Matilda Mendelson Witkin
Apr 27, 2011
Matilda Mendelson Witkin, 88, of Somerset, died April 27, 2011, at home. Born in Albany, NY, Matilda grew up in Highland Park, and lived in Perth Amboy, Edison, and Metuchen before moving to Somerset. After graduating from Douglass College, she went to work for the Associated Press in Newark. Later, she worked for Scarecrow Press in Metuchen and MED Communications...
Stanley F. Wernoski
Apr 27, 2011
Stanley F. Wernoski, 91, of Edison, died April 27, 2011 at home surrounded by his loving family. Born in Barnesboro, PA, Stanley lived in Edison for more than 60 years. He was the Superintendent of Maintenance for Edison Township Board of Education, retiring in 1991 after 25 years of dedicated service. Stanley was a WWII veteran and served as the...
Robert R. Baldwin
Apr 26, 2011
Robert R. Baldwin Sr., 79, of Hopelawn entered into eternal rest Tuesday at the Barbara E. Cheung Hospice in Edison after of brave battle with cancer. He was born in Newark and has resided in Hopelawn for the past 76 years. Robert served in the Air Force during the Korean war and then worked as a Systems Technician at N.J....
Constance (Connie) Mae Ritchie Hickey
Apr 26, 2011
Constance (Connie) Mae Ritchie Hickey, 102, from Metuchen, NJ, passed away comfortably with her family at her side on April 26, 2011 at JF Kennedy Hospital's Haven Hospice Center. She is preceded in death by her parents Agnes Scobie Steele Ritchie and Alwyne E. Ritchie, her sister Agnes Ritchie Talcott, and her daughter Carol Hickey Marhoffer and son-in-law, Wallace E....
Nancy M. Keene
Apr 25, 2011
Nancy M. Keene, 78, died on April 25, 2011, at Somerset Medical Center. She resided at the Avalon in Hillsborough for the last year and a half. Prior to that she lived in Edison and Hazlet. Nancy was retired from the Garden State Parkway Authority. She was a graduate of Kenilworth High School, Class of 1951. She loved living at...
William P. Karabinchak
Apr 22, 2011
William P. Karabinchak, Sr., 82, of Edison entered into eternal rest Friday, April 22, 2011, at the Haven Hospice at JFK Medical Center in Edison. William was born in Fords and resided in Edison for the past 51 years. He was a pipe fitter at Mobile Chemical in Edison for 7 years before retiring in 1993 and had previously been...
Carl F. Maier
Apr 21, 2011
Carl F. Maier, 62, of Fords died April 21, 2011, at Kindred Hospital, Rahway. Born in Newark, Carl resided in Fords most of his life. For many years, he was a custodian at Menlo Park Mall. Carl was an active member of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, Fords. Carl is predeceased by his late parents, Carl and Frances (Morrone); two late...
Doris Horvath
Apr 17, 2011
Doris Horvath, 85, of Fords, died Sunday April 17, 2011. at the Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy. Doris was born in and formerly of Lincoln Park, MI. She moved to New Jersey as a young child and has resided at her Fords home since 1956. She was a Registered Nurse and worked at Perth Amboy Hospital & the...
Catherine "Kay" Porr Walsh
Apr 13, 2011
Catherine "Kay" Porr Walsh, 73, died Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at home. Born in Manhattan, New York City, Kay resided in Fords, New Jersey, for many years before moving to Lexington, NC in 1987. Kay was a a loving wife of 54 years, mother of seven, and grandmother of eight. Kay was predeceased by her parents, Harold and Rita Porr;...
Lina Amador Giraldo
Apr 13, 2011
Lina Amador Giraldo, 92, of Fords entered into eternal rest Wednesday, April 13, 2011, at the Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy. Lina was born in Pinar Del Rio, Cuba She resided in Perth Amboy for 40 years before moving to Fords in 2002. She graduated from San Alejandro Art School in Havana, Cuba. Lina was a communicant of...
Elaine M. Peterson
Apr 11, 2011
Elaine M. Peterson (nee: Miller), 77, life-long resident of Fords, died on Monday April 11, 2011, at the Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy. Elaine was employed in the Clerical Department with the Revlon Corp. in Edison for over 20 years before retiring in 1992. Prior to that she was employed with Household Finance Corp. from 1951-1961 in the...
Anna M. Karasinski
Apr 10, 2011
Anna M. Karasinski (nee: Gondola), 100, of Edison, died on Sunday, April 10, 2011, at the Haven Hospice Unit at the JFK Medical Center, Edison. Anna was born on December 25, 1910, to Anna and John Gondola in what was then known as Raritan Twp. (currently Edison Twp.), where she was a life-long resident. She was a seamstress with the...
Beth M. Jogan
Apr 9, 2011
Beth M. Jogan (nee: Pearlstein), 59, of Woodbridge, died, Saturday April 9, 2011, at the Haven Hospice Unit at JFK Medical Center in Edison. She was born in Brooklyn, NY, was formerly of Perth Amboy and has resided in Woodbridge since 1983. Beth was an Administrative Assistant in the Sales Office at R.R. Donnelly in Manhattan for 29 years before...
Katherine Irene Giese
Apr 6, 2011
Katherine Irene Giese, 92, of Metuchen entered into eternal rest Wednesday April 6, 2011, at the Ashbrook Nursing home in Scotch Plains. Katherine was born in Hicksville, N.Y. and resided in Metuchen for the past 55 years. She was predeceased by her husband, Henry C. Giese, in 1978. She is survived by her daughter, Gail Katherine Funk and her husband...
Douglas W. Tatton
Apr 6, 2011
Douglas W. Tatton, 89, of Metuchen died April 6, 2011, at New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home in Menlo Park. Born in Perth Amboy, Douglas was a life-long resident of Metuchen. He was a professor from 1949 -1986 in the Fine Arts Department at Kean College. While teaching at Kean College, he attained his PHD from Rutgers University in 1958. He...
Antonio M. Velasco
Apr 5, 2011
Antonio M. Velasco, 82, of Perth Amboy entered into eternal rest Tuesday, April 5, 2011, at the Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy. Antonio was born in Cuba and has resided in Perth Amboy for the past 42 years. He co-owned La Economica Wholesale Grocers in Perth Amboy for more than 30 years, retiring in 1994. Antonio was predeceased...
Margaret "Margie" Kish
Apr 3, 2011
Margaret "Margie" Kish, our special angel, has gone to her heavenly home April 3, 2011, at Cedar Brook Nursing Home South Plainfield surrounded by her loving family. Margie was born to Frank and Anna (Shwiner) Kish in Fords on June 4, 1938. She resided in Fords most of her life. Margie was a special needs child. She was predeceased by...
Lillian M. Padula
Apr 3, 2011
Lillian M. Padula (Christensen), 83, of Edison died on April 3, 2011, at her daughter's home in Peoria, AZ. Lillian was born and raised in Perth Amboy and lived in Edison since her marriage to her husband Anthony in 1948. It was in this home that she cared for and raised their 5 children. She was a member of St....
Lenora Luckus Locacio
Apr 3, 2011
Lenora Locacio, age 43, passed away Sunday morning at home surrounded by her loving family. Lenora was a life-long resident of Edison. She graduated from Our Lady of Peace School in 1981, Herbert Hoover Middle School in 1982, and JP Stevens High School in 1985. She also graduated from duCret School of Art in 1991 where she received the Weiss...
Stephen C. Hecht
Apr 1, 2011
Stephen C. Hecht, 47, of Metuchen passed away at home on April 1, 2011. Born on February 2, 1964 in New Brunswick, Stephen was a life-long resident of Metuchen. He was a retired letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service. He graduated from Metuchen High School in 1982, where he played varsity baseball and football for four years. He coached...
