Obituaries

Aug 18, 2015

Age 94 Middlesex Theresa Reid, who many affectionately remember as dear, sweet “Aunt Tessie”, passed peacefully into God’s loving hands on Monday, August 17. Born in Somerville in 1921, Aunt Tessie spent the majority of her adult life in Middlesex sharing Sunday lunches and games with her sisters. Predecessed by her husband, Frank Reid, she is survived by her...

Aug 18, 2015

Aug 18, 2015

Age 58 Bridgewater John "Jack" Burke died Tuesday, August 18, at home. Jack was born in Somerville and had lived in California for more than 25 years while working as an Electronic Technician for Unisys Corporation before moving back to New Jersey. He has lived in Bridgewater since 2008. He was a 1974 graduate of Immaculata High School and...

Aug 10, 2015

Age 64 Bridgewater Lambert "Bert" Schneider died Sunday, August 9, 2015. Bert was born and raised in Somerville and resided in Raritan before moving to Bridgewater in 1982. He was employed for Importico Disposal, Middlesex, as their diesel shop supervisor for over 20 years. Bert also owned and operated Truck Doctor in Bridgewater for 25 years. When he had...

Aug 5, 2015

Age 88 Bridgewater Lester G. Shultz, age 88, died August 4, 2015. Mr. Shultz was born in Catawissa, PA and resided in Bridgewater, NJ. He was a communicant of Immaculate Conception Church in Somerville, a member of the Knights of Columbus and of American Legion Post 12. He was predeceased by his wife of 64 years Mildred Shultz. Surviving...

Jul 28, 2015

Age 82 Bridgewater Raymond T. Talamini, 82, died peacefully on Friday, July 24, 2015. Prior to his death, he resided in Peapack. Born and raised in Bridgewater, he attended Somerville High School. He played varsity football for four years, which sparked his lifelong passion for the sport. Directly out of high school he served in the U.S. Air Force...

Jul 21, 2015

Age 71 Formerly of Bridgewater and Manville Joseph P. Parent age 71 passed away July 19, 2015 at Beebe Hospital Lewes,De. Prior to moving to Delaware in 2008 he resided in Bridgewater and Manville. He was a retired truck driver for Columbia Lumber and Component Technology, Branchburg. Joe was an avid sportsman who enjoyed hunting and fishing. He loved...

Jul 20, 2015

Age 44 Bridgewater Darlene Annemarie (Claes) Fritzinger died July 16 at Overlook Hospital in Summit. Darlene was born in Somerville and resided in Warren before moving to Bridgewater in 2002. She owned and operated Curl Up and Dye Salon in GreenBrook for over 19 years. She was a member of the Powerhouse Christian Church in Bridgewater and played in...

Jul 15, 2015

Jul 14, 2015

Manville Born September 13, 1930 in Manville, NJ to immigrant parents, Salvatore and Lucille Perone, Dominic died peacefully at his home in Whiting, NJ on July 12, 2015. Dominic graduated from Bound Brook High School, served in the US Army during the Korean War and married his life-long love, Nellie (Lakowitz) Perone. They resided in Hillsborough NJ, where he...

Jul 13, 2015

Age 85 Bridgewater Lincoln Shimomura MD, 85, of Bridewater, NJ, died at his home on Wednesday, July 8, 2015. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, August 1, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at the United Reformed Church, 100 Main Street, Somerville. Lincoln was born in Salinas, California, the fifth of eight children of Japanese parents. After internment in...

Jul 12, 2015

Age 67 Branchburg Charles "Rich" Shanahan, 67, passed away on July 11th at RWJ Somerset Medical Center. He was predeceased by his mother, Gladys Darcy, and father, Charles "Dick" Shanahan. Rich is survived by a brother, Kevin and his wife Ginny of Flemington, NJ, and a sister, Kathleen, of Lindenhurst, IL; his nephews, Kevin Shanahan, Timothy Shanahan, Zachary Slade,...

Jul 7, 2015

Age 47 Belvidere Doreen Ayala Oakes, 47, of Belvidere, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family. She was predeceased by her maternal grandfather, Henry Rodriguez and paternal grandparents, Juan Ayala and Crucita Miranda. Doreen is survived by her adored children, Tyler, Kayla, Brandon, Mason and Lillee; loving parents, Nilda and Jose Ayala; loving grandmother, Mercedes Rodriguez; Doreen is...

Jun 29, 2015

Age 82 Pastor Emeritus of Immaculate Conception Church, Somerville Reverend Monsignor John Nevin Kennedy, former Pastor and currently Pastor Emeritus of Immaculate Conception Church, Somerville, entered into eternal rest on Saturday June 27,2015. He was the son of the late John and Marie Kennedy. He was preceded in death by his sister, Marie Adele Kennedy and sister in law,...

Jun 23, 2015

Age 78 Formerly of Somerville Judy F. Vogt, 78, of Whiting, passed away peacefully on June 21, 2015 at her son’s home surrounded by her family. She was predeceased by her parents Leo and Anna Masterson, and by her sisters Ann, Lorraine, Jean, and Sally. She is survived by her sons John (Julie Doran) Vogt and Kurt (Lisa) Vogt,...

Jun 23, 2015

Age 84Formerly of Bridgewwater Dr. John H. O'Connor, Jr., of Bridgewater, NJ, passed away on June 21st, 2015 at Long Island State Veteran's Home in Stony Brook, NY. He was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts on January 16, 1931. He was 84 years old. John served in the Army and was honorably discharged before going on to receive his doctorate...

Jun 21, 2015

Age 86 Bridgewater William "Bill" Anderson died peacefully on June 20 with his family by his side. He was born in Cleveland, OH., on August 26, 1928 and had lived in Bridgewater for 58 years. Mr. Anderson graduated from Charles F. Brush High School in Ohio and Wesleyan University in Conneticut and served as a Lieutenant in the US...

Jun 20, 2015

Age 87 Bridgewater Anna M. "Greta" Denesevich, wife of the late Fred Denesevich who died in 1997, died June 19 at home. She was born in Kasko, Finland, came to the United States in 1940 and resided Long Island, NY and then Somerville before moving to Bridgewater in 1965. A 1946 graduate of North Babylon HS, second in her...

Jun 17, 2015

Age 85 Bridgewater Edward G. Sockler, 85, passed away June 17th, 2015. Ed was born on June 2nd, 1930 in Newark, New Jersey the son of of the late Anton and Estelle Sockler. After graduating Columbia High School in 1948 in Maplewood, NJ Ed then went on to attend Alfred University in New York for two years and then...

Jun 14, 2015

Age 94 Bridgewater Josephine Hoch Furlong passed away peacefully at home in Bridgewater, NJ on June 13th, 2015 surrounded by her family and friends. She was predeceased by her sister Edith Hoch and her parents Andrew Robert Hoch and Mary Dugan Hoch, and her husband Gerard Robert Furlong who died in 2003. Josephine was born and home delivered on...