Local obituaries for Hagan-Chamberlain Funeral Home

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 Lloyd’s 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 Woman’s 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...

John Gabory
Oct 2, 2013
John Paul Gabory, Jr., was born on July 27, 1945, in New Brunswick, to John P. Gabory, Sr., and Mary Semasko. Johnny grew up in Manville, before moving to Bound Brook in 1968. He was a graduate of Manville High School, Class of 1963. He became a member of Bound Brook Volunteer Fire Department No. 4 in 1969. He...

Otto Maehr
Sep 9, 2013
Otto William Maehr, Sr. 80, died Monday, September 9, 2013 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. Born in the Possumtown section of Piscataway, he was the son of Otto and Elizabeth (Applegate) Maehr. Mr. Maehr graduated from Bound Brook High School in 1950, enlisted in the Navy during the Korean War and was on the USS...

Jo-Ann Ullrich
Sep 6, 2013
Jo-Ann Keller Ullrich, 70, beloved wife, mother and friend, died Friday, September 6, 2013, at home after a long battle with muscular dystrophy and ultimately cancer. She was the daughter of Frederick and Mary (Wallendorf) Keller. She was a graduate of East Paterson High School and The College of New Rochelle. She lived in East Paterson (now known as...

Dominic Ciardi
Aug 21, 2013
Dominic R. Ciardi Marine Corps Captain, Former HR Director Member of Piscataway School Board – 26 years Dominic R. Ciardi passed away on August 21, 2013. Born December 9, 1931, in Dover, he was the son of Soccorso and Ermelinda Ciardi. He graduated from Dover High School in 1949. He was a member of the 1948 state championship football...