Obituaries

Apr 7, 2022

Joan M. Maniaci, 83, of the Whiting section of Manchester passed away on Thursday, April 7, 2022 at Community Medical Center, Toms River, from injuries sustained in a car accident. Born in Jersey City, she lived in Forked River before settling in Whiting in 2006. Mrs. Maniaci retired from First Union Bank, Middlesex, in 1998 after 18 years service. She...

Mar 29, 2022

Mar 28, 2022

Benjamin Kopacz, 99, of the Whiting section of Manchester passed away peacefully at home on Monday, March 28, 2022. Born in Passaic, he lived in Garfield and Wayne before moving to Whiting in 1982. He was a graduate of St. Stan's Parochial School and Garfield High School, Mr. Kopacz was a butcher for A&P in Butler, NJ, for over 30...

Mar 26, 2022

No obituary found for this tribute. Previous Events Memorial Service APR 2. 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM (ET) Manchester Memorial Funeral Home 28 Schoolhouse Rd Whiting, NJ 08759 manchestermemorial@comcast.net https://www.manchestermemorialfh.com/ Loading map

Mar 24, 2022

Martha Anne Haley, 79, of Whiting passed away on March 24, 2022 at home. Born in Jersey City, she grew up in Kearny and lived in Lanoka Harbor from 1972 until settling in Whiting in 2007. Ms. Haley was a teacher for over 40 years for the Kearny Board of Education until retiring in 2011. She was a member of...

Mar 24, 2022

Dennis Jude Kline of Toms River, NJ passed away on Thursday, March 24th, 2022. He was the son of Kenneth Chester Kline and Claire (Wissel) Kline. He is survived by his (3) daughters Eyrhen Cohen of Wall, Jayme Addesso of Toms River, Morgan Kline of Wall, and his son Kenneth Kline of Toms River. He is also survived by his...

Mar 22, 2022

James P. Williams, 90, of the Whiting section of Manchester Township passed away on Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at Whiting Health Care Center, Whiting. Born in Brooklyn, NY, Mr. Williams lived on Long Island for many years before settling in Whiting over 25 years ago. Mr. Williams was a US Army Veteran of the Korean War, and was a recipient...

Mar 19, 2022

Josephine Tribel (1923-2022) passed away peacefully on March 19, 2022. Loving wife of the late Anton Tribel for 70 years. Mother of Joanne Plaza (Rich), Alice Ford (Rick) and Anton Tribel (Marie). Grandmother of Amy, Jennifer, Kevin, Michael and Anton. "Grammy the Great" to Abigail, Drew, Nicole, Kylie, Paige and Emma. Aunt "Mazie" to the extensive Murtagh clan. Josie lived...

Mar 19, 2022

Daniel A. Burdge, 66, of the Holiday City section of Toms River passed away on Saturday, March 19, 2022 at Community Medical Center, Toms River. Born Neptune, he grew up in Howell and lived in Lakewood, Toms River and Texas for many years before settling in Holiday City in 2019. Mr. Burdge was a window treatment installer for Art's Windows,...

Mar 19, 2022

Marilyn L. Baer, 87, of Whiting, passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 19th at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. Born in Hackensack, Marilyn lived in Fairlawn for many years. After retiring from Macy's, Paramus, in 1994, she settled in Whiting in 1995, and was an active volunteer at the Whiting Food Pantry. Marilyn enjoyed tennis, pickle ball...

Mar 14, 2022

Joan Andrews, 86, of Whiting passed away on Monday, March 14, 2022 at home. Born in Hull, England, She lived in Canada before moving to the United States in 1959. Joan enjoyed knitting and gardening, and was both an avid reader, and an avid collector of garden gnomes. She loved to watch Downton Abbey, and was a longtime fan of...

Mar 11, 2022

Robert C. Malachowski, (Bob), age 67, passed away at his home in Barnegat on Friday, March 11, 2022. Bob was born and lived in Jersey City until he and his wife moved to Jackson, N.J. in 1997. He settled in Barnegat in 2019. Bob was a signalman for New Jersey Transit Railroad, based in East Orange. He was a 1972...

Mar 7, 2022

Haven Mark Baker (Mark), 67, passed away on Monday, March 6, 2022. Mark was born in Jersey City, New Jersey to Marie Ann (Finn) and Haven Vincent Baker. Mark was raised in Willingboro (previously Levittown) New Jersey and has lived in Barnegat for the last 20 years. Mark is pre-deceased by his parents and is survived by his longtime partner...

Mar 4, 2022

Anniello J. Nappi (Niel), 89 of Whiting, N.J. passed away peacefully on Friday, March 4th with his loved ones by his side. Niel was the youngest of 10 born to Anniello and Julia Nappi who emigrated from Italy. He is predeceased by his parents and all of his siblings: John Nappi, Jerry Nappi, Tony Nappi, Mike Nappi, Margaret Medolla, Immaculate...

Mar 2, 2022

Mary E. Provenzano, 83, of Whiting, NJ, passed away Wednesday, March 2, at her home. Born in New York City, she later resided in Old Bridge, NJ before moving to Whiting, NJ in 2003. She graduated from Charles Evan Hughes High School and was employed as a bookkeeper for Chemical Bank in New York City for five years. Mary enjoyed...

Feb 25, 2022

Denise Spann of Manchester Township passed away February 25 at her home. There will be a memorial service Saturday March 5 at 10:00 am. Pastor Daniel Ullrich of Lord of Lords Bible Community will officiate Previous Events Memorial Service MAR 5. 10:00 AM (ET) Manchester Memorial Funeral Home 28 Schoolhouse Rd Whiting, NJ 08759 manchestermemorial@comcast.net https://www.manchestermemorialfh.com/ Loading map

Feb 22, 2022

Matthew S. Horton, 41, of Bayville passed away on February 22, 2022 at Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune. Born in Washington State, he lived there until he joined the United States Marine Corps, and has lived in Bayville since being discharged. Mr. Horton joined the Ocean County Sheriff's Office in 2007, and rose to the rank of Sergeant. He was...

Feb 8, 2022

Awilda "Lily" Ayala Awilda Ayala 79, of Whiting NJ passed away at Shorrock Gardens on February 8th, 2022. Born in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, she lived in Rutherford NJ before moving to Manchester Township in 2003. For over 60 years Lily was a beautician as well as a beautician teacher. Lily never worked a day in her life. She loved what...

Jan 23, 2022

Jan 22, 2022

Gerard Thomas Simonelli, AKA "The Count", age 82 passed away in his sleep at Complete Care Of Whiting on January 22, 2022. Born in Brooklyn, NY, where he lived until retiring and moving his family to Manchester in 1995. Gerard was a Structural Steel Engineer in New York City and was involved in many large projects including the building of...