Obituaries

Jan 9, 2019

Age 103 Bridgewater Mary Meyer died January 7 at Green Knoll Care Center, Bridgewater. Mrs. Meyer was the daughter of the late John and Alice (Trimmer) Potts. She was born and raised in High Bridge before moving to Somerville and then Bridgewater. A graduate of Hood College, MD, Mrs. Meyer was employed as a Dental Assistant for 35 years...

Jan 2, 2019

Age 85 Somerville Margaret Ann Villano, daughter of the late Victoria Villano, died January 1 at RWJ at Somerset in Somerville. She was born in Flagtown (Hillsborough) and has been a resident of Somerville for 80 years. Margaret retired from American Hoechst, Bridgewater as a Tape Librarian in 1995 after more than 25 years. A member of the Immaculate...

Jan 2, 2019

Age 75 Branchburg William J. Butler III passed away on December 31, 2018 after a short illness. He is survived by his wife of 32 years, Mary Wildgen Butler, his sister Maureen Mikolajczak and her husband Joe, many sisters and brothers-in-law, 14 nieces and nephews, and 12 great nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his parents, William and...

Dec 28, 2018

Age 57 Long Branch Patricia Kolb Hoffman, 57, dedicated mother, loving sister, and faithful Catholic, passed away on December 21st at her home in Long Branch, New Jersey. Born February 7, 1961 to Paul and Carol Kolb in Buffalo, NY, Tricia was the youngest of five children. She attended Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York, then worked for...

Dec 28, 2018

Age 82 Vero Beach, FL Jean Taylor, wife of the late George Taylor, died December 21. Mrs. Taylor was formerly of Lebanon and had been a resident of Florida for almost 30 years. ​A Graveside Service will be held at Noon on Monday, December 31, at the New Cemetery, So. Bridge St., Somerville.

Dec 23, 2018

Age 61 Hillsborough Kevin Lindenmuth, son of the late Wayne Lindenmuth, died suddenly on December 22 at RWJ at Somerset in Somerville. Kevin was born in Somerville and resided in South Bound Brook before moving to Hillsborough in 1969. He previously worked at Johns-Manville and Reb Techs in Branchburg. He was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church in Bound...

Dec 17, 2018

Age 86 Virginia Beach,VA Verna Jean Ancellotti, 86, died December 12 at home. "Jean," as she was known was born in Martinburg, PA and resided in Bridgewater most of her life before moving to Virginia Beach in 2015, where she was lovingly cared for by her daughter Susan Maureen. She was a former receptionist for Somerset Medical Center, now...

Dec 17, 2018

Dec 10, 2018

Age 87 Somerville Dorothy Marie Ravener, 87, of Somerville, NJ passed away peacefully in her sleep on December 8, 2018. Dorothy was born in Brooklyn, NY to Nicholas and Edna Vitalo on February 17, 1931. Dorothy was predeceased by her two older brothers, Nicholas and Alfred Vitalo. Dorothy will be lovingly remembered by her husband of 61 years, Joseph...

Dec 9, 2018

Age 91 Hillsborough Ursula Pellegren Hemerda died December 8. Mrs. Hemerda was born in Middlesex and resided in Hillsborough and Bridgewater for many years. A graduate of Somerville High School, Class of 1945, she went on to become a respected and valued Executive Secretary to the President of Johns-Manville in Manville during the late 50s and 60s. Mrs. Hemerda...

Dec 9, 2018

Age 56 Belvidere Glenn died peacefully at his home on November 22. Mr. Kazeleski was formerly of Manville. He is survived by his parents Toni & Frank Kazeleski, his sister Jill Weikel & her sons Jerry & Randy Weikel. Also surviving are his daughter Samantha and his estranged wife Traci. Glenn was an avid deer hunter & loved the...

Dec 6, 2018

Age: 88 Bridgewater, NJ Anita D. Vara, 88, of Bridgewater died on December 5, 2018. She was born on September 27, 1930 in Kearny, NJ to the late Peter and Margaret (Harty) Koerner. Anita worked at Prudential in NYC before marrying John S. Vara, her beloved husband of over 60 years. She later worked at Ethicon, Inc. in Bridgewater....

Nov 20, 2018

Age 92 Formerly of Branchburg Henry died peacefully in his sleep early in the morning on November 20th2018 at the ripe old age of 92! He was under hospice at Sunnyside Manor in Wall, NJ. Son of late Stanislaus and Sophia Kowalczyk, brother of Lottie Waslin and Al Kowalczyk (both deceased). Husband to late Josephine (Bisaha) Kowalczyk who celebrated...

Nov 17, 2018

Age 54 Stewartsville,NJ Kevin J. Levine died November 15 at St. Luke's Hospital, Warren Campus, in Phillipsburg. Kevin was born in Somerville and resided in Raritan Borough and Whitehouse before moving to Stewartsville recently. He was a former AC/Heating technician for Stryker Heating & Air Conditioning in Whitehouse. Surviving are his wife, Pauline (Button) Levine, his children Phillip, Bryan,...

Nov 1, 2018

September 19,1924 – October 29, 2018 We lost our father, grandfather and great grandfather on Monday, October the 29, 2018. He was 94, and we’d like to say a few words about him. He was a son of Polish immigrants, Ignatz and Agnes Czekaj. He was born and raised in ‘down neck’ Newark. He belonged to St. Casimir’s Parish...

Oct 30, 2018

Age 89 Hillsborough ​ Helen. E. Wisniewski (Dansak) was born September 3, 1929 in the Finderne Section of Bridgewater Township to John and Anna Dansak. She moved to Hillsborough in 1961, Mrs. Wisniewski, Bound Brook High School class of 1948, worked for Efinger's Sporting Goods Company during her high school years. She joined Research-Corporation (later Research-Cottrell, Inc.) in October...

Oct 29, 2018

Age 79 Somerville Loisanne Regan Martin passed away on October 28, 2018 at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in Somerville, NJ with her family by her side. Born February 7, 1939 and raised in Pittsburgh, PA Loisanne and her family moved to Somerville in 1963. She graduated from The College of New Jersey and retired as an elementary school teacher...

Oct 27, 2018

Victoria Arriaga, age 85, of Somerville, New Jersey passed away peacefully on Wednesday October 24, 2018. Born in Nacaome, Honduras, Victoria moved to the United States at a young age where she later met her husband Oscar in Jersey City, New Jersey. They were married in September 1964. They resided in Jersey City for 48 years and later moved...

Oct 23, 2018

Age 91 Somerville Edward F. Bernhardt, son of the late Edward and Agnes (Kavanaugh) Bernhardt, died October 23. Mr. Bernhardt was born in Bound Brook and resided in Somerville all of his life. He was employed as an auto mechanic for Dooley Bros. and then Hoaglands Garage before retiring from Kavanaugh Bros. Plumbing and Heating of Somerville. He attended...

Oct 14, 2018

Age 82 Somerville Ida Mae "Robinson" Field, 82, of Somerville NJ, passed away on October 12, 2018 at the RWJ Medical Center, Somerville. She is predeceased by her beloved husband Bernard "Bernie" Field and surviving her passing are her children Henry Field, Renee Massey, Jeremiah Field, Debra Field, Denise Field, Sharon Field, Nadine Woolley and Marlene Fox and one...