Obituaries

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

Aug 20, 2014

Lisa Chilson Lisa Chilson passed away peacefully in a residential hospice home in Virginia Beach, VA on the morning of August 12, 2014 following a courageous seven year battle with cancer. Lisa was surrounded by family and loved ones on her final journey. Lisa was born in Somerville, NJ on May 15, 1956. She was the third child, and...

Aug 19, 2014

Age 97 Bridgewater Virgil V. Chiavetta died August 18 at Arbor Glen in Bridgewater. Mr. Chiavetta was born in So. Jamaica, Queens, New York and resided in Brooklyn for 30 years before moving to Bridgewater in 1952. He began his professional Engineering career with Bakelite, So. Bound Brook and American Cyanamid, Bound Brook, before retiring from Carter-Wallace, Cranbury in...

Aug 11, 2014

Age 83 Bridgewater Teresa M. Kunzman, a devoted rmember of St. Bernard Church since moving here, died August 11 at home. Mrs. Kunzman was born in Bayonne and resided in Bridgewater for 45 years. She is survived by her husband Alfred G. Kunzman whom she married in December 26, 1953. Also surviving are her five children, Jeanne Kunzman Rodriques...

Aug 4, 2014

Jul 29, 2014

Age 78 Bridgewater Erby G. "Bill" Segovia died July 28. A former 31 year resident of Manville before moving to Bridgewater. He retired in 2000 from the U.S. Postal Service at Newark after 33 yrs and served in the US Marine Corps during the Korean War. He was predeceased by his son Michael and siblings Reynaldo Jr., Catalina and...

Jul 27, 2014

Age 97 Dunellen Evelyn (Harman) Stern died July 26 at Green Knoll Care Center, Bridgewater. Evelyn was the last of ten children of John and Anna (Oscar) Harman to pass away. Her predeceased siblings were Charles, John, Catherine, Margaret, Jeanette, Helen, Anna, Erma and Mary. Evelyn was born in Somerville and was a former resident of Dunellen for many...

Jul 21, 2014

Jul 3, 2014

Age 86 Brick Virginia Young, 86, of Brick, NJ, passed away with her family by her side, on Wednesday, July 2, 2014. Ginny was a homemaker and an award winning Quilter who loved and cherished her family. Ginny was the beloved wife of 66 years to the late Laurence F. Young, loving mother to Laurence (wife Louise) and Suzann...

Jun 30, 2014

Age 62 Franklin Park, NJ Edward J. Jankowski passed away June 29 at St. Peter's Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ after a long battle with cancer. He was born in Salem, Ohio and had resided in Franklin Park, NJ. He is predeceased by his parents Joseph (1985) and Margaret Jankowski (2004). He is survived by his wife Paula, his sons...

Jun 26, 2014

Age 93 Somerville Maria L. Moretti now at rest on June 26, 2014 at the age of 93 with her loving husband Gene and daughter Elaine by her side.She was the devoted wife of Gene "PoP" for 67 years and the mother of Marianna Sucher and Elaine Wittman and the proud grandmother of four grandchildren Benjamin, Mia, Hank Jr....

Jun 25, 2014

Age 90 Formerly of Warren and Watchung Robert P. Berger Sr, 90, entered into eternal rest on Wednesday June 25, 2014. Born in Newark, Robert grew up in Union and served his country in the United States Air Force during World War II as an Aerial Engineer. He married Marianna Mueller in 1952 and they raised their family in...

Jun 24, 2014

Age 87 Formerly of Bridgewater Marjorie (Sferra) Long, wife of the late John Long (1987) died June 21. Mrs. Long was born in Bound Brook and resided in Bridgewater from 1974 until moving to Toms River in 1996. Surviving are her sons John, Kevin and Brian, her siblings Al Sferra and Jeanne Baskin and a granddaughter, Amanda. A Mass...