Obituaries

Obituaries

Obituaries for Somerville, Bridgewater, Branchburg and surrounding areas

Mustafa Metin Serbester

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...