Jan 14, 2018

Charles Tomaro, “Yut,” 94, died, Sunday, January 14, 2018, at Genesis Health Care, Bridgewater. Born in Bridgewater, he was the son of Joseph and Carmella (Pulsinelli) Tomaro. He was a lifelong Bound Brook Resident. He was a World War II Navy veteran. He worked for forty years at Union Carbide Corporation in Bound Brook before retiring in 1983. After...

Jan 11, 2018

William J. Lore, 85 years old, passed away Thursday, January 11, 2018, at his home in Bound Brook. He was born in Plymouth, Pennsylvania, on June 29, 1932, the son of John and Anna (Logue) Lore. He graduated Bound Brook High School in 1950, and Rutgers University in 1963. He worked as chief of Labor Relations for the Internal...

Jan 8, 2018

Sidonie Marie LePochat, 96, passed away peacefully on Monday, January 8, 2018, surrounded by family. Sidonie was born on November 19, 1921, in Glomel, France, one of five children born to Yves and Francoise Roule. She grew up in Brittany and endured the occupation before marrying Francois LePochat and immigrating to the United States. The LePochats crossed the Atlantic...

Jan 4, 2018

Calleigh Eaton, 16 months, passed away Thursday, January 4, 2018, at her family’s home in South Bound Brook. Calleigh was born three months early at St. Peter’s University Hospital in New Brunswick . She was in the Neonatal Intesive Care Unit for ten weeks, fighting the entire time. Despite being a preemie, Calleigh was flourishing and hitting all her...

Jan 2, 2018

Wasyl Laszeniuk, 90, died Tuesday, January 2, 2018, at his home in Somerset. Born in Ukraine, he was the son of Petro and Ksenia Laszeniuk. Wasyl was a supervisor at Reichhold Chemical in Elizabeth for thirty-eight years before retiring in 1989. Wasyl was predeceased by his daughter, Oksana Zemlachenko in 2016. He is survived by his loving wife of...

Jan 1, 2018

Thomas W. Barile of Chadwick Beach, passed away in his home on January 1, 2018, at the age of 71. Tom graduated from Bound Brook High School in Bound Brook, serving as his Class President in 1964, and subsequently received his Bachelor’s Degree from Gettysburg College in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He maintained relationships with numerous classmates through regular class reunions....

Dec 30, 2017

Devoted mother and cherished aunt Ludwena “Lou” Leonard (nee Dobrucki), 84, of South Bound Brook, passed away on Saturday, December 30, 2017, surrounded by her family. Born in 1933 she was the daughter of her wonderful parents Michael and Mary Hrynchak Dobrucki. Ludwena, known as “Lou,” was born in Linden. After graduating from Linden High School in 1951, she...

Dec 26, 2017

Wilson Alfredo Sumbana, 57, died Tuesday, December 26, 2017. Visitation will be, 9:00 - 10:45 A.M. Saturday, December 30, 2017, at the funeral home, followed by a 12:00 Noon Mass of Chrisian Burial at St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church, Bound Brook. Cremation is private.

Dec 26, 2017

Giuliano J. Rizzon, 86, died Tuesday, December 26, 2017, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - Somerset. Born October 24, 1931, in the Bronx, New York, he was the son of Peter and Gilda Ganzer Rizzon. He lived in Somerset for fourteen years, then Watchung for twenty-seven years, before moving to Bridgewater in 1999. He was a United States...

Dec 17, 2017

Louise Berk, 84, died Sunday, December 17, 2017, at her home in South Bound Brook. Born in Bound Brook, she was the daughter of Fred and Mildred (Van Buskirk) Wall. Louise was a lifelong resident of South Bound Brook, and a graduate of Bound Brook High School. She worked for many years as a file clerk for John Wiley...

Dec 14, 2017

Douglass S. Davidson, Jr., 69, died Thursday, December 14, 2017, at his home in Milford. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, he was the son of Douglass S. Davidson, Sr., and Marie Jean (Rohack). Douglass was a graduate of Ansonia High School, Waterbury Technical Institute, the University of Hartford, where he received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemistry, and...

Dec 13, 2017

Dec 12, 2017

Aileen Hayden Bendler, 93, passed away peacefully at her home on Tuesday, December 12, 2017, with her husband, daughter and son in law by her side. Born in Plainfield, she was the daughter of Bernard J. Hayden, Sr., and Mabel Jones Hayden. Aileen was a lifelong resident of Middlesex. She was a graduate of Bound Brook High School, Class...

Dec 10, 2017

Vincent, J. Yannetti, Sr., 95, died peacefully Sunday, December 10, 2017, at his home. Born in Bound Brook, he was the son of Joseph and Teresa (Mainelli) Yannetti. Vincent was a graduate of Bound Brook High School, Class of 1941. A United States Army Veteran of World War II,, serving from 1943 to 1946, Vincent was the recipient of...

Dec 8, 2017

Betty Oak Paul, a longtime resident of Bound Brook and Bridgewater, passed away on December 8, 2017. Betty was born in Painesville, Ohio, in 1926. Her father, Alfred Oak, originally of Perris, California, and her mother, the former Gladys Godfrey of Fort Payne, Alabama, raised Betty along with her three sisters in Bound Brook. Betty graduated from Bound Brook...

Dec 6, 2017

Gloria Masucci, 71, died Wednesday, December 6, 2017, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - Somerset. Born in Bound Brook, she was the daughter of Louis and Rose Masucci. A lifelong resident, Gloria loved dancing at Veterans of Foreign Wars Christmas parties with her father, laughing and having fun with her family and friends. She enjoyed traveling with her...

Dec 4, 2017

Dec 4, 2017

Lawrence DeSantis, co-owner of the Brass Rail Tavern in Bound Brook for more than forty years, died peacefully at his home in Bound Brook on December 4, 2017, after a long illness. He was ninety-one. When his father died in 1950, Larry took over the Brass Rail with his brother, Joseph DeSantis, who died in 2006. He was well...

Dec 4, 2017

Helen “Halyna” Dobusz was born on March 29, 1928 in the village of Lypova Dolyna, and grew up in Hadiach, in the Poltava Region of Ukraine. Her parents were Makar and Maria (Lysivnenko) Sydorenko. She was the third of four daughters: the eldest, Nadia died in early 1930s during the Great “Holodomor” Famine in Ukraine; the next eldest sister,...

Dec 4, 2017