beloved wife, Hongying Lin, and together they raised two daughters, Lei and Yu Jin. He immigrated to the United States in 2004 to be closer to family and help care for his two grandsons.
Wenjun...
David DeMilia
Sep 29, 2025
David DeMilia, died on September 29, 2025. He was 86 years old.
Born on Halloween of 1938 in Glen Ridge, NJ, the youngest of six children to the late Canio (Steven) and Angela DeMilia (nee Gala). His arrival into the world was nothing short of dramatic, his mother, hearing the infamous "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast, went into labor in...
Patricia Jane Czarrunchick
Sep 26, 2025
Patricia J. Czarrunchick, 78, died peacefully on September 26, 2025.
Born in Somerville to the late Henry James and Nola Scholz, she was raised in Piscataway and was a 1965 graduate of Piscataway High School. Patricia attended Middlesex County Vo-Tech and became a licensed cosmetologist.
She met the love of her life, Nicholas M. Czarrunchick while they were both a part of...
Kenneth J. Blair
Sep 26, 2025
Kenneth J. Blair, 90, of Bridgewater NJ peacefully passed away on Friday, September 26, 2025, surrounded by his loving family.
Ken was born July 22, 1935, in Jersey City NJ to James W. and Ruth Blair. Ken was a St Michaels HS and St Peters College graduate in Jersey City NJ. He went on to earn his Master’s degree from Seton...
Donald W. Grimm
Sep 21, 2025
Donald Walter Grimm
Born: January 9, 1940 in Springfield, Vermont
Husband of Elaine A. Grimm
Children: Christopher G. and Denise A. Grimm
Long time resident of Bridgewater and Branchburg, N.J.
Parents: Lester M. and Catherine E. Grimm (both deceased)
Graduate of Somerville High School, class of 1957, and Seton Hall University; receiving a Bachelor degree in Business Administration in 1961 and an MBA degree in 1967.
Don...
Marie E. McCarren
Sep 19, 2025
Marie E. McCarren, 88, of Toms River, formerly of Scotch Plains, died peacefully on September 19, 2025.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Marie was a proud graduate of Scotch Plains High School, Class of 1955. She went on to earn her degree in education from Trenton State College in 1959.
In 1958, Marie married John Frusco, and together they were blessed with...
Phyllis Andall
Sep 17, 2025
Phyllis Andall, 84, died peacefully on September 17, 2025.
Born in St. Andrew, Grenada to the late Alexis and Clementina Marrast, she moved to Trinidad at the age of nineteen. She met the late Chrysostom Andall at the age of 21 and the two raised their daughter in Barataria, Trinidad. Phyllis did homemaker work initially and then worked at a clothing...
Karin Janet Ripalda
Sep 16, 2025
Karin Janet Ripalda, 53, died peacefully on September 16, 2025 surrounded by the love of her family.
Born and raised in Lima, Peru, to Jose Mria Noel Torres and Yolanda Aleja Sotomayor Vidal alongside her two brothers, she was naturally creative and enjoyed roller skating. After High School, she moved to the United States in 1992 where she enrolled in Passaic...
George N. Smutko
Sep 13, 2025
George N. Smutko, “DJ George”, 64, died peacefully on September 13, 2025.
Born in Somerville to the late George Sr. and Joan Frances Smutko (nee Bennett), he was raised in Manville, and was a graduate of Immaculata High School, Class of 1979. George had a love of music he carried with him throughout his life. In high school he was a drummer...
Jim Parascandola
Sep 5, 2025
Jim Parascandola, 64, died peacefully on September 5, 2025.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, to the late Donald Blaise and Jean Parascandola (nee
Brown), his family settled in Bridgewater where Jim attended Bridgewater High
School West where he graduated in 1981.
He went on to spend a thirty-year career...
Richard P Case
Sep 3, 2025
Richard P. Case, “Rick”, 76, died surrounded by the love of his family on September 3, 2025.
Born and raised in Somerville to the late Joseph and Evelyn Case (nee Lewis), he was a graduate of Somerville High School. Rick met Kathy Fulton in 1981 and the two started their life together in 1986 living...
Jean A Parascandola
Aug 30, 2025
Jean Ann Parascandola, 85, died peacefully on Saturday, August 30th, 2025.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, to the late George and Mildred Brown (nee Clark), she attended Junior High School at PS 78 before going to Our Lady of Lourdes High School.
She met the love of her life Donald Blaise...
Jacques Richard Cornet
Aug 20, 2025
Jacques Richard Cornet, 90, formerly of Closter, New Jersey, passed away peacefully on August 20, 2025, at his home in Bridgewater, New Jersey.
Born on May 23, 1935, in Englewood, New Jersey, he was the son of the late Jacques Henri Cornet and Marie Antoinette (de La Chapelle).
Jacques graduated from...
James Gerard Fennessy
Aug 16, 2025
James Gerard Fennessy, 64, died peacefully on August 16, 2025.
James and his partner of seventeen years, Brenda Lafferre, and her daughter and son, Maya Pathak and Neil Pathak, resided in Bridgewater, New Jersey for many years. James came to reside in the United States from Ireland in the early 1980s. James worked in IT for many years. He had a...
Martin L Koy
Aug 14, 2025
Martin L. Koy, 80, died peacefully on August 14, 2025.
Born in Perth Amboy to the late Stephen and Elizabeth Koy, nee Grossman, he was raised in Lawrence Harbor and graduated from Sayreville War Memorial High School in 1963. He went on to proudly serve his country in the United States Army being honorably discharged...
Patricia Ann Lazor
Aug 11, 2025
Patricia Ann La Gattuta Lazor
(February 3, 1936–August 11, 2025)
Patricia Lazor (Pat, Mom, Grandma, Nana Pat, Gigi), age 89, passed away peacefully on August 11th at her home in Far Hills, NJ, surrounded by her children and flowers.
Pat graduated from Chestnut Hill College in 1957 with a...
Francis John Quinn
Aug 3, 2025
Francis John Quinn, 77, died peacefully on August 3, 2025.
The family wishes to offer the public time to pay their respects to Deacon Frank Quinn on Thursday, August 7, 2025, from 2:00 to 4:00PM at The Church of The Immaculate Conception, 35 Mountain Avenue, Somerville.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be...
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