Patrick Tedesco
April 30, 2013
Patrick Tedesco of the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township passed away on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at The NJ Veterans Home at Menlo Park. He was 86 years old. Born in Carteret, he resided in Avenel for 50 years. Mr. Tedesco was a United States Army Veteran, serving in World War II and Korea; and was employed as a Chemical...
Robert J Mencor
April 24, 2013
Robert J. Mencor, Jr. of the Colonia section of Woodbridge Township passed away on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at home. He was 43 years old. Born in Newark, NJ; He resided in Woodbridge before moving to Colonia 30 years ago. Mr. Mencor was employed with Woodbridge Township Sanitation Department for 10 years and currently was an employed as Manager for...
Helen E. Gow
April 21, 2013
Helen E. Gow died on Sunday, April 21, 2013 at her home in the Colonia section of Woodbridge Township. Born in New York City on September 18, 1934 to the late Thomas A. and Alice Dunne, Helen was adopted and raised in Jersey City by the late William and Helen Ochs, and moved to Colonia in 1967. She was employed...
Vincent Frank Rogers
April 20, 2013
Vincent Frank "Jimmy" Rogers died on Saturday, April 20, 2013 at his home in Blakeslee, PA. He was 85 years old. Born on August 12, 1927 in Jersey City to the late George and Lillian Dombrowski Rogers, he was the youngest of 9 children. He resided in Jersey City and then in the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township for 28...
Catherine Battle
April 19, 2013
Catherine Battle of Metuchen passed away on Friday, April 19, 2013 at Haven Hospice at JFK Medical Center in Edison. She was 74 years old. Born in Nashville, North Carolina; She resided in Iselin for 8 years before moving to Metuchen in 1999. Mrs. Battle was employed as the Head Custodian at Indiana Avenue School #18 in Iselin for 20...
William Dassinger
April 16, 2013
William "Bill" Dassinger was a recipient of two Purple Hearts and fought in WW II as a part of the 487 Armed Infantry Battalion - rifleman and mortar gunner. His lifelong friend, Tom J. Kelly (now deceased) was a Medal Of Honor winner and as they both returned to civilian life, they regularly attended functions in New York City and...
Robert J. O'Brien
April 16, 2013
Robert J. O'Brien, known to all as "Bobby", died on Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at JFK Medical Center in Edison. He was 60 years old. A lifelong resident of the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township, Bobby was employed as a professional truck driver; and served in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War. He was an avid collector of...
Donald Walz
April 11, 2013
Donald Walz of Woodbridge passed away on Thursday, April 11, 2013 at home. He was 80 years old. Born in Perth Amboy; He resided in Woodbridge most of his life. Mr. Walz served in the United States Army as a Medic during the Korean War. He was a member and past Commander of The Woodbridge V.F.W. Post #4410. He was...
Harmon E. Bensco
April 9, 2013
Harmon E. Bensco passed away on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at Centrastate Medical Center in Freehold. He was 72 years old. Born in New Brunswick, he resided in Metuchen before moving to Manalapan 38 years ago. Mr. Bensco was employed as Maintenance Superintendent with Craig Road Realty in Manalapan for 20 years before his retirement. He was a communicant of...
Margaret "Margie" Willner
April 3, 2013
Margaret "Margie" Willner of the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township passed away on Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at home. She was 83 years old. Born in Edeleny, Hungary; She has resided in Woodbridge Township since 1948. She was a communicant of St. Andrew's R.C. Church in Avenel. She was predeceased by her husband Erwin Willner who passed away in 1998;...
Angel W. Santiago
April 1, 2013
Angel W. Santiago passed away on Monday, April 1, 2013 at Briarwood Care Center in South Amboy. He was 65 years old. Born in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, he resided in Woodbridge for most of his life. Mr. Santiago was employed as Caretaker with the First Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Woodbridge for the past 17 years; and was a member of...
Eugenia Candido
April 1, 2013
Eugenia Candido of Rahway passed away on Monday, April 1, 2013 at home. She was 77 years old. Born in Lisbon, Portugal; She resided in Woodbridge moving to Rahway 12 years ago. Mrs. Candido was a seamstress at Lumerand Pocketbook Factory in Woodbridge for many years retiring in 1985. She was a Communicant of St. James R.C. Church in Woodbridge....
Mary Mackintosh
March 31, 2013
Mary Veronica Mackintosh of Aberdeen passed away on Sunday, March 31, 2013 in Clearwater, Florida. She was 80 years old. Born in Jersey City, she resided in Iselin before moving to Palm Bay, FL, Avenel, Woodbridge and Aberdeen. She was employed by St. Cecelia's School, Woodbridge Moving and Storage, Royal Foods, and retired from St. Paul's Insurance in 1988. Mary...
Gregg T. Cassidy
March 31, 2013
Gregg T. Cassidy of the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township passed away on Sunday, March 31, 2013 at home. He was 50 years old. Born in Rahway; He was a lifelong resident of Avenel. He was a Communicant of St. Andrew's R.C. Church in Avenel. He was predeceased by his father Francis Cassidy who passed away in 1989. He is...
Helen F. Pardella
March 29, 2013
Helen F. Pardella of East Windsor passed away on Friday, March 29, 2013 at The Gardens at Monroe Rehabilitation Center in Monroe. She was 92 years old. Born in Perth Amboy, she resided in Woodbridge until moving to East Windsor in 1979. Mrs. Pardella was employed as a packer with Swift Ice Cream in Woodbridge before retiring in 1979. She...
Josephine Kulschinsky
March 28, 2013
Josephine "Josie" Kulschinsky entered into eternal rest on Thursday, March 28, 2013 at her home in the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township. She was 96 years old. Born in Rocky Hill, she resided in Perth Amboy before moving to Avenel in 1951. She was a communicant of Saint Andrew's Catholic Church in Avenel; and belonged to Golden Circle, Avenel seniors...
Florence A Betcher
March 28, 2013
It is with grieving hearts that we share the death of our beloved Florence (nee Bald) Betcher. Florence passed away on Thursday March 28, 2013, at Riverton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Rahway. She was 92. Florence was born on January 4, 1921 in Jersey City. She was trained in West Hudson Hospital in Jersey City where she became a...
Denise Roxanne Rowe
March 28, 2013
Denise Roxanne Rowe of Woodbridge passed away on Thursday, March 28, 2013 at home. She was 56 years old. Born in Newark, NJ; She resided in Woodbridge for the past 13 years. Ms. Rowe was a 1974 Graduate of Rahway High School, and was employed as a Medical Biller with O.M.S. Medical Bill in Dayton, NJ. She was predeceased by...
Julia Stankowitz
March 27, 2013
Julia Stankowitz of Hopelawn passed away on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at JFK Medical Center in Edison. She was 93 years old. Born in Hightstown, she resided in Hopelawn most of her life. Mrs. Stankowitz was employed as a Computer Technician with Indiana General in Keasbey for 13 years, retiring in 1975. She was a former communicant of Our Lady...
Yolanda Fonseca
March 25, 2013
Yolanda Fonseca entered into eternal rest on Monday, March 25, 2013 at JFK Medical Center in Edison. She was raised in New York City and resided in Union City before moving to Woodbridge Township 25 years ago. Mrs. Fonseca was employed with the Franciscan Friars in Union City. She was a communicant of Saint James Catholic Church in Woodbridge. Mrs....
