May 19, 2023

Kasmier "Kaz" Blockus, 90, passed away peacefully on May 19, 2023, after a brief stay at Morristown Memorial Hospital. Born in Nanticoke, PA, Kaz was the son of Charles and Mary (Bunnor) Blockus. Kaz attended the Nanticoke Area Schools and enlisted in the Army serving from 1949 to 1952 where he was stationed in Korea. After being discharged he...

May 18, 2023

Mark Renwanz, 66, passed away on Thursday, May 18, 2023, at his home in Brick. Born in Somerville, Mark grew up in Bound Brook. He attended Bound Brook High School and graduated in 1974. He went on to earn his bachelor’s degree from Wagner College, where he also played football. Mark worked as a B&B mechanic for Amtrak in...

May 13, 2023

Joseph John Borkowski, 87, passed away surrounded by his loving family on May 13, 2023, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Somerville. Born in Elizabeth, NJ, he was the son of Frank Chester and Alfrieda (Piatrowski) Borkowski. He was a resident of Bound Brook for many years.

Joseph was predeceased by his brothers; Frank, Richard, and...

May 8, 2023

Christine Albanese, 79, passed away peacefully on May 8, 2023, at Sunrise of Bridgewater. Born in Bound Brook, Christine was the daughter of the late Nicholas and Angelina (Papera) Yarnell. She attended Bound Brook High School, graduating in 1962. She worked as a bookkeeper for many years, most recently with Prism Consulting in Warren, before retiring in 2006. She...

May 5, 2023

Margaret Jakoplic, 98, passed away at home surrounded by family on May 5, 2023.

Margaret grew up in South Bound Brook and graduated from Bound Brook High School, class of 1942. She was an executive secretary at Union Carbide, Piscataway, NJ. Margaret lived in Bridgewater, NJ for over 50 years and attended Martinsville United Methodist Church. Some...

May 4, 2023

Apr 27, 2023

Dorothy E. Golfin, 91, passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 27, 2023, at CareOne – Somerset Valley. Born at RD1 in Bound Brook, she was the daughter of Otto and Elizabeth (Applegate) Maehr. Dorothy was a graduate of Bound Brook High School, class of 1951. She grew up in Possumtown, before moving to Somerset in 1952, then settling on...

Apr 21, 2023

Angel R. Bermontiz Lopez, 81, passed away peacefully on Friday, April 21, 2023, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in Puerto Rico, Angel was the son of Francisco Bermontiz and Guadelupe Lopez. Angel loved life and being in love, in his early years he would stand in the corner store of his hometown where a young...

Apr 18, 2023

Paul D. Chamberlain, 66, of Bound Brook, passed away while surrounded by his loving family, on Tuesday, April 18, 2023.

Paul was born and raised in Bound Brook, NJ, where he and his seven siblings had many adventures growing up. He followed in his father’s footsteps of becoming a Funeral Director, and, along with his brother, Mark,...

Apr 18, 2023

Carmine Pugliese Sr., passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 18, 2023, at Laurel Circle in Bridgewater. Born in Frigento, Italy, Carmine was the oldest son of Rocco and Rosina (Pomponio) Pugliese. He emigrated to the United States with his family in 1952, settling in Raritan. While in high school, Carmine began dating JoAnne Savage and eventually they married and...

Apr 15, 2023

Michael, currently of Somerset, New Jersey and a 1964 graduate of Bound Brook High School, passed away on Saturday 4/15. Michael was an awesome musician. He started playing in High School with his group Satan’s Servants. He attended Berkley School of Music in Boston, MA.

Michael won many awards as a site manager for Brickman Landscape. He...

Apr 14, 2023

Terry Lynn Huepenbecker, fondly known as Hoop, passed away peacefully at home on April 14, 2023. He was 78 years old.

Growing up in Toledo, Ohio, after high school he joined the US Army and served from 1963-1969, as an E-4 Specialist. Serving in the Armed Forces was a very important time in his life as he...

Apr 13, 2023

Leonard Moshinsky, 95, of Boynton Beach, Florida, passed away on April 13th, 2023. May his memory be a blessing.

Leonard was born on December 14th, 1927, to his loving parents Morris and Esther Moshinsky. Leonard, the most loving and dedicated husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather is survived by his wife of seventy years, Doris; brother, Howard (Jean);...

Apr 11, 2023

Florence “Reggie” Perdue, 95, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, at Regency Jewish Heritage in Somerset. Born in Altoona, PA, Reggie was the daughter of the late Joseph and Luella Ketrow. Reggie was a resident of South Bound Brook from 1946 to 1970. She relocated to Bound Brook in 1970 before moving to Somerset in 2020. She...

Apr 6, 2023

Patsy Ruth Ciardi (nee Brown), a longtime resident of Piscataway, New Jersey, passed away peacefully surrounded by family after a short illness on April 6, 2023 at the age of 87. Patsy (Pat) was born in Pikeville, Kentucky. At the age of 5, her family moved to Dover, New Jersey, where she grew up. She graduated from Dover High...

Apr 5, 2023

Robert Baumgarten, 71, died peacefully at his father’s home on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. Born in New Brunswick, Robert moved to Somerset in 1956. He grew up in the house built by his father Nicholas, and was a graduate of Franklin Township High School and had attended Fairleigh Dickenson University. His passion was the piano, whether he was playing...

Mar 30, 2023

Bernadine Pasternak, 91 passed away peacefully, Thursday, March 30, 2023, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital – Somerset, surrounded by her children. Bernadine was born in Wilkes-Barre, PA. in 1932 with her twin brother Bernard. She was married November 6, 1954, in Wilkes-Barre, she and her husband moved to Plainfield and then to the Middlebush section of Somerset, where...

Mar 29, 2023

Justin Cooper, 33 died March 29, 2023. Justin grew up in Bound Brook before moving to Philipsburg in 2012. He loved Yu-Gi-Oh and has participated in many tournaments; martial arts like Isshin-Ryu Karate and had plans of opening his own Dojo with his best friend, Jesse. He enjoyed spending time at Gamer’s Edge in Stroudsburg, PA. Justin loved Power...

Mar 16, 2023

Marjorie L. Cunningham, 81, died Thursday, March 16, 2023, at Overlook Hospital in Summit. Born in Uniontown, PA, on Father’s Day, she was the daughter of Lawrence and Ruby (Lynn) Emery. Marjorie was a graduate of Scotch Plains High School. She was always a well dressed young woman, with a keen eye for fashion. Her gentle and loving nature...

Mar 14, 2023

Bernice Lopa, 84 died Tuesday, March 14, 2023, at Francis Parker Home in Piscataway. Born in Bound Brook, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Dolores (Ricci) Lopa. Bernice was a graduate of Bound Brook High School and Rutgers University where she received her master’s degree in Women Studies. She was employed by Rutgers for 40 years,...