Local obituaries for Hagan-Chamberlain Funeral Home
Carmela Ciminelli
May 26, 2015
Carmela Armentano Ciminelli, 78, entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, May 26, 2015, at RWJ University Hospital, Somerset surrounded by her family. Born on October 17, 1936 in Amendolara, Calabria, Italy, she was raised in Terranova di Pollino before emigrating to the United States in 1969 and settled in Bound Brook. She moved to Bridgewater in 2002. Carmela was...
Ronald Gee
May 16, 2015
Ronald Charles Gee, 82, died Saturday, May 16, 2015, at Regency Heritage Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Somerset. Born in Manchester, England, he came to the United States in 1950, living in North Plainfield before moving to Middlesex in 1961. He was a foreman at Thielex, Piscataway, where he worked for over thirty years before his retirement in 1993. He...
Doris Hughes
May 11, 2015
Doris Lahey Hughes, 94, died peacefully at her home on May 11, 2015. Born on April 23, 1921, to George F. Lahey and Emma Warren McIntosh. Mrs. Hughes was raised in Upper Montclair and had lived for many years in Bridgewater. Mrs. Hughes was employed by Somerset Pediatric Group in Somerville as a pediatric nurse for 17 years before...
Wanda Wojton
May 2, 2015
Wanda Wojton, 93, died Saturday, May 2, 2015, at The Chelsea at Bridgewater, in Bridgewater. Born in Bound Brook, she was the daughter of John and Gabriella (Izela) Gajewski. She was a lifelong area resident. She and her husband, John, owned and operated John’s Market , on Talmadge Avenue, Bound Brook, for over thirty years, before selling the store...
Betty Adriaanse
Apr 30, 2015
Betty Ann Adriaanse, 89, died Thursday, April 30, 2015, at Brandywine Assisted Living, Bridgewater. Born January 1, 1926, in Bound Brook, she was a Bound Brook High School graduate and a lifelong borough resident. She had worked at the Bridgewater Commons Mall for 10 years as a customer service representative, retiring several years ago. She was a Communicant of...
Anna Carr
Apr 22, 2015
Anna Pietruszewski Carr passed away on Wednesday, April 22, 2015, at the age of 95, at Raritan Health & Extended Care Center, Raritan. She was born in Mahanoy City, Pennsylvani, on April 12, 1920. Anna was preceded in death by her sisters Helen and Josephine, and her brothers Stan and Joe. She and her husband, Charles P. Carr, moved...
Theresa Fisher
Apr 20, 2015
Theresa was born June 29, 1951 in Newark, New Jersey, to loving parents Henry and Dorothy Bariexca. One of six children, Theresa had two brothers and three sisters. Theresa grew up in Newark, until her family moved to Toms River, in 1960. Theresa attended elementary schools on Pershine and Garfield Avenue in Newark, as well as in Toms River....
Alfred Castano
Apr 20, 2015
Alfred J. “Mousie” Castano, 87, died Monday, April 20, 2015, at home. Born October 16, 1927, and raised in Bound Brook, he had resided in Bridgewater for fifty-six years. He was a United States Army veteran of World War II. Mousie worked as an automotive mechanic for American Cyanamid Company, Bound Brook, for forty-five years, retiring 1990. He was...
Bryan Avallone
Apr 17, 2015
Bryan Christopher Avallone, 29, died Friday, April 17, 2015, at home. Born January 26, 1986, in Turnersville, he was the son of Christine M. Avallone and Brian S. Hubbard. He resided in Somerville for eight years before moving to South Bound Brook in 2013. He had worked in Customer Service at 7 - Eleven, in Somerville. Bryan is survived...
Virginia Santomen
Apr 16, 2015
Virginia Morecraft Santomen, 89, died peacefully Thursday, April 16, 2015, at home, surrounded by her daughters. Born June 29, 1925, in Bound Brook Hospital, she was a lifelong borough resident. She graduated Bound Brook High School, Class of 1939. Ginny worked with her husband, Thomas, at Santomen’s Hardware Store , Bound Brook, for over twenty-five years. She also worked...
Robert Tunison
Apr 9, 2015
Robert William Tunison, 91, died Thursday, April 9, 2015, at home. Born June 2, 1923, in Somerville, he was the son of Harmon and Harriet Leedom Tunison. He was a lifelong Warren resident. A United State Army veteran of World War II, he saw action in Belgium, France, and Germany. Bob retired as a drywall taper finisher from Branchburg...
Rita Milesnick
Apr 9, 2015
Rita Ann Milesnick, 83, died peacefully on Thursday, April 9, 2015, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Somerville. Born in Bayonne, she was the daughter of Mary and Stanley Szaro. A lifelong resident of Middlesex, she was a communicant of Our Lady of Mt. Virgin Church, where she received all of her sacraments and was married. Rita graduated from...
George Maynard
Apr 7, 2015
George D. Maynard III, 52, died Tuesday, April 7, 2015, at St. Luke’s University Health Network, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Alyce (Lemaire) and the late George D. Maynard, Jr. Mr. Maynard was raised in Bound Brook, graduating from Bound Brook High School in 1980. He attended Dean College in Massachusetts. He was a computer technician with...
Edward Anderson, Jr.
Apr 6, 2015
Edward W. Anderson, Jr., 86, passed away Monday, April 6, 2015, at home, in Bernards Township. He had been a local apple farmer in the township since 1947. He is survived by his loving wife of 64 years, May I. [Mason] Anderson; his son, William; his daughter, Alice Carle; his sister, Shirley, six grandchildren, and his five beloved great-grandchildren....
Eugene Juronics
Apr 5, 2015
Eugene J. Juronics, 95, died Sunday, April 5, 2015, at Tidewell Hospice, Sarasota, Florida. Born January 31, 1920, in New Brunswick, he was the eighth of nine children of Mary and Joseph Juronics. He graduated from St. Ladislaus Catholic School, New Brunswick High School, and Drake Business School. Gene Married Catherine Fitzpatrick, daughter of Peter and Ellen Fitzpatrick of...
Alfred Papa
Apr 1, 2015
Alfred P. Papa, 88, died Wednesday, April 1, 2015, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Somerville. Born in Bound Brook, he was the son of Alfredo and Annunziato Papa. He attended Bound Brook High School. In 1944 he enlisted in the United States Navy, serving as a Water Tender Third Class aboard destroyer escort Joseph E. Connolly (DE-450). He...


