Oct 22, 2015

Vera June Mohr, 87, died Thursday, October 22, 2015, at Arbor Glen in Bridgewater. Born in Dunellen, she was the daughter John and Ida (Helpertz) Brueckner. Vera was a graduate of Dunellen High School, and attended the New York School of Interior Design. She worked as a secretary with American Cyanamid in Bound Brook, from 1953 to 1989. After...

Oct 22, 2015

Oct 21, 2015

Dorothy C. Piotrowicz, 72, died Wednesday, October 21, 2015, at her home in Flagtown. Born in Bound Brook, she was the daughter of John and Ida (Olowski) Platukis. In 1970, she and her husband, Bob, settled in Flagtown and raised their family. In 1980, she began working as a school bus driver with First Student and retired in 2000....

Oct 20, 2015

Oct 9, 2015

Lillian M. Castelli, 94, died Friday, October 9, 2015, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - Somerset, Somerville. Born January 30, 1921, in College Point, Queens, New York, she was the daughter of Walter and Theresa Hughes Klotzer. She had resided in Vermont before moving to Raritan fifty-five years ago. Lillian was a talented musician, playing piano, mandolin, guitar,...

Oct 4, 2015

Louise B. House, 95, of Bridgewater, New Jersey, died on October 4, 2015, at the Green Knoll Center. Family and friends are invited to a service to celebrate her life on Saturday, October 17, at 11:00 A.M., at the South Bound Brook Reformed Church. If you plan to attend, we ask you to consider wearing something pink , Louise’s...

Oct 2, 2015

Helen Wawrzyniak, 92, beloved wife of the late Eugene Wawrzyniak, who died in 2007, died Friday, October 2, 2015, at Raritan Health and Extended Care Center, Raritan. Born in Bound Brook, Helen was a lifelong borough resident. She was the daughter of the late Francis and Rose Boroski. Helen and Gene were the longtime owners of the Roosevelt Café,...

Sep 26, 2015

Gretchen E. Facq, 93, died Saturday, September 26, 2015, at the Arbor Glen Retirement Community in Bridgewater. Born June 9, 1922, in Buffalo, New York, she was the daughter of J. Grover and Edna McAdam Eichorn. She was a 1944 graduate of Cornell University, receiving her Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts. She grew up in Upstate New York and...

Sep 22, 2015

Vittoria Caccavelli, 89, died Tuesday, September 22, 2015, at St. Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in Spinete, Italy, she was the daughter of Michele and Filomena (Calabrese) DeMagistris. She emigrated to the US in 1954. She lived in New York for a short time, before settling in Bound Brook in 1959. She lived Piscataway for 35 years, before...

Sep 21, 2015

Sep 11, 2015

Katherine Hucul, 92, died Friday, September 11, 2015, at CareOne at Somerset Valley Rehabilitation Center, Bridgewater. Born December 6, 1922, in Strzalkow, Poland, she was the daughter of Yukhym and Vera Kucharczuk, who settled outside of Kalisz, Poland in a community for military refugees of the Ukrainian National Republic. Raised and educated in Poland, Katherine and her parents eventually...

Aug 31, 2015

Aug 26, 2015

“Hey, whatdoyou care?” If he had a signature line that was it. It turns out, a great many people cared a great deal about Armonde S. Patullo, who died Wednesday morning at the age of 91. Born lucky, the seventh child of Carmine and Carmella Patullo, Armonde grew up in Bound Brook, New Jersey playing Kick the Can and...

Aug 19, 2015

Aug 19, 2015

Wanda A. Langdon, 92, died Wednesday, August 19, 2015, at Muncy Valley Hospital, Muncy, PA. Born in Franklin Township, Lycoming County, PA on the family farm (a “century farm,” in the Farnsworth name since 1850). She was a daughter of M. Kay and Alta I. Farnsworth. It was on the farm that she acquired her enduring strong work ethic...

Aug 16, 2015

Orlando J. Rios 1940 - 2015 Orlando J. Rios, 75, died peacefully, early Sunday, August 16, 2015, at Montgomery Medical Center in Onley, MD. He was a Bank of New York employee before retiring several years ago. Orlando was dearly loved by his wife Lilia, children, Orlando, Jr. (Marcela), Lynn (Juan) and Jenny (David), grandchildren Andrew Joshua, Angela, Austin,...

Aug 12, 2015

Venice “Ven” Pauline, 93, passed away peacefully Wednesday, August 12, 2015, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - Somerset, Somerville. Born March 31, 1922, in Trenton, she was the daughter of Sebastian and Irene Russo Paolino. She lived most of her life in Bound Brook, residing at Brandywine Assisted Living, Bridgewater, for the past seven years. Ven had worked...

Aug 10, 2015

Robert J. Lopa of Somerset, passed away peacefully, with his loving family by his side, on Monday, August 10, 2015, at St. Peter's University Hospital in New Brunswick. Born in Somerville, Robert was the son of Philip and Josephine (Pianka) Lopa. He was raised in Bound Brook and was a graduate of Bound Brook High School, Class of 1970....

Aug 5, 2015

Kathryn Macking Alheim, 87, died Wednesday, August 5, 2015, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - Somerset, Somerville. Born July 6, 1928, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of Peter and Jesse Watt Macking. She graduated from Elmer Meyers High School, Wilkes-Barre, Class of 1946. She had resided in Middlesex for the past sixty-two years. Kathryn was a...

Aug 2, 2015

Leona Rose Speer, 86, died Sunday, August 2, 2015, at home. Born May 30, 1929, in Taylor, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of Joseph and Rose Nykaza Maslanka. She had resided in Bridgewater since 1965. Leona was a graduate of Marywood College, Scranton, Pennsylvania. She taught fourth grade at Green Knoll Adamsville, and John F. Kennedy, schools in the...