Crispin "Cris" James Kope
Apr 11, 2022
Crispin "Cris" James Kope, 67, of Metuchen passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on April 11, 2022. Cris was born in Elizabeth, NJ, to Alphonse and Lottie Kope on July 14, 1954. He grew up in Rahway, NJ, and has lived in Metuchen for the past 30 years. He was a graduate of Pratt Institute, Brooklyn,...
Edwin A Shuster, Jr.
Apr 10, 2022
Edwin A. Shuster, Jr. passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, April 10 surrounded by his loving family. He was 89 years old and lived a full life. Born in Oak Tree, NJ, he was the son of the late Katherine Day and Edwin A. Shuster, Sr. In 1952, he married the former Dorothy Sutero. Edwin also served in the...
Christian Lisaldes Perez
Apr 10, 2022
Christian Lisaldes Perez was suddenly taken from this life on Sunday April 10, 2022.
Christian was a man of love and humor. He loved life, the people around him and his city. Because of him, he made people's lives feel a little more lighter with his humor, presence, and smiles. He brought an infinite amount...
Joseph Brinamen
Apr 8, 2022
Joseph Brinamen, 74, passed away at JFK Medical Center in Edison on Friday, April 8, 2022.
Born and raised in South Amboy, he was the son of the late Charles and Marie McKeon Brinamen. After high school Joseph entered the US Air Force where he served for three years. In 1975 he married Bonita Ann Bertram and...
Barbara A Reilly
Apr 8, 2022
Barbara A. Reilly passed away on Friday, April 8, 2022, at Alarais Health at Riverton in Rahway.
Born in Newark, NJ, she was the daughter of the late John Frederick and Barbara Brunner Carle. After her marriage to Francis X. Reilly, they made Fords their home until moving to Avenel in 2019. A...
Domenica Debari
Apr 7, 2022
Domenica DeBari, 91, of Fords, died Thursday April 7, 2022.
Born in Union City to the late Pasquale DeNora and Theresa DeNora, Domenica earned her high school diploma from Holy Family Catholic School in Union City. She briefly attended Drake College, but decided being a homemaker and taking care of her family is what made her happy....
Lillian W. Latkovich
Apr 5, 2022
Obituary of Lillian W. Latkovich Lillian W. Latkovich, 86, of Fords, passed away Tuesday, April 5, 2022 at the Amboy Care Center in Perth Amboy. Mrs. Latkovich was born in the Bronx, NY to the late Alexander and Elizabeth Wishney and had lived in Fords for the last eighty years. She was a devoted wife, mother and homemaker. Lillian was...
Lucille Kopcko
Apr 3, 2022
Lucille (nee Macewicz) Kopcko, 98, of Menlo Park Terrace, died Sunday April 3, 2022, at Saint Peters University Hospital in New Brunswick.
Lucille was born and raised in Jersey City to the late, Michael Macewicz and Josephine Hahula. After graduating James J. Ferris High School in Jersey City, she worked for several years before marrying, briefly living...
Shirley A. Smoyak
Apr 1, 2022
Shirley A. Smoyak, 86, of Edison, passed away peacefully at home on April 1, 2022. She was born in Perth Amboy to Stephen and Mary (Nemeth) Soos and resided in Edison for 56 years. She was a communicant of St. Francis Cathedral, sang in the choir and played the hand bells.
Shirley Smoyak, a psychiatric nurse and...
Madeline E. Gumina
Mar 29, 2022
Madeline E. Gumina, 80, formerly of East Brunswick, passed away on March 29, 2022, at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge. Born in Perth Amboy, and raised in Fords, she lived most of her life in East Brunswick. Madeline was a secretary for PNC Bank in East Brunswick. She was a former communicant of St. Bartholomew Catholic...
Dolores Rogozinski
Mar 27, 2022
Dolores Rogozinski, 80, passed away on Sunday, March 27, 2022 at JFK Medical Center in Edison.
Dolores was born in Jersey City to the late Henry and Loretta Nigowski Wyzykowski. In 1964 she married Ronald Rogozinski, and they made their home in the Port Reading section of Woodbridge Township. Dolores, or "Aunt Dee"...
Janice Rothman
Mar 26, 2022
Janice Rothman, 67, of Whiting, passed away on March 26, 2022. She was born on May 15, 1954, in Perth Amboy. Before settling in Whiting Janice resided in Manalapan and Apollo Beach, FL. She graduated Woodbridge High School, Class of 1973, and the Catherine Gibbs Secretarial School. Janice was an Executive Assistant for Barrier Therapeutics in Princeton. She enjoyed...
Ernest Joseph Luciano Sr.
Mar 25, 2022
Ernest Joseph Luciano Sr. 80 of Toms River, died Friday March 25, 2022 peacefully at his home.
Ernest was born in Newark, NJ, the first son of Joseph Luciano and Rose DeFranza. He served in the United States Navy during the Korean War from 1958-1962. He married the love of his life, Lucille Ann Monte and they...
George W Laforge
Mar 25, 2022
George W. LaForge, 68, passed away peacefully at his home with his beloved wife by his side on Friday, March 25, 2022.
Born in Perth Amboy, George was a graduate of Middlesex County College. After graduating from Middlesex George served in the US Army for 3 years as a paratrooper. After his military service, he resumed his...
Dhiraj D. Pujara
Mar 24, 2022
Dhiraj Pujara, 82, of Rajkot, India, passed away on March 24, 2022. A private prayer ceremony was held that afternoon prior to cremation. Dhiraj married Dinkar Pujara in 1969 and is survived by him, their sons, Kunal & Munir Pujara, as well as her sisters, Susheela Radia & Subhadra Toprani. Her sisters' families include Vivek & Nidhi Radia,...
Maria Garcia
Mar 23, 2022
Maria Garcia, 86, of the Iselin section of Woodbridge Township passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday, March 23, 2022.
Mrs. Garcia was born in Cuba, and emigrated to the United States in 1972. In addition to caring for family, she also worked in the candy making business at Astor Chocolates in Brooklyn, NY.
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Roman Bugaoan
Mar 20, 2022
Roman Bugaoan, 83, of Edison, passed away at home on March 20, 2022. He was born on October 6, 1938, in Binaloan Pangasinan, Philippines. Roman was a retired Produce Clerk formerly employed by Pathmark. He loved to read and watch the news on tv.
Roman is survived by his wife of 22 years, Levie Bugaoan, of Edison;...
Andrew "Andy" Petrick
Mar 20, 2022
Andrew "Andy" A. Petrick, 99, of Perth Amboy, passed away at Raritan Bay Medical Center on March 20th, 2022 of natural causes. Born to Rudolph and Mary Petrick (née Pyontek) on May 6th, 1922, Andrew was a proud lifelong resident of Perth Amboy. As the owner and proprietor of Petrick's Flowers, he served the local community for...
Claudia S Mcmenamin
Mar 18, 2022
Claudia Susan McMenamin, 72, died comfortably at her home on Friday, March 18, 2022.
Born on April 13, 1949 in Philadelphia, PA, she grew up in Cape May, NJ. She was a 1967 graduate of Wildwood Catholic High School where she had earned every possible academic award that was available at that time. Claudia then went on...
Marsha S. Gottlieb
Mar 16, 2022
Marsha S. Gottlieb (nee Greene), 84, of Bridgewater and formerly of Edison, NJ, passed away on March 16, 2022, at Arbor Glen in Bridgewater, NJ. Born in Newark, NJ, to Louis and Rose Greene on September 15, 1937, Marsha met and married the love of her life, Herbert, in 1957. She was a Homemaker.
