Obituaries

Obituaries

Obituaries for Somerville, Bridgewater, Branchburg and surrounding areas

Mary W. Ronca

Mary W. Ronca

May 16, 2012

Age 97 Raritan Mary W. Ronca died Tuesday, May 15 at Green Knoll Care and Rehabilitation Center, Bridgewater surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Ronca was born in Somerville and resided in Raritan for most of her life. She was a member of the St. Ann's Church in Raritan and their Altar Rosary Society and the church's Senior Citizens....

Paul Runiewicz

Paul Runiewicz

May 14, 2012

Age 67 Bridgewater Paul Runiewicz, father of the late Lisa Runiewicz, died May 13 at Somerset Medical Center. Paul was born in Booklyn, NY and resided in South Plainfield for 19 years before moving to Bridgewater in 1986. His employment in the auto industry began at the young age of sixteen and continued until his recent retirement. Beginning as...

Catherine J. Quinn

Catherine J. Quinn

May 9, 2012

Age 95 Somerville Catherine J. Quinn, daughter of the late Francisco and Teresa (Certoma) Marripoda, died Tuesday, April 8, at Somerville Medical Center. Mrs. Quinn was born in Brooklyn, NY and resided in Somerville for many years before moving to her son's home in Bridgewater. She was a member of the Immaculate Conception Church in Somerville. Catherine was blest...

Linda Lyons

Linda Lyons

May 8, 2012

Linda Lyons, 39, Recently of Raritan, NJ passed away suddenly at her home on May 5, 2012. Friends and family are invited to viewings Thursday, May 10 from 7:00-9:00 pm and Friday, May 11th from 9:30-11:30 am at Cusick Funeral Home, 80 Mountain Avenue Somerville, NJ 08876, phone: (908)725-4100. A funeral mass will be held on Friday, May 11th...

Naomi A. Torriero

Naomi A. Torriero

May 1, 2012

Age 84 Bridgewater Naomi A. Torriero died April 30 at Somerset Medical Center after a brief illness. She was born in East Orange, NJ, but spent most of her life in Brooklyn, NY. She started working at the 42nd St. Branch of the NY Public Library and her last position was with the Somerset County Library. During the course...

Joseph R. Gallagher

Joseph R. Gallagher

Apr 26, 2012

age 57 Raritan Joseph R. Gallagher a life long resident of Raritan died April 24 peacefully at home with his family by his side. He was a carpenter by trade. Joe was predeceased by his father the late Deacon Robert J. Gallagher of St. Joseph Parish in Raritan. Surviving are his mother Mildred, his sister Therese (husband Joseph Lynch),...

Leon Armand Cuce

Leon Armand Cuce

Apr 26, 2012

Age 79 Somerville Leon Armand Cuce, 79, of Somerville, NJ, died April 24, 2012 at home. Born December 17, 1932 in Brooklyn, NY, a son of the late Peter and Lillian Cuce. Leon graduated Rutgers University with a degree in Romance Languages and was fluent in French and Italian. Member of Phi Sigma Delta Fraternity. He served in the...

Robert Lee Avant Sr.

Robert Lee Avant Sr.

Apr 22, 2012

Age 78 Easton, PA. Robert Lee Avant Sr., 78, departed this life on Friday April 20, 2012 at home in Easton, PA. He was born March 20, 1934 in Marion, SC. He was employed at Midas in Bridgewater & N. Plainfield for many years before retiring in 2005. He was a devoted member of Antioch Church in New Brunswick....

Elizabeth R. Djamoos

Elizabeth R. Djamoos

Apr 21, 2012

Age 68 Somerville Elizabeth "Beth" Djamoos died April 20 at her home. Beth was born in Brooklyn, NY and resided in Somerville since 1986. She was a member of the Immaculate Conception Church in Somerville. Surviving are her husband Victor, her children Patrick (wife Hillary), Paul (wife Melissa) and Christie Henfling (husband Shawn), 6 grandchildren and her siblings Margaret...

William F. Guiseppi

William F. Guiseppi

Apr 18, 2012

Bridgewater, NJ William F. Guiseppi, died peacefully at home on April 12. Born and raised in Boonton, NJ, Bill met the love of his life, Claire Stackhouse, at Boonton High School. They were married in 1941. Bill proudly served in World War II as a radio operator/gunner with the 322nd Bomb Group flying 52 missions over occupied Europe. His...

Sarah S. Bendetti

Sarah S. Bendetti

Apr 18, 2012

Age 97 Formerly of Bridgewater Sarah S. Bendetti, wife of the late Anthony (Bucky) Bendetti Sr., died April 14 in Florida where she has resided since 2000. Mrs Bendetti, a loving and caring woman, was born in Bayonne, NJ in 1914 and had lived in Bridgewater for over 50 years before moving to West End, NJ in 1972 after...

Grace “Lella” Musmanno

Grace “Lella” Musmanno

Apr 13, 2012

Age: 86 North Plainfield Grace “Lella” Musmanno, 86, passed away on Thursday, April 12th surrounded by her loving family. Born on April 15, 1925 in Pozzuoli, Naples, Italy she resided in North Plainfield since her marriage in 1945. She was a parishioner of St. Joseph’s R.C. Church in North Plainfield, N.J., a member of the Rosary Society and past...

Madalene Tran Huynh

Madalene Tran Huynh

Apr 11, 2012

Madalene Tran Huynh passed peacefully alongside her loving family on Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville, NJ at the age of 66. Mrs. Huynh was born in Cambodia and resided in Bridgewater, NJ since 2008. Surviving are her loving husband, Joseph Giao Huynh of 45 years, her brothers Hien, Johnny and Thien, her children Theresa...

Douglas E. Boughner

Douglas E. Boughner

Apr 4, 2012

Age 61 Somerville Douglas E. Boughner died peacefully at home on March 31. Mr. Boughner was born in Somerville and was a life long resident and enjoyed his summers as a resident of Chadwick Beach, NJ. He reired after 32 years as a Corrections Officer for the Sheriff's Department of Somerset County. Doug attended Palmer College in So. Carolina...

Carter Matthew Abbott

Carter Matthew Abbott

Apr 4, 2012

Age 20 months Novato, CA Carter Matthew Abbott went home to be with our Lord on Friday, March 30. Born in Kansas, MO, he lived the last 18 months in Novato,CA.with his family. He is survived by his parents, Matthew, formerly of Quincy, IL, and Emily Geng Abbott, formerly of Hillsborough,NJ and his big sister, Elizabeth, along with four grandparents,...

Margaret Kalmback Deto

Margaret Kalmback Deto

Mar 31, 2012

Formerly of Somerville Margaret Kalmback Deto of Palm Coast and Windermere, Florida, died on February 12, 2012. She was born in Brooklyn, NY, on April 4, 1914, to Charles and Alice McGee Kalmback. She resided in Somerville for 50 years and was married to Girard J. Deto, who preceded her in death. Her brothers, William, Walter, and Phillip, also predeceased...

Grace O'Donnell

Grace O'Donnell

Mar 27, 2012

Age 90 Formerly of Somerville Grace O’Donnell, 90, formerly of Somerville, New Jersey, died on Sunday, March 25th after a long illness. Born in Camden, New Jersey, on December 29, 1921, Grace was the first child born on American soil to Stefano and Guiseppe Palumbo, Italian immigrants who had arrived from Sicily two years before. One of eight children,...

Frances J. Williams

Frances J. Williams

Mar 24, 2012

Age 87 Somerville Frances J. Williams died March 22 at her home in Somerville. She was born in Montclair and resided in Somerville for over 50 years. Mrs. Williams was a member of St. Thomas AME Zion Church. Surviving are her husband Louis and her children Juanita Murdock (husband Andrew), James Williams (wife Theresa), Kevin Williams (wife Kim) and...

Catherine Boyle

Catherine Boyle

Mar 19, 2012

Age 101 Somerville Catherine (Kay) Muzyka Boyle, 101, died on March 17, St. Patrick's Day, at Foothill Acres Nursing Center in Hillsborough. Kay was born in Wilkes-Barre, PA and was a lifelong resident of Finderne, Whitehouse and Somerville. During the 1939 World's Fair in New York she worked at Childs Restaurant in Times Square, trained during wartime in the...

Peter Vanriper

Peter Vanriper

Mar 15, 2012

Age 78 Somerville Peter VanRiper passed away at his home on Tuesday, March 13, 2012. He was born in Bloomfield, NJ to Myron and Lillian Elshoff VanRiper and graduated from Bloomfield High School. He attended Newark College of Engineering and Rutgers University. Pete moved to Somerville in 1958 and retired in 2000 after 46 years in the Research Department...