Gertrude Leahy
May 4, 2020
Gertrude Leahy passed away peacefully on Monday, May 4, 2020, at the Venetian Care Center in South Amboy. She was 90 years old.
Born in Hoboken, she resided in the Port Reading section of Woodbridge for the past 63 years.
Mrs. Leahy was a teller for Banker's Trust Company at their New York City Empire...
Patricia Notchey
May 1, 2020
Patricia Karl Notchey passed away on Friday, May 1, 2020 at Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune. She was 78 years old.
Born in Perth Amboy, she has resided in the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township for over 50 years.
A Graduate of Woodbridge High School class of 1958, she was a former Girl Scout...
Adeline Rose Lange
April 27, 2020
Adeline Rose Lange, age 84, was called to be with the Lord on April 27, 2020. She passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family.
Adeline was born in Dickson City, PA and resided in the Iselin section of Woodbridge Township, NJ for many years before moving to Jackson, NJ 15 years ago. She was a...
Joyce Helen Smoyak
April 25, 2020
Joyce Helen Smoyak passed away on Saturday, April 25, 2020 at the Venetian Care Center in South Amboy. She was 75 years old.
She was born in, and a lifelong resident of, the Fords section of Woodbridge Township
Ms. Smoyak was a member of John Calvin Hungarian Reformed Church of Woodbridge.
She was...
Theresa G. Almasi
April 23, 2020
Theresa G. Almasi passed away on Thursday, April 23, 2020 at her home in Woodbridge. She was 93 years old.
She was born in Perth Amboy and was a lifelong resident of Woodbridge and was a 1945 graduate of Woodbridge High School.
Mrs. Almasi was employed as a trademark associate with Merck & Company in...
Fred A. Briegs, Jr.
April 20, 2020
Fred Arthur Briegs, Jr., 83, of Woodbridge, passed away on April 20, 2020 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick. Born on September 18, 1936 in Perth Amboy, Fred was a lifelong resident of Woodbridge. He was a 1959 graduate of Oberlin College, studying organ and choral conducting at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. He enlisted as a...
Thelma M. Andrascik
April 19, 2020
Thelma M. Andrascik passed of natural causes on Sunday, April 19, 2020 at her home in Woodbridge. She was 92 years old.
Born in Scranton, PA, she resided in Woodbridge for most of her life.
Mrs. Andrascik was employed with the Woodbridge Township Board of Education as a secretary in the personnel department for 20...
Peter Tarantino
April 18, 2020
Peter Tarantino "Gramps" 89 of Woodbridge, a factory worker most of his life, a handyman for everyone he knew passed away suddenly from complications of COVID-19 at JFK Medical Center in Edison NJ on April 18th, 2020.
Peter was born in Newark NJ on July 31st, 1930. A Korean War vet, Peter was drafted and proudly joined...
Gordon Francis Toye
April 18, 2020
Gordon F. Toye passed away on April 18, 2020 in Edison, NJ. Born in Dover, New Jersey, on March 8, 1933 to Thomas E. and Catherine F. Toye, Gordon spent most of his younger years in Middlesex County, graduating from Woodbridge High School in 1951 having completed a college preparatory curriculum. Gordon was also a proud participant in the...
Joan L. Masarik
April 16, 2020
Joan L. Masarik passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 16, 2020 at her home in the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township surrounded by her loving family. She was 86 years old.
Born in Rahway, she was a lifelong resident of Avenel.
She loved her trips to Vermont.
Mrs. Masarik was predeceased by her...
Jorge Alvarado
April 15, 2020
Jorge Alvarado (Papa) age 86 passed away on Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at JFK Medical Center in Edison. He was a widower of Sonia Esther Garcia-Alvarado. They shared 31 wonderful years of marriage.
Born in Maricao, Puerto Rico, he was the son of predeceased Domingo Alvarado and Rosa Julia Cruz-Alvarado. He lived in Jersey Cilty for many...
Gertrude Woodruff
April 15, 2020
Gertrude Woodruff passed away on Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy Division. She was 95 years old.
A lifelong resident of Woodbridge Township, she was born in Iselin and has resided in Avenel for the last 72 years.
Mrs. Woodruff was employed at the Shop-Rite of Avenel. Upon her retirement...
Helen Izso
April 15, 2020
Helen Izso passed away on Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at JFK Medical Center in Edison. She was 90 years old.
She was born in, and a lifelong resident of, Woodbridge.
Helen was employed for many years in the accounts payable department of NL Industries; and was a member of the Calvin Hungarian Reformed Church of...
Mary Krystosiak
April 15, 2020
Mary Krystosiak of Jackson passed away on Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at Bartley Health Care Center in Jackson. She was 89 years old.
Born in New York City; She resided in Naples Florida and Carteret NJ before moving to Jackson 17 years ago.
Mrs. Krystosiak was employed as an Order Selector with Crown Publishing in...
Elizabeth A. Roth
April 14, 2020
Elizabeth A. Roth passed away on Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at JFKMC in Edison. She was 81 years old.
Born in Yardville, NJ, Elizabeth A. was the daughter of the Late Reverend David L. and Mrs. Elizabeth G. Coddington.
Mrs. Roth resided in the Colonia section of Woodbridge Township for over 60 years.
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Emil W. Brautigam
April 12, 2020
Emil W. Brautigam of Roselle passed away on Sunday, April 12, 2020 at Overlook Hospital in Summit. He was 98 years old.
Born in Elizabeth; He resided in Roselle for 63 years and at The Atria assisted living in Cranford for the past 2 years while he was living at The Artia he made many wonderful friends...
Wayne Schmitt
April 11, 2020
Wayne Schmitt passed away on Saturday, April 11, 2020 at JFK Medical Center in Edison. He was 81 years old.
Born in Teaneck, he resided in the Colonia section of Woodbridge Township for the past 38 years.
Mr. Schmitt served in the United States Army.
He was Assistant Business Administrator for the Ramsey...
Robert C. "Bob" Lehman
April 10, 2020
Robert C. "Bob" Lehman passed away at his son's home in Holland Township on Friday, April 10, 2020. He was 86 years old.
Born in Bayonne, Bob resided in the Sewaren section of Woodbridge Township for the past 8 years. Prior to that, he resided in the Township's Port Reading section since 1965.
Bob enlisted...
Sammy Johnson
April 9, 2020
On April 9, 2020; Sammy was called home by his heavenly father. Sammy Johnson was born in Newark, New Jersey on September 4, 1947 to the late Bertha Johnson and John Johnson. He received his education in the Newark, New Jersey school system. He also attended Bloomfield College in Bloomfield, New Jersey and Rutgers University in Newark, New...
Darran Simon
April 9, 2020
Darran Simon, a journalist who developed an expertise reporting on trauma during a wide-ranging career that had recently brought him to The Washington Post, where he covered District politics and government, passed away on Thursday, April 9, 2020 at his home in Washington, DC. He was 43 years old.
Born in London, England, he lived in Guyana...
