Obituaries
Obituaries
Obituaries for Somerville, Bridgewater, Branchburg and surrounding areas
Marie "Shirley" Woods
Sep 24, 2011
84 Manville Marie "Shirley" Woods, wife of the late Patrick Woods, died September 23 at home. Mrs. Woods was born in Jersey City, resided in Somerville for over 60 years, before moving to Manville in 1990. She was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Somerville Elks. Surviving are her daughters Irene Janovsky (David) and Kathleen Bochinski (Bill)...
Dorothy Franconeri
Sep 18, 2011
Age 87 Bridgewater Dorothy Franconeri, wife of the late Alfred Franconeri, died September 16 at Somerset Medical Center. Mrs. Franconeri was born in Brooklyn, NY and resided there most of her life before moving to Bridgewater seven years ago. She enjoyed her time in Bridgewater having belonged to the Bridgewater & Raritan Senior Citizens Center and both knitting clubs...
Bernard J. Sloan
Sep 16, 2011
Age 85 Somerville Bernard J. Sloan, husband of the late Helen (Callaghan) Sloan, died September 15 at home. He was born in Brooklyn, NY and was so proud of it. He later became a resident of Somerville for 50 years. He was the Manager of Port Newark Marine Terminals for the Port Authority of NY/NJ , retiring after a...
Robert Kleppinger
Sep 6, 2011
81 Bridgewater Robert E. Kleppinger, 81, died Wednesday (Aug. 31, 2011) at home. Born in Beatrice, Neb., he grew up in Beatrice, David City and Lincoln, Neb. After graduating from the University of Nebraska with a degree in Electrical Engineering, he and his wife Jeanette (also deceased) moved to New Jersey. He remained, however, a lifelong Nebraska football fan....
Elizabeth Monahan
Sep 3, 2011
Age 82 Somerville Elizabeth Monahan died August 31, 2011. Miss Monahan was born in Enumclaw, Washington and resided in East Orange from 1950 until moving to Somerville in 1989. A graduate of the University of Toledo (Ohio) and Seton Hall University with a Masters Degree in Education, she retired after 45 years as a teacher and guidance counselor at...
Michael Patrick Kelly
Aug 29, 2011
Age 52 Neshanic Station Michael Patrick Kelly, 52, died Saturday August 27 at Somerset Medical Center. Born and raised in Somerville, Michael attended Somerville schools and graduated from Somerville High School in 1978 where he was a member of the wrestling team. Michael went on to become a master carpenter, working for the local carpenters Union #455 of Somerville...
Joan C. Thomas
Aug 15, 2011
Somerville Joan C. Thomas of Somerville passed away on August 2, 2011. A Memorial Service will be held in her honor on August 20, 2011 at Cusick's Funeral Home, 80 Mountain Ave., in Somerville. The Memorial Service begins at 1:00 pm, with visiting beginning at noon for friends and family to gather. Born and raised in Jersey City, Joan...
Mary Coppola Patrick
Aug 12, 2011
Age 85 Millstone Mary Coppola Patrick, former mayor of Millstone, NJ, died on August 12, 2011. She was 85. Mary was born on March 3, 1926, in Newark, New Jersey, to Carmine and Giuseppina Coppola. Her family moved from Newark to Hillside, New Jersey, and she graduated from Hillside High School in 1943. As a young woman she was...
Joseph Charles Pecora
Aug 10, 2011
Age 99 Bridgewater Joseph Charles Pecora died August 9 at home. He was born in Mt. Vernon, NY and has been a resident of Bridgewater for 60 years. Mr. Pecora retired from American Cyanamid, Bound Brook, in 1974 as head of their Group Insurance and Workmens Compensation Department. An Army Veteran of WWII, he was a member of the...
Charles V. Lobianco
Aug 10, 2011
Age 88 Martinsville Charles V. LoBianco died August 8 at home. He was predeceased by his first wife Anne J. (Murphy) LoBianco and his son Robert C. LoBianco. Charles was born in Elizabeth and lived in Hillside and Fanwood before moving to Martinsville in 1963. An Army Veteran of WWII, Mr. LoBianco served in the 3rd Army with General...
Barbara L. Demaray
Aug 10, 2011
Somerville Barbara L. Demaray died on July 23, 2011 at Somerset Medical Center. Daughter of Howard H. Demaray and Idabelle C. Demaray, she was a member of one of Somerville's oldest families, occupying the home on West Cliff Street that had been purchased by her grandfather, Lyman H. Demaray in 1896. For most of her career Ms. Demaray was...
Patricia Sixt
Aug 7, 2011
Age 67 Branchburg Patricia Sixt died August 2 surrounded by her loving extended family at her home. She was born in Somerville and resided in Branchburg for 20 years. Miss Sixt was the office manager for Truck Form Company of Somerville for over 40 years. A graduate of Somerville High School and Rutgers University, Patricia was a member of...
Mary A Walsh
Jul 31, 2011
Mary A. Walsh Formerly of Bridgewater Mary A. Walsh died July 29 in Conneticut. She had been living with her son Samuel J. Romano in Shelton, CT since 2007. Mary was born in Brooklyn, NY on May 14, 1916. Her father was Antonio Granata and her mother was Josephine (Arenzullo). They imigrated from Sicily. The family moved to Raritan...
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Jul 26, 2011
Rosemary Torpey Adams Age 91 Somerville Rosemary was born on March 28,1920 with identical twin sister Rosalia. They both graduated from Somerville High School in 1939 and could fool some teachers as to their identity. She worked for more than 25 years at Johns Manville until her retirement in 1967. While at JM, she was an active bowler and...
Nancy Ann Bowers
Jul 26, 2011
Age 61 Formerly of Somerville Nancy Ann Roslewicz Bowers, born January 16 1950, died July 24 2011 at the age of 61, ultimately due to breast cancer at the Hershey Medical Center, PA. Born and raised in Somerville NJ , she was the daughter of the late Edwin and Violet Roslewicz. She married James H Bowers, also of Somerville...
Mary Ann Jorda
Jul 26, 2011
Age 81 Bridgewater Mary Ann (nee Hynson) Jorda of Bridgewater died peacefully July 25, 2011, at Hunterdon Care Center in Flemington. She was born April 16, 1930 in Hillside. Daughter of the late William Henry and Anna (nee Mayurnick) Hynson and loving wife of the late Robert C. Jorda. She is survived by her son Raymond Jorda of Bridgewater,...
James Robert Story
Jul 20, 2011
Age 36 Manahawkin James Robert Story, of Manahawkin, passed away on July 14 after a lenthy illness. Jim was predeceased by his father, Thomas, who passed away on December 21, 2010. He lived most of his life in Hillsborough and attended Immaculate Conception School, Hillsborough Middle School and graduated in 1993 from Hillsborough High School. Jim enlisted in the...
Frederick C. Schmelz
Jul 20, 2011
Frederick C. Schmelz of Somerville, NJ died June 27, 2011, in Concord, MA He was born April 3, 1918 in Brooklyn, NY, son of the late Conrad C. and Thea (Deitz) Schmelz and loving husband of the late Lois Murray Schmelz. He attended Somerville public schools and graduated from Somerville High School in 1936 and graduated from Rutgers University...
Emily Marie Mcaleavy
Jul 9, 2011
Emily Marie McAleavy Somerville Emily Marie McAleavy, of Somerville, passed away on July 7, she was 89. Emily was born December 29, 1921 to the late Ellen and Patrick Fitzgerald of Castleton Corners, Staten Island, NY. She resided the majority of her life in Somerville, following her August 26, 1943 marriage to Frank McAleavy Jr., owner of McAleavy's in...
David Iglesias
Jul 9, 2011
David Iglesias (36) of Delanco, passed away Tuesday, July 5 at Lourdes Medical Center in Willingboro. Born June 26, 1975, David was a long-time resident of Jackson, before moving to Delanco in 2009. Throughout his life, he worked as a mechanic, electrician, welder, construction worker, and a driver for his own tow truck company. He is predeceased by his...
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