Obituaries

Obituaries

Obituaries for Somerville, Bridgewater, Branchburg and surrounding areas

Walter E. Hulsen Sr.

Walter E. Hulsen Sr.

Oct 29, 2014

Age 85 Bridgewater Walter E. Hulsen, Sr, 85 of Bridgewater, NJ passed away peacefully after a long illness on October 28 at Foothill Acres Nursing Home, Hillsborough, NJ. Visitation will be from 2PM to 5PM on Sunday, November 2nd, at Cusick Funeral Home, 80 Mountain Avenue, Somerville, NJ. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 9:30AM on...

Daniel L. O'Connor Jr.

Daniel L. O'Connor Jr.

Oct 28, 2014

Age 62 Branchburg Daniel "Danny" L. O'Connor Jr. died October 26 at RWJ at Somerset in Somerville. Danny was born in Plainfield and has been a resident of Branchburg since 1991. He was President of Dan O'Connor Associates, a company he founded in 1976. A graduate of Union County College although he affectionately called his Alma Mater UCLA (Union...

Joseph A. Cucchiaro

Joseph A. Cucchiaro

Oct 27, 2014

Age 85 Flemington Joseph A. Cucchiaro, husband of the late Wilma Cucchiaro, died October 26 at home with his sons and daughter at his side. Mr. Cucchiaro was born in New York City and has been a resident of Flemington since 1996. He retired as the manager of the General Services Administration Depot (GSA), South Somerville, now Hillsborough. He...

Muriel Janette Arnault

Muriel Janette Arnault

Oct 26, 2014

Age 98 Bridgewater Muriel Janette Arnault died October 25. She was born on November 3, 1915 in Pyrites, NY to William and Emma (McDonald) Arnault. Muriel retired from RCA, Harrison, NJ in 1960. At the age of 16, she moved to Newark to live with her brother, Joseph and his wife, until a heart attack and stroke, precipitated her...

Joseph H. Kinter

Joseph H. Kinter

Oct 22, 2014

Age 85 Manville Joseph H. Kinter, husband and father of the late Gina and Carl Kinter, died October 20 at RWJ at Somerset. Mr. Kinter was born in Enola. PA. and resided in Manville since 1998. He was an Army Veteran of the Korean War. His brother Richard Nieneck predeceased him. Surviving are his son, Marc J. Kinter and...

Anthony J. Gugliotta Sr.

Anthony J. Gugliotta Sr.

Oct 21, 2014

Age 90 Bridgewater Anthony J.Gugliotta, Sr., 90, died peacefully in his home on Sunday (Oct. 19, 2014). Born in New York, NY, he lived in Bridgewater since 1963. He was a devoted husband and father, loved photography, radios and electronics, 1940's Big Bands and Sunday family dinners. Mr. Gugliotta was a WW II Veteran, who served in the Army...

Lawrence Munley

Lawrence Munley

Oct 15, 2014

Age 59 Hillsborough Lawrence Munley died October 14 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was born in Scranton, PA and has been a resident of Hillsborough. Mr. Munley was a self-employed landscaper for several years. Surviving are his siblings, Christopher (wife Irene), Joseph (wife Melissa) and Ellen Wiles (husband James). Funeral services will be private.

William G. Yost

William G. Yost

Oct 8, 2014

Age 64 Hillsborough WILLIAM G. YOST, 64 passed away on Tuesday, October 7, 2014 at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital at Somerset in Somerville. He was born in Pennsylvania and raised in Hillsborough, NJ. He was a 1968 Graduate of Somerville High School. William (Bill) was a Water Inspector for Fred Yoerg & Associates Engineering Company. All through his life,...

Dorothy Fox Donovan

Dorothy Fox Donovan

Oct 2, 2014

Age 85 Somerville Dorothy Fox Donovan, 85, passed onto her eternal rest on October 2, 2014, surrounded by her loving family. Friends and relatives are invited to the visitation on Sunday, October 5 from 2-4 and 7-9 at Cusick Funeral Home, 80 Mountain Avenue; Somerville. A Mass of Christian Burial will follow on Monday, October 6 at 9:30am at...

Myrtle Button

Myrtle Button

Sep 28, 2014

Myrtle Button Age 86 Formerly of Bridgewater Myrtle Button, wife and mother of the late William Button,(sons) Glen, Frank and Philip, died September 26. Mrs. Button was born in Deposit, NY and was a resident of the Bradley Gardens section of Bridgewater for over 25 years. She retired from the Warren Hills School District as a secretary in their...

Thomas M. Pinarchick

Thomas M. Pinarchick

Sep 24, 2014

Age 59 Formerly of Raritan Thomas Pinarchick (1955-2014) of Montague, NJ passed away on September 15. Tom lived in Raritan and attended Bridgewater-Raritan HS. He was pre-deceased by his parents, Helen (Zabawa) Pinarchick & Joseph Pinarchick. Surviving is a brother, Joe Pinarchick, of Centennial, CO. Visitation will be at the Cusick Funeral Home, Somerville on Tuesday, September 30, from...

William George Rudy

William George Rudy

Sep 23, 2014

Age 89 Manville William George Rudy died peaceably on Sunday, Sept. 21, at the Bridgeway Care Center in Bridgewater, NJ. Born in February, 1925, in the Heights section of Wilkes Barre, Pa, to Caroline (Shaffer) and George Emmanuel Rudy, he attended local schools and the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science. Bill enlisted in the USAF in WWII and...

Kathleen Hudak

Kathleen Hudak

Sep 22, 2014

Age 81 Somerville Kathleen Hudak, wife of the late John P. Hudak, died September 20 at home. Mrs. Hudak was born in Pottsville, PA and resided in Somerville since 1960. She was a member of the Immaculate Conception Church in Somerville and a faithful participant in their Prayer Group. A former Cub and Boy Scout den mother in Somerville,...

David J. Chopay

David J. Chopay

Sep 16, 2014

Age 81 Hillsborough David J. Chopay died September 15 in Hillsborough. He was born in Brooklyn, NY and has been a resident of Hillsborough since 1986. Mr. Chopay retired in 1988 from RCA Global/ GE/ MCI, Piscataway where he was employed in their payroll departments for 16 years. An Army Veteran of the Korean War and a member of...

Gloria Jane Roth

Gloria Jane Roth

Aug 29, 2014

Age 84 Bridgewater Gloria Jane Roth passed away peacefully at home on August 28 surrounded by her loving family. Born in Sewaren, NJ to the late Willard and Daisy Parker, Gloria grew up in Middlesex. She later moved to Bridgewater where she has resided for the past 52 years. Gloria graduated from Bound Brook High School. She pursued a...

Julia M. Scanzo

Julia M. Scanzo

Aug 29, 2014

Age 87 Somerville Julia M. Scanzo, wife and mother of the late James Scanzo Sr. and Joanne Wright, died August 29. Mrs. Scanzo was born in Philadelphia and resided in Somerville since 1945. She was an office employee at Somerville Lumber, Bridgewater, for over 30 years and a member of the Immaculate Conception Church, Somerville. Surviving are her children...

Albert C. Douglas Sr.

Albert C. Douglas Sr.

Aug 28, 2014

Age 83 Formerly of Somerville Albert C. Douglas Sr "Al", a former resident of Somerville for many years, passed away on Tuesday, August 27, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton. He was presently a resident in Hamilton along with his wife Elizabeth Douglas for the past 14 years. Visitation will begin at 4pm on Sunday, August 31,...

Maria Debenedetto

Maria Debenedetto

Aug 23, 2014

Age 48 Somerville Maria DeBenedetto, 48, of Sommerville, passed away surrounded by her loving family and friends, Friday, August 22, 2014, at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital. On July 24, 1966, in Orange, NJ, Maria was born an angel of God. Some of Maria’s passions included bowling, working, playing jokes, wearing anything pink, painting her nails and most of all...

Carmela Cammarata

Carmela Cammarata

Aug 22, 2014

Age 105 Somerville Carmela "Nellie" Cammarata, 105, currently residing in Somerville for the past 15 years, passed away peacefully Friday, August 22, at her home. She was born December 18, 1908 in Throop, PA to the late Nicholas and Rose (Occhipinti) Mazzuca. She married Cologero (Charles) Cammarata on November 24, 1923 and together they began their family in Bound...

Sal Barbati

Sal Barbati

Aug 20, 2014

AGE: 89 Bridgewater Salvatino “Sal” Barbati died Tuesday, August 19, 2014, at his home in Bridgewater, where he and his wife, Lillian, have lived for over 60 years. Sal was born in Bound Brook and graduated from Bound Brook High School before enlisting in the U.S. Coast Guard. He served aboard several ships in the South Pacific during World...