Adolph Vanco
May 9, 2011
Adolph J. Vanco, 90, of Edison died at home May 9, 2011. Born in Czechoslovakia, he resided in Edison since 1955. Before to his move to Edison, he lived in Woodbridge and Perth Amboy. Adolph was a Foreman for Gerber Pluming in Woodbridge prior to his retirement. He was a graduate of Perth Amboy High School, Class of 1938. He...
Edward F. Wares
May 7, 2011
Edward F. Wares, 77, of Edison entered into eternal rest Saturday, May 7, 2011, at Haven Hospice at JFK Medical Center in Edison. He was born in Jersey City and resided in Edison for the past 35 years. Ed was a Marine veteran of the Korean War and enjoyed gardening and fishing. After serving his country, Ed went to work...
Sharon C. Gloff
May 5, 2011
Sharon C. Gloff, 77, of Edison entered into eternal rest Thursday, May 5, 2011, at the JFK Medical Center in Edison. Sharon was born in South Amboy and resided in Edison for the past 32 years. She was employed at the JFK Medical Center in the Medical Billing Dept. for 43 years, retiring in 2001. She was a member of...
Jason Diaz
Apr 30, 2011
Jason Diaz, 32, of Perth Amboy, passed away on April 30, 2011, at home. Born in Red Bank, NJ, Jason was a life-long resident of Perth Amboy. He was a purchaser for Atlantic Cordage in Avenel. He graduated Perth Amboy High School, Class of 1996. Json is survived by his parents, Jose M. Diaz and Mildred (nee Pena) Diaz of...
Evelyn Quinn
Apr 28, 2011
Evelyn Quinn, 92, of Edison entered into eternal rest Thursday, April 28, 2011, at the St. Joseph's Home in Woodbridge. Evelyn was born in NYC, was formerly of Fords and Silver Ridge Park in Toms River, before moving back to Edison. She earned her BS degree in Business from Mt. St. Vincent College in NYC and worked at Export Cotton...
Shiela M. Vargas
Apr 27, 2011
Sheila M. Vargas, 57, of Perth Amboy entered into eternal rest Wednesday, April 27,2011, at St. Peter's Medical Center in New Brunswick. Shiela was a life-long resident of Perth Amboy. She worked in the Dietary Department at Raritan Bay Medical Center for 15 years. Sheila was predeceased by her husband, Manuel, in 1992 and is survived by thee sons: Marcus,...
Shirley Perret
Apr 27, 2011
Shirley Perret, 73, of Perth Amboy died Wednesday April 27, 2011, at Raritan Bay Medical Center. She was a homemaker. She loved the Mets, the Giants, and golf. Shirley was predeceased by her husband, Arnold Perret and two sons, Michael Perret and Bruce Perret. She is survived by a daughter, Suzanne Schwartzmann of Perth Amboy; two sons: Jeffrey Perret, and...
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...
