Monday, May 14, 2012
Visitation is today and funeral services will be held tomorrow, May 15, for the former Woodbridge resident.
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Monday, May 14
Richard J. De Ieso, Jr. died on Thursday, May 10, 2012 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. He was 81 years old. Born in Union, he resided in Woodbridge for many years before moving to Clearbrook Village in Monroe Township 13 years ago. De Ieso owned and operated Union Hill Road Coffee Shop in Irvington for many years before retiring in 1996. He was a United States Air Force veteran of the Korean War, a communicant of Nativity of Our Lord Catholic Church in Monroe, belonged to the Italian-American Club at Clearbrook Village and was a former member of B.P.O.E. Elks, Lodge 2116, Woodbridge. Mr. De Ieso was predeceased by a sister, Grace Shedlock. Surviving are his wife of 56 years, Phyllis Curto De Ieso; three …
40.557797
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44 Green St, Woodbridge, NJ
Costello-Greiner Funeral Home
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St. James Roman Catholic Church
145 Grove St, Woodbridge, NJ
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Thursday, May 10, 2012
Visitation will be today at the Gosselin Funeral Home on New Dover Road
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Thursday, May 10
John “Joe” Brown died Tuesday, May 8, at his Colonia home. He was 71. Joe was born in Jersey City, and resided in Iselin and Atlantic Highlands before moving to Colonia in 1986. He was employed as a product specialist for WW Grainger Inc. in Cranford for 10 years before his retirement several years ago. Before that, Joe was an auto mechanic for Hilltop AAmco in Iselin. He was an Air Force veteran serving during the Vietnam War. Joe was head coach of the Pop Warner Iselin Giants and a member of the St Cecelia’s Knights of Columbus, Iselin. He was predeceased by his parents, John and Frances Brown, and his brother Alan Brown. Surviving is his wife of 40 years Joyce (Grzybowski) Brown; two sons, Joseph and Paul Brown; and a brother, Ronald …
40.585661
-74.338836
660 New Dover Rd, Edison, NJ
Gosselin Funeral Home
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Monday, May 7, 2012
The Iselin resident died May 5 at Raritan Bay Medical Center.
Santiago Torres, 78 of Iselin passed away Saturday, May 5, at Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy. Born in Caguas, Puerto Rico, he lived in Iselin for many years. Retiring in 1998, he was employed by the Perth Amboy Board of Education as a custodian for ten years. He was a longtime Little League coach for the city of Perth Amboy. He is survived by his loving wife of 41 years, Maria (Gutierrez) Torres; a son Frank E. Torres, and his wife, Sindy, of Freehold; a daughter, Ivette Torres of Avenel; a sister, Justina Diaz of the Bronx; and four grandchildren: Matthew Miranda, Noah Miranda, Joshua Torres, and Jeremy Torres. Funeral services will be held 11 am, Thursday, at the Gerity & Chubenko Funeral Home, 411 Amboy Avenue in …
40.554954
-74.28302
411 Amboy Ave, Woodbridge, NJ
Gerity & Chubenko Funeral Home
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Mrs. Wilk, an Avenel resident, passed away Sunday in Westfield.
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Tuesday, May 1
Leona E. Wilk of the Avenel section of Woodbridge passed away on Sunday, April 29, at Westfield Center in Westfield. She was 92 years old. Born in Nanticoke, PA, she resided in Avenel since 1952. Mrs. Wilk was employed at Conrad-Hanovia in Newark for many years before retiring in 1979. She was a communicant of St. Andrew’s R.C. Church in Avenel, where she sang in the choir, and was a member of the Altar-Rosary Society. She was a member of The Avenel Golden Circle Senior Citizens Club. Mrs. Wilk was predeceased by her husband Walter S. Wilk, Sr., who died in 1979, and a son, Walter S. Wilk, Jr., who died in 1971. She is survived by a daughter, Marilyn Wilk of Avenel. Visitation will be on Tuesday, May 1, from 6 pm to 8 pm at the …
40.581231
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Costello-Koyen Funeral Home
399 Avenel St, Avenel, NJ
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St. Andrew's Roman Catholic Church
244 Avenel St, Avenel, NJ
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Catholic Cemeteries
53 Inman Ave, Colonia, NJ
St. Gertrude's Cemetery
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Monday, April 23, 2012
A former Carteret and Woodbridge area resident, affectionately known as "Helen Honey," passed away in Jackson on April 20.
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Monday, April 23
Helen B. Gurka Geraldi, 95, died Friday, April 20, 2012 at Bartley Healthcare in Jackson. “Helen Honey” was born in Carteret, the daughter of the late Michael Konikiewicz and his wife, Helen (nee Uhryn). Helen Honey was a graduate of Carteret High School where she was a cheerleader and a five foot tall basketball player. After graduating, she married and raised her family in Woodbridge Township. She also lived in Surf City, Waretown and Forked River before settling in Jackson in 2007. Although Helen’s mother said her daughter was born on July 3, just before the fireworks, a mid-wife recording error gave Helen Honey three birthdays, which she exploited with gusto. Always ready for a party, Helen Honey shared her sense of humor and cooking …
Thursday, April 12, 2012
The Toms River resident formerly lived in Port Reading.
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Thursday, April 12
Loretta J. Murphy, 85, formerly of Port Reading, died Wednesday at her home in Toms River. Born in Bayonne, Loretta had lived in the Port Reading section of Woodbridge Township before moving here to Toms River in 1997. She was associated with Bergen Avenue Bus Company in Bayonne for many years. She was predeceased by her husband, Brandon, in 1974. Loretta is survived by two sons, Brandon and Donald, both of North Carolina; a daughter, Geraldine R. Mickley of Howell; three brothers, Joseph Pryor of Pennington, Jerome Pryor and Peter Pryor, both of Toms River; one sister, Carol James of Carteret; five grandchildren, Brandon Mickley, Amanda Mickley, Mitchell Mickley, Sean Murphy and Erin Murphy; and many nieces and nephews. Visiting at the …
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Catholic Cemeteries
53 Inman Ave, Colonia, NJ
St. Gertrude's Cemetery
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Thursday, March 29, 2012
The Woodbridge Board of Education chief clerk passed away Tuesday.
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Thursday, March 29
Jean C. (Walz) Donato, 73, of North Brunswick, died on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, from injuries sustained in a fall at work. Born in Perth Amboy, the daughter of Matthew and Mae (Davis) Walz, she had resided in the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township, before moving to North Brunswick 22 years ago. Mrs. Donato was Chief Clerk in the Purchasing Department at Woodbridge Township Board of Education for the past 23 years. Her husband, Robert Arthur Donato, died in 1974. In addition to her parents, she was also predeceased by three brothers: Raymond Walz, Harold F. Walz Sr., and Norman Walz. Surviving are her son, Robert P. Donato, and his wife, Jean, of Millville; her daughter, …
40.542402
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568 Middlesex Ave, Metuchen, NJ
Costello-Runyon Funeral Home
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Thursday, March 22, 2012
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 24.
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Thursday, March 22
Elvira Ann Ciulla Bustin, 60, of the Hopelawn section of Woodbridge, died on March 20 at her home. She was born in Newark and resided in Hopelawn for the past 40 years. Elvira was the office manager at Royal Battery in Colonia for the past 26 years. Elvira was predeceased by her son, Michael Emro, in 1995. She is survived by her husband, John R. Bustin; her children, Frank Emro of Hopelawn and Cheryl Vallese and her husband, Michael, of Hopelawn. She is also survived by her mother, Mary Pulcine Cocuzza of Iselin; her siblings: Vincent Ciulla of Sayreville; Michael Minaeff and his wife, Audrey, of Nevada; Anthony Ciulla of NYC; Donna Reino and her husband, Michael, of Iselin; Elia Wood and her husband, Tom, of Iselin; her seven …
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23 Ford Ave, Fords, NJ
Flynn and Son
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Wednesday, March 7, 2012
A Fords resident, Mauro served as a19th District Assembly candidate and former Perth Amboy Republican Party chairman.
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Wednesday, March 7
Robert Mauro, 72, of the Fords of Woodbridge, died Friday, Feb. 24, at JFK Medical Center in Edison. Born in Perth Amboy, Mauro lived in Fords for the past 15 years. He served as the former Republican Chairman in Perth Amboy and ran as a 19th District Assembly candidate. Mauro was also a member of the NJ Conservative GOP in recent years. Employed by Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy for 45 years as a cafeteria chef, Mauro retired in 2000. He was a member of the Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Church in Hopelawn. Mauro was an avid salmon and trout fisherman, an expert Fly Tier, a member of the Trout Unlimited and Fly Fisherman's Federation, and he traveled around the world for fishing Atlantic Salmon. He was preceded in death …
Monday, March 5, 2012
With many connections to Middlesex County, Bishop Reiss died Sunday in Lawrenceville.
Retired Bishop John C. Reiss died Sunday at 89, the Trenton Diocese announced in a statement. Reiss, the only priest born in the Trenton Diocese to serve as its bishop, was the Diocese's eighth Bishop. Reiss was ordained a priest in May, 1947 at St. Mary's Cathedral in Trenton. His first assignment was to serve as curate in Sacred Heart Parish, Tenton, where he ministered to inmates in Trenton State Prison. He was later transferred to Holy Spirit Parish in Perth Amboy and later to St. Anthony Parish in Trenton. In 1980, Pope John Paul II appointed Bishop Reiss the eighth Bishop of Trenton, succeeding Bishop Ahr. Reiss served until mandatory retirement age of 75 and resigned as bishop of Trenton on June 30, 1997. The full release from the …
