Rose Pelzman Mirkovich
June 2, 2014
Rose Pelzman Mirkovich passed away on Monday, June 2, 2014 at her home in the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township. She was 92 years old. Born on November 15, 1921 in Vienna, Austria, she has resided in Avenel since 1940. Mrs. Mirkovich was employed as chief clerk at Fords Middle School for 24 years before retiring in 1984. She was...
Gus Theophilakos
June 2, 2014
Gus Theophilakos passed away on Monday, June 2, 2014 at Foothill Acres Rehabilitation Center in Hillsborough. He was 88 years old. Born in Perth Amboy, he resided there for most of his life before moving to Lakewood ten years ago. Mr. Theophilakos was employed as a Machine Operator with Cheveron Oil Company in Perth Amboy for 38 years before retiring...
Maria Machos
May 27, 2014
Maria Machos passed away on Tuesday, May 27, 2014 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. She was 75 years old. Born in Newark, she resided in the Iselin section of Woodbridge Township for most of her life. Mrs. Machos was employed as business manager for Rutgers University in New Brunswick for many years before her retirement. Surviving...
Mary C. Coughlin
May 27, 2014
Mary C. Coughlin passed away on Tuesday, May 27, 2014 at Haven Hospice at JFK Medical Center in Edison. She was 81 years old. Born in Lost Creek, PA, she resided in Avenel for many years. Mrs. Coughlin was employed as a clerk with Supermarkets General in Avenel for 20 years before retiring in 2002; and was a communicant of...
Albert J Gochal
May 25, 2014
Albert Gochal passed away on Sunday, May 25, 2014 at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy Division. He was 93 years old. Born in Perth Amboy, he resided there before moving to Woodbridge in 1986. Mr. Gochal was employed as an electrician with Johnson & Johnson Compnay in New Brunswick for 35 years before retiring in 1982. While at Johnson...
Aisakau Okamura
May 25, 2014
Aisakau Okamura of the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township passed away on Saturday, May 25, 2014 at Whispering Knoll Assisted living in Edison. He was 83 years old. Born in New York, NY, he has resided in Avenel since 1989. Mr. Okamura was a United States Army veteran and retired from the United States Air Force as a Sergeant. He...
Martha E. Jansen
May 9, 2014
Martha Ella Philo Christensen Jansen, 97 passed away peacefully, May 9, 2014. Martha was born December 6, 1916 in Philadelphia, PA before moving to Woodbridge, NJ at age six. On March 29, 1939, Martha married Peter B. Jansen at the home of her Mother and Dad, Mr. & Mrs. J.P. Christensen on Grove Street in Woodbridge with then Mayor August...
Roberta R. Mirabile
May 8, 2014
Roberta R. Mirabile passed away on Thursday, May 8, 2014 at Haven Hospice at JFK Medical Center in Edison. She was 67 years old. Born in Brooklyn, NY, she has resided in Metuchen since 1992. Mrs. Mirabile was employed at the NJ Veterans Home at Menlo Park for 15 years before retiring in 2013; and enjoyed vacationing with family and...
Theresa Marie Vitale
May 7, 2014
Theresa Marie Vitale of the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township passed away on Wednesday, May 7, 2014 at Haven Hospice at JFK Medical Center, Edison. She was 88 years old. Born in Bloomfield, she has resided in Avenel since 1956. Mrs. Vitale was a longtime communicant of Saint Andrew Catholic Church in Avenel. Theresa loved reading, baking and the Yankees,...
Elese M. Tyler
May 7, 2014
Elese M. Tyler passed away on Wednesday, May 7, 2014 at Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy. She was 88 years old. Born in Springfield, VT, she resided in Avenel before moving to Woodbridge 48 years ago. Mrs. Tyler was predeceased by a son, Steven Tyler, in 2010. Surviving are her husband, Robert Tyler; a daughter, Cathleen Berg, of...
Julia Battaglino
May 7, 2014
Julia Shulman Battaglino of the Iselin section of Woodbridge Township passed away on Wednesday, May 7, 2014 at JFK Medical Center in Edison. She was 76 years old. Born in Brooklyn, NY; She has resided in the Iselin section of Woodbridge Township for the past 12 years. Mrs. Battaglino was employed as a secretary with RAV Security in New York...
Helen Nagy
May 2, 2014
Helen Nagy passed away on Friday, May 2, 2014 at Haven Hospice at JFK Medical Center in Edison. She was 90 years old. Born in Elizabeth, she has resided in Woodbridge for the past 65 years. Mrs. Nagy was employed as a paraprofessional with the Edison Township Board of Education for 25 years before her retirement. She was a communicant...
Steve L. Smolsky
May 1, 2014
Steve L. Smolsky passed away on Thursday, May 1, 2014 at JFK Medical Center in Edison. He was 94 years old. Born in Elizabeth, he resided in the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township for many years. Mr. Smolsky was employed as a textile worker for many years with Best Dying & Finishing and Fabloc Mills in Murray Hill. He was...
Alma M. Lazzeri
April 29, 2014
Alma M. Lazzeri passed away on Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy Division, She was 76 years old. Born in Quincy, MA she resided in Avenel for many years before moving to Woodbridge 7 years ago. Mrs. Lazzeri was employed as a contracts supervisor with Prudential Insurance Company in Iselin for many years before her...
Stella Szwast
April 28, 2014
Stella Skonieczny Szwast passed away on Monday, April 28, 2014 at her home in Woodbridge. She was 80 years old. Born in Staten Island, NY, she has resided in Woodbridge since 1967. Mrs. Szwast was a communicant of Saint James Catholic Church in Woodbridge and was an active volunteer there as well. She worked the Monday Night Bingo for several...
Elizabeth Geiger
April 26, 2014
Elizabeth Geiger of the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township passed away on Saturday, April 26, 2014 at home. She was 89 years old. Born in Yugoslavia; She resided in Avenel for the past 59 years. Mrs. Geiger was employed at The Fulton Restaurant in Rahway and as a cafeteria worker for 12 years at the Woodbridge Township Board of Education...
Joseph Thomas Turon
April 25, 2014
Mr. Joseph Thomas Turon of the Colonia section of Woodbridge Township passed away on Friday, April 25, 2014 at Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center in New Brunswick. He was 88 years old. Born in Pittston, PA; He resided in Newark before moving to Colonia in 1954. Mr. Turon was a United States Army Veteran serving in Europe during World War...
Joan M. "Aunt Joan" Hardy
April 24, 2014
Joan M. "Aunt Joan" Hardy passed away on Thursday, April 24, 2014 at Haven Hospice at JFK Medical Center in Edison. She was 87 years old. A native of Staten Island, she resided in the Westerleigh section there before moving to the Port Reading section of Woodbridge Township in 1995. Miss Hardy was employed as a bookkeeper with the Staten...
Ralph H. Latshaw, Sr.
April 20, 2014
Ralph H. Latshaw, Sr. of the Port Reading section of Woodbridge Township passed away on Sunday, April 20, 2014 at Above & Beyond Personal Care Center in Allentown, PA. He was 91 years old. Born in Union, PA, he has resided in Port Reading since 1955. Mr. Latshaw was employed as a driver with Ryder Trucking and Quadrell Trucking for...
Frederic W. Sanders Iii
April 18, 2014
Frederic William Sanders III of Old Bridge passed away on Friday, April 18, 2014 at home. He was 53 years old. Born in Elizabeth, he resided in Avenel before moving to Old Bridge in 1993. Mr. Sanders was a 1979 graduate of Colonia High School; and served in the United States Air Force. He was employed as a technician in...
