Obituaries

Thomas Mangieri

Thomas Mangieri

Dec 5, 2013

Thomas Mangieri, 93, of Princeton Junction, NJ, formerly of Whiting, passed away Thursday, December 5, 2013 at Merwick Care & Rehabilitation Center in Plainsboro, NJ. Born in San Rufo, Italy, Tom came to the United States at the age of 10. He lived in Brooklyn, NY most of his life and moved to Whiting in 1986. He was a furniture...

Chester Kierzkowski

Chester Kierzkowski

Dec 5, 2013

Chester A. Kierzkowski, 94, of Whiting, passed away Thursday, December 5, 2013 at home. Born in Erie, PA, he lived in Hyattsville, MD before moving to Whiting 32 years ago. Chester was an administrator for the U.S. Government Printing Office in Washington D.C. for 35 years. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and a member of...

Gertrude Zotta

Gertrude Zotta

Dec 4, 2013

Gertrude Zotta, 89, of Whiting passed away Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at Community Medical Center in Toms River. Services are private.

Margaret Pepe

Margaret Pepe

Nov 27, 2013

Margaret M. Pepe, 78, of Spring Hill Fl., formerly of Barnegat N.J. and Staten Island N.Y., passed away Nov. 27, 2013. Margaret was born in Jersey City, NJ. She worked for K-Mart in Manahawkin for 12 years. She was an avid bingo player and loved visiting the casinos in Atlantic City, Las Vegas and Biloxi, Mississippi. She was predeceased by...

Dennis O'Mara

Dennis O'Mara

Nov 20, 2013

Dennis W. O'Mara, 66, passed away on Wednesday, November 20, 2013. Born October 20, 1947 in Jersey City, he spent a portion of his childhood in Kearny, NJ. The family moved to Brick Township when Dennis was nine. A U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War, he was stationed on the U.S.S. Midway and the U.S.S. Oriskany. Dennis was a...

Robert Schick

Robert Schick

Nov 18, 2013

Robert M. Schick, 92, of Whiting, passed away Monday, November 18, 2013 at home. He was born on July 30, 1921 in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, NY. He lived in the Bronx, NY, Verona and Oakland NJ before moving to Whiting in 1985. Robert was a Licensed Professional Engineer with a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering Degree from C.C.N.Y. and a Master...

Patricia Gavaris

Patricia Gavaris

Nov 15, 2013

Patricia Evelyn Gavaris, 77, of Whiting, passed away Friday, November 15, 2013 at home. Born in New York City, NY, she lived in the Bronx, NY before moving to Whiting in 1996. Patricia was an executive secretary at Emigrant Savings Bank, New York City, NY for 45 years, retiring in 2001. She was a member of the Pine Ridge South...

Michael Lynch

Michael Lynch

Nov 5, 2013

Michael R. Lynch, 90, of Whiting, passed away on Tuesday, November 5, 2013 at AristaCare at Whiting. Born in North Bergen, NJ, he lived in Guttenburg, NJ before moving to Whiting in 1999. Michael was a stationery engineer for the Tetley Tea Company, Shelton, CT. He was a U.S. Navy veteran during WWII. Michael's wife, Violet, predeceased him in 2008....

Virginia Gill

Virginia Gill

Oct 28, 2013

Virginia S. Gill, 91, of Whiting, passed away Monday, October 28, 2013 at Capital Health Regional Medical Center, Fuld Campus in Trenton. Born in Hoboken, she lived in Bergenfield for 40 years before moving to Whiting in 1989. Virginia was a secretary for River Dell Board of Education in Oradell, NJ for 20 plus years, retiring in 1987. She was...

Marion Ploessel

Marion Ploessel

Oct 21, 2013

Marion Katherine Ploessel, 90, of Whiting, passed away Monday, October 21, 2013 at Crestwood Manor in Whiting. Born in Queens, NY, she lived in Queens Village, NY before moving to Whiting in 1987. Marion was a secretary for the IRS. She was a communicant of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, Whiting. Marion was predeceased by her husband of 22 years,...

John Pico

John Pico

Oct 20, 2013

John J Pico 71, of Whiting, NJ passed away suddenly on Sunday, October 20, 2013 at The Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu Hawaii. John was born in Newark, NJ, to Anna and Nuncio Pico. He graduated from Seton Hall Prep and Seton Hall University. In 1963 he married Agnes Guariniello, and they recently celebrated their 50th anniversary. He worked 35...

Shirley Keiser

Shirley Keiser

Oct 18, 2013

Shirley Keiser, 78, of Whiting, passed away Friday, October 18, 2013 at Arista Care at Whiting. Born in Newark, she lived in Monroe before moving to Whiting in 2010. Shirley worked for Style-A-Shade in East Brunswick making curtains. She also did clerical work for General Accident Insurance Co. in East Orange. She was a member of Crossroads Assembly of God...

Charlotte Palumbo

Charlotte Palumbo

Oct 11, 2013

Charlotte J. Palumbo, 89, of Whiting, passed away on Friday, October 11, 2013 at her residence. Born in Grafton, WV, she lived in Northfield, NJ and Red Bank, NJ before moving to Whiting in 1977. Charlotte was a clerical worker with an insurance company and a waitress in several popular restaurants for many years. Charlotte was predeceased by her first...

Helen Papalia

Helen Papalia

Oct 10, 2013

Helen L. Papalia, 92, of Toms River, NJ, passed away Thursday, October 10, 2013 at Shorrock Gardens Care Center in Brick, NJ. Born in Jersey City, NJ, she lived in Cassville before moving to Toms River in 1947. She was an eye-witness to the Hindenburg while working at her father's restaurant on the Lakehurst Naval Air Base. Helen was predeceased...

Mary Clarke

Mary Clarke

Oct 10, 2013

Mary E. Clarke, 102, of Whiting, passed away Thursday, October 10, 2013 at Community Medical Center in Toms River. Born in New York City, NY, she lived in Queens, NY before moving to Whiting in 1974. Mary was a teacher for the Board of Education of New York City for 35 years, retiring in 1974. She graduated from Jamaica Training...

Bernadette Flynn

Bernadette Flynn

Oct 4, 2013

Bernadette M. Flynn, 76, of Whiting, passed away on Friday, October 4, 2013 at Community Medical Center, Toms River, NJ. She was born in New York City, NY and then lived in Fort Lee, NJ, before settling in Whiting in 1997. Bernadette was a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) at Holy Name Hospital in Teaneck, NJ for several years. She was...

Josephine Thiers

Josephine Thiers

Sep 27, 2013

Josephine Thiers, 91, of Whiting, passed away on Friday, September 27, 2013 at AristaCare in Whiting. She was born in Sayreville, NJ and moved to Whiting. Josephine was a communicant of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, Whiting. A Mass of the Christian Burial will be offered at 10:45 a.m., Tuesday, October 1, 2013 at the All Saints Chapel of St....

Vera Saunders

Vera Saunders

Sep 16, 2013

Vera Elizabeth Saunders, 92, of Whiting, passed away Monday, September 16, 2013 at Arista Care of Whiting. Born in Newark, NJ, she lived in Irvington, South Orange and Belmar before moving to Whiting in 1990. Vera was a legal secretary for Harry Goldfarb & Associates in Newark for 10 years. She was a communicant of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church,...

Josephine Volpe

Josephine Volpe

Sep 12, 2013

Josephine S. Volpe, 89, of Whiting, passed away Thursday, September 12, 2013 at home. Born in Manhattan, NY, she lived in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, NY before moving to whiting in 1989. Josephine was a secretary for the U.S. Department of Navy. She was a member of the Crestwood Village 5 Ceramics Club and the Italia American Club of whiting. She...

Florence Dahn

Florence Dahn

Sep 8, 2013

Florence Dahn, 98, of Whiting, passed away Sunday, September 8, 2013 at home. Florence was born in Collingdale, PA. She worked for Atlantic Refining Company. She was a member of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Whiting. Florence was predeceased by her husband, Victor Dahn in 1980. She is survived by her sister, Ruth Faust of Wilmington, DE and her niece,...