Obituaries

John Sienkiewicz

John Sienkiewicz

Dec 22, 2013

Services will be private under the direction of Aaron Cremation Associates.

Anna Costa

Anna Costa

Dec 18, 2013

Anna M. Costa, 90, of Whiting, peacefully passed away Wednesday, December 18, 2013 at home. She was born in Edwardsville, PA, and resided in Trenton, NJ before moving to Whiting in 1979. Anna was a devoted wife and mother who had a nurturing touch; she was truly a kind and gentle soul who lived for her family's happiness. She had...

Anthony Cicalese

Anthony Cicalese

Dec 11, 2013

Anthony Cicales, 86, of whiting, passed away Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at Manchester Manor Nursing Home in Manchester. Born in the Bronx, NY he lived in Flushing Queens, NY before moving to Whiting in 1996. He was a crane operator for PASCAP Company, Inc., Bronx, NY retiring in 1990. Anthony was a member of the Old Guard, Fishing Club and...

Patricia Calabrese

Patricia Calabrese

Dec 11, 2013

Patricia M. Calabrese, 65, of Whiting, passed away Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at Kimball Medical Center in Lakewood. Born in Philadelphia, PA, she lived in Bellmawr and Seaside Heights before moving to Whiting a year ago. Patricia was a ride operator at Fun Town Amusement Pier in Seaside Heights and a communicant of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, Whiting. She...

Joseph Davitt

Joseph Davitt

Dec 11, 2013

Joseph W. Davitt, 82, of Whiting, passed away on Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at Community Medical Center in Toms River. Born in Simpson, PA, he lived in East Newark and then, Harrison for 20 years before moving to Whiting 13 years ago. Joseph was an electronics worker for Clinton Industries, Carlstadt, retiring in 1997. He was a communicant of St....

Paul Mattner

Paul Mattner

Dec 8, 2013

Paul G. Mattner, 72, of Whiting, passed away Sunday, December 8 at home. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he lived in Piscataway before moving to Whiting in 2012. He retired from Novartis Pharmaceutical of East Hanover, NJ in 2005 after 35 years. He was a former member of St Frances Cabrini Church of Piscataway. He was a communicant of St Elizabeth...

Arlene Feindt

Arlene Feindt

Dec 5, 2013

Arlene A. Feindt, 79, of Whiting, passed away Thursday, December 5, 2013 in Scottsdale, AZ. Born in East Orange, she lived in West Caldwell before moving to Whiting 18 years ago. She was a bookkeeper for Santini Van Lines. Arlene was a member of the Board of Trustees of Whiting Station and a volunteer for the Whiting First Aid Auxiliary....

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...