Obituaries

Jun 25, 2019

Lena "Lee" Bell, 95, of Whiting, passed away peacefully at her home on Tuesday, June 25, 2019. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Lee grew up in NYC and lived in Fair Lawn and Edison, NJ before moving to Whiting in 2012. She was a supervisor at American Home Products/Ayerst Laboratories in Little Falls for over 25 years. Lee is survived by...

Jun 24, 2019

Marguerite "Marge" Wilson, 94, of Whiting, passed away Monday, June 24, 2019 at home. Born in Bayonne, NJ she lived in Summit, NJ before moving to Whiting in 1982. Marge was an executive secretary for Exxon Corp. in Florham Park, NJ for 37 years, retiring in 1982. She was a member of the Exxon Annuitant Club, the Crestwood Village VI...

Jun 21, 2019

Jeremy R. Turk, age 21 of Lanoka Harbor died on Friday, June 21, 2019 at home. Born in Perth Amboy, Jeremy lived in Woodbridge before moving to Lanoka Harbor when he was five. Jeremy worked in construction, and enjoyed camping, fishing, and being outdoors. He attended Lacey High School, and graduated from Challenge Academy in 2015. He is survived by...

Jun 15, 2019

Margaret Mimi Whitehouse passed away peacefully on June 15, 2019 while surrounded by her family at the Cancer Treatment Center of America. Mimi, as her friends and family endearingly called her, was born in New York City on January 11, 1954. She was raised in Freehold, NJ. She is predeceased by her parents Helen and Jim Coakley, her in-laws Orville...

Jun 14, 2019

William S. Squier, age 59, of Bayville, passed away on Friday, June 14 in Toms River. He worked as an electrician and a commercial diver for many years before retiring. Bill loved the outdoors, especially being near the water, fishing and scuba diving; but he also loved riding dirt bikes and quads with his family and friends. Bill is survived...

Jun 13, 2019

Elizabeth "Lisa" Lee, 72, OF Whiting, passed away peacefully at home on June 13th surrounded by her beloved family after a short battle with leukemia. Lisa was born in Memphis and raised in Mississippi. She was predeceased by her siblings Margaret, Betty, Angel, Robert and Roland. In 1965, Lisa enlisted in the United States Army where she met the love...

Jun 12, 2019

Eileen A. Carino, 97, of Whiting, passed away peacefully Wednesday, June 12, 2019 at home. Born in Jersey City, NJ, Eileen lived in Port Charlotte, FL for 30 years before moving to Whiting. She was a homemaker. Eileen was a former communicant of St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Port Charlotte, FL and a member of the church's Altar Rosary...

Jun 10, 2019

William T. Peoples, age 61, of Toms River died on Monday, June 10, 2019 at Community Medical Center, Toms River. Born in Red Bank, he lived in Wall Township for many years before moving to Toms River in 1985. Mr. Peoples was a site inspector for FEMA for the past ten years. He enjoyed gardening, and was an avid NY...

Jun 7, 2019

ROBERT "Bob" HOLMES, age 75 of Whiting, passed away on Friday, June 7, 2019 at home. Born in Bayshore, NY, he lived in Brooklyn and Long Island most of his life before moving to Whiting, New Jersey in 2007. Bob worked for Xerox in New York City as a fax machine repairman for many years. He was a school bus...

Jun 7, 2019

James F. O'Neill, 79, of Whiting, passed away Friday, June 7, 2019 at Deborah Heart and Lung Center in Browns Mills, NJ. Born in Philadelphia, PA, he lived in Upper Darby, PA and South Toms River, NJ before moving to Whiting in 1976. James was an exterminator for Terminix in Philadelphia, PA and Toms River, NJ for 18 years, and...

May 14, 2019

Thomas A. Hebert Sr., age 59, of Forked River, passed away peacefully at home after a long, brave battle with canceron Tuesday, May 14, 2019. Tom was the head custodian for the Brick Township Board of Education for 25 years, retiring in 2015, and was a member of the Forked River Baptist Church. Predeceased by his parents, Henry and Florence...

May 7, 2019

Eileen Callaghan, 81, of Whiting, NJ, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, May 7, 2019. Eileen was born in Brooklyn, NY on November 8, 1937 to Agnes and John Kelly. After completing high school, Eileen continued her education at Hunter College to fulfill her life-long dream of becoming a nurse. She worked at St. Vincent's Hospital in New York...

May 6, 2019

Jozefa Hawryluk, 97, of Whiting, passed away on May 6th at Crestwood Manor in Whiting. Born in Poland in March 1922 to Franciszek and Malgorzata Wildhirt, she grew up on a farm and was second youngest of 13 children. In 1949, having moved to England after World War II, Jozefa responded to a newspaper ad for a wife in a...

Apr 30, 2019

Edward Peter Jensen Jr., 86, of Whiting, passed away Tuesday, April 30, 2019. Edward was born and raised in Rahway, NJ. He and his wife, Florence moved to Whiting in 1996. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of the Korean War and a communicant of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Whiting. Edward loved to chat and fish. He was...

Apr 28, 2019

Warren Torstrup, 82, of Whiting, passed away Sunday, April 28, 2019 at Somerset Woods, in Somerset, NJ. He was born in Brooklyn, NY. Warren was predeceased by his wife, Joan in 2006, his son James in 2010 and his brother, John. He is survived by one daughter, Loraine Goetsch; two sons, Robert and his wife, Dawn and Michael; 11 grandchildren...

Apr 22, 2019

Apr 15, 2019

Rebekka Joy Bailey, age 30, of Runnemede, passed away on Monday, April 15, 2019 at home. Born in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, she resided in New Jersey for most of her life. Rebekka worked for Pinnacle Treatment Centers in Mt. Laurel, and was a manager at a Sober Living Home for Women in Lindenwold. She truly lived to help others in...

Apr 7, 2019

Barbara Lois Fogarty, 77, of Whiting, NJ, passed away Sunday, April 7, 2019 at her daughter's home in Riverview, FL. Barbara was born June 28, 1941 in Elizabeth, NJ to Ruth and Michael Martino. She graduated from Linden High School and enjoyed trips to the Jersey Shore. On one of those trips, she met and then married James J. Fogarty...

Apr 5, 2019

Rose Russo (Garbooshian) Jankowsky of Whiting, passed away Friday, April 5, 2019. Born in Syracuse, NY and formerly of Newark, NJ. Her hobbies included sewing and reading and she was an avid walker who enjoyed her daily walks in her Crestwood Village neighborhood. She also loved her family and enjoyed preparing holiday meals for them making the best meatballs ever....

Mar 31, 2019

Wendy Wynn Ortel Giga, aged 70, of Beachwood, NJ died peacefully in her sleep on March 31st. A graduate of Toms River High School South, she attended Culver Stockton College in Canton, Missouri. She loved singing, and performed in school musicals as well as in her church choir. In her early twenties, Wendy volunteered in a number of fundraisers for...