Obituaries
Obituaries
Obituaries for Somerville, Bridgewater, Branchburg and surrounding areas
James Longo
Oct 5, 2013
Age 90 Bridgewater James Longo died , October 4, 2013 at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville, NJ. Mr. Longo was born in East Orange and lived there for 35 years before moving to Newark, NJ in 1957. From 1969, he resided in Union, NJ before moving recently to Bridgewater in 2005. He was former member of the Knights of...
George F. Velcheck
Oct 3, 2013
Age 81 Manahawkin Formerly of Bound Brook George F. Velcheck entered eternal rest on October 1st at his home surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Velcheck was born and raised in Bound Brook before moving to Bridgewater, where he resided for most of his life. He later moved to Edgemere, MD for several years before finally moving to Manahawkin,...
Ann Marie Bourke
Sep 26, 2013
Ann Marie Bourke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew C. Bourke of Somerville, NJ, passed away on Monday, September 23 at Raritan Health and Extended Care Center after a brief illness. Born in 1957 in Poughkeepsie, NY, it was determined at birth that she had Down Syndrome. After spending her early childhood in Wappingers Falls, NY, she moved with...
Paul Richard Rosania
Sep 25, 2013
Age 86 Lebanon Paul Richard Rosania died September 24 at home with his family by his side. Mr. Rosania was born in Somerville, resided in Piscataway, before moving to Lebanon in 1980. He was the owner and operator of Let Yourself Go Travel in Bound Brook, a trvel agency he started in 1979 and retiring this year. He also...
Francis Palazzi
Sep 20, 2013
Age 64 Raritan Francis Palazzi, 64, of Raritan, died peacefully on Sept. 19, 2013, at St. Peter’s Hospice in New Brunswick, surrounded by his loving family. Francis was born in Bound Brook, the son of the late Antonio and Carmella Palazzi and has been a resident of Raritan for 36 years. He is survived by a loving family; his...
Vincent Biondo
Sep 16, 2013
Age 82 Raritan Vincent Biondo, husband of the late Dolores Biondo who died in 2003, died September 11 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. Mr. Biondo was born in Kearny and had been a resident of Raritan since 1960. He began his career of 66 years as a machinist and tool maker and then began his own business, Mechanical...
Ellen Mckeever
Sep 10, 2013
Age 93 Bridgewater Ellen McKeever, wife and mother of the late Frank McKeever and Sharon McKeever, died August 8. Mrs. McKeever was a resident of Bridgewater and had worked as a quality control inspector for RCA for 28 years. Surviving are her sons Fran, wife Carole, and Tom, companion Pauline, grandchildren Sean (Jennifer), Kevin, Ryan (Cristina), Heather (Rich and...
Mary Assante
Sep 8, 2013
Age 94 Martinsville Mary Assante, wife of the late Leonard (Lenny) Assante, died September 7. Mrs. Assante was born in Raritan and resided in Martinsville (Bridgewater) since 1952. She was a communicant of the Blessed Sacrament Church in Martinsville. Surviving are her daughters Elizabeth Szymanski and Louise Assante, grandchildren Leonard Assante, Marisa Brenner and Carrie Jones, 5 great grandchildren...
Maria D. Germinario
Sep 2, 2013
Age 75 Bridgewater Maria D. Germinario died August 31. Mrs. Germinario was born in Molfetta, Italy and has resided in Bridgewater for 31 years. She retired in 2002 from Biosearch Inc., Branchburg, as a supervisor. Surviving are her husband Cosmo, her daughters Francesca Sansone and Joanna Sasso and her sisters Josephine Kramer, Vincenza van der Pol and Gina Diana...
Shirley V. Vandervort
Aug 29, 2013
Age 91 Somerville Shirley Virginia Clark VanderVort was the fourth child born to the late Elwood M. Sr. and Addie Mae VanNess Clark on October 11, 1921 in Somerville. She graduated from Somerville High School in 1940 and married Oscar VanderVort on April 11, 1942. They lived in Somerville until his death on July 2, 1967. Their union produced...
Veronica M. Passariello
Aug 18, 2013
Age 89 Raritan Veronica M. Passariello entered into eternal rest on August 17, 2013. Born February 11, 1924 in Raritan NJ, she was the daughter of Joseph and Annie (Hambor) Ludvik, and has been a resident of Bridgewater Township her entire life. Veronica was a member of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union (ILGWU) and had been employed as...
Mildred M. Shultz
Aug 14, 2013
Age 83 Bridgewater Mildred M. Shultz died August 14, 2013. Mrs. Shultz was born in Nanticoke, PA and resided in Bridgewater. She was a communicant of Immaculate Conception Church in Somerville. Surviving are her husband of 64 years, Lester Shultz, her children Thomas Shultz, wife Diane of Collegeville, PA., Leslie Shultz of Hillsborough and David Shultz, wife Nancy Asher-Shultz...
Alice J. Head
Aug 12, 2013
Age 92 Hillsborough Alice J. Head died August 9 at Green Brook Manor. Mrs. Head was born August 18, 1920 in Scranton, PA and resided in Detroit, MI for 30 years and then Vero Beach and Palm Harbor, FL in 1978 before moving to Hillsborough to live with her niece Kathleen Donovan in 2001. She was predeceased by her...
William S. Demko Sr.
Aug 12, 2013
Age 81 Flagtown William "Bill" S. Demko Sr. died August 11 at his home in Flagtown. Bill was born in Somerville, raised in Raritan, and has lived here for 52 years. His wife of 50 years, Betty, and daughter Linda predeceased him. A graduate of Somerville High School, Mr. Demko began his truck driving career with Lusardi's Distributors/Schaefer Brewing...
Joseph Anthony O'Neill
Aug 11, 2013
Age 86 Mr. Joseph Anthony O'Neill died August 8, 2013 at his residence in Vero Beach, Florida. Joe was born in Elmhurst, New York, on September 1, 1926, the son of Francis Xavier and Margaret O’Neill.He attended Fordham Preparatory in New York, graduating in 1944.He enlisted in the US Navy and served from September, 1944 until he was honorably...
Ethel Bush
Aug 1, 2013
Age 76 Somerville Ethel (Rosania) Bush, daughter of the late John and Elma (Young) Rosania, died July 30 at home. Mrs. Bush was born in Somerville and resided in Bridgewater most of her life before moving back to Somerville recently. She retired in 2001 from Towne Labs, Somerville, after 15 years in their quality control department. Surviving are her...
Patricia Painter
Jul 27, 2013
Age 75 Annandale Patricia (Starycki) Painter died July 25 at home. Mrs. Painter was born in Hillsborough and resided in Somerville before moving to Annandale in the late 1980's. She retired as a secretary from RCA (General Electric/Harris Semi-Conductor) in Bridgewater after being employed there for over 40 years. A graduate of Hillsborough Elementary Schools and Somerville High School,...
Gene P. Newman
Jul 24, 2013
Age 83 Bath, PA Formerly of Hillsborough, NJ Gene P. Newman died July 23 at home in Bath, PA. Mr. Newman was born in Ridgefield and resided in Branchburg before moving to Hillsborough in 1975. He has lived in Bath, PA for 3 years. He retied in 1988 as the Section Chief for the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, E....
William James Arthur Burke
Jul 22, 2013
Age 98 Somerville William James Arthur Burke, son of the late William J. and Amelia Burke, died on July 20 at Green Knoll CareCenter. He was born in Jersey City and resided there before moving to Somerville in 2004. A graduate of Georgetown University, Mr. Burke was employed as a Guidance Counsellor at Lincoln High School, Jersey City and...
Debra Harris Mannion
Jul 22, 2013
Age 59 Bridgewater Debra Harris Mannion, daughter of the late Leslie and Ruth Harris, died July 21. Debra resided in West Orange before moving to Bridgewater. She is survived and loved by her children Mike and Kelly Mannion and her sister Judy Harris Wolk. Visiting hours are from 4pm-6pm on Saturday, July27, at the Cusick Funeral Home, Somerville. Flowers...
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