Obituaries

Dec 2, 2016

​Violet "Peggy" Banta Age 95 Hillsborough Violet "Peggy" Banta, wife of the late David Banta, died December 1 in Hillsborough. Mrs. Banta was born in Jersey City and has been a resident of Hillsborough for several years. Surviving are her daughter Karen Stehn, her husband Joe, 2 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. A Mass of Christian Burial will be...

Nov 27, 2016

​Edward M. Cifelli Age 79 Bridgewater Edward M. Cifelli died November 22 at RWJ University Hospital, New Brunswick. Mr. Cifelli was born in Somerville and has been a resident of Bridgewater for over 50 years. He retired as a foreman in 1999 from Elizabethtown Water Co., now NJ American Water, after 35 years employment. He served in US Army...

Nov 25, 2016

Michael J. Kebles Age 67 Formerly of Somerville Michael J. Kebles, formerly of Somerville and Annandale, NJ, passed away on November 19th. He attended Clemson University, Middlesex College, and Trenton State before assuming managerial supervision of the meter division for Elizabethtown Water Company. In 1998, he settled in Las Vegas, NV where he continued managing and improving the metering...

Nov 9, 2016

Age 80 Somerville Geraldine Mary Accetta, age 80, formerly of Somerville NJ, died Tuesday, November 8th at the Green Knoll Center in Bridgewater NJ. Mrs. Accetta, born May 2, 1936 in Plymouth PA, was the daughter of the late Anna (Sawka) and Edward Kizis. She attended Hanover Twp. High School and Wilkes Barre Business College. Geri was the proud...

Oct 23, 2016

William E “Bill” Thompson Let me tell you about my Dad – Billy was born in June 1935 and became the youngest son to William F and Helen Thompson, who already had 3 sons and two daughters. When his youngest sister was added to the family, the whole clan moved from Staten Island to a farm in Pittstown NJ....

Oct 14, 2016

Age 88 Somerville Dorothy Fazekas, daughter of the late Joseph and Anna (Sauter) Fazekas, died October 12. Dorothy was a life long resident of Somerville. Her career with Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, began in the typing pool for secretaries and rose to the Executive Secretary level for one of the Board of Directors at J&J. She retired in1990...

Oct 12, 2016

Virginia Cornelius Age 81 Bridgewater Virginia Cornelius passed away October 11, 2016 after a short illiness. She is survived by daughter Judy, son-in-law Ken and grand-daughter Emily. A long time resident of Bridgewater, Mrs. Cornelius was active with the Single Senior Women Group, enjoyed participating in various exercise groups and getting together with friends. ​In lieu of flowers, a...

Oct 1, 2016

​Cynthia M. Palzer Age 57 Hillsborough Cynthia "Cindy" M. Palzer died October 1 at RWJ at Somerset in Somerville. Cindy was born in Hillsborough and was a life long resident. She was employed by FedEx, Branchburg as a courier but worked primarily alongside her husband, Karl, in their family owned business Weathertest Company in Hillsborough. A 1975 graduate of...

Sep 29, 2016

Age 89 Somerville John W. Klar died September 28 at RWJ at Somerset in Somerville. Son of the late Simon and Frances Klar, Mr. Klar was born in Colden,NY and has been a resident of Somerville since 1968. He was drafted into the U.S. Army in September 1946 and spent four months in Yokohama, Japan and was later Honorably...

Sep 26, 2016

Sami Husenaj Age 42 Clinton Sami Husenaj, beloved son of Gani and Sanije Husenaj, husband of Miranda, loving father of Fiton and brother of Bashkim, Bekim and Ardiana died September 24. Sami was born on September 15, 1974 in Montargis, France and has been a resident of Clinton for 24 years. ​Visiting hours from 3pm-9pm on Wednesday, September 28,...

Sep 21, 2016

Helen Emig Cahill Age 92 Hillsborough, NJ Helen Emig Cahill, formerly of Deer Run Drive, Bridgewater,NJ, passed away on September 20 at Brookdale Senior Living Center, Hillsborough, NJ. Born and raised in Philadelphia,PA, she was a graduate of Hallahan High School and Pierce Secretarial School, Class of 1943. Mrs. Cahill resided in Bridgewater for fifty-three years before moving to...

Sep 17, 2016

Walter “Walt” Lambert Hudnett Kansas City, Missouri ​Walter L. Hudnett, March 21, 1948, 68 years of age of Hunterdon County, New Jersey son of the late Walter Fink Hudnett and Florence Del Roco Hudnett, died on 09/14/2016 in Branchburg Township, New Jersey. Walt graduated from North Hunterdon High School, class of 1966. Upon graduation Walt moved to Stillwater, Oklahoma...

Sep 17, 2016

Age 88 Lavallette, NJ Gus Bruns died on Friday, September 16, at Parker House in Monroe where he had happily spent his last year. Born in New Brunswick in 1927 to Lucy Mulvey and Gustave Bruns, he was the brother of John and Bob. He was raised in Milltown, and educated at New Brunswick High School and Rider College...

Sep 11, 2016

Age 73 Flemington Catherine T. Reddington, daughter of the late Leo and Katherine (Kehoe) Reddington, died September 8 at home. Cathy was born in Pittston, PA. and had resided in Raritan Township for over 20 years. She was a volunteer receptionist at the Hunterdon County Senior Citizens Complex, a job she wholeheartedly enjoyed. Surviving are her siblings Michael Reddington,...

Sep 7, 2016

Sep 6, 2016

Age 93 Bridgewater Peter P. Barszczewski died September 5. Son of the late John and Anna Barszczewski and brother of the late Edward, Joseph, John, Mary Pietrowicz, Eve Stancik and Sophie Burczynski. Peter was born in Kearny and resided in Bridgewater for 62 years. He retired from PSE&G, Maplewood, as a Lab Technician after many years and served aboard...

Sep 4, 2016

Age 85 Bridgewater John P. Opeka, husband of the late Angela Opeka, who died in 2000, passed away on September 3 at home in Bridgewater, NJ. Mr. Opeka was born in Forest City, PA. and was a resident of Bridgewater since 1958. He retired in 1994 after 37 years with L.A. Dreyfus Company, South. Plainfield,NJ. An Army Veteran of...

Sep 1, 2016

Age 63 ​Somerville, NJ ​ Local businessman and musician, Michael Tarentino, died and passed into eternal rest on August 31, 2016, at his home in Somerville, New Jersey. He was 63 years old. ​Michael was born on June 1, 1953, in Atella, a small town in the Potenza Province of Southern Italy. In 1958, at age 5, he immigrated...

Aug 27, 2016

Age 77 Somerville, NJ Marjorie A. Kozimbo (Burns), age 77, died Friday (August 26, 2016) at Robert Wood Johnson in Somerville. Born in Dunellen, Marjorie also resided in Flagtown before settling in Somerville. Marjorie graduated from Somerville High School and obtained her secretarial certificate from Rutgers University. She spent the majority of her career at Ethicon in Bridgewater, working...

Aug 17, 2016

Age 88 Branchburg Josephine Kowalczyk died August 17 at home. Mrs. Kowalczyk was born in Perth Amboy and lived there until her marriage on May 5, 1951. Then along with her husband, Henry, they lived briefly in Bound Brook until moving to Branchburg in 1955 where they still reside. A graduate of Perth Amboy High School, Josephine worked for...