Obituaries

Eusebio Portalatin

Eusebio Portalatin

Mar 16, 2020

Eusebio Portalatin, age 68, of Lakewood died on Monday, March 16, 2020 at Community Medical Center, Toms River. Born in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, he moved to Lakewood as a young boy. Mr. Portalatin was a self-employed auto mechanic. He had a great impact on the lives of his family and friends, and he will be greatly missed by all who...

Vincent G. Fattoross

Vincent G. Fattoross

Mar 11, 2020

Vincent G. Fattoross, 91, of Whiting, passed away Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at home. Born in Hoboken, he lived in Secaucus for 40 years, Wood-Ridge, Brick for 25 years before moving to Whiting 4 years ago. Vincent owned and operated the family business, TA Fattoross Paper Company in Hoboken, NJ, which was started by his dad. He was a U.S....

Robert H. Miller

Robert H. Miller

Mar 11, 2020

Robert H. Miller, 80, of Forked River, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Thursday, March 11, 2020 at Cooper Medical Center in Camden. He was a tool and dye maker for Laneko Engineering Company in Fort Washington, PA. Robert was predeceased by his wife, Kathleen Miller in 1998. He is survived by two brothers and sisters-in-law, Raymond and...

Linda Doyle

Linda Doyle

Mar 5, 2020

Linda Doyle, age 70, of Forked River passed away on Thursday, March 5, 2020 at Southern Ocean Medical Center, Manahawkin. Born in Brooklyn, NY, she grew up in Freeport, Long Island, and lived in Blairstown NJ and Patchogue NY before settling in Forked River NJ in 2003. Linda was a nature and animal lover, and enjoyed playing the slots in...

Julius D. Tarr

Julius D. Tarr

Feb 27, 2020

Julius D. Tarr, 84, of Whiting, passed away Thursday, February 27, 2020 at home. Born in Trenton, he lived in Hamilton Twp. and Cream Ridge before moving to Whiting in 1999. Julius was a steel worker for U.S. Steel in Fairless Hills, PA for 29 years. He was a U.S. Navy veteran and a life member of the Whiting First...

Carol Grossman

Carol Grossman

Feb 18, 2020

Carol Grossman, loving wife, mother and grandmother, passed away on February 18th 2020 at the age of 77 surrounded by her loved ones. Carol is survived by her daughters Dawn Massa, Donna and her Husband Chuck Anthony, and Anita Dering. Her step daughter Cynthia Grossman Reed, and her husband Tony Reed. Her grandchildren Kimberly Larkin, Ashley Massa and her fiance...

Marilyn L. Ghents

Marilyn L. Ghents

Feb 16, 2020

Marilyn Lois Ghents (nee Gawron), was born in Passaic, New Jersey, on November 1, 1939, and died on February, 16, 2020, in Toms River at Community Medical Center, at the age of 80. Marilyn attended elementary schools in Garfield and Paterson and attended Plainfield Adventist Academy and Batten High School in Elizabeth. She worked as a secretary at the Hartford...

Christina Colella

Christina Colella

Feb 13, 2020

Christina Colella, 89, of Newark, DE, formerly of Whiting and Rockaway, NJ, passed away Thursday, February 13, 2020 at home. Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, she lived in Rockaway, NJ and, then, Whiting, NJ for 30 years before moving to Newark, DE in 2015. Christina was an electronics technician for Cessna in Boonton, NJ. She enjoyed playing bocce, shuffleboard...

William Henry Craft, Sr.

William Henry Craft, Sr.

Feb 12, 2020

William Henry Craft, Sr., 92, of Whiting, passed away Wednesday, February 12, 2020 at Community Medical Center in Toms River. Born in Newark, he lived in Edison, Branchburg and Sneads Ferry, NC before moving to Whiting in 2000. William was a chemist at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ for 30 years and holds multiple patents at Bell Labs. He...

James W. Kennedy

James W. Kennedy

Feb 5, 2020

James W. Kennedy, age 62, of Toms River passed away on Wednesday, February 5, 2020 at home. Born in Toms River, he was a lifelong resident. Mr. Kennedy received a degree in Political Science from Rutgers University in 1979, and later received a Juris Doctor from Pace University Law School in 1982. He was an Assistant Prosecutor with the Monmouth...

Frank Joseph Bury

Frank Joseph Bury

Jan 28, 2020

Frank Joseph Bury of Whiting, passed away Tuesday, January 28, 2020 at home. He was born on February 19, 1931 in Orange NJ to Lorraine (Longua) and Frank Anthony Bury. Frank attended St. Venantius School in Orange, Our Lady of the Valley High School in West Orange and Seton Hall University in South Orange. Frank joined the Army in February...

Lorraine Shubach

Lorraine Shubach

Jan 26, 2020

Lorraine Shubach, 84, of Whiting, formerly of Metuchen, NJ, passed away on Sunday, January 26, 2020 at Community Medical Center. She was predeceased by her husband, Paul Shubach; her parents, John and Julia Korycinski; her sisters, Julia Zdorowski, Virginia Prishvalko and Helen Cheke and her brothers, John and Tom Korycinski. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Michele and...

Mary Webster

Mary Webster

Jan 22, 2020

Mary (Salapka) Webster, 94, of Whiting, formerly of Yardville, NJ, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, January 22, 2020. She was predeceased by her husband, Donald, her parents, John and Anna, her brother, George and sister, Anne. She is survived by her son, Donald, Jr. and his wife, Carol of Whiting; their children, Dawn of Philadelphia, PA, Patricia and her husband,...

Roberta Venskus

Roberta Venskus

Jan 15, 2020

Roberta D. Venskus, age 85, of Lanoka Harbor passed away on Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at Community Medical Center, Toms River. Born in Paterson, she lived in Fairlawn and Wayne before settling in Toms River in 1977. After retiring, she lived in Florida for several years before returning to Lavalette to be with her family and has lived in Lanoka...

Biagio Michael "Gino" D'Alessandro

Biagio Michael "Gino" D'Alessandro

Jan 9, 2020

Biagio Michael D'Alessandro, 96, of Whiting, passed away Thursday, January, 9, 2020 at the Pines at Whiting. Biagio was born in Bronx, NY on Feb. 9, 1923. After serving honorably in the U.S. Navy during WWII, Biagio married Carmella Abate of Rahway, NJ. Biagio (Gino) was employed by Exxon for 39 years as a machinist. He lived in Colonia, NJ...

Edna Maceira

Edna Maceira

Jan 8, 2020

Edna Maceira, 96, of Whiting, passed away Wednesday, January 08, 2020 at The Pines at Whiting. Born in Wilkes-Barre, PA, she lived in Astoria, Long Island, NY before moving to Whiting 33 years ago. Edna was an insurance broker for private companies. She was a communicant of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, Whiting. Edna was predeceased by her beloved husband...

Michael G. Di Simone

Michael G. Di Simone

Jan 5, 2020

Michael G. Di Simone, 84, of Whiting, passed away Sunday, January 5, 2020 at Whiting Healthcare Center. Born and raised in Newark, he lived in Little Falls before moving to Whiting in 1997. Michael was an elementary school teacher at Lafayette Street Elementary School in Newark for over 30 years retiring in 1997. He was a ma

Blake Anthony Zakutansky

Blake Anthony Zakutansky

Jan 4, 2020

Blake Anthony Zakutanksy, age 35, died on Saturday, January 4, 2020 at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. Born in Bayonne, he grew up there before moving to Ocean County. Mr. Zakutansky was a chef at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, Newark. He is survived by his mother and step-father, Antoinette and John Wilbur; his fiance, Tracy Clarke; his brother Nicholas; his maternal...

Mildred "Millie" Magliocchetti

Mildred "Millie" Magliocchetti

Jan 3, 2020

Mildred "Millie" Magliocchetti, 87, of Whiting, passed away on Friday, January 3, 2020 at Community Medical Center in Toms River. Born in Passaic, NJ, she lived in Rutherford, NJ before moving to Whiting. Mildred was a Licensed Practical Nurse and caregiver. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and sister. Mildred was a devout Catholic and a very active communicant...

Giorgina L. Lear

Giorgina L. Lear

Jan 1, 2020

Lear, Giorgina, Gina, Jeanie, Jean, of Whiting, NJ, went to be with our Lord on Saturday, March 21, 2020. Giorgina was born in West New York in 1923 and lived for the past 41 years in Whiting. Beloved wife of Walter William "Cubby" Lear, daughter of John and Filomena Puccio, sister of Christine and Josephine. She is survived by her...