Alfreda Neal
March 24, 2013
Alfreda Neal entered into eternal rest on Sunday, March 24 2013 at JFK Medical Center in Edison. She was 93 years old. Born in Jersey City, she resided in the Colonia section of Woodbridge Township for the past 33 years. Mrs. Neal was employed as an instructor and in quality control for Western Electric in Kearny and Clark for 40...
Raymond W. Brown, Sr.
March 23, 2013
Raymond W. Brown, Sr. passed away on Saturday, March 23, 2013 at JFK Medical Center in Edison. He was 84 years old. Born in Burlington, he resided in Woodbridge for the past 81 years. Mr. Brown was employed in operations with PSE&G at their Kearny and Sewaren generating stations for over 40 years before retiring in 1993. He was a...
Vincent L. Grassia, Sr.
March 18, 2013
Vincent L. Grassia, Sr. passed away on Monday, March 18, 2013 at Southern Ocean Medical Center in Manahawkin. He was 73 years old. Born in Newark, he resided in Woodbridge for over forty years before moving to Manahawkin seven years ago. Mr. Grassia was a graduate of West Side High School in Newark and was employed as a Meat Product...
Dennis M. Kasprack
March 13, 2013
Dennis M. Kasprack of the Iselin section of Woodbridge Township passed away on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital at Rahway. He was 61 years old. Born in Perth Amboy; He resided in Woodbridge township most of his life. Mr. Kasprack was a 1969 Graduate of JFK Memorial High School in Iselin and was an outstanding guitar...
Josephine Zacker
March 11, 2013
Josephine Zacker passed away on Tuesday, March 11, 2013 at the JFK Medical Center in Edison. She was born on November 2, 1917 and raised in New York City. Josephine moved to Iselin in 1945 with her husband, Frank Zacker. Josephine retired from Gulton industries in Metuchen in 1981 where she was a parts assembler. She attended JFK Adult Medical...
Grace Margaret Hapstak
March 11, 2013
Grace Margaret Hapstak passed away on Monday, March 11, 2013 at JFK Hartwyck at Edison Estates Care Center. She was 85 years old. Born in Galloway, WV, She resdided in Woodbridge most of her life.. Mrs. Hapstak worked as a cook at the Woodbridge Deli for 20 years before retiring many years ago. She is predeceased by her husband, Michael...
Howard C. Smith
March 9, 2013
Howard C. Smith passed away on Saturday, March 9, 2013 at Alameda Care Center in Perth Amboy. He was 93 years old. Born in the Bronx, NY, he has resided in the Iselin section of Woodbridge Township since 1954. Mr. Smith was employed as a mechanic with General Dynamics Corporation in Avenel before retiring in 1987; and belonged to Trinity...
Irene Lukach
March 9, 2013
Irene Rompa Lukach passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 9, 2013 at her home in Woodbridge surrounded by her loving family. She was 81 years old. Born in Carteret, she has resided in Woodbridge for 50 years. Mrs. Lukach was employed by Marketing Plus in Woodbridge for many years; and belonged to the Hungarian Reformed Church in Woodbridge and Carteret....
Joseph J. Caracappa
March 6, 2013
Joseph J. Caracappa passed away on Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at his home in the Port Reading section of Woodbridge Township. He was 77 years old. Born in New York City, he resided in Brooklyn before moving to Port Reading in 1962. Mr. Caracappa was the owner of JayAnna's, creating ladies apparel for the garment industry. He retired as an...
Robert William Johnson
March 5, 2013
Robert William Johnson of the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township passed away on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at Cranford Hall Rehabilitation Center in Cranford. He was 80 years old. Born in jersey City, NJ; He resided in Avenel for many years. Mr. Johnson was a United States Army Veteran of the Korean War. He was employed as a machinist with...
Helen L. Anness
March 5, 2013
Helen L. Anness passed away on Tuesday, March 5, 2013, her 82nd birthday, at her home in Monroe Township. Born in Woodbridge, she resided there and in Bradenton, FL before moving to Monroe Township 10 years ago. Mrs. Anness was employed as an executive secretary at Midlantic Bank in Edison for many years before retiring in 1992. She was a...
Marie D'Amico
March 5, 2013
Marie D'Amico of Woodbridge passed away at her home on Tuesday, March 5, 2013. She was 94 years old. Born in Newark, She resided in Woodbridge since 1957. Mrs. D'Amico was employed as an attendant at the Wash-a-Rama in Woodbridge for many years retiring many years ago. She was predeceased by her husband Vincent D'Amico who passed away in 1964....
Ruth Lillian C. Strohm
February 24, 2013
Ruth Lillian C. Strohm died on Sunday, February 24, 2013 at JFK Medical Center in Edison. She was 90 years old. Born in Brooklyn, NY, she resided there before moving to the Colonia section of Woodbridge Township 51 years ago. Mrs. Strohm was a communicant of Saint Andrews Catholic Church in Avenel; and a former member of the Altar-Rosary Society...
Janet Ethel Davenport Thompson
February 22, 2013
Janet E. Davenport Thompson of Whiting passed away on Friday, February 22, 2013 at home. She was 78 years old. Born in Carbondale, PA; she was raised in Lyndhurst, NJ moving to the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township in 1967 residing there until moving to Lakewood in 2004, and then Whiting for the past 6 years. Mrs. Thompson was a...
Thomas Bradley
February 20, 2013
Thomas Bradley passed away on Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at Kindred Hospital in Rahway. He was 79 years old. Born in Orange, he resided there before moving to the Iselin section of Woodbridge Township 50 years ago. Mr. Bradley was employed with Dreyfus Inc., the maker of Wrigley Chewing Gum, in South Plainfield for many years. He was a communicant...
Margaret A. Caulder Balconis
February 19, 2013
Margaret A. Caulder Balconis of South Plainfield passed away on Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at Willow Creek Care Center in Somerset. She was 70 years old. Born in Pittston, Pa; She resided in Menlo Park Terrace section of Woodbridge before moving to South Plainfield 12 years ago. Ms. Balconis was employed as a receptionist with JFK Medical Center in Edison...
John H. Mahr
February 15, 2013
John H. Mahr died on Friday, February 15, 2013 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Rahway. He was 88 years old. Born in Newark to Michael and Anna Ehas Mahr, he resided there before moving to the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township 58 years ago. Mr. Mahr served honorably in the United States Coast Guard from 1941-1945 on the...
Otilia Rodriguez
February 15, 2013
Otilia Rodriguez of the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township passed away on Friday, February 15, 2013 at Delaire Care Center in Linden. She was 76 years old. Born in Guayama, Puerto Rico She resided in Brooklyn before moving to Avenel 20 years ago. Mrs. Rodriguez was a Teacher's Aide in Newark before working as a housekeeper at JFK Medical Center...
Gerard A Giroux
February 14, 2013
Gerard "Rod" Giroux, 71, of Metuchen, New Jersey, passed away, Thursday, February 14, 2013 at Haven Hospice, JFK Medical Center. Gerard was born February 10, 1942 in Jersey City to Alexander and Catherine (Baker) Giroux. He graduated from Audubon High School in 1960. Gerard served honorably as a United States Air Force Veteran during the Vietnam War. Rod was self-employed...
Marilyn C. Mcelroy
February 14, 2013
Marilyn C. Hoban McElroy passed away on Thursday, February 14, 2013 at her home in Woodbridge, NJ. She was 77 years old. Born in Scranton, PA, she attended Marywood Seminary, and has resided in Woodbridge since 1955. She was a communicant of Saint James Catholic Church in Woodbridge. Mrs. McElroy was predeceased by her husband of 48 years, Gerald J....
