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Dorothea Zanzalari

Dorothea Zanzalari

January 17, 2022

Dorothea Zanzalari passed away on Monday, January 17, 2022 at Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune. She was 89 years old.

Born on August 17, 1932 to the late Dorothea and Hermann Kaiser in Lingen Ems, Germany, she resided in Woodbridge before moving to Neptune 20 years ago.

Mrs. Zanzalari was a member of the...

Kathleen A. Gorman

Kathleen A. Gorman

January 17, 2022

Kathleen A. Gorman passed away on Monday, January 17, 2022 at JFK Medical Center in Edison. She was 71 years old.

Born on September 20, 1950 in Newark to the late Ann and James Gorman, she has resided in the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township since 2004.

Miss Gorman was employed as a 1 st...

Michael J. Benko

Michael J. Benko

January 17, 2022

Michael J. Benko, Jr. passed away on Monday, January 17, 2022 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Rahway. He was 79 years old.

Born on September 11, 1942 in Plainfield to the late Anna and Michael J. Benko, Sr., he has resided in the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township since 1967.

Mr. Benko was...

Donna K Simeone

Donna K Simeone

January 15, 2022

Donna K. Simeone passed away on Saturday, January 15, 2022 at her home in Woodbridge. She was 72 years old.

Born in Queens, NY, she resided in Fords before moving to Woodbridge in 1973.

Mrs. Simeone was employed as office manager at the office of Doctor Fishkoff in Woodbridge for many years.

She...

Lucille Marchetti

Lucille Marchetti

January 14, 2022

Lucille Marchetti passed away on Friday, January 14, 2022 at her home in Carteret. She was 92 years old.

Born in Jersey City on February 16, 1929 to the late Anna and Leonard Mecca, she has resided in Carteret for 53 years.

A graduate of Dickinson High School in Jersey City, Mrs. Marchetti was employed...

Miguel A. Martinez, Jr.

Miguel A. Martinez, Jr.

January 14, 2022

Miguel A. Martinez passed away on January 14, 2022 at JFK Medical Center in Edison, NJ. He was 64 years old.

Born and raised in Newark, NJ, Mr. Martinez has resided in the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township for the past 7 years.

Miguel worked as a building laborer for Laborers Local #502/1153 in South...

Margaret Caivano

Margaret Caivano

January 14, 2022

Margaret "Peggy" Caivano passed away on January 14, 2022 at CentraState Hospital in Freehold, NJ. She was 78 years old.

Born in Jersey City, Margaret then lived in Hillside and Long Branch for many years before moving to Manalapan 5 years ago.

Margaret was a Hillside High School Graduate of 1961. She was a animal...

Patricia A. Nixon

Patricia A. Nixon

January 13, 2022

Patricia A. Nixon passed away on Thursday, January 13, 2022 at Roosevelt Care Center in Edison. She was 90 years old.

Born in Jersey City, she has resided in Woodbridge since 1969.

Patricia was a Lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #7164 Ladies Auxiliary, the American Irish Association of Woodbridge and the...

Richard H. Lang

Richard H. Lang

January 9, 2022

Richard H. Lang passed away on Sunday, January 9, 2022 at Overlook Medical Center in Summit. He was 82 years old.

Born on November 20, 1939 in Wilkes Barre, PA to the late Verana and Conrad Lang, he has resided in the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township for the past 33 years.

Mr. Lang was...

Irene Bakos

Irene Bakos

January 5, 2022

Irene Bakos of the Hopelawn section of Woodbridge Township passed away on Wednesday, January 5, 2022 at JFK Medical Center, Edison.  She was 88 years old.

Born in Perth Amboy, she has resided in Hopelawn for the past 58 years.

Mrs. Bakos was employed with Bank of America in Perth Amboy as a switch board...

Stephanie M. Smith

Stephanie M. Smith

January 5, 2022

Stephanie M. Smith passed away on Wednesday, January 5, 2022.  She was 38 years old.

Born in Edison, she was a lifelong resident of the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township.

Stephanie was a 2001 graduate of Woodbridge Township High School; and was employed as a clerk at Woodbridge Deli and Mazzella's Deli in Mountainside.

...

Ronald T. Leminelle

Ronald T. Leminelle

January 3, 2022

Ronald T. Leminelle, Sr. passed away on Monday, January 3, 2022 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. He was 86½ years old.

Born in Jersey City on June 14, 1935 to the late John and Helen Mazure Leminelle, he has resided in Woodbridge for 44 years.

Mr. Leminelle was employed by PSE&G...

Nancy J. Drumm

Nancy J. Drumm

January 2, 2022

Nancy J. Bader Drumm passed away on Sunday, January 2, 2022 at her home in Woodbridge. She was 62 years old.

Born in Perth Amboy on February 22, 1959 to Thomas Bader and Sophie Dobos Bader, she was a proud lifelong resident of Woodbridge.

A graduate of Woodbridge High School, class of 1977, Mrs. Drumm...

Russell A. Motz

Russell A. Motz

January 1, 2022

Russell A. Motz passed away on Saturday, January 1, 2022 at Dellridge Rehabilitation Center in Paramus.  He was 61 years old.

Born in Queens, NY, he resided in Woodbridge for the past 10 years.

Mr. Motz was employed as a fuel truck operator with Tumino's Fuel Service in Ridgefield Park.

He was a...

Dorothy Viola Loniak

Dorothy Viola Loniak

December 31, 2021

Dorothy Viola Loniak passed away on Friday, December 31, 2021 at Care one at the Highlands Nursing Center in Edison.  She was 91 years old.

Mrs. Loniak was born in Newark on February 21, 1930 in and has resided in Carteret for the past 65 years. She received the Loving Cup after being named Most Beautiful Baby...

Joseph Capizzi

Joseph Capizzi

December 30, 2021

Joseph Capizzi passed away on Thursday, December 30, 2021 at his home in South Brunswick. He was 71 years old.

Born on February 7, 1950 in Sicily to the late Angela and Giacomo Capizzi, he has resided in South Brunswick for 20 years.

Mr. Capizzi owned and operated Lucky 7 pizzeria in Fords that later...

Anna Bryan

Anna Bryan

December 27, 2021

Anna Bryan

Anna Bryan, 90, passed away December 27 at home in Dunbarton, NH in love and peace, her family by her side while listening to her favorite Tony Bennett music. She was born April, 10, 1931 in Cranford, NJ to Vito and Frances (nee Costa) Francaviglia.

Anna grew up and attended school in Linden,...

Gilman T. Kutcher, Jr.

Gilman T. Kutcher, Jr.

December 27, 2021

Gilman Thomas Kutcher, Jr. passed away on Monday, December 27, 2021 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Rahway. He was 81 years old.

Born in Rahway, he resided in Woodbridge and Fords all of his life.

Mr. Kutcher was a graduate of Woodbridge High School, and served in the United States Navy from 1964...

Dolly Cardona Nunez

Dolly Cardona Nunez

December 26, 2021

Dolly Cardona Nuñez of Mercerville formerly of Rahway passed away on Sunday, December 26, 2021.  She was 81 years old.

Born in Belalcazar, Colombia; She grew up surrounded by her loving parents and 14 brothers and sisters.   She arrived in the USA in 1972, worked for several years in housekeeping at Villa Maria Nursing Home, North Plainfield...

Robert Cassidy

Robert Cassidy

December 24, 2021

Robert (Bob) Cassidy of Woodbridge passed away on Friday, December 24, 2021 at JFK Medical Center in Edison.  He was 74 years old.

Born in Perth Amboy, he was a lifelong resident of Sewaren and Woodbridge.

Mr. Cassidy served in the United States Army.

He owned and operated Mid-Atlantic Reclamation in Avenel for...

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