Albert P. Cursi
December 24, 2021
Albert P. Cursi, Jr. passed away on Friday, December 24, 2021 at Alaris Health at Riverton Nursing Center in Rahway. He was 92 years old.
Born on September 24, 1929 in Avenel to the late Geraldine and Albert Cursi, Sr., he was a lifelong resident of Woodbridge Township.
Mr. Cursi was self-employed as a general...
Maria "Oma" Staudacher
December 23, 2021
Maria Staudacher passed away on Thursday, December 23, 2021 at Ashbrook Nursing Center in Scotch Plains. She was 98 years old.
Born on November 20, 1923 in Yugoslavia to the late Josefa and Josef Matzelle, she resided in Ridgewood, NY before moving to the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township 10 years ago.
Mrs. Staudacher was...
Rita Modafferi
December 22, 2021
Rita Modafferi passed away on Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at JFK Medical Center in Edison. She was 88 years old.
Born in Brooklyn, NY, she has resided in the Fords section of Woodbridge Township since 2003.
Mrs. Modafferi was employed as a keypunch operator with J. P. Morgan Company in New York City for many...
Sylvia J. Gulliford Jozefowicz
December 22, 2021
Sylvia J. Stilo Gulliford Jozefowicz passed away at her home in Woodbridge on Wednesday, December 22, 2021. She was 83 years old.
She was born in, and a lifelong resident of, Woodbridge.
Sylvia was a loving wife, mother, nana, sister, and aunt. She was a 1958 graduate of Woodbridge High School and a lifelong parishioner...
Marie Decamp
December 21, 2021
Marie Decamp passed away on Tuesday, December 21, 2021 at her home in the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township. She was 69 years old.
Born on December 20, 1952 in Irvington to the late Ann Marie and John Farruggia, she resided in Egg Harbor before moving to the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township 3 1/2 years ago....
Raymond W. Schall
December 20, 2021
Raymond W. Schall passed away on Monday, December 20, 2021 at his home in the Fords section of Woodbridge Township. He was 87 years old.
Born in Jersey City, he was a graduate of Dickerson High School before residing in Fords for over 40 years.
Raymond was a United States Navy veteran of the Korean...
Joseph F. Cornacchia
December 19, 2021
Joseph Francis Cornacchia passed away on Sunday, December 19, 2021 at JFK Medical Center in Edison. He was 71 years old.
He was born on December 30, 1949 in Newark, NJ and resided in Avenel most of his life.
He started his teaching career as a math teacher in Weequahic High School in Newark. He...
Victoria Mackintosh
December 18, 2021
Victoria Mackintosh passed away at JFK Medical Center in Edison, NJ on Saturday December 18, 2021. She was 61 years old.
Born in Newark she has lived North Middletown for the past 23 years.
Victoria worked as an accountant at Davenport and Associates for many years.
She enjoyed Pixel Dolls on the Internet...
Leonard T. Gigantino
December 18, 2021
Leonard T. Gigantino passed away on Saturday, December 18, 2021 at Brighton Gardens of Edison. He was 83 years old.
Born and raised in Newark, he resided in Colonia for most of his life before moving to East Hanover and then to Edison.
Mr. Gigantino was a United States Army Veteran.
He Owned...
Lybia E. Burgos
December 14, 2021
Lybia E. Burgos of the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township passed away on Tuesday, December 14, 2021 at St. Josephs Medical Center in Patterson. She was 83 years old.
Born in Ecuador; She resided in Jersey City; before moving to Avenel in January.
Mrs. Burgos was an OB/GYN with Planned Parenthood and North Hudson Community...
Antonio Dotro
December 12, 2021
Antonio Dotro passed away on Sunday, December 12, 2021 at JFK Medical Center in Edison. He was 80 years old.
Born in Spilinga, Italy, he resided in the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township before moving to Edison in 1992.
Mr. Dotro was employed as a Tool & Die maker with Automatic Switch in Florham Park...
John R. Keenan
December 12, 2021
John R. Keenan, known to all as Jack, passed away on Sunday December 12, 2021, at his home in the Sewaren section of Woodbridge Township. He was 89 years old.
Born in Newark, he resided in Sewaren for 57 years.
Jack was employed through Local 680 of the Milk Employees Union for many years before...
Florence Oleyar
December 10, 2021
Florence Victoria Oleyar passed away on Friday, December 10, 2021 at her home in the Colonia section of Woodbridge Township. She was 97 years old.
She walked humbly and respectfully with her God and accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior. The Holy Spirit was her constant companion and teacher.
Florence was born in Garwood on...
Lorraine M. Brenner
December 6, 2021
Lorraine Brenner passed away on Monday, December 6, 2021 in the care of Brighton Gardens of Edison. She was 88 years old.
Lorraine was born and raised in Newark where she met and married the love of her life, William F. Brenner, Sr. They moved to the Port Reading section of Woodbridge Township where she raised her...
Louise Velazquez
December 4, 2021
Louise Velazquez passed away on Saturday, December 4, 2021 at her home in the Iselin section of Woodbridge Township. She was 102 years old.
She was born in Newark on April 26. 1919 in Newark to the late Rosa and Dominico Pepe; and has resided in Iselin for many years.
Mrs. Velazquez attended vocational school...
Jason Parlacoski
December 4, 2021
Jason Parlacoski passed away on Saturday December 4, 2021 at JFK Medical Center in Edison, NJ. He was 38 years old.
Born in Perth Amboy Jason has resided in the Port Reading section of Woodbridge Township for 3 years.
Jason was a member of the Perth Amboy High School Class of 2002 and went on...
Peter Thomas Joe
December 2, 2021
Peter T. Joe passed away on Thursday, December 2, 2021 at Morristown Medical Center. He was 81 years old.
Mr. Joe was born in New York City and has lived in the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township since 1970.
He was a United States Marine Corps veteran; and was employed as a steamfitter with Local...
Elizabeth Maldonado
November 29, 2021
Elizabeth Maldonado passed away at her home in Woodbridge, NJ on Monday November 29, 2021. She was 57 years old.
Born in Chicago, Illinois Elizabeth resided in Union City before moving to Woodbridge 20 years ago.
She was predeceased by her mother Aurora Nieves Maldonado; and five sisters and brothers Angel Arroyo, Olga Arroyo, Wilfredo...
Geraldine "Gerry" Bader
November 28, 2021
Geraldine "Gerry" Bader passed away peacefully in her sleep at Saint Joseph's Senior Home on Sunday, November 28, 2021. She was 89 years old. She sent a brief flurry of snow to let us know that she made it to heaven.
She was born in Perth Amboy but was a lifelong resident of, Woodbridge, NJ. She attended...
Robert J. Haborak, Sr.
November 27, 2021
Robert J. Haborak, Sr. passed away on Saturday, November 27, 2021 at JFK Medical Center in Edison. He was 86 years old.
Born in Perth Amboy on October 30, 1935 to the late Mary (Lykosh) and Joseph Haborak, he was a Perth Amboy resident until moving to Woodbridge over 50 years ago.
A United States...
