Theresa Ricotta
October 25, 2015
Theresa Serer Ricotta passed away on Sunday, October 25, 2015 at JFK Hartwyck at Edison Estates Nursing Center in Edison. She was 85 years old. Born in Wilmington, DE, she has resided in the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township for the past 53 years. Mrs. Ricotta was employed as a telephone operator with Bell Atlantic for many years. She was...
Dorothy Mazza
October 22, 2015
Dorothy Mazza passed away on Thursday, October 22, 2015 at her home in the Colonia section of Woodbridge Township. She was 88 years old. Born in Evansville, Indiana, she resided in Elizabeth before moving to Colonia 57 years ago. Mrs. Mazza was employed as a tester with Western Electric in Clark for 15 years prior to her retirement. She was...
Teresa M. Pecora
October 22, 2015
Teresa M. Pecora passed away on Thursday, October 22, 2015 at Saint Joseph's Senior Home in Woodbridge. She was 94 years old. Born in Newark, she has resided in the Colonia section of Woodbridge Township since 1972. Mrs. Pecora was a communicant of Saint Cecelia's Catholic Church in Iselin. She was employed as an inspector with Engelhardt Industries in Newark...
Nicholas A. Calamito
October 21, 2015
Nicholas A. Calamito passed away on Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy Division. He was 70 years old. Born in Jersey City, he resided in the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township for the past 47 years. Mr. Calamito was employed as a motorman with the PATH System for 31 years before retiring in 2001; and...
Richard J. Fruehwirth
October 19, 2015
Richard J. Fruehwirth passed away on Monday, October 19, 2015 at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy Division. He was 62 years old. Born in Perth Amboy, he resided there before moving to South Amboy 29 years ago. A graduate of Saint Mary's High School in Perth Amboy and Saint John's University on Staten Island, Mr. Fruehwirth served in the...
Judith Englert
October 18, 2015
Judith Englert passed away at her home in the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township on Sunday, October 18, 2015 at home. She was 72 years old. Born in Hazelton, PA, she resided in Avenel for the past 40 years. Mrs. Englert graduated from Hazelton State Nursing College and was employed as a surgical nurse at Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx...
Maryrose Buonomo
October 15, 2015
Maryrose Buonomo of the Port Reading section of Woodbridge Township passed away on Thursday, October 15, 2015 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Rahway. She was 77 years old. Born in Jersey City, NJ; She resided in Port Reading since 1966. Mrs. Buonomo was a Communicant of St. Anthony's R.C. Church in Port Reading. Maryrose was the Parish secretary...
Margaret Schaefer
October 15, 2015
Margaret Schaefer passed away on Thursday, October 15, 2015 at Care One at the Highlands Nursing Center in Edison. She was 81 years old. Born in Newark, she has resided in Iselin before moving to Metuchen 10 years ago. Mrs. Schaefer was employed as a sales clerk with S Klein Department Store in Woodbridge for several years. She is predeceased...
Barbara Vollmann
October 11, 2015
Barbara Vollmann passed away on Sunday, October 11, 2015 at her home in Woodbridge. She was 77 years old. Born in Perth Amboy, she resided in Woodbridge for many years. Mrs. Vollmann was employed as a Home Health Aide. She was a communicant of Saint James Catholic Church in Woodbridge, an animal lover and contributor to many charitable causes. Mrs....
Antonio Robertiello
October 10, 2015
Antonio Robertiello passed away on Saturday, October 10, 2015 at JFK Medical Center in Edison. He was 82 years old. Born in Laviano, Italy, he resided in Jersey City and Honesdale, PA for many years before moving to Lake Ariel, PA several years ago. Mr. Robertiello was employed as a machinist with Nesor Alloy Corporation in West Caldwell for 38...
Dorothy Bukofsky
October 6, 2015
Dorothy Bukofsky entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at JFK Medical Center in Edison. She was 80 years old. Born in Perth Amboy, she has resided in Woodbridge since 1955. Mrs. Bukofsky was a communicant of Saint James Catholic Church in Woodbridge. She was predeceased by her husband, Robert C. Bukofsky, in 2007; and a brother, Francis...
Thaddeus F Tworkowski
October 1, 2015
Thaddeus F. "Ted" Tworkowski passed away on Thursday, October 1, 2015 at his home in Rahway. He was 90 years old. Ted was born in Brooklyn where he lived most of his life and raised his family. He retired to Toms River before moving to Rahway. He was employed as a foreman with the New York Transit Authority for 21...
James Thomas Weir
September 30, 2015
James Thomas Weir passed away on Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at home in Avenel. He was 79. Born in Tottenville, New York, he resided in the Hopelawn and Avenel sections of Woodbridge Township for 40 years. Mr. Weir was employed as a maintenance man for Elizabethtown Gas Company for 44 years before he retired in 1998. He was predeceased by...
Michelle Behany
September 28, 2015
Michelle Behany of Carteret passed away on Monday, September 28, 2015 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Rahway. She was 53 years old. Born in New Brunswick, NJ; She resided in South Brunswick before moving to Carteret seven years ago. Ms. Behany was employed as a cosmetologist with Macy's and Lancome for many years and as a companion with...
Yolanda Covino Takacs
September 27, 2015
Yolanda Covino Takacs of the Port Reading section of Woodbridge Township passed away on Sunday, September 27, 2015 at Brighton Gardens in Edison. She was 91 years old. Born in Port Reading she was a lifelong resident. Mrs. Takacs was employed as a counter server at D'Orsi's Bakery in Port Reading and a Custodian for Port Reading School # 9...
James R. Reese, Sr.
September 23, 2015
James R. Reese, Sr. passed away on Wednesday, Septmber 23, 2015 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. He was 63 years old. Born in Newark, he resided in Colonia and Woodbridge before moving to Metuchen 20 years ago. Mr. Reese was employed as a plumber with O.S. Dunigan & Co. in Woodbridge for many years and as...
Eleanor Mae Smith
September 23, 2015
Eleanor Mae Smith passed away Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at JFK Medical Center in Edison. She was 86 years old. Born in Union, she resided in the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township for many years. Mrs. Smith worked as an Avon representative and had studied opera in New York City. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of...
Martina Thorn
September 21, 2015
Martina Thorn passed away on Monday, September 21, 2015 at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy Division. She was 83 years old. Born in Tipperary, Ireland, she has resided in the Sewaren section of Woodbridge Township for the past 29 years. Mrs. Thorn was predeceased by her husband, James E. Thorn, in 2010. She will be fondly remembered by her...
Joseph L. Sokolowski
September 19, 2015
Joseph L. Sokolowski passed away on Saturday, September 19, 2015 at Bridgeway Care Center in Bridgewater. He was 88 years old. He was born in Perth Amboy, he resided in Woodbridge for most of his life. Mr. Sokolowski was a Mechanic and Pipefitter with Chevron Oil Company in Perth Amboy for 39 years until his retirement in 1989. Joseph was...
Martha M. Webb
September 19, 2015
Martha Marion Storey Webb passed away on Saturday, September 19, 2015 at Roosevelt Care, Edison. She was 92 years old. A lifelong resident of Woodbridge, she was born there on April 4, 1923 to the late James M. and Esther F. Jackson Storey. Martha worked at Raritan Arsenal during World War II, and then for FMC Corporation in Carteret, and...
