Obituaries

Jul 23, 2015

Marie Lyons, 68, of Edison, passed away on July 23, 2015, in JFK Medical Center.  She was born in Long Branch, NJ, on December 21, 1946.  Marie was raised in West Long Branch and had resided in Edison since 1979.  She worked for many years as a Clerk at Ft. Monmouth and retired from JC Penney as a Sales...

Jul 22, 2015

Thomas M. Walczak 53 of Middlesex entered into eternal rest Wednesday July 22, 2015 at his home. He was born in Perth Amboy and has resided in Middlesex County for the past 18 years. Tom worked at CVS for the past 15 years and also at Shop Rite for the past 20 years. He was a member of the Delta...

Jul 19, 2015

Henry Michael Knapp, 82, passed away on July 19, 2015, at Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy.  Born in Elizabeth, he resided in Fords for the past 51 years.  He was a Maintenance Mechanic with Trinity Bag in Elizabeth prior to his retirement in 1998.   He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and a member of the VFW...

Jul 18, 2015

Joseph Victor Kaschak, 86, of Bay Head, entered into eternal rest Saturday July 18, 2015. He was born in Tarrytown, NY, and was formerly of Carteret before his move to Bay Head 14 years ago. Joseph was a Music Teacher in the Old Bridge school system for 31 years before retiring in 1991. He also served as Band Director at...

Jul 18, 2015

John Philip Snyder passed away on July 18, 2015, at the age of 73.  He was born in 1941 in Sunbury, Pennsylvania and later moved to New Jersey where he graduated from Metuchen High School in 1959.  He received a BA from the University of Maryland, and a Master's Degree in Asian Studies from Seton Hall University....

Jul 13, 2015

Ruth F. Vanco, 91, of Edison, passed away on July 13, 2015, at JFK Medical Center in Edison. Born in Perth Amboy, she resided in Edison for the past 60 years. She was a graduate of Woodbridge High School, Class of 1942 and was a communicant of Our Lady of Peace RC Church, Fords. She was predeceased by her husband,...

Jul 13, 2015

Giulio S. Ferraro, 70, of Edison, passed away on July 13, 2015 at Haven Hospice in Edison. He was born in Caserta, Italy and came to the US in 1957, settling on Staten Island. He has resided in Edison for the past 14 years. He attended Port Richmond High School where he was an all-star athlete, winning multiple awards in...

Jul 13, 2015

Jetter Eugene Pierce, 80, of Perth Amboy, passed away on July 13, 2015, at Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy. Born in Newark, he resided in Parlin before spending his resting days in Perth Amboy with his daughter-in-law, Lisa Boyd. He was employed by Dellapello Paving Company in Union, NJ, for 25 years as a Heavy Equipment Operator. He...

Jul 12, 2015

Raymond Ralph Cerreto 70 of Fords, entered into eternal rest Sunday July 12, 2015 at his home. He was born in Newark and has resided in Fords for the past 47 years. He was employed at Hess Refineries for 30 years before retiring. Raymond served his country as a Marine during the Viet Nam War. He was an avid fan...

Jul 12, 2015

Carol Jane Conover (nee Brems), 86, of Pittstown, NJ, passed away at Country Arch Care Center on July 12, 2015. She was born March 12, 1929, in Perth Amboy. Carol resided in Edison for 50 years before moving to Pittstown. She worked in the family construction business, Conover & Brems, Inc. started by her husband Walter, and father Christian...

Jul 10, 2015

John A. Beck, Jr., 83, of Woodbridge, passed away on July 10, 2015 at Haven Hospice at JFK Hospital, Edison. He was born in Metuchen and resided most of his life in Woodbridge. John retired from the IBEW #456. Surviving are his wife of 57 years, Janet (Peake), his son, John A. Beck III and his wife Mary M, his...

Jul 9, 2015

Karen Hartel Dzubina, 63, of Piscataway, passed peacefully with the love of her family at her side, on Thursday, July 9, 2015 at St. Peter's University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was born in Perth Amboy, raised in Piscataway, moved to Colonia, in 1978, returning back to Piscataway to stay, in 1999. Karen was a graduate of Piscataway High School, with...

Jul 8, 2015

Alexander G. Balog 93 of Pine Beach entered into eternal rest Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at Geraldine Thompson Care Center. He was born in Perth Amboy, formerly of Woodbridge, for 40 years, before moving to Pine Beach, 25 years ago. He was a Naval Architect designing boats with the Welin Davit and Boat Co. in Perth Amboy for 20 years....

Jul 8, 2015

Nonna Burlak 87, of Edison, entered into eternal rest, Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at JFK Medical Center in Edison. She was born in Vladikavkaz, Russia and has resided in Edison for the past 46 years. Nonna Worked as a bookkeeper for many years. She is survived by her beloved husband Oleg and loving son Eduard and his wife Amal of...

Jul 3, 2015

James R. Schleck, 71, of Somerset, passed away July 3, 2015, at home. He was born January 21, 1944 in Newark, NJ. Jim was a graduate of St. Benedict's Prep, in Newark, and of Villanova University, with a degree in chemical engineering, and received his MS from NJIT. He worked for Exxon in Linden, before founding Jame Fine Chemicals, Inc.,...

Jun 30, 2015

Dominick J. Berardi, 90, of Willow Street, PA, passed away on June 30, 2015 at his home. He was born on December 14, 1924 in Carteret, and has resided in PA since 1987. He was a Navy Veteran of WWII from 1942-1946, serving on the USS Nitro AE2 and the USS Hanson DD832 as an Electrician's Mate 2nd Class. He...

Jun 29, 2015

Emma Mazurowski (nee Petercsak), 95, of Fords, passed away on June 29, 2015, at JFK Haven Hospice in Edison.  Born in Keasbey, she resided in Fords since 1957.  Emma was an Assembly Line worker at Ceramics in Keasbey for 30 years.  She was a member of the Hungarian Reformed Church and Fords-Keasbey Seniors.

She was predeceased by...

Jun 28, 2015

Alexander J. Simon Jr., 84, of Fords, passed away on June 28, 2015, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. He was born August 26, 1930, in Perth Amboy. He worked as a Chemist for Raritan Copper, in Perth Amboy and U.S. Metals in Carteret He also worked for the last 22 years as a Billing Processor for the Middlesex County...

Jun 28, 2015

John J. Paulauskas 83 of Fords, entered into eternal rest, Sunday June 28, 2015, at his home. He was born in Scranton, PA, and has resided in Fords for the past 60 years. John was a Color Master at Colorco in Linden for 45 years before retiring. He faithfully served his country in the Army during the Korean War. John...

Jun 28, 2015

Margaret T. De Fario (nee: Fodor), 93, passed away on June 28, 2015, at her home in Lakewood. She was born in Perth Amboy, where she spent most of her life, before moving to Lakewood 2 years ago. Margaret was employed by the Perth Amboy Board of Education as a bus driver for 22 years, retiring in 1992. She was...