Violet Dueker
Dec 31, 2010
Violet Dueker (nee: Salva), 87, of Fords died December 31, 2010, at Barbara E. Cheung Memorial Hospice, Edison. Born in Fords, Violet was a life- long resident. She was a home-maker. Her contribution to the war effort during WWII was sewing parachutes for our country. She was a member of the Fords-Keasbey Citizens Club. Violet was preceded in death by...
Frank G. Racz
Dec 30, 2010
Frank G. Racz, Sr., 87, of Fords, died Thursday at the JFK Medical Center in Edison. Born in Woodbridge, he has resided in Fords since 1953. Frank was employed with Gerber Plumbing Co. in Woodbridge for 35 years before retiring in 1985. He was a communicant of Our Lady of Peace Church, Fords. Frank was preceded in death by his...
Barbara Chabay
Dec 29, 2010
Barbara Chabay (Csabai), 74, died on December 29, 2010 at her residence. Born and raised in Perth Amboy, she was a graduate of St. Mary's High School. A life-long resident of Fords, she was employed by Woodbridge Township Schools as a secretary for JFK High School for 52 years, retiring in 2005. She had been a member of the Search...
Chester Truskowski
Dec 26, 2010
Chester Truskowski, 79, of Edison died December 26, 2010, at his home. Born in Shickshinny, PA, Chester resided in Edison for the last 50 years. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War. Chester was a Custodian at Middlesex Vocational Technical School in East Brunswick. Before joining VoTech, he was a Pasterizer of Costa's Ice Cream. He was a...
Diane M. Miller
Dec 26, 2010
Diane M. Miller, 48, of South Amboy died Sunday, December 26, 2010, at home. Born in Perth Amboy, she resided in South Amboy for 20 years. A 1980 graduate of Perth Amboy High School, she was an Office Manager. Diane was an animal lover and leaves behind 3 birds that were very close to her heart. She had lots of...
Stephen George Cickay
Dec 24, 2010
Stephen George Cickay, Sr., 87, of Jupiter, FL, died December 24, 2010, at St Luke's Hospital In Jacksonville, FL. He was a loving father, grandfather and Cickay family patriarch. He was born in Perth Amboy, NJ, and had resided in Jupiter, FL since 1980. He was employed by the U.S. Federal Government as a Computer Systems Analyst/Manager at Raritan Arsenal...
Jose Batista
Dec 24, 2010
Jose Batista, 66, of Perth Amboy died December 24, 2010, at Raritan Bay Medical Center. Born in Santiago, Dominican Republic, Jose resided in Perth Amboy for the last 43 years. He was a steelworker with Carborundum, was a communicant of Our Lady of Fatima Church, and loved to play dominoes. Jose is preceded in death by two sisters. He is...
Edmund Max Etzold
Dec 23, 2010
Edmund Max Etzold, 78, of Edison entered into eternal rest on Thursday at the JFK Medical Center in Edison. He was born in Perth Amboy, was formerly of Fords before moving to Edison 26 years ago. Ed owned and operated Etzold's Cleaners in Fords for more than 30 years before retiring in 1994. He was a 58-year member of Our...
Lynne E. Goodman Pilecki
Dec 22, 2010
Lynne E. Goodman Pilecki, 65, of Fords entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, December 22, 2010, at the JFK Medical Center in Edison. She was born in Elizabeth and lived most of her life in Woodbridge Township, the last 34 years in the Fords section. Lynne was a homemaker and very active with the Heavenly Angels. She is survived by...
Josephine Greges
Dec 20, 2010
Josephine (Cundari) Greges, 87 of Colonia, died on December 20, 2010 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Rahway. Born in Ford City, PA she was a resident of Colonia for 59 years.
Josephine worked as a Library Clerk for the Woodbridge Public Library for 25 years before retiring in 1986. She then worked for several years as a Library...
Douglas D. Thibault
Dec 19, 2010
Douglas D. Thibault, 65, of North Brunswick died Sunday, December 19, 2010, at home. Born January 29, 1945, in Bronx, New York, he resided in North Brunswick for the past 16 months. He was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War serving from 1965-1971. Douglas was a retired truck driver with Superior Trucking. He was predeceased by his parents Douglas...
Margaret "Peggy" Krukas
Dec 18, 2010
Margaret "Peggy" (Leary) Krukas of Edison and Fords died Saturday, December 18, 2010. at Cedar Brook Nursing Home in Plainfield. Born in Bayonne, she resided in Fords and Edison before moving to Cedar Brook in 2003. Peggy was a homemaker and belonged to the Fords Keasbey Senior Citizens, Columbietts, and Our lady of Peace Church. Her husband John Krukas died...
Ramon A. Valera
Dec 17, 2010
Ramon A. Valera, 84, of Fords, died on Friday, December 17, 2010, at his home. He was born in Bani, Dominican Republic, and was formerly of Perth Amboy, where he resided for over 43 years, before moving to Fords 3 years ago. Ramon formerly owned and operated the Cafeteria Valera at 431 High St in Perth Amboy. He was a...
Anne Kovalewich
Dec 16, 2010
Anne Kovalewich (nee: Johnson), 86, formerly of Woodbridge died December 16, 2010, at Meridian Nursing and Rehab in Shrewsbury . Born December 18, 1923, in Hopelawn, Anne resided in Woodbridge for over 50 years and The Willows Assisted Living at Holmdel for six years. With her sister Helen (Nemyo), she co-owned Fashion Trends, a woman's clothing store in Woodbridge. Anne...
Erminia Badolato
Dec 14, 2010
Erminia Badolato, 87, of Fords, died Tuesday December 14, 2010, at the Haven Hospice Unit at the JFK Medical Center in Edison. She was born in Tiriolo, Cantazaro, Italy. She was formerly of Perth Amboy, and moved to Fords 43 years ago. Erminia was a communicant of Our Lady of Peace Church in Fords. She loved embroidering and dressmaking. She...
Clara M "Linnie" Harris
Dec 13, 2010
Clara M. "Linnie" Harris, 97, of Perth Amboy entered in to eternal rest Monday, December 13, 2010, at the Alameda Care Center in Perth Amboy. She was born in Jersey City and resided in Perth Amboy for the past 60 years. Linnie was a registered nurse at Raritan Bay Medical Center for 50 years, retiring in 1983. She was a...
Ignazio E. D'Amico
Dec 13, 2010
Ignazio E. D' Amico, 90, of Hopelawn died Monday, December 13, 2010, at the Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy. He was born in Chester, Pennsylvania. He was formerly of Perth Amboy and moved to Hopelawn 13 years ago. Ignazio was employed with the U.S Government working as a Supervisor in the Shipping Department at the Raritan Arsenal in Edison...
Margaret Cieslak
Dec 12, 2010
Margaret Cieslak, 93, of Fords died Sunday, December 12, 2010, at The Haven Hospice Unit at JFK Medical Center Edison. She was born December 19, 1916, in Jersey City. Margaret resided in Bayonne prior to her move to Fords in 1995. She was formerly employed with Harnick Neck Wear in Bayonne as a tie presser for over 30 years. She...
Helen M. Kopac
Dec 8, 2010
Helen M. Kopac (nee Holovacko), 94, of Edison died December 8, 2010, at Haven Hospice at JFK Hospital. Born in Proctor, Vermont, Helen resided in Edison. Prior to Edison, she resided in Hopelawn. She was a homemaker. Helen was a communicant of Our Lady of Peace R.C. Church; Columbiettes Charter Member, a member of Raritan Engine Company #2 Ladies Auxiliary;...
Maryann Elizabeth Janderup
Dec 7, 2010
MaryAnn Elizabeth Janderup (nee Daly),78, died December 7, 2010, at her daughter's home in South Amboy surrounded by her loving family. She was born at home on May 21, 1932, in Perth Amboy where she was a life-long resident. She was predeceased by the love of her life, Andrew Donald Janderup, to whom she was married for over 53 years;...
