Obituaries
Henry C. "Hank" Douma
Dec 1, 2017
Henry (Hank) Douma, 86, of Whiting, passed away Friday, December 01, 2017 in Whiting. Born in Midland Park, NJ, he lived in South Plainfield for 25 years before moving to Whiting 22 years ago. Hank was a social worker for the East Brunswick Township School System. He was a member of the NJ Starcraft Camper Club since 1975. He was...
Thomas Bassett
Nov 23, 2017
Thomas Bassett, 79, of Whiting, passed away Thursday, November 23, 2017 at home. Born in Jersey City, NJ, he lived in Pines Lake in Wayne, NJ before moving to Whiting in 2005. He was a Product Engineer for Kulite Industries in Ridgefield Park, NJ, retiring in 2004. Prior to that, he Owned and Operated Bassett Design & Manufacturing Co. from...
Francis A. Penniman
Nov 17, 2017
Francis A. Penniman, 85, of Whiting, passed away November 17, 2017 at AristaCare at Whiting. Francis was born in Acton, Massachusetts and lived there until he moved to Toms River, NJ and later, Whiting, NJ. He was a U.S. Marine Corps Veteran of the Korean War. He was a supervisor for Ciba-Geigy in Toms River, NJ for 30 years. \...
Charles Felix
Nov 9, 2017
Charles Felix, 80, of Whiting, passed away Thursday, November 9, 2017 at home. Born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, he moved to Whiting in 2002. Charles was a freight handler for Callahan's Trucking Company in Philadelphia, PA for 20 years. He then worked for Sears & Roebuck in Philadelphia for 10 years, retiring in 2003. He was a communicant of...
James Joseph Mcalear
Nov 5, 2017
James 'Jay' McAlear, Whiting NJ, formerly of Brielle passed away on November 5 at Deborah Heart and Lung Center, NJ. Jay loved the outdoors and was happiest when he was hunting or fishing. He wrote the Fish and Game column for the Bergen Record for years. He loved the Manasquan Inlet and was an early member of the 'Over the...
Ireyne Suter
Oct 30, 2017
Ireyne Suter, 94, of Whiting, passed away Monday, October 30, 2017 at Bartley Healthcare Center in Jackson. Born in Bridgeport, CT, she lived in Lakeville, PA, Hamburg, NJ and Irvington, NJ before moving to Whiting in 2002. Ireyne was a bookkeeper for several different businesses. She was a communicant of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, Whiting. Ireyne was predeceased by...
Maryann Rizzitello
Oct 20, 2017
MaryAnn Rizzitello, age 73 of Forked River, passed away on Friday, October 20, 2017. Born in Newark, she was a long time resident of Forked River. MaryAnn worked as acase worker for the Lakewood Township Public Housing Authority. Surviving are her husband of 49 years, Thomas, and several nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives.A memorial service will be held at...
Maurice Patrick O'Connor
Oct 17, 2017
Maurice Patrick O'Connor, 82, of Manchester, NJ, died peacefully on Tuesday, October 17, 2017. Born in New York City, NY, he lived in Paramus before moving to Country Walk, Manchester in 2004. Maurice was employed, with 38 years of service, with the City of New York, President, Borough of the Bronx, Bureau of Engineering and Topography as Senior Project Coordinator...
Mary F. Basirico
Oct 15, 2017
Mary F. Basirico, 82, of Whiting, passed away Sunday, October 15, 2017 at home. Born in Jamestown, NY, she lived in Old Bridge for 45 years before moving to Whiting 14 years ago. Mary was a bank manager for Sovereign Bank in North Brunswick, NJ. She was a communicant of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, Whiting and a member of...
Travis Turin Terrill
Oct 15, 2017
Travis Turin Terrill, age 33, of Lanoka Harbor, passed away peacefully on Sunday, October 15, 2017 after a yearlong battle with congestive heart disease. Born in Utah, he was a lifelong Ocean County resident. He graduated from Pinelands Regional High School in 2003. Travis worked for many years as a commercial fisherman. He loved being on the ocean. He was...
John Maiorca
Oct 7, 2017
John Maiorca, age 65, passed away on Saturday, October 7, 2017. Born in Brooklyn, he lived in New York for most of his life. He will be missed by those who loved him.Predeceased by his parents, Americo and Lena, and his brother, Dominick; he is survived by his daughters, Krissy and Vicki, his grandchildren, his companionMaria, and many other relatives...
Harry Fischer, Jr.
Sep 30, 2017
Harry Fischer, Jr., 84, of Whiting, passed away Saturday, September30, 2017 at Community Medical Center in Toms River. Born in Haddon Heights, NJ, he lived in Rockaway, NJ, Waretown, NJ and Vero Beach, FL before moving to Whiting four years ago. Harry was a U.S. Navy veteran (8 years, EM2) of the Korean War and was a member of the...
Margaret F. "Peggy" Harrington
Sep 18, 2017
Margaret (Peggy) F. Harrington, 90, of Whiting, passed away Monday, September 18, 2017 at Crestwood Manor in Whiting. She was born and raised in Bayonne, NJ. She moved to Whiting in 1972. Peggy was a manager for New Jersey Bell for 30 years, working in Jersey City for many years and Toms River. She was Past President of the Communication...
Jean M. Rizzolo
Sep 14, 2017
Jean M. Rizzolo, 79, of Whiting, passed away Thursday, September, 14, 2017 at home. Born in Newark, she lived in Vineland before moving to Whiting in 2003. Jean was a cook at the Show Boat Casino in Atlantic City for 12 years. She was predeceased by one brother, Alfred Urbano in 2009 and three sisters, Edith Kimble in 1969, Laura...
Katherine J. Vines
Sep 4, 2017
Katherine J. Vines, 88, of Whiting, passed away Monday, September 4, 2017 at Community Medical Center in Toms River. Born in Elizabeth, she lived in Dayton before moving to Whiting in 1998. Katherine was a payroll bookkeeper for the South Brunswick Board of Education for 10 years, retiring in 1992. She was a member of the Red Hat Rebels of...
Mary Jane Gros-Petrucci
Sep 2, 2017
Mary Jane Gros-Petrucci, 91, of Whiting, passed away Saturday, September 2, 2017 at Community Medical Center in Toms River. Born in Newark, she lived in Hazlet before moving to Whiting in 1976. Mary Jane was a food server at the Whiting Elementary School. Prior to that, she worked at Dimples in Whiting for 10 years and the Tea Room at...
Patrick Prebor
Aug 27, 2017
Patrick Prebor, 85, of Whiting, passed away peacefully on Sunday, August 27, 2017 at Paramus Veterans Memorial Home with his loving wife by his side. Born in Morristown to the late Walter and Helen Prebor, he lived in Rockaway for 40 years before moving to Whiting in 2002. Patrick was a longtime employee of Dover General Hospital. He was a...
Ann Geraldine "Annie Q" Quitsch
Aug 27, 2017
Ann G. Quitsch, 92, of Whiting passed away Sunday, August 27, 2017 at Care One Nursing Home, Jackson. She was born in Brooklyn, NY and lived there before moving to Whiting 33 years ago. She worked for Home Life Insurance in New York for many years. She sang in the Showstoppers and the NewYorkers. She was known as "Annie Q"...
Charles W Bozarth
Aug 27, 2017
Charles W. Bozarth, age 60, of Forked River, passed away on Sunday, August 27, 2017 at Community Medical Center, Toms River. Born in Mount Holly, he lived in Chatsworth for most of his life before moving to Forked River. Charlie worked as a plant manager at Lacey Natural Sand, Forked River for many years. He was a loving father, brother,...
Elena Mary Carcich
Aug 9, 2017
Elena Mary Carcich, 86, of Whiting, passed away Wednesday, August 9, 2017 at Community Medical Center in Toms River. Born in Jersey City, NJ, she lived in West New York, NJ, Brick, NJ and Florida before moving to Whiting in 2004. Elena was a union seamstress. She was a communicant of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, Whiting. She was predeceased...
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