Local obituaries for Hagan-Chamberlain Funeral Home

Henry Patullo
Dec 25, 2013
HENRY FRANK PATULLO, SR. AGE 84, BOUND BROOK Henry Frank Patullo, Sr., age 84, died early Wednesday, December 25, 2013 at home with his family by his side. Known affectionately as “Riggie”, he was born on July 6, 1929 to Frank Patullo and Concetta Patullo (Vendetti) and was a lifelong resident of Bound Brook. The quintessential family man, he...

Joseph Romano
Dec 24, 2013
Mr. Joseph D. Romano, Sr. died Tuesday, December 24, 2013 at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. Born in Bound Brook, he was the son of Thomas and Katharine (Rick) Romano. A lifelong resident of Bound Brook, he was the owner of Romano Bus Company in Bound Brook. He was a past Exalted Ruler of the Bound Brook Elks Lodge...

Ferdinando Caruso
Dec 23, 2013
Freddy Caruso, 71 died, Monday, December 23, 2013 at Overlook Hospital in Summit. Born in Avellino, Italy, he was the son of Giovanni and Margarita (Mirabile) Caruso. Freddy moved to America in 1958. He met and married Anna, and together they settled in Bound Brook, where they raised their two sons. He was a soccer fan and he played...

Frank Castelli
Dec 23, 2013
Frank A. Castelli, 84 of Bound Brook, NJ, passed away peacefully on Monday, Dec. 23 at Somerset Medical Center. Frank was born in 1929 in Bound Brook, NJ, a town that he called home for the next 80 years of his life. He is a 1947 graduate of Bound Brook High School and an alumnus of Rutgers University, where...

Stanford Crawford
Dec 20, 2013
Sanford Rea “Red” Crawford, 86, of Zarephath, went to be with his Lord on Friday, December 20, 2013, surrounded by loved ones in his home. Born in Zarephath on February 23, 1927, he was the son of Clifford and Sara Crawford. He graduated from Alma White College and devoted his life to the work of the Pillar of Fire...

Marion Stay
Dec 14, 2013
Marion L. Stay, 82, died Saturday, December 14, 2013 at Regency Heritage in Somerset. Born in Manhattan, NY, she lived in South Bound Brook for over 70 years. She was a homemaker and an expert seamstress. She was a member of The Reformed Church of Bound Brook, South Bound Brook. Mrs. Stay was predeceased by her husband Carroll J....

Margaret Iacone
Dec 12, 2013
Margaret Mary Iacone, 93, died Thursday, December 12, 2013, at home. Born in Phillipsburg, she lived there before moving to Bound Brook 35 years ago. She was a homemaker. who loved spending time and caring for her grandchildren and great-grandchildren and teaching them to cook and bake. She was a member of the Bound Brook Seniors and a Communicant...

Rose Kelton
Dec 10, 2013
Rose Helen Kelton, best known as âHelen,â went to her eternal rest on Tuesday, December 10, 2013, after suffering complications related to diabetes. Helen was born on September 10, 1932, to Rose and John McLaughlin, Irish immigrants, in Astoria, Queens, NY. She had one sister, Maureen Fino, now deceased. Helen grew up in Astoria, was educated by the Dominican...

Dominic Longo
Nov 29, 2013
Dominic A. Longo, 77 died Friday, November 29, 2013 at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. Born August, 28, 1936, in Bridgewater, he was the son of Dominic and Kathryn Morino Longo. He was a lifelong resident of Bound Brook. Mr. Longo served in the US Army during the Vietnam War as a Captain in the field artillery. He was...

Joseph Donnelly
Nov 22, 2013
Joseph Donnelly, 90, died Friday, November 22, 2013 at his home in Bound Brook. Born in New Brunswick, he attended Sacred Heart Elementary School, graduated from St. Peters H.S., Trenton State Teachers College and Rutgers University, where he earned a Master Degree and did extensive graduate work. He was active with several Boy Scout troops and served as Scoutmaster...

Mary Weaver
Nov 12, 2013
Mary Page Lloyd Weaver, 95, died Tuesday, November 12, 2013, at Emeritus Senior Living at Hillsborough. Born January 23, 1918, in Bound Brook, she was the daughter of E. Augustus and Mary Page Lloyd. Her father was the owner and pharmacist of Lloydâs Drug Store, formerly on Main Street, Bound Brook. She was a lifelong borough resident until moving...

Marie Romano
Nov 10, 2013
Marie Romano, 94, died Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, at Somerset Medical Center, Somerville. Born Sep. 12, 1919, in Bound Brook, she was the daughter of Ida and Louis D. Frezza, Sr. She was a lifelong borough resident. Marie was very active in organizations in Bound Brook, especially the Lady Elks and the Bound Brook Womanâs Literary Club. She was...

Marjorie Yanchuk
Nov 9, 2013
Marjorie Ann Yanchuk, 85, died Sat., Nov. 9, 2013, at Somerset Medical Center, Somerville. Born Dec. 25, 1927, in Wilkes-Barre, PA, she was the daughter of Edward and Mary Laubaugh Cannon. She resided in Bound Brook for the past 50 years. Mrs. Yanchuk was a retired keypunch operator, working 5 years for Research Cottrell, Bridgewater, and 25 years for...

Karl Both
Nov 6, 2013
Karl Heinz Both, age 73, died Wednesday, November 6, 2013, at Abingdon Care and Rehab Center, Green Brook. Born March 16, 1940, in Ebenrode, Germany, he was the son of Karl and Erna (Petschelis) Both. He served in the Navy from 1959 to 1963. He retired from the Board of Education in Piscataway as a Maintenance Mechanic in 2011....

Leroy Copper
Oct 17, 2013
Leroy Copper, 71, died Thursday, October 17, 2013, at home in Bound Brook. Born July 13, 1942, in Boca Raton, FL, he was the step son of Robert Jones and his beloved mother Maggie May Backey Jones. Mr. Copper enlisted in the US Army in 1967. He was stationed in Germany, Alaska, Vietnam (2 tours), Washington, D.C., and Panama,...

June Hepler
Oct 16, 2013
June Fiona Hepler, died Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at her home in Whiting. Born in Shamokin, Pennsylvania, she moved to South Bound Brook at a young age. She was a Bound Brook High School Graduate and later attended Trenton Extension College in Pemberton, NJ June attended the Christian Missionary Alliance Church in Bound Brook and the New Durham Chapel...

Elizabeth Thomas
Oct 12, 2013
Elizabeth A. Thomas, 94, died ., Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013, at Brakeley Park Center, Phillipsburg. Born Jan. 16, 1919, in New Brunswick, she was the daughter of Peter C. and Monica Hartner Campbell. She lived in Martinsville for 58 years, moving to Bridgewater in 2005, and Phillipsburg in 2011. Mrs. Thomas worked as an accountant for the family business,...

Wasil Doroshenko
Oct 4, 2013
Wasil Doroshenko, 89, died Fri., Oct. 4, 2013, at home. Born Mar. 3, 1924, in Ukraine, he was the son of Michael and Tatiana Doroshenko. He came to the US in 1950, settling in Carteret, moving to Somerset in 1967. Mr. Doroshenko retired as a draftsman for Schering Plough Corp., Kenilworth, in 1989, after 30 years of service to...

Dora Gunther
Oct 3, 2013
Dora Levering Gunther, 83, died Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, at home. Born February 21, 1930, in Somerville, she was the daughter of William and Mary Ford Van Hoesen. Residing in several towns in the area, she lived most of her life in Bound Brook. Dora retired in 2006 as a technician for the Colgate - Palmolive Co., Somerset, after...

Susan Feddeler
Oct 3, 2013
Susan Ann Feddeler, 63 died Thursday, October 3, 2013 at Meridian at Shrewsbury in Shrewsbury. Born in Somerville to the late Anthony and Florence (Johnson) Kemp, she was raised in South Bound Brook. In 1983 she settled down in Lincroft where she raised her family. She loved the beach, collecting seashells and angels, traveling and vacations. She loved the...