Obituaries

Obituaries

Obituaries for Somerville, Bridgewater, Branchburg and surrounding areas

Mabel Alice Gardiner

Mabel Alice Gardiner

Sep 20, 2012

Age 92 Bridgewater, NJ Mabel Alice Gardiner, 92, of Bridgewater , NJ , passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. Predeceased by her loving husband of 61 years, Arthur Noel, she is survived by two sons, Eugene Gardiner, and Thomas Gardiner and his wife, Marcy, and three daughters, Laurene Lippincott, Diana Scodari, and Patricia Buryk and her husband Harry,...

Elizabeth A. Wiecenski

Elizabeth A. Wiecenski

Sep 20, 2012

Age 68 Raritan Elizabeth (Betty) A. Wiecenski, wife of the late Charles Wiecenski, died September 19. Mrs. Wiecenski was born in Pottsville, PA and resided in Raritan for most of her life. She retired in 1986 as a Senior Bookkeeper with PSE&G, Somerset, after 23 years with the utility company. After retirement, she worked for 6 years as a...

Charles E. Field, Jr.

Charles E. Field, Jr.

Sep 11, 2012

Age 79 Somerville Charles E. Field Jr., husband of the late Thelma Field, died September 10, 2012. Mr. Field was a life long resident of Somerville. He retired in 1996 after more than 25 years as a supervisor in the maintenance department for the Somerville Board of Education. A Veteran of the Korean War, serving as a Corporal in...

Theresa A. Jamieson

Theresa A. Jamieson

Sep 5, 2012

Age 85 Hillsborough Wife, Mother, Actress, Writer Terry Jamieson passed away peacefully Sept. 5th, 2012, surrounded by her loving family. She was born Theresa Ann Textor on June 25, 1927 in Union, NJ. She met her future husband Bill Jamieson at a co-ed baseball game; they married in 1951. Later, as a beautiful young mother of four, Terry developed...

Marie L. Newman

Marie L. Newman

Aug 30, 2012

Age 97 Bound Brook Marie L. Newman passed away on August 26, 2012. She was born to Thomas and Olive Taffin Newman in Plainfield, N.J. on January 11, 1915. After graduating from Bound Brook High School, Marie joined First National Bank of Central New Jersey and spent her entire career there. Marie’s life was filled with devotion to the...

Ann Bentivegna

Ann Bentivegna

Aug 29, 2012

Age 89 Bridgewater Ann (Menci) Bentivegna, wife of the late Ben Bentivegna, died August 27 at Somerset Medical Center. Mrs. Bentivegna was born in Yonkers, NY and resided in Bridgewater for over 60 years. She began her employment with the Diocese of Metuchen at St. Joseph's Church in Raritan and retired after 25 years at St. Mary's Church-Stoney Hill...

Gladys I. Shanahan

Gladys I. Shanahan

Aug 11, 2012

Age 91 Bridgewater Gladys I. Shanahan died August 9 at her home in Bridgewater. Mrs. Shanahan was born in Bound Brook and resided in Bridgewater for almost 50 years. She was very active in her community, serving as a volunteer at the Somerset Medical Center for 25 years, a 4H Leader, a Girl and Boy Scout Leader and a...

Gertrude J. Young

Gertrude J. Young

Aug 5, 2012

Age 95 Formerly of West Orange Gertrude J. Young, wife of the late Milton Young, died August 3 at Somerset Medical Center, Somerville. Mrs. Young resided in West Orange and graduated from West Orange High School and then Montclair State University in 1938. Her other residences included 26 years in Bridgewater and 30 years in Whiting (Crestwood Village) NJ...

Scott Edward Lipich

Scott Edward Lipich

Aug 1, 2012

Age 27 Hillsborough Scott Lipich, 27, passed away on August 1 at Somerset Medical Center, Somerville. He was born on March 3, 1985 and was a life-long resident of Hillsborough, NJ. Scott was a 2004 graduate of Hillsborough High School. Scott was passionate about cooking and was compiling a cookbook for publication that included his great-grandmother’s heirloom recipes. Scott...

Arnold Molish

Arnold Molish

Jul 28, 2012

Age 81 Trinity, FL Arnold Molish; July 26, 2012, survived by his wife, son, daughter, 6 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. Services Mon. 11am, Somerset Hills Memorial Park Chapel, Mt. Airy Rd., Basking Ridge NJ. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Rabbi's Discretionary Funds, C/O Temple Ahavat Shalom, 1575 Curlew Rd., Palm Harbor, FL 34683...

Starr Valentine

Starr Valentine

Jul 28, 2012

Starr Valentine passed away on July 26th, at St. Clares Hospital, Dover, New Jersey. Starr was born on December 21, 1954 in Newark, NJ to the late Irving and Jeanie (Ross) Valentine. Starr resided in Irvington, Edison and Somerville before moving to Hillsborough 20 years ago. She was the Regional Sales Manager, Middlesex County, for the Star Ledger and...

Florence A. Longo

Florence A. Longo

Jul 24, 2012

Age 87 Bridgewater Florence A. Longo died July 24 at Overlook Hospital in Summit, NJ. Mrs. Longo was born in Yonkers, NY and lived there for 33 years before moving to Newark, NJ in 1957. From 1969, she resided in Union, NJ before moving recently to Bridgewater in 2005. As a former member of the Rosary Altar Society at...

Mary Salamon

Mary Salamon

Jul 12, 2012

Age 91 Raritan Mary Salamon, wife of the late Antonio Salamon (1988), died July 11 at Bridgeway Care Center. Mrs. Salamon was born in Jamaica, Queens,New York, resided most of her life in Brooklyn before moving to Raritan in 1986. She was an expert seamstress in the garment industry in New York for many years. Surviving are her daughter...

Betty Newland

Betty Newland

Jul 10, 2012

Age 92 Formerly of Somerville and Raritan Betty (Sixt) Newland, wife of the late Cecil "Red" Newland, died on July 4. Mrs. Newland was born in Somerville and resided in Raritan since 1954. Surviving are her devoted daughter and son-in-law Barbara "Bobbi" and Ted Lozito of Hillsborough and granddaughters Jennifer Nicewicz (husband Michael) of Hillsborough and Kelly Piwoski (husband...

Angelina "Angie" Dorsa

Angelina "Angie" Dorsa

Jul 7, 2012

Age 86 Flagtown, NJ Angelina Dorsa, wife of the late Anthony Dorsa (1995) and mother of the late Rene Colon Jr. (1973) and Mercy Greenaway (2001), died Thursday, July 5, at Somerset Medical Center surrounded by her loving family. She was also predeceased by her 4 brothers and 8 sisters. Mrs. Dorsa was born in Flagtown and was a...

Daphne Colleen Cimochowski

Daphne Colleen Cimochowski

Jul 3, 2012

Somerville Daphne Colleen Cimochowski of Somerville, New Jersey died at home of natural causes on Thursday, June 28. She was pre-deceased by her parents Emily and Edmund Cimochowski and is survived by a brother Edward Cartier, his wife Patricia and their children Eric and Megan. The family will conduct private services in her memory.

Ann F. Bryant

Ann F. Bryant

Jun 27, 2012

Age 92 Phillipsburg Ann F. Bryant, wife of the late Lawrence Bryant, died June 23. Mrs. Bryant was born in Danvers, MA resided in Branchburg since 1978 before moving to Phillipsburg in 2006. Surviving are her son Lawrence C. Bryant of Phillipsburg and a grandson Scott and a great granddaughter Amy. Family and friends are invited to Cusick Funeral...

Debra Templeton

Debra Templeton

Jun 27, 2012

Atlantic Highlands Debra Templeton, 59, of Atlantic Highlands, formerly of Piscataway, Waretown and Fort Monmouth, died June 26 at Bayshore Community Hospital. Debra was born in Plainfield and grew up in Piscataway before moving to towns at the Jersey Shore. She is the daughter of the late Robert and Eleanor (DeLorenzo) Tucceri and sister of the late Richard Tucceri....

Jean Eberhardt

Jean Eberhardt

Jun 23, 2012

Age 89 Formerly of Somerville Jean Eberhardt, wife of the late John Eberhardt, died June 23 at Raritan Health & Extended Care Center. Mrs. Eberhardt was born in Bayside, Long Island, NY and resided in Somerville for over 50 years before moving to the Extended Care Center. She retired from the Somerset County Courts in 1985 after 15 years...

Florence "Babe" Stoveken

Florence "Babe" Stoveken

Jun 12, 2012

Age 89 Hillsborough Mrs. Florence Stoveken passed away peacefully at Foot Hill Acres at the age of 89, surrounded by her loving family. She was born to Rupert and Elsie Smith in Somerville on September 17, 1922 and lived there until her marriage to Irving Stoveken in September 1942. They then moved to Hillsborough, where they still reside. "Babe"...