Obituaries

Dec 11, 2017

Age 79 Hillsborough ​Deanna Jameson, 79, of Hillsborough, NJ, passed away on Thursday, December 7, 2017, surrounded by loved ones at RWJUH Somerset. She will now forever be with her husband and soul mate of 48 years, Phil. Deanna had a joyful heart that she shared through her many volunteer efforts, as well as working at Somerset Medical Center...

Dec 11, 2017

Age 67 Somerville William J. Keller, 67, of Somerville NJ, passed away on November 28, 2017. He was born in New Brunswick NJ on May 19, 1950. He was a 1968 graduate of Franklin High School in Somerset NJ and previously employed by Turner Tube in Cranbury and Far Away Places in New Brunswick. Bill was a talented musician...

Dec 1, 2017

Age 60 Bridgewater Seraph Jimenez Jr. died suddenly on November 29 at home. Seraph was born in Brooklyn, NY and resided in Manville before moving to Bridgewater in 2012. He was employed as a security guard for Adesa in Manville. A member of the Eagles Aerie #2137 in Bridgewater for 35 years and a social member of the American...

Nov 28, 2017

​Age 87 Somerville ​Geraldine “Gerri” W. Hansen, age 87, passed away surrounded by her family on Monday, November 27, 2017. Born April 22, 1930, in Plainfield, NJ, Gerri lived in Bridgewater, NJ for the past 50 years. She worked as the Registrar of Vital Statistics in Somerville for 40 years, retiring in 2010. Known for her wit and strong-will,...

Nov 22, 2017

Donald James MacGillivray Jr, 33, of Port Saint Lucie, Florida passed away on November 17, 2017. Donnie moved to Florida in 2014 coming from Flemington, New Jersey. He had a big heart and was a loving man. He was known to be helpful and was always willing to lend a hand when needed. He loved nature, people, and animals;...

Oct 14, 2017

Age 74 Bridgewater Charlotte A. Picone, a mother, artist, beautician, homemaker, and longtime resident of Somerset County, died on October 13, 2017 at the age of 74. She died peacefully at home with family attending. She was predeceased by her husband Michael Picone. She is survived by Gregory R. Picone (Heather), Michael J. Picone MD (Colleen), two grandchildren Lauren,...

Oct 14, 2017

Age 63 Somerville Fred Schneider, 63, died on Friday, October 13th at RWJ Somerset. He was a lifelong Somerville resident and retired in May of 2016 from the US Postal Service in Bridgewater after 23 years. Fred was a man of few words who took great pride in his yard and enjoyed watching football, gambling, gardening, playing cards with...

Sep 25, 2017

Age 89 Somerville, NJ Marie E. Laggini of Somerville, NJ, 89, passed away on September 23, 2017. She was born March 11, 1928 in Pompton Lakes, NJ and resided in Somerville, NJ. She was a loving wife, mother, sister, Grandmother, Great-grandmother, aunt and friend. A gourmet cook with a passion for sewing, knitting and quilting, she was a vocalist...

Sep 25, 2017

Age 81 Somerville Patricia Margaret Perkins (nee Doyle), aged 81 of Somerville, New Jersey, passed away surrounded by loved ones on Wednesday, September 20, 2017. Patricia was the beloved companion of Frank Verano for 17 years; cherished former wife of the late George Robert Perkins; devoted mother of George R. Perkins (Amy) of Asbury, NJ, Kathleen Verano (Joseph) of...

Sep 24, 2017

Age 88 Bridgewater Joseph E. Sartin Sr., 88, passed away on September 24, 2017. The second of four brothers, Joe grew up in the Pennsylvania coal mine town of Laflin. In an era that all Americans viscerally experienced a degree of hardship, Joe learned values from hard work by cracking coal at 10 cents a peck—a modest supplement to...

Sep 24, 2017

Age 101 Bridgewater Elizabeth H. Taylor passed away at the age of 101 on Friday, September 22. "Betty" to everyone who knew her, lived in Somerville from her marriage in 1935 to 2005 when she moved to Arbor Glen in Bridgewater. Years ago she was very active in the Somerset Hospital Women's Auxiliary Board, serving as president in the...

Sep 24, 2017

Age 84 Hillsborough Marie Lucielle (Hogan) Quick was born on June 23, 1933 and died suddenly at the age of 84 on September 22, 2017. Marie was born in Denver Colorado then adopted and raised by two loving parents who had immigrated from Ireland, Dennis and Josephine Hogan. Both are deceased. Marie said that she felt so lucky to...

Sep 15, 2017

Age 87 Bridgewater Helen M. Canavan, wife of the late Robert F. Canavan, died September 14. Mrs. Canavan was born in Brooklyn, NY and resided in Somerville before moving to Bridgewater in 1957. She was a graduate of St. Brendan Diocesan High School, Brooklyn, NY, St. John's University, NY with a BA degree in English and then received her...

Sep 6, 2017

Age 92 Flemington Margaret Gallus entered into eternal life on September 5. She was the wife of the late James M. DiCarlo Sr. (first husband) and the late Jacob Gallus, Margaret was born in Newark and resided in Flemington most of her life. At a very early age, she began her working career in customer service, bookkeeping and sales....

Sep 3, 2017

Age 57 Spotswood Jon T. Langevin, 57, of Spotswood, NJ passed away at his home on August 30, 2017, after a long battle with complications stemming from a traumatic accident in 2009. Relatives and friends are invited to attend Visitation beginning at 7pm and concluding with a Memorial Service at 8:30pm on Thursday, September 7, at the Cusick Funeral...

Aug 17, 2017

Age 77 Flemington Robert P. Corcoran, 77, of Flemington, NJ passed away on Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, Somerville, NJ, surrounded by his loving family. He was the son of the late Joseph Paul and Anna Mae Corcoran. He and his beloved wife, Nancy (Bonaduce) Corcoran were married on February 12, 1972. Robert spent the...

Jul 28, 2017

Age 49 Formerly of Raritan Tom Yaruso Jr. of Long Branch and formerly of Raritan died July 21. Tom had a CDL license and was truck driver for M&S Waste Services in Hazlet, driving roll offs and packers in Middlesex, Monmouth, & Ocean Counties. He enjoyed fishing, especially salt water fishing.He was predeceased by his brother David in 2010....

Jul 17, 2017

Age 55 Bridgewater Michael Powlish, aged 55, died peacefully at home on July 13, 2017. He was born in Somerville and resided in Bridgewater all his life. He was an alumnus of Bridgewater Raritan High School West and was employed by Associated Mailing and Printing in Branchburg for the past 11 years as a machinist. Michael was a devoted...

Jul 14, 2017

Jul 11, 2017

Age 83 Somerville ​J​oseph "Joe" Fazekas Jr, 83, of Somerville, passed away peacefully on Monday July 10 at his residence at Bridgeway Care Center in Bridgewater, surrounded by his loving family. Joseph is survived by his 2 sons, Stephen Fazekas and his wife Mary Beth, Anthony Fazekas and his wife Marketa and his daughter Jenifer Krunkosky and her husband...