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William J Whitaker

William J Whitaker

June 21, 2013

William J. Whitaker passed away on Friday, June 21, 2013 at his home in Monroe Township. He was 87 years old. Born in Jersey City, he resided in Menlo Park Terrace for 56 years before moving to Monroe six months ago. Mr. Whitaker was a United States Army veteran of World War II. He was an apprentice with the Erie...

Antoinette Daniele Toth

Antoinette Daniele Toth

June 19, 2013

Antoinette Daniele Toth of the Port Reading section of Woodbridge Township passed away on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at JFK Medical Center in Edison. She was 92 years old. Born in Port Reading, she was a lifelong resident. Mrs. Toth was a communicant of Saint Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Port Reading. She was employed as a bottler with...

Doris P. Debenedetto

Doris P. Debenedetto

June 19, 2013

Doris Mazzarella DeBenedetto of the Port Reading section of Woodbridge Township passed away on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at Park Place Center in Monmouth Junction. She was 84 years old. Born in Newark, she has resided in Port Reading since 1980. Mrs. DeBenedetto was a communicant and former choir member at Saint Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Port Reading,...

Ernest Dubay

Ernest Dubay

June 16, 2013

Ernest Dubay of the Columbus section of Mansfield Township passed away on Sunday, June 16, 2013 at Virtua Memorial Hospital in Mount Holly. He was 88 years old. Born in Woodbridge, he resided there until moving to Columbus in 1990. Mr. Dubay served in the United States Navy as a Pharmacist 3rd Class during World War II. Mr. Dubay was...

Matilda Dirocco

Matilda Dirocco

June 11, 2013

Matilda Caggiano DiRocco of the Port Reading section of Woodbridge Township passed away on Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at JFK Medical Center in Edison. She was 91 years old. Born in Montclair, she resided in Port Reading for the past 51 years. Mrs. DiRocco was a communicant of Saint Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Port Reading. She was predeceased...

May Bertha Menafro

May Bertha Menafro

June 8, 2013

May Bertha Menafro of Woodbridge passed away on Saturday, June 8, 2013 at JFK Medical Center in Edison. She was 81 years old. Born in Nutley, NJ she resided in Harrison before moving to Woodbridge 12 years ago. Mrs. Menafro was a member of The Woodbridge United Methodist Church, a Member and past president of The V.F.W. Post #340 Ladies...

Ronald V Vincelli

Ronald V Vincelli

June 7, 2013

Ronald V. Vincelli of the Iselin section of Woodbridge Township passed away on Friday, June 7, 2013 at Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy. He was 48 years old. Born in Elizabeth, he was a lifelong resident of Iselin. Mr. Vincelli was a communicant of Saint Cecelia's Catholic Church in Iselin. Mr. Vincelli was a 1983 graduate of JFK...

Joseph Cecere

Joseph Cecere

June 2, 2013

Joseph S. Cecere passed away at his home in the Sewaren section of Woodbridge Township on Sunday, June 2, 2013 with his family at his side. He was 92 years old. Born in Hoboken, Joseph spent most of his life in North Bergen before moving to Sewaren 7 years ago. Joseph was a retired longshoreman and a United States Army...

Isabella Sposato

Isabella Sposato

May 30, 2013

Isabella Sposato passed away on Thursday, May 30, 2013 at Capital Health System at Fuld in Trenton, NJ. She was 81 years old. Born in Nocera Terinese, Calabria, Italy, she resided in Brooklyn, NY for many years before moving to Woodbridge, NJ 11 years ago. Mrs. Sposato was a self-employed seamstress and communicant of Saint Ephrem's Catholic Church in Brooklyn....

Gloria A. Eidson

Gloria A. Eidson

May 30, 2013

Gloria A. (Fuller) Eidson died on Thursday, May 30, 2013 at her home in Albrightsville, PA. She was 84 years old. Born in Jersey City, NJ on September 10, 1928, Gloria lived in the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township for forty years, and retired from Merck Pharmaceutical Co. before moving to Leesville, SC where she resided for eighteen years before...

Frank Festa

Frank Festa

May 27, 2013

Frank "Arnie" Festa, a World War II US Navy veteran, passed away peacefully on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27, 2013 at his home in Toms River. He was 89 years old. Nicknamed Arnie by his family because of his passion for golf. Born in Jersey City, he resided in Woodbridge before moving to Toms River 3 years ago. Arnie was...

Helen Derewsky

Helen Derewsky

May 26, 2013

Helen Derewsky of the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township passed away on Sunday, May 26, 2013 at home. She was 94 years old. Born in Bethlehem, PA, she resided in Avenel for most of her life. A 1936 graduate of Woodbridge High School, she attended the Beauty Culture Academy where she graduated in 1937. Mrs. Derewsky owned and operated Helen's...

Anna Johnson

Anna Johnson

May 25, 2013

Anna Johnson of Perth Amboy passed away on Saturday, May 25, 2013 at J F K Medical Center in Edison. She was 90 years old. Born in Perth Amboy She was a lifelong resident. Mrs. Johnson was predeceased by her husband Charles Johnson who passed away in 1995; her parents Paul and Susie Kipila Babinchak; a sister Mary Thomas; and...

John Kilcommons Joe

John Kilcommons Joe

May 24, 2013

John Kilcommons Joe passed away peacefully on Friday May 24, 2013 at Center for Hope Hospice in Scotch Plains. He was 74 years old. Born in New York City, he resided in Clark before moving to Rahway 15 years ago. Mr. Joe owned and operated John Joe Trucking for 55 years before his retirement last year. He was a veteran...

Bernice Madsen

Bernice Madsen

May 23, 2013

Bernice Madsen of the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township passed away on Thursday, May 23, 2013 at St. Josephs Nursing Center in Woodbridge. She was 83 years old. Born in Perth Amboy; she resided in Avenel most of her life. Ms. Madsen was a 1st and 2nd grade school teacher with The Woodbridge Township Board of Education for 50 years,...

Frederick Baldwin

Frederick Baldwin

May 21, 2013

Frederick Baldwin passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at Haven Hospice in Edison. He was 86 years old. Born in Newark, he has resided in Woodbridge since 1930. Mr. Baldwin was employed as a clerk at the New Jersey Veterans Home at Menlo Park for many years; and was a United States Army veteran of the Korean War....

Peter J. Torra, Jr.

Peter J. Torra, Jr.

May 20, 2013

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Peter J. Torra, Jr. on Monday, May 20, 2013 at Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy. He was 66 years old. Born in Hoboken, he resided in Perth Amboy before moving to Woodbridge 10 years ago. Mr. Torra retired from Macy's Department Store in Woodbridge Center in 2010...

Adeline "Dolly" Serreno

Adeline "Dolly" Serreno

May 17, 2013

Adeline "Dolly" Serreno died on Friday, May 17, 2013 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Rahway. She was 87 years old. Born in Elizabeth, she moved to the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township in 1962. She was a communicant of Saint Andrews Catholic Church in Avenel. She was predeceased by her husband, Patrick Serreno, in 1999; and a grandson,...

Mildred "Millie" Albrecht

Mildred "Millie" Albrecht

May 9, 2013

Mildred "Millie" Albrecht died on Thursday May 9, 2013 at JFK Medical Center, Edison. She was 101 years old. She was born in New York City and resided in Pennsylvania before moving to the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township over 70 years ago. Millie worked for the Woodbridge Township Assessors Office for over 24 years. She was a communicant of...

Ann M. Pardee

Ann M. Pardee

May 5, 2013

Ann M. Ottaviano Pardee of the Port Reading section of Woodbridge Township passed away on Sunday, May 5, 2013 at JFK Hartwyck at Edison Estates Nursing Center. She was 86 years old. She was born in, and a lifelong resident of, the Port Reading section of Woodbridge Township. Mrs. Pardee was employed as a seamstress at Schott Brothers in Perth...

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