Obituaries
Obituaries
Obituaries for Somerville, Bridgewater, Branchburg and surrounding areas

Carl A. Giner
Jun 3, 2019
Carl A. Giner, son of the late August and Mary (Kovalcik) Giner and father of the late Robert Giner, died May 30 at Genesis Westfield Center. He was born in Somerville and resided in Somerset County most of his life. A graduate of Bridgewater-Raritan High School East, Carl was a tractor-trailer driver for Coviello Bros., Millington (Madison). Surviving are...
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May 31, 2019
Vera Starycki Smith’s soul left this earth unexpectedly on April 13, 2019, after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. Born on September 25, 1935, Vera was a lifelong resident of Hillsborough, a graduate of Hillsborough Elementary Schools and Somerville High School. She married the love of her life, Harry Smith, in the summer of 1955. Her favorite job was...

Helen Marie Rogan
May 11, 2019
Somerville Helen Marie Rogan (aka Susan)-76 of Somerville NJ was suddenly called home in the early morning hours of Thursday, May 9th. Susan was an endlessly voracious reader who enjoyed daily walks with her friends at the mall. She was an active member of the JCC and enjoyed the multiple outings and activities there offered. She just recently became...

?Andrew Charnuska
May 6, 2019
NBound Brook Andrew "Andy" Charnuska, 63, of Bound Brook, New Jersey, left us suddenly at his home on Saturday, May 4. This sad news is shared by his wife June, daughter Kimberly, son David, brother John and niece Jennifer. Andy was born to parents Alexander and Anna Charnuska, on July 12, 1955, in Somerville, NJ. He graduated from Somerville...

?John Lawton
May 3, 2019
Age 67 Bronx, NY John Lawton,67, of the Bronx, NY died April 27, 2019 at the Plaza Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in the Bronx, NY. He was born in Bridgeport, CT and was a Veteran of the Vietnam War, serving in the United States Army from 1969 until Honorable Discharged in 1971. He was the son of the late...
Deacon Anthony John “Tony” Hancock
May 1, 2019
Deacon Anthony J. Hancock Somerset Deacon Anthony John “Tony” Hancock, 83, of Somerset, NJ, passed May 1, 2019. Tony was a husband, a father, a grandfather, an athlete, a teacher, a scientist, and an ordained Deacon in the Catholic Church. Tony was born to Jack Hancock and Iris Marjorie Hancock (Brant), May 7, 1935, in Smethwick, England. He...

Dorothy K. Wrazin
Apr 28, 2019
JAge 76 Basking Ridge Dorothy K. Wrazin (76) of Basking Ridge, NJ passed on April 27, 2019. Dorothy was born to Anthony Wrazin and Julia Kaczor on October 12, 1942 in North Tonawanda NY and was the youngest of four children.. She worked as a registered nurse in the Buffalo NY region prior to having her own children. She...

Yolanda Colanduoni
Apr 12, 2019
Age 95 Center Valley, PA Formerly of Bridgewater Yolanda Colanduoni, wife of the late John Colanduoni Jr. who died in 2007, died April 12 at Sacred Heart Senior Living in Center Valley, PA. Mrs. Colanduoni was born in Cliffside Park, NJ and resided in Bridgewater for over 40 years before moving to Pennsylvania in 2009. Surviving are her son...

Joseph A. Puma
Apr 10, 2019
Age 94 Manville Joseph A. Puma, husband of the late Dorothy Puma, died April 8 at RWJ University Hospital at Somerset in Somerville. Mr. Puma was born in Carbondale, PA and resided in Manville for over 40 years. He was employed at Johns-Manville (JM) for many years. An Army Air Force Veteran of WW II, Joe served in the...
Patrick Joseph Mulrooney
Apr 9, 2019
Age 90 Patrick Joseph “Joe” Mulrooney, 90, peacefully passed away on April 7th, surrounded by his loving family. Patrick was born on May 13, 1928. He was the second of nine children born to Patrick and Ann (McInnerney) Mulrooney. Though he was their smallest baby, he grew to be 6’7”-the epitome of a gentle giant. All his life, he...
?Frederick D Quick
Apr 6, 2019
Frederick D Quick passed away peacefully at his family home in South Branch on April 1, 2019. He was born September 17, 1931, attended Hillsborough elementary schools and graduated from Somerville High School in 1949. He earned his Air Force Officer’s commission in the ROTC program at Rutgers University while earning a degree in biochemistry, graduating in 1953 and later...

John "Jack" W. Soper
Apr 1, 2019
Age 71 Manville Jack was born in New York City, and grew up in Passaic New Jersey. He graduated from Passaic High School and subsequently joined the Army where he served in Viet Nam. Upon returning he earned a Bachelor Degree from Jersey City State College and then earned a Masters Degree from Montclair State. Jack worked for a...
Dorothy E. Story
Mar 22, 2019
Manahawkin Formerly of Hillsborough Dorothy E. Story, beloved wife and devoted mother, passed away on March 21 in Southern Ocean Medical Center (SOCH). She is survived by her daughter, Kimberly A. Story, of Somerville and her one grandson, Jacob L. MacLean, who resides with his mother in Long Island. She is also survived by her loving sister, Anne Klass of...
Joseph Federici
Mar 19, 2019
91 years old Bridgewater and Chadwick Beach Joseph was a resident of Bridgewater since 1962. Born to A. Joseph Federici and Louise Federici In Dover, N.J. Joe graduated from Dover High School where he played football and was in the chorus. He graduated from Seton Hall University with a degree in Labor Relations and was also President of the...

Virginia Pierson Skillman
Mar 18, 2019
A lifelong area resident, Virginia P. Skillman passed away on February 10, 2019 at the age of 97. She was a resident of Stonebridge at Montgomery. Born in Hillsborough, Virginia graduated from Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA, in 1943, the year she married her beloved husband, the late A. Dix Skillman, a Belle Mead attorney. She met her life’s partner...
Rosemarie "Lover" Duffala
Mar 14, 2019
Age 79 Lavallette Rosemarie Duffala (Rosie) passed away peacefully in her daughters home on March 14, 2019, surrounded by her family. She was born in Manville NJ, to her parents Chester and Elizabeth Michalowski on February 27, 1940. Rosemarie attended Somerville High School. She was married for 62 years to her husband Joseph and they raised four daughters in...

Helen Malik Boyle
Mar 11, 2019
Age 92 Bridgewater Helen Malik Boyle, wife of 43 years to the late Hugh Francis Boyle, died March 10 surrounded by her family. Mrs. Boyle, a Bridgewater resident for many years, was employed at Ethicon retiring in 1984. A communicant of St. Bernard of Clairvaux Church in Bridgewater, where she was a member of the Prayer Shawl Ministry, the...

Michelle Quinn
Mar 7, 2019
Age 50 Raritan NJ Michelle A. Quinn passed away peacefully on 3/06/2019 She was predeceased by her mom Beatrice J. Zufall, step father Papa John Zufall, her sister Linda Gatto, her brother William (Goat) Hurst and her nephew Clayton (Pitbull) Horton. Michelle is survived by a sister Lisa Spagna, a brother Richard Hurst, niece & nephew Brooklyn Statland &...
Robert J. Foley
Mar 4, 2019
Robert J. Foley Gentleman Attorney, Law School Assistant Dean, Devoted family man It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing to eternal life of our Patriarch, Robert J. Foley of Branchburg, N.J. on March 2, 2019 while surrounded by his family in the seventy-eighth year of his life. A celebration of his life will include a memorial...
David Clark Kay
Mar 4, 2019
Long-time Martinsville resident David Clark Kay passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 26, 2019; he was 94 years young. Those who knew Dave will remember him for his intellect, age-defying athleticism, and pride in his family. He was born in 1924, grew up in Bloomfield, NJ and graduated with both a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and an MBA from...
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