Local obituaries for Hagan-Chamberlain Funeral Home
Efthymia Carzis
Oct 22, 2016
Efthymia "Efi" Carzis, of Ocean Grove, was born on January 20, 1925 in Athens, Greece. A beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and sister, Efi was devoted to her family. She passed away peacefully on the morning of October 22, 2016, at the age of 91. The eldest of five children, Efi often helped her mother take care of the little...
Louise Decastro
Oct 18, 2016
Louise Susan DeCastro, 81, died Tuesday, October 18, 2016, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - Somerset, Somerville. Born November 14, 1934, in Bound Brook, she was the daughter of Angelo “Gigi” and Carmela Berdinella DeCastro. She was a lifelong borough resident. She graduated from Bound Brook High School, Class of 1953, and Berkeley Business School. Louise was an...
George Alexander
Sep 8, 2016
George Alexander, 90, passed away Thursday, September 8, 2016, at home with his family. Born April 23, 1926, In Liepāja, Latvia, he was the son of Aleksandrs and Elisabeth Dowkont. He immigrated to America in May of 1951, living in Brooklyn before moving to New Jersey. George was employed by Bristol - Myers for thirty-five years. He enjoyed maintaining...
Paul Seiler
Aug 30, 2016
Paul John Seiler, 78, died Tuesday, August 30, 2016, at home. Born June 8, 1938, in New York City, he was the son of Paul A. and Martha Lutzmann Seiler. He resided in Roselle Park before moving to Warren in 1978. He was a graduate of Ridgefield Park High School, and earned his Bachelor Degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University....
George Pendleton
Aug 27, 2016
George Hyde Pendleton, 86, died Saturday, August 27, 2016, at North Broward Medical Center, Deerfield Park, Florida. Born August 4, 1930, in Somerville, he was the son of John Hyde and Miriam Fekete Pendleton, Jr. He resided in Hillsborough until moving to Somerville in 1942. He was a Florida “Snow Bird,” and enjoyed wintering in Deerfield Beach. George worked...
Nancy Warbrick
Aug 20, 2016
Nancy Wertheim “Big Nancy” Swarbrick, 61, of Piscataway, passed away Saturday, August 20, 2016, after a long battle with cancer, at Willow Creek Rehabilitation and Care Center, Somerset. She grew up in Green Brook, graduating Green Brook High School in 1973. At Trenton State College, she was a concert promoter, booking national acts. After college, she worked for Efinger’s...
Helen Oliver
Aug 12, 2016
Helen Celine Oliver, 93, died Friday, August 12, 2016, at Bridgeway Care Center in Bridgewater. Born in the Bronx, New York, she was the daughter of Joseph and Carmella Sinibaldi, and sister of Dorothy and Concetta Sinibaldi. Helen was a lifelong resident of Bound Brook. She graduated from Bound Brook High School in 1941, and from nursing school in...
Thomas Kelly
Aug 10, 2016
Thomas J. (Tom) Kelly, 84, of Souderton, Pennsylvania, went home to be with the Lord, Wednesday, August 10, 2016, at his home. Born in Peapack-Gladstone, he was the son of Francis and Evelyn Kelly. He graduated from Bernardsville High School in 1950, and Rutgers University in 1964. Tom was a generous and dedicated husband and father, and very importantly...
Harry Frezza, Sr.
Aug 4, 2016
Harry Thomas Frezza Sr. died peacefully early Thursday morning, August 4, 2016, at Arbor Glen Senior Living in Bridgewater Township. He was 89. Mr. Frezza was predeceased by his wife of sixty-three years, Concetta Mary Benincasa Frezza, who died May 18, this year. Mr. Frezza, a lifelong resident of Bound Brook, was born March 6, 1927, at Somerset Hospital...
Jeannette Consalvo
Aug 3, 2016
Jeannette Consalvo, 88, died August 3, 2016, at her home in Martinsville. Born in Phillipsburg, she was the daughter of Percey and Florence [Gerhart] Sofield. Raised in Middlesex, Jeannette graduated from Bound Brook High School in 1945. It was during her walks to school where she met her future husband, Frank, the owner of Frank’s Petroleum. They married in...
William Leitner
Jul 24, 2016
William Arthur Leitner, 57, died Sunday, July 24, 2016, at his home in Piscataway. Born in Somerville, he was the son of William and Henrietta (Scotch) Leitner. Bill was a graduate of St. Pius X High School in Piscataway, and Rutgers University-Newark, where he received his BA in business and accounting. In 1998 he moved to Manhattan, and returned...
Dorothy Diehl
Jul 24, 2016
Dorothy Diehl, 89, died Sunday, July 24, 2016, at the New Jersey Eastern Star Home in Bridgewater. Born in Plainfield, she was the daughter of John and Mary (Woytovich) Mason. Dorothy was a lifelong resident of Bound Brook and a dedicated mother to her children. She was an avid coin and stamp collector, and an exceptional bowler, receiving many...
Alice Binkley
Jul 19, 2016
Alice Marie [Creteau] Binkley, first born to Mary [Harabin] and Yves Creteau on February 15, 1949, passed away peacefully Tuesday, July 19, 2016, at Arbor Glen Holly Center, Bridgewater. Alice was employed by John Wiley and Sons for many years before she left to raise her son, Keith. She recently retired from Green Brook Academy in Bound Brook, with...
Francis Nangeroni
Jul 19, 2016
Frances Yanni Nangeroni, 70, died Tuesday, July 19, 2016, at home. Born September 19, 1945, in Linden, she was a graduate of Linden High School, Class of 1962, and the Garden State Beauty School. Frannie worked at Drug Fair in Warren, AT&T, and for many years at Industrial Engineering in Linden. Her love of nature — all animals,especially cats,...
Louis Pinto
Jul 14, 2016
Louis J. Pinto, 96, died Thursday, July 14, 2016, at home. Born August 25, 1919, in Bound Brook, he lived there until moving to Middlesex in 1995. He graduated Bound Brook High School, Class of 1938, and from Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, in 1942, with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering. After eighteen months employment at the...


