Obituaries

Apr 28, 2014

Age 74 Branchburg Frank I. Hefferen, III passed peacefully on April 27th, 2014 surrounded by his immediate family. Born in Jamaica, NY he lived in Long Island and Manhattan, NY before moving to Branchburg, NJ 35 years ago. He graduated from Georgetown University and earned a masters degree from Yale University. He served in the United States Army and...

Apr 28, 2014

Age 83 Somerville Leroy Hatman died April 26 at Somerset Medical Center. He was born in Bedminster and resided in Somerville for 34 years. Mr. Hatman retired in 1991 as a warehouseman for Critikon, Bridgewater. A US Army Veteran of the Korean War and had volunteered tirelessly for the Somerset County Food Bank at the United Reformed Church in Somerville...

Apr 28, 2014

Age 93 Somerville Arie Belle Hoffman, wife of the late Albert Hoffman, died April 25. Mrs. Hoffman was born in Greensboro, NC and resided in Somerville most of her life. Surviving are her children Richard ( wife Penny), Albert and Theresa Davidson and several grand and great grandchildren. Visitation beginning at 10am on Friday, May 2, at the St....

Apr 7, 2014

Age 80 Hillsborough Genevieve (Granzetto) Furfaro, wife and mother of the late Vincent Sr. and Vincent Jr. Furfaro, died April 5 at home. Mrs. Furfaro was born in Raritan and resided in Somerville for over 50 years before moving to live with her son, John, in Hillsborough in 1999. She was a bookkeeper for Conti's Jewelers, Somerville, for many...

Apr 6, 2014

Age 98 Somerville Mabel Wallace, wife of the late Belton Wallace, died April 5 at Somerset Medical Center. Mrs. Wallace was born in Somerville, resided in Bridgewater and then moved to Andalusia, Al. for 21 years, before moving back to Somerville in 1993. She was a graduate of Somerville High School and retired in 1972 as a food service...

Mar 12, 2014

Age 61 Formerly of Somerville Michael D. Overk died on March 11 in South Carolina. Michael was born in Somerville and recently retired residing in Timmonsville, South Carolina. A graduate of Somerville grammer school and Bridgewater-Raritan High School. Served during the Vietnam War in the United States Air Force. He was pre-deceased by parents Alexander Overk and Lillian Donavon...

Mar 12, 2014

Age 79 Somerville Jean Van Riper, wife of the late Peter Van Riper who died March 13, 2012, died March 11 at Somerset Medical Center. Mrs. Van Riper was born in West Orange and resided in Somerville since 1958. She was a retired secretary for the law offices of Lieberman, Ryan & Forrest of Somerville having worked for the...

Mar 1, 2014

Feb 24, 2014

Jeanette M. Tricarico, wife of the late Donato (Danny) Tricarico, died Sunday, February 23, at Arbor Glen. Mrs. Tricarico was born in Somerville and was a life long resident. She was employed in the quality control department of Diehl's Manufacturing, Bridgewater, during WW II retiring in the early 1950s and was a member of the Senior Leisure Club of...

Feb 21, 2014

Age 89 Raritan Frances Ewankov Saunders, beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend entered this life June 25, 1924 in Bronx, NY and passed in peace February 14 2014 at her home in Raritan, where she lived for 53 years. Strong, dedicated mother to son, Robert Saunders of Ventura, CA, Vietnam veteran, retired Mechanical Engineer (DOD-Navy), and father of...

Feb 14, 2014

Age 92 Hillsborough Beatrice "Bea" Sylvester passed away at the age of 92. She is survived by her son Don Sylvester and his wife Edie of Manville, 4 grandchildren Mary Grace, Kristina, Patricia and Michael and 6 great grandchildren. She was married to the late John D.Sylvester, who died on January 26, 2013, for 74 yrs. and both had...

Feb 7, 2014

Age 85 Somerville Dominick S. Vallone passed into eternal rest on Thursday, February 6, at home. Mr. Vallone was born in Yonkers, NY and resided in Somerville for over 80 years. He retired in 1993 from Ce De Candy, Union, after a long and distinguished career in plant management. He was an avid aviation enthusiast who previously held a...

Feb 4, 2014

Age 69 Somerville John passed away peacefully on January 31, 2014. John was born to Juan and Rafaela Gonzalez on September 16, 1944. Born in Puerto Rico, the family moved to New York City when John was 5. John served in the US Army before settling in Somerville in 1964. He worked in Retail Management including being one of...

Feb 1, 2014

Age 72 Hillsborough Robert Joseph Pietrucha entered into eternal peace on Wednesday, January 29, 2014. He was born on November 12th, 1941 in New Brunswick, NJ, a son of the late Joseph and Josephine Pietrucha. A 1964 graduate of Rutgers University, Robert was an outstanding athlete with a profound passion for sports. He found great joy in working with...

Jan 31, 2014

Age 93 Bridgewater Josephine Filepp, 93, of Bridgewater, passed away on January 29, 2014. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Josephine resided in Bridgewater for 50 years. Josephine was employed by the Greyhound Bus Terminal in New York City and managed the travel bureau. She was also a secretary for Research Cottrell in Somerville and executive secretary at...

Jan 28, 2014

Age 49 Branchburg Alan M. Garay, 49, of Branchburg, died January 27th, after a prolonged illness. He was born December 14, 1964, in Hunterdon, NJ, graduated from Immaculata High School, and was a life­long resident of central New Jersey. He became interested in computers and programming at an early age. In 1983, Alan was one of four worldwide finalists,...

Jan 25, 2014

Age 95 Somerville Helen M. Kebles, 95, passed away peacefully Thursday, January 23, 2014 at her home in Somerville. Born November 9, 1918 in New York City, she was the daughter of John and Mary (Schwartz) Kozlowski. She was raised in Plainfield, NJ and moved to Somerville in 1959. Helen was employed for many years as a dental office...

Jan 24, 2014

Age 80 Somerville Mr. DeMarco was born to the late Daniel and Marie DeMarco, August 12, 1933, in Roselle Park. Arnold attended Roselle Park High School. He was a veteran of the Korean War, where he served in the US Navy on the aircraft carrier USS Antietam. He married Charlotte Putnick in 1956, and they have resided in Somerville...

Jan 4, 2014

Age 91 Bridgewater Catherine "Kay" (Monari) Gentile died January 3 at home. Mrs. Gentile was born in Somerville and resided there before moving to Bridgewater in 1997. A graduate of Somerville Hospital School of Nursing, Kay was their salutatorian and president of the graduating class of 1945. She went onto work at the now Somerset Medical Center as an...

Jan 1, 2014

Age 73 Somerville John O. Poggioli, 73, of Somerville, passed away peacefully on December 31, 2013 in Raritan. Visitation will be from 2-4pm and 7-9pm Sunday, January 5 at Cusick Funeral Home, Somerville. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 9:30 on Monday, January 6 at the Immaculate Conception Church, Somerville. Entombment to follow at St. Bernard Mausoleum...