Obituaries

Obituaries

Obituaries for Somerville, Bridgewater, Branchburg and surrounding areas

Anna L. Vuoso

Anna L. Vuoso

Apr 29, 2016

Anna L. Vuoso Age 95 Somerville Anna L. Vuoso, wife of the late George Vuoso, died April 28. Mrs. Vuoso was born in New York, NY, resided in Brooklyn, before moving to Somerville in 1986. She was employed as a clerk for the Insurance Company of America, New York, NY. Surviving are her sons, Frank, his wife Joanne and...

Annette Moritz Kolln

Annette Moritz Kolln

Apr 27, 2016

Annette Moritz Kolln Age 86 Bridgewater ​Annette Moritz Kolln, 86, of Bridgewater, New Jersey passed away on April 16, 2016 in Somerville. Memorial services will be held 1:00 PM June 5, 2016 at the North Branch Reformed Church, Bridgewater, New Jersey. In accordance with Annette's wishes there will be no viewing and burial has already taken place. Annette was...

?Franklin A. Limosnero

?Franklin A. Limosnero

Apr 25, 2016

​Franklin A. Limosnero Age 75 Hillsborough Franklin Alkuino Limosnero died April 23. Mr. Limosnero was born in Merida, Philippines and has lived in Somerset County since 1981. He retired from Lab Corp, Raritan, after many years. Surviving are his wife Teresita and son Luisito Limosnero (his wife Gigi), grandchildren Gianna, Isabel and Johann and siblings Lillia Baconguis and Roland...

Richard James Dupras

Richard James Dupras

Apr 22, 2016

Richard James Dupras Age 81 Formerly of Somerville Richard James Dupras of West Deptford, formerly of Somerville, passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, April 21, 2016. Richard was born February 8, 1935 in Bronx NY, the son of Charles and Marie (Cadic) Dupras. He served in the US Navy before graduating from Seton Hall University, later receiving his...

John S. Vara

John S. Vara

Apr 22, 2016

John Stanley Vara Age: 86 Bridgewater, NJ John S. Vara, 86, of Bridgewater died on April 20, 2016 surrounded by his family. He was born on August 6, 1929 in Blakely, Pa to the late Joaquin and Helen (Sislo) Vara. John proudly served in the U.S. Air Force, participating in the Berlin Airlift and achieving the rank of Sergeant....

Thomas M. Cladek

Thomas M. Cladek

Apr 18, 2016

Thomas M. Cladek Flemington ​ Flemington resident Thomas M. Cladek, 62, passed away peacefully on April 17 at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. The son of William and Mary, Tom was raised in Rahway, NJ, the youngest of four. After graduating from Seton Hall with a degree in art history, he flourished as a highly competitive distance...

John V. Smith

John V. Smith

Apr 12, 2016

John V. Smith Age 91 Formerly of Somerville John V. Smith, 91, of Lakewood, and formerly of Somerville, passed on Monday, April 11, 2016 at JFK Medical Center in Edison, NJ. Born in Perth Amboy, NJ, he honorably served in the United States Navy as a Radioman 2nd Class during World War II and later worked as a Draftsman...

Harold Frank Marrazza

Harold Frank Marrazza

Apr 11, 2016

Harold Frank Marrazza Age 82 Somerset Harold Frank Marrazza, age 82, went to be with the Lord Sunday, April 3, 2016 at his home in Somerset, NJ. He was surrounded by his large and loving family during his final days. "Harry" was born October 30, 1933, in Nutley, NJ. He was preceded in death by his parents, Antonio and...

?Richard E. Denesevich

?Richard E. Denesevich

Mar 30, 2016

​Richard E. Denesevich Age 81 Bridgewater Richard E. Denesevich died March 29, 2016. Mr. Denesevich was born in West Hazleton, PA and resided in Piscataway for 27 years before moving to Bridgewater in 1998. He retired in 2009 as the owner and operator of C&D Electric in Bridgewater, an electrical contracting company he began in 1968. He was a...

Michael F. Hart

Michael F. Hart

Mar 28, 2016

Michael F. Hart Age 63 Manville Michael Francis Hart died peacefully at home on March 28 with his loving wife Arlene Joyce Hart and devoted step-grandson Daniel Bickar by his side. Mike was born in Newark and resided in Hillsborough most of his life before moving to Manville in 2013. He retired from the Somerset County Park Commission and...

Read Hugh Roberts

Read Hugh Roberts

Mar 23, 2016

Read Hugh Roberts Age 77 Hillsborough Read Hugh Roberts passed away peacefully at home on March 23, 2016. Born in Somerset, Pennsylvania on January 31st, 1939, Read was the second son of Percival Charles and Claudia Read Roberts. Read graduated in 1960 from The Pennsylvania State University where he was a member of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity. He...

Marjorie Kline Steele

Marjorie Kline Steele

Mar 16, 2016

Marjorie Kline Steele Age 92 Somerville Marjorie Kline Steele, wife of the late Victor "Gene" Steele, died March 15 at home surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Steele was a life long resident of Somerville. She was employed as an assembler for Jelco Lab, a Division of J&J, in Raritan and was an active member of St. Thomas A.M.E....

Richard C. Noonan

Richard C. Noonan

Mar 14, 2016

Richard C. Noonan Age 81 Richard C. Noonan, grandfather of the late Christopher, of Somerville, passed away peacefully on March 14 after a long illness. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Noonan, 6 children and 13 grandcildren. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 9:30am on Saturday, March 19, at the Immaculate Conception Church in Somerville....

Leonard Grasso Sr.

Leonard Grasso Sr.

Mar 14, 2016

Age 86 Bridgewater Leonard Grasso Sr., passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family into the presence of his Lord Jesus on March 13, 2016. He was number eight of nine children born to Leo and Lena Grasso who moved to Raritan from New York, to open The “Grasso Pasta Company”. Lenny was a resident of Raritan for 60...

Gerard “Jerry” Rider

Gerard “Jerry” Rider

Mar 10, 2016

Gerard “Jerry” Rider, age 54, went to his eternal rest on March 7, 2016. Born in Jersey City to Gloria (Faber) and Jerry Rider, he grew up in Maywood, married his loving wife Annmarie Brennan in 1983, moved to Somerville and raised 3 sons - Jerry, Chris and Matt. He was a proud Journeyman in IBEW Local Union 164...

Margaret A. Delin

Margaret A. Delin

Mar 9, 2016

Margaret A. Delin Age 95 Raritan Margaret Delin, a 55 year resident of Raritan, NJ, has died at the age of 95. She was married for sixty years to her husband, Carl Delin, who predeceased her in 2002. Margaret was born to William and Adele Battschinger Staggand raised in West Orange, NJ. She was predeceased by her brothers George,...

Florence Vreeland

Florence Vreeland

Mar 7, 2016

Florence Vreeland Age 92 Bridgewater Florence Vreeland, 92, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, on March 7 at Bridgeway Care Center in Bridgewater. Born in Bayonne, she resided in Bridgewater for almost 70 years. She was predeceased by her husband of 60 years, William Vreeland, in 2007. She is the last of nine siblings. She lived most of...

Susan Jane Monahan

Susan Jane Monahan

Mar 4, 2016

Susan Jane Monahan Age 66 Hillsborough Susan Jane (Messinger) Monahan passed away peacefully at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in New Brunswick on March 2, 2016, after a hard fought battle with pancreatic cancer. As a graduate of Glassboro State College (now Rowan University), Susan was an exceptionally talented and creative art teacher for several years before retiring from that...

William "Billy" Sweeney

William "Billy" Sweeney

Feb 28, 2016

William "Billy" Sweeney Age 61 Raritan William G. "Billy" Sweeney died suddenly on February 27 at Hunterdon Medical Center. He was born in Staten Island, NY and has lived in Raritan Borough for over 50 years. Billy was an iconic character at Espo's Restaurant in Raritan where he was employed as a waiter for over 30 years. You could...

?Rita E. Cemino

?Rita E. Cemino

Feb 23, 2016

Age 94 Somerville Rita E. Cemino died February 23 at RWJ at Somerset in Somerville. She was born in Raritan, raised in Somerville where she attended Somerville High School. As a graduate of St. Peter's School of Nursing, New Brunswick, Mrs. Cemino enlisted in the US Navy Nursing Corps and served as a Lieutenant during WW II. She furthered...