Local obituaries for Hagan-Chamberlain Funeral Home
Dolores Fratantuono
Dec 11, 2016
Dolores Rose Fratantuono, 87, passed away at home on Saturday, December 10, 2016, after a long illness. Born September 20, 1929, in the same house on Vosseller Avenue, Bound Brook, as her father, she was daughter of Joseph and Josephine [Januzzi] Garry. A lifelong resident of Bound Brook, Dolores lived on Fisher Avenue, John Street, Mountain Avenue, and finally in...
Mildred Nagrodski
Dec 2, 2016
Mildred Miller Nagrodski, 74, died Friday, December 2, 2016, at Bridgeway Care and Rehabilitation Center, Hillsborough. Born November 14, 1942, in Richmond, Virginia, she had resided in South Bound Brook for fifty-five years. Mildred worked for over twenty years for John Wiley and Sons, Somerset, until her retirement. She was an active member of the Reformed Church of Bound...
Alexandra Lebidko Billy
Nov 28, 2016
It is with deep sorrow we share the news of the passing on November 28, 2016, of our beloved mother, grandmother and great grandmother, Alexandra Marfa Lebidko Billy, at her home. Alexandra was born on August 7, 1925 to Denys and Tetiana Lebidko in the village of Mashivka, Poltava Oblast, in eastern Ukraine. She grew up on a farm...
Giesela Smith
Nov 27, 2016
Giesela H. Smith, 84, died in her sleep Sunday, November 27, 2016, at home, surrounded by her family. Born July 27, 1932, in Neptune, she was the daughter of Daniel R. and Käthe Langenberg Hermann. She was raised in Allenwood, moving to Somerset in 1947. She had attended Rutgers University and Somerset County College. Giesela was a homemaker with...
William Boulle Jr.
Nov 22, 2016
William J. Boulle, Jr., 87, died Tuesday, November 22, 2016, at his home in Piscataway. Born in New Rochelle, New York, he was the son of William J., Sr., and Margaret (Komasa) Boulle. Bill was a graduate of Iona College, receiving his degree in accounting. A United States Army Veteran, he served during the Korean War. He was an...
Helen Delle Cave
Nov 21, 2016
Helen V. Delle Cave, 92, died Monday November 21, 2016, at Rehab at Rivers Edge Care Center in Raritan. Born September 23, 1924, in Bound Brook, she was the daughter of Costanzo and Philomenia Sella. She was a lifelong resident of Bound Brook. She worked for Ethicon in Bridgewater for twenty-five years before retiring in 1987. She was a...
Helen Gessner
Nov 16, 2016
Helen Maletz Gessner, a recent resident of the Avalon at Bridgewater, died peacefully in her sleep on Wednesday, November 16, 2016. She was 96. Born to Mary (Wiech) and Stanislaus Maletz on December 28, 1919, in Bound Brook, she was a 1938 graduate of Bound Brook High School, and a 1941 graduate of Saint Peter’s Hospital School of Nursing....
Frances Toleno
Nov 16, 2016
Frances Conover Toleno, 87, died peacefully on Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at Foot Hill Acres Nursing Home, Hillsborough. She was the youngest of eight children born to John E. and Laura (Winans) Brarens on August 26, 1929, in Somerville, and was raised on the family farm in Martinsville. Frances was an active member of the American Legion Post 293...
Anthony Pranzatelli
Nov 3, 2016
Anthony M. Pranzatelli, 91, died Thursday, November 3, 2016, at home. Born June 13, 1925, in Bound Brook, he was the son of Michael and Rose Altiere Pranzatelli. He resided in Bound Brook until moving to Bridgewater in 1961. A United States Army veteran of World War II, he served as a Sergeant in the 38th Signal Corps, and...
Kenneth Sella
Nov 2, 2016
Kenneth A. Sella, 58, died Wednesday, November 2, 2016, at Morristown Memorial Hospital, Morristown. Born January 16, 1958, in Somerville, he was the son of Nicholas and Peggy Juzwiak Sella. A lifelong Bound Brook resident, he graduated Bound Brook High School in 1976, and attended Raritan Valley Community College. Ken was an exempt fireman with Ivy Hook & Ladder...
Betty Johnson
Oct 30, 2016
Betty M. Johnson, 92, died Sunday, October 30, 2016, at Somerset Woods Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Somerset. Born in Riegelsville, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of Raymond and Mildred (Black) Young. She spent most of her life in Bridgewater. She was a charter member of The Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Somerville, a member of The G.F.W.C. Phoenix...
Phyllis Kopf
Oct 29, 2016
Phyllis Rene Kopf, 87, died Saturday, October 29, 2016, at home. Born June 16, 1929, in the Bronx, New York, she was the daughter of Abe and Selma Matler. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree from Brooklyn County College, and her Master’s Degree from Hunter College. She was a social worker for the Bound Brook public school system for twenty-eight...
Stanley Nadbielny
Oct 25, 2016
Stanley J. Nadbielny, “Lefty”, a lifelong resident of Bound Brook, passed away peacefully on his 93rd birthday, October 25, 2016, with his family by his side. Lefty was a flight engineer and aircraft mechanic, serving in the United States Navy during World War II. He worked at Union Carbide Corporation, for forty-six years before retiring in 1985, and taught...


