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,...

Mar 9, 2023

Elaine Nagy, 79, died Thursday, March 9, 2023, at her home in Somerset. Born in Somerville, she was the daughter of Charles and Mary (Florek) Smith. Elaine lived in Piscataway for several years before moving to Franklin Township where she settled down to raise her family. Elaine met her husband, Joseph, at a dance at Rutgers University. They were...

Mar 5, 2023

Dr. David Crystal, 81, died Sunday, March 5, 2023, at his home in Bound Brook. David was born in Newark, on July 22, 1941 from Russian Jewish parents from what now is Ukraine, in a town called Volochysk. His father was Jacob Crystal and his mother was Pauline Taffler. Both immigrants from the same town, they met in the...

Mar 2, 2023

Raymond W. Kopec, 67, passed away on March 2, 2023. in his apartment in Bound Brook NJ. Raymond was born in Brooklyn, NY, on March 21, 1955 and lived in Brooklyn and Queens NY before moving to Bridgewater NJ in the mid-seventies. He was the son of Mary and Walter Kopec.

Raymond attended elementary and high school...

Mar 1, 2023

Joann Tufaro, 80, died Wednesday, March 1, 2023, at Bridgeway Care and Rehabilitation Center at Hillsborough. Born in Englewood NJ, she was the daughter of James and Fran (Macken) Larkin. Joann grew up in Edison and moved to Branchburg in 1973 where she raised her family. She drove a bus for Branchburg Board of Education and Crème de la...

Feb 22, 2023

Tammy Lee Bohay, 60, Robbinsville, New Jersey

Tammy Lee Bohay, 60, passed away peacefully on February 22, 2023, at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in Hamilton, New Jersey, with her sister, Heidi Bohay Spound, at her side.

Born in Somerville, New Jersey, Tammy was the younger daughter of Harry and Arlene (Fehr)...

Feb 21, 2023

Isobel Agnes Palasits (Sue), 80, died peacefully at Care-One at Somerset Valley in Bridgewater on Tuesday, February 21, 2023. Born in Manhattan, she was the daughter of John and Agnes (Harris) McRae. Sue was raised in Jersey City, moved to Keansburg for a short while before returning to Jersey City at the age of 10. Sue worked as a...

Feb 17, 2023

Nancy Curtis, 67, died Friday, February 17, 2023, at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston after a brief illness. Born in Plainfield, NJ, she was the daughter of George and Ann (Dickinson) Kurtz. Nancy was a graduate of Green Brook High School and had worked for 35 years for Johnson & Johnson in Raritan as a document specialist submitting...

Feb 16, 2023

William "Bill" Ludwig, 88, died peacefully at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital – Somerset on Thursday, February 16, 2023. Born in New Brunswick, he was the son of William and Genevieve (Bobeck) Ludwig. Bill grew up in South Bound Brook and was a graduate of Bound Brook High School, class of 1952. Bill enlisted in the Air Force in...