Obituaries

Joann Kinzel

Joann Kinzel

May 9, 2016

Dolores (Joann) Kinzel, 82, of Whiting, passed away Monday, May 9, 2016 at Community Medical Center in Toms River. Born in Brooklyn, NY she lived in Staten Island, NY before moving to Whiting 15 years ago. Dolores was a bookkeeper for Gibraltar Construction Company, Staten Island, NY. She was a communicant of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, Whiting. Dolores is...

Clifford J. "Crab" Alloway, M.D.

Clifford J. "Crab" Alloway, M.D.

May 8, 2016

Clifford J. Alloway, M.D., 89, of Whiting, passed away Sunday, May 8, 2016 at home. Born in Trenton, NJ, he was a lifelong resident of Mercerville, NJ until he moved to Millstone in 1995 and then to Whiting four years ago. He was a U.S. Navy combat veteran of World War II in the Pacific Campaign. Clifford graduated from New...

Melvin M. Burnett

Melvin M. Burnett

May 6, 2016

Melvin M. Burnett, 84, of Whiting, passed away Friday, May 6, 2016 at Community Medical Center in Toms River. Born in Bayonne, he lived in Cranford before moving to Whiting in 1998. Melvin worked for McDowell Fuel Oil Company, Westfield. He was a member and benefactor of American Keswick. He was a former member of the Cranford Alliance Church and...

Josephine S. Scalingi

Josephine S. Scalingi

Apr 25, 2016

Josephine S. Scalingi, 89, of Norfolk, VA, formerly of Whiting, NJ, passed away on Monday, April 25, 2016 at Beth Sholom Home of Eastern Virginia in Virginia Beach, VA. She was born in Yonkers, NY and lived in New York City and Whiting before moving to Norfolk, VA. She was an administrative assistant for the American Tobacco Company in New...

Pauline M. Armento

Pauline M. Armento

Apr 21, 2016

Pauline M. Armento, 89, of Whiting, NJ, passed away Thursday, April 21, 2016 at The Pines at Whiting. Born in Paterson, NJ, she lived in Barnegat for 17 years before moving to Whiting in 2015. Pauline was a graduate of Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School in New York. She was a secretary for Curtiss-Wright Corporation in Wood-Ridge, NJ for more than...

Mary T. Sheil

Mary T. Sheil

Apr 15, 2016

Mary T. Sheil, 87, of Whiting, passed away Friday, April 15, 2016 at home. Born in the Bronx, NY, she lived in Queens, NY before moving to Whiting in 1995. Mary was a teacher at St. Clare's Catholic School of the Diocese of Brooklyn in Queens, NY for 25 years, before retiring in 1995. She was a volunteer at Somebody...

Ann R. Cunningham

Ann R. Cunningham

Apr 6, 2016

Ann R. Cunningham, 79, of Whiting, passed away Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at home. Ann was born and raised in Staten Island, NY. She moved to Whiting 22 years ago. She was a communicant of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, Whiting. Ann was predeceased by two brothers. She is survived by her husband, Louis Cunningham; five children, Louis Cunningham, Linda...

Philip Bart Pestrichello

Philip Bart Pestrichello

Apr 4, 2016

Philip Bart Pestrichello, 72, of Whiting, passed away Monday, April 4, 2016 at Community Medical Center in Toms River. Born in Jersey City, he lived in Toms River before moving to Whiting six years ago. Philip was a Credit Analyst. Philip was a devoted father, husband and grandfather. He loved golf and horseracing and was an avid Giants fan. He...

Rosemarie Cimmino

Rosemarie Cimmino

Apr 4, 2016

Rosemarie Cimmino, 84 of Forked River, passed away peacefully on Monday, April 4, 2016. Born in Jersey City, she lived in Ridgefield Park before moving to Forked River in 1986. Rosemarie was a homemaker, she loved to play Bingo, host Bonko games, and take trips to Atlantic City with her friends. She was a communicant of St. Pius X RC...

Joseph Dowd

Joseph Dowd

Apr 4, 2016

Joseph Dowd, 87, of Toms River, NJ, passed away Monday April 4, 2016 at Bergen Regional Medical Center in Paramus, NJ. Joseph was born in Brooklyn, NY. He lived in Beachwood, NJ for 25 years before moving to Toms River. He was a shipping clerk for Toms River Plumbing Supply and Trilco Building Supply for many years. He was a...

Mary M. Kruk

Mary M. Kruk

Apr 1, 2016

Mary M. (Zakrzewski) Kruk, 81, of Whiting, passed away Friday, April 01, 2016 at home. Born in Jersey City, NJ, she lived in East Stroudsburg, PA before moving to Whiting 8 years ago. She was a member of the diet club T.O.P.S. and the Ceramics Club of Village I. She was a communicant of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, Whiting....

Theresa Melnyk

Theresa Melnyk

Mar 27, 2016

Theresa Melnyk, 86, of Whiting, passed away Sunday, March 27, 2016 at Community Medical Center in Toms River. Born in Harrison, NJ, she lived in Bloomfield before moving to Whiting 15 years ago. Theresa was a homemaker and a devoted Catholic and an active member and contributor of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, Whiting. She was predeceased by her husband,...

Robert W. Kyte

Robert W. Kyte

Mar 26, 2016

Robert W. Kyte, 92, of Whiting, formerly of Kenvil and Boonton, passed away on Saturday, March 26, 2016. He is survived by his wife of 71 years, Louise (Nauta), his daughter, Patricia Fields (Gregory) of Cochranton, PA and his two sons, Kenneth Kyte (Marcie Ryan) of Ewing Twp. and Thomas Kyte, Sr. of Lake Hopatcong. Bob and Louise have 9...

Theodore Joseph "Ted" Cerrachio

Theodore Joseph "Ted" Cerrachio

Mar 25, 2016

Theodore Joseph Cerrachio, 69, of Holiday City in Toms River, passed away Friday, March 25, 2016 at Community Medical Center in Toms River. Born in Jersey City, he lived in California and Las Vegas before moving to Toms River in 2010. Ted is survived by his beloved wife of 26 years, Judy Ann Cerrachio. Ted spent 40 years in financial...

Amy K Davies

Amy K Davies

Mar 25, 2016

Amy K. Davies, passed away suddenly on Friday, March 25, at her home in Brick. She was 39.Born in Toms River, she was a Bicentennial Baby, and a longtime resident of Beachwood. She attended Toms River High School South and was an Indians Cheerleader, graduating Class of 1994. Amy followed her dreams and became a photographer, owning her own business,...

Scott Bennett

Scott Bennett

Mar 24, 2016

Scott Bennett, 28 of Forked River, passed away on Thursday, March 24, 2016. Born in Pt. Pleasant, he lived in Forked River most of his life. Scott worked full time in Oakhurst at The Wood Stove & Fireplace Center, and part time at Trama's Trattoria in Long Branch. Scott was an adventurer by nature, and loved camping, fishing, and the...

Joan M Cunningham

Joan M Cunningham

Mar 24, 2016

Joan M. Cunningham, 86, of Whiting, NJ (born Joan Mary Fischer, January 10,1930) passed away peacefully on March 24,2016 at AristaCare at Manchester, where she had been residing for the last year and a half while battling complications of Atherosclerotic Disease and Diabetes. Joan was the first born, along with identical twin sister Jean, of the seven children born to...

John P. Vitale

John P. Vitale

Mar 23, 2016

John P. Vitale, 94, of Whiting and Arlington, VA, passed away Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at the Cherrydale Health & Rehabilitation Center in Arlington, VA. Born in New York City, NY, he lived in Lodi, NJ before moving to Whiting in 1987. John was a furniture salesman for Huffman Koos Furniture Company in Hackensack, NJ for more than 30 years...

Thomas James "Tom" Madersky

Thomas James "Tom" Madersky

Mar 23, 2016

Thomas James Madersky, born September 28, 1924, passed peacefully at the Hampton Ridge Healthcare Complex in Toms River NJ after staging a determined battle to recover from a damaging cardiac event. Tom was blessed to have close friends and family in his company in the preceding hours bringing him joy, comfort and love. Born in Newark New Jersey into the...

Michael J. Gurliaccio

Michael J. Gurliaccio

Mar 22, 2016

Michael J. Gurliaccio, 67, of Whiting, passed away Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at Deborah Heart & Lung Center in Browns Mills, NJ. Michael was born in Jersey City, NJ. He was a self-employed musician. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. Michael was a communicant of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, Whiting. Michael was predeceased by his...