Obituaries
Obituaries
Obituaries for Somerville, Bridgewater, Branchburg and surrounding areas
Frank X. Bourke
Jul 5, 2017
Frank X. Bourke, a native of Somerville, passed away peacefully in Colorado on June 3rd . He was 94. Frank was born on July 30, 1922, to Frank and Hilda Bourke of Somerville. He was a stellar musician and a proud Army veteran. He entered the army in September 1940. He was a drummer in the military band of...
Jake Byrne
Jul 5, 2017
Jake Byrne, an Amazing Young Man Jacob Thomas Byrne passed away on June 29, 2017 at the age of 20. Jake was born on August 6, 1996 in Morristown, NJ to his parents, Cristine and Joe Byrne. Jake courageously fought a life-long battle with Friedreich’s Ataxia, a very rare neuromuscular disease. He graduated from Bridgewater High School with an...
Ernestine Botti Cutler
Jun 27, 2017
Age 81 Somerville Ernestine Botti Cutler died June 26th after a brave eight-month battle with pancreatic cancer. Born November 14, 1935 and raised in Somerville, NJ, Ernestine developed deep friendships in the community. She graduated from Somerville High School and is an alumna of Wellesley College. She also met her lifetime love and husband, Benjamin S. Cutler (aka Ben...
Barbara A. Cooper
Jun 27, 2017
Age 78 Hillsborough Barbara A. Cooper died June 27 at home. Mrs. Cooper was born in South Bound Brook and was a 1956 graduate of Bound Brook High School. She resided in Bridgewater for 30 years before moving to Hillsborough in 2002. She worked as a legal secretary alongside her husband William T. Cooper at his law office in...
Lillian Barbati
Jun 26, 2017
Age 93 Bridgewater Lillian Barbati, a longtime resident of Bridgewater, died June 24 at home. She was 92. Born in Middlesex to Mary and Michael Bracha, she lived there until her marriage to Salvatino Barbati in 1947. Lillian loved arts and crafts and examples of her paintings, ceramics and crocheted spreads could be seen throughout the home she shared...
Donna M. Walter
Jun 26, 2017
Age 58 Somerville Donna M. Walter (nee McClear) passed away June 23 at RWJ University Hospital, New Brunswick. Donna was born on August 2, 1958 in Old Bridge, NJ to the late Lester M. and Marian (Gyula) McClear and resided in Somerville since 1996. She was employed as the Accounts Supervisor in Finance Department for Somerset County for 32...
William F. Blockus
Jun 17, 2017
Age 58 Manville William (Bill) Blockus was born and raised in Edison and resided in Manville since 1985. He passed away suddenly on June 16 at RWJ at Somerset in Somerville. A graduate of J.P. Stevens High School, he was employed by Greystone Park Hospital, Morris Plains, as a Media Technician for the past 16 years. Bill's family was...
James "Don" Gibbons
Jun 15, 2017
Age 73 Formerly of Hillsborough James Donald "Don" Gibbons passed away on June13th in Marlboro, NJ from complications of Parkinson's. Born in Orange, NJ, lived most of his life in NJ. Don served in the U.S. Navy from 1962 through 1966 aboard The USS Turner. A graduate of the Newark College of Engineering, as an electrical engineer. He founded...
Floyd Clarence Frankenfield
Jun 6, 2017
Age 88 Bridgewater Floyd C. Frankenfield died June 3, at RWJ at Somerset in Somerville. Son of Stanley & Sylvia (Bartolanzo) Frankenfield of Somerville, devoted and loving husband of 65 years to Margaret (Peggy) Hunt Frankenfield. Floyd is predeceased by his sisters- Odora Bower and Iona Martin. He will be greatly missed by his surviving brother and sisters-Stan &...
Anna I. Pascale
Jun 6, 2017
Age 91 Somerville Anna I. Pascale, 91 years old, passed away on June 5, 2017 at Avalon Assisted Living in Bridgewater, where she resided for the past 5 years. She grew up in Raritan, before settling in Somerville, for 59 years. She was an active member of Somerville Senior Leisure Group of Immaculate Conception. She retired from Biosearch Pharmaceuticals...
Officer Matthew L. Tarentino
May 31, 2017
Age 29 Somerville Officer Matthew Lawrence Tarentino entered into eternal rest on the early morning of May 30, 2017. Promoted to Detective posthumously, Detective Matthew L. Tarentino was husband to Victoria Tarentino, his beloved bride of 5 1/2 years; father to Robert Damien (3), Raymond Peter (2) and a precious baby still in the womb (due this Summer). Matthew...
Alfonso Dipasquale
May 26, 2017
Age 89 Somerville Alfonso Di Pasquale, husband of the late Gertrude Di Pasquale, died May 25 at home. Mr. Di Pasquale was born in Raritan and resided in Somerville for over 50 years. He retired in 1992 from Inmount Inc., Bound Brook where he was a warehouse man. Mr. Di Pasquale was a Army Veteran of the Korean War....
Joseph W. Salerno
May 17, 2017
Age 70 Formerly of Raritan Joseph William Salerno, 70 of North Adams, MA and formerly of Raritan, died Sunday May 14, 2017 at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in Raritan on February 10, 1947, son of Arminio Joseph and Angelina (DiMuro) Salerno. He graduated from Bridgewater-Raritan High School. Joseph was a Veteran of the Vietnam War serving in...
Phillip G. Venis
May 17, 2017
Age 63 Formerly of Hillsborough Phillip Gustatinos Venis, 63, of Oak Island, North Carolina, formerly of Hillsborough,NJ passed away Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at his home. Mr. Venis was born August 12, 1953 in Somerville son of Ouida Venis and the late Gustatinos Venis. While living in New Jersey, he became a New Jersey Certified Tree Expert, a member...
?Barbara Frances Payne
May 16, 2017
Age 80 Formerly of Raritan Barbara Frances Payne, 80, of Eustis,Fl., passed away Monday, May 15, 2017 at home surrounded by her family. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, she and her husband James had been winter residents to Eustis since the Mid-1980's moving here permanently in 2014. She loved raising pheasants as a child. She was involved with...
?Mary E. Cox
May 13, 2017
Age 96 Somerville Mary Elizabeth Mundy Cox died peacefully in the company of her daughters on Thursday, May 11 at R.W. Johnson University Hospital Somerset. She was the fourth of nine children, born in Middlesex in 1920. She was predeceased by her husband, John J. (1977); son, John E. (2017); parents, Mary Mannion Mundy and George Cooper Mundy; brothers...
Benjamin Sheffield Cutler
May 2, 2017
Age 81 Somerville Benjamin Sheffield Cutler died May 2nd after a brief battle with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), and ultimately acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Born in New Rochelle, NY, Ben (Sheff) grew up in Athens, Ohio, where he loved to hike, seek out rattle snakes, and especially watch storms – the more violent the better – from the roof of...
?Geraldine Mary Accetta
Apr 30, 2017
Age 80 Formerly of Somerville A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 10am on Friday, May 5, at St. Bernard Church, 500 Highway 22 (Westbound), Bridgewater, followed by interment on Saturday, May 6, at St. Peter and Paul Cemetery in Plymouth, PA. "Geri" was employed at the NJ Division of Motor Vehicles in Somerville for over 20 years....
?Beatrice M. Smith
Apr 24, 2017
Age 94 Hillsborough Beatrice M. Smith died April 20. Beatrice was born in Hackettstown and is survived by her daughters Doreen and Lillian and her grandson David and sisters Anna and Marjorie. A Memorial Service will be held 6pm on Sunday, April 30, at the King of Kings Worship Center, 219 Mt. Airy Rd., Basking Ridge.
Marion Ross Quinn
Apr 21, 2017
Age 97 Hillsborough Marion (Marrone) Ross Quinn, wife of the late Francis Quinn, died April 20, surrounded by her family after a long illness. She was born in New Brunswick and retired as an Executive Secretary for Coca-Cola. She was also a former member of Hillsborough Seniors Chapter B. Mrs. Quinn was the last survivor of 10 children of...
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