Local obituaries for Hagan-Chamberlain Funeral Home

Marie Babik
May 13, 2014
Marie C. Babik, 75, died Tuesday, May 13, 2014, at The Manor Health and Rehabilitation Center, Freehold. Born February 26, 1939, in Ransom, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of Michael DeGirolamo, Sr. and Rose DeGilio DeGirolamo. She married in 1966 and moved to Piscataway in 1968, then Somerset in 2006, and Jackson in 2011 to be near her son....

David Pease
May 5, 2014
David M. Pease, AIA, 78, of Bridgewater, passed away Tuesday, May 6, 2014. Born in New Brunswick, to Arthur C. and Katherine H. Pease, David grew up in Middlesex, graduating from Bound Brook High School in 1954, and Ohio University in 1958. He was a registered architect for 47 years, and principal of the architectural firm variously known as...

Virginia Balascio
May 2, 2014
Virginia Pauline Balascio, 87, of Ocean Pines, MD, formerly of Iselin, NJ, died Friday, May 2, 2014, at University of Maryland Hospital in Baltimore. Born in the Bronx, NY, to the late Alfio and Rose (Mucciariello) Caterina, she graduated from Evander Childs High School in 1944. She lived in the Bronx for 26 years before moving to Iselin in...

Eileen Fiorino
May 1, 2014
Eileen Marie Fiorino, 90, died Thursday, May 1, 2014, at home. Born October 6, 1923, in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of Edward and Myrtle Llufrio Holsey. She came to New Jersey in 1962, settling in Piscataway. Eileen was a Medical Technician at St. Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick, working in Central Services and Supply. She retired in...

Kilchun Cha
Apr 27, 2014
Mr. Kilchun Cha, 63, died Sunday, April 27, 2014 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. A memorial service for Mr. Cha will begin at 2:00 P.M. on Monday, April 28, 2014 at the funeral home. Cremation was private.

Anna Endyke
Apr 25, 2014
Anna Endyke, 99, died Friday, April 25, 2014, at Margaret McLaughlin McCarrick Care Center, Somerset. Born June 4, 1914, in Perth Amboy, she was the daughter of Joseph and Teckla Dolzicki Endyke. She was a lifelong Somerset resident. Miss Endyke retired 1984 from Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, as a Personnel Department secretary, after 42 years with the company....

Hugo Kladivko
Apr 25, 2014
Hugo Otto “Bud” Kladivko, 89, passed away Friday, April 25, 2014, in Florida, where he had retired to several years ago. Born October 18, 1924, in Buffalo, NY, he was the son of Hugo and Helene E. (Loibl) Kladivko. Bud graduated from Bound Brook High School in 1942, where he was the junior and senior class presidents, and Lehigh...

Joanne Gentile
Apr 23, 2014
Joanne A. Gentile,73, died Wednesday April 23, 2014, at her home in Bridgewater, NJ. Born June 15, 1940, in Edison, she was the daughter of George Sweimler and Georgine Rivers. She was a graduate of Highland Park High School, Douglass College, and Katherine Gibbs School. She had an extensive career as an Executive Secretary, Office Manager, and Administrator from...

Nicholina Cirello
Apr 10, 2014
Nicholina M. Cirello, 94, died Thursday, April 10, 2014, at The Pavilion at Forrestal in Princeton. Born in Jersey City, she was the daughter of Bernard and Mary (Coletta) Consalvo. She moved to Bound Brook in 1945 and lived there most of her life. Mrs. Cirello was employed by Lynn and Fink in Hillsboro as a line worker for...

Ann Flynn
Apr 1, 2014
Ann Flynn passed away April 1, 2014. Born in Plainfield, NJ and daughter of Anna Regan and Harry Dunn, she resided in Bound Brook for over 57 years. A graduate of Holy Trinity High School, she chose to follow a career in business and after completing business courses was assigned to the British War Commission in New York City....

Lydia Gregor
Mar 30, 2014
Lydia Gregor, 93, died Sunday March 30, 2014, at home. Born May 28, 1919, in Ukraine, to Daniel and Elsa Wagner Aplas, she came to the United States in 1957, residing in Somerset since 1964. Mrs. Gregor had her Masters Degree in German Literature. She had worked as a Packing Technician at Ethicon, Bridgewater, for twenty-five years. She was...

Genevieve Jeskie
Mar 27, 2014
Genevieve M. Jeskie, 84, died Thursday, March 27, 2014, at Brandywine Assisted Living at Middlebrook, Bridgewater. Born November 9, 1929, in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of Joseph and Agnes Penkala Yachera. She was a resident of Bound Brook for fifty-five years , moving to Naples, Florida, for four years, then returning to Bound Brook. Mrs. Jeskie was...

Amy Zambrowski
Mar 27, 2014
Amy Jean Stevenson Zambrowski, 67, died Thursday, March 27, 2014, at Rolling Hills Care Center, Lebanon. Born February 2, 1947, in New Brunswick, she was the daughter of Howard and Muriel Clausen Stevenson. Raised in Franklin Township and South Bound Brook, she resided in Monroe Township for twenty-three years before moving to East Amwell in 1995. Amy graduated Bound...

Frances April
Mar 23, 2014
Frances R. April, 94, died Sunday, March 23, 2014, at Bridgeway Care Center, Bridgewater. Born December 16, 1920, in Bound Brook, she was the daughter of Salvatore and Maria Di Loretta Colalillo. She was a life-long borough resident, until moving into Bridgeway. She had been employed as a cook at Somerset County Vocational Technical School, Bridgewater. She was a...

Edward Holecz
Mar 22, 2014
Edward F. Holecz, Jr., 60, died Saturday, March 22, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born October 3, 1953, in New Brunswick, he was the son of Edward F. (Sr.) and Doris Collins Holecz. He had resided in South Bound Brook since 1959. Edward had worked as a gas technician at Suburban Propane, Bridgewater, for fifteen years....

Anna Andrec
Mar 17, 2014
Anna Andrec, 87, died Monday, March 17, 2014, at Rehab at River's Edge in Raritan. She was born on September 27, 1926 in Besko, Poland. Funeral Liturgy will be 11:00 A.M., Thursday, March 20, at St. Andrew Memorial Church in South Bound Brook. Burial will be at St. Andrew Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be Wednesday from 7:00...

Luba Shevchenko
Mar 13, 2014
Luba Shevchenko, 85, died Thursday, March 13, 2014, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born June 10, 1928, in Matiashivka, Ukraine, she came to the United States in 1951. She and her husband, Oleksij Shevchenko, eventually settled in Bridgewater where she resided for the past forty-four years. Mrs. Shevchenko was a founding member of St. Andrew Memorial...