Obituaries

Barbara Mertz

Barbara Mertz

May 18, 2012

Barbara A. Mertz, 68, of Whiting, passed away on Thursday, May 18, 2012 at The Van Dyke Hospice in Toms River. A Funeral Liturgy will be offered on Monday, May 21st at the All Saints Chapel of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, 30 Schoolhouse Road, Whiting. Interment will be Tuesday, May 22nd at St. Agnes Cemetery in Lake Placid, NY.

Dominick "Danny" Carbone

Dominick "Danny" Carbone

May 17, 2012

Dominick "Danny" A. Carbone, 83, passed away Thursday, May 17, 2012 at Arista Care at Whiting in Manchester. Danny was born in Jersey City and lived in Little Ferry before moving to Whiting in 1992. He worked for Teledyne Farris Co. in Palisades Park and was a union member of the International Association of Machinists of Aerospace Workers, Lodge #304....

Felice Colella

Felice Colella

May 15, 2012

Felice P. Colella, 86, of Whiting, passed away Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at home. Born in Italy, he lived in Rockaway, NJ before moving to Whiting in 1987. Felice was a mail carrier for the U.S. Post Office in Parsippany, NJ for 20 years, retiring in 1987. He was a U.S. Navy veteran for 20 years. He was a member...

Muriel Berry

Muriel Berry

May 14, 2012

Muriel L. Berry, 85, of Lakewood, formerly of Whiting, passed away Monday, May 14, 2012. Born in Jersey City, she lived in Thorndale, PA before moving to Whiting in 1997. Muriel was a machine operator for Allen Envelope Company, Devon, PA for 10 years, retiring in 1987. She was a member of the Bowling Club of Crestwood Village VII and...

Helen Ruggeri

Helen Ruggeri

May 14, 2012

Helen Ruggeri, 91, of Whiting, passed away Monday May 14, 2012 at Van Dyke Hospice, Toms River. Born in Perth Amboy, NJ she resided there and Fords before moving to Pine Ridge South in 1996. She was a communicant of Our Lady of Peace Church in Fords, NJ. Helen was predeceased by her husband, Joseph in 2006 and her sisters,...

Gloria Green

Gloria Green

May 9, 2012

Gloria Green, 83, of Toms River, formerly of Whiting, passed away Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at Ocean Medical Center in Brick. Born in Brooklyn, NY, she lived there, Deer Park, NY for 5 years and Willingboro, NJ for 20 years before moving to Whiting in 1983. She was a member of the Lakeshore Lodge at Pine Ridge and the Card...

Jeanne Valenzano

Jeanne Valenzano

Apr 30, 2012

Jeanned'Arc (Jeanne) Valenzano, 80, of Whiting, passed away Monday, April 30, 2012. Born in Wilkes Barre, PA, she lived in Hazlet, NJ for 43 years, prior to moving to Whiting in 2004, Jeanne was a Registered Nurse and a communicant of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton R. C. Church, Whiting. She was predeceased by her husband, Mike in 2007; her brother...

Emily Janelli

Emily Janelli

Apr 27, 2012

Emily Janelli, 104, of Whiting, passed away Friday, April 27, 2012 at Green Acres Manor Nursing Home in Toms River. Born in Manhattan, NY, she lived in Bronx, NY and then Whiting for 15 years before moving to Toms River. She was a communicant of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, Whiting. She was predeceased by her husband, Harvey in 1948....

Patrick Sharkey

Patrick Sharkey

Apr 22, 2012

Patrick J. Sharkey, 88, of Whiting, passed away Sunday, April 22, 2012 at Ocean Medical Center, Brick. Born in Ireland, he came to the U.S. in 1947. He lived in West Orange, moving to the Cedar Glen Lakes section of Whiting in 1999. Patrick was employed with NJ Bell for 31 years, retiring in 1986. Patrick was predeceased by his...

Anna Spellman

Anna Spellman

Apr 21, 2012

Anna T. Spellman, 93, of Whiting, passed away Saturday April 21, 2012 at Community Medical Center. Born in Bound Brook, NJ, she lived in Chicago before moving to Whiting 30 years ago. She was a member of the Crestwood Village V Ceramics Club, as well as a communicant of St Elizabeth Ann Seton Church. Anna was predeceased by her husband,...

Patrick Powers

Patrick Powers

Apr 19, 2012

Patrick John Powers, 76, of Whiting, passed away Thursday, April 19, 2012 at home. Born in Newark, he lived in Kearny before moving to Whiting in 1996. Patrick worked for Branch Motor Express, Newark for 28 years, retiring in 1984. After that, he worked for N.J. Transit for 10 years. He was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Korean...

Audrey Teague

Audrey Teague

Apr 16, 2012

Audrey M. Teague, 85, of Brick, passed away Monday, April 16, 2012. Born in Brooklyn, NY, she lived in Holiday City, Toms River before moving to Brick. She was a nurse's aid at Kimball Medical Center, Lakewood, for 10 years, retiring in 1996. Audrey was predeceased by her husband, John in 1996 and her daughter, Susan May in 2011. She...

Margaret Sudano

Margaret Sudano

Apr 13, 2012

Margaret S. Sudano, of Toms River, went to be with her Savior, Jesus Christ, on April 13, 2012 at home. Born in Brooklyn, NY, she lived in Florida and Tennessee before moving to Toms River. The youngest of 11 children, Margaret was beautiful inside and out and was an inspiration to every life she touched with her wisdom, love and...

Joy Zitzmann

Joy Zitzmann

Apr 8, 2012

Joy A. Zitzmann, of Whiting, formerly of Holmdel, passed away peacefully April 8 2012, Easter Sunday, at the Rose Garden Rehabilitation Center in Toms River. She was born in Howard Beach, NY on February 22 1930, was confirmed at St. Barnabas Evangelical Lutheran Church, Howard Beach, NY in 1944. She graduated from John Adams HS in Ozone Park in 1948....

Agnes Staub

Agnes Staub

Apr 7, 2012

Agnes Katherine Staub, 96, of Jackson, formerly of Whiting, passed away Saturday, April 7, 2012. Born in Trenton, NJ on January 8, 1916, she lived in Hamilton Twp., NJ for 38 years before moving to Whiting in 1976. She lived there for 34 years before going to The Orchards at Bartley Assisted Living in Jackson last year, where she passed...

Wanda Koch

Wanda Koch

Apr 6, 2012

Wanda T. Koch (Nee: Lewandowski), 97, of Toms River, passed away Friday, April 6, 2012 at home. Wanda was born in Jersey City and lived there most of her life before moving to Toms River. She was a communicant of St. Justin Catholic Church, Toms River and a former communicant of Our Lady of Czestochowa Roman Catholic Church, Jersey City....

Maria Horpenko

Maria Horpenko

Mar 29, 2012

Maria Horpenko, 65, of Whiting, died on Thursday, March 29, 2012 at home. A service will be held at 1pm Monday April 2, 2012 at Manchester Memorial Funeral Home. Cremation will be private.

Marion Morrell

Marion Morrell

Mar 29, 2012

MARION E MORRELL AGE: 82 * OCEAN GATE Marion E. Morrell, 82, of Ocean Gate, passed away on Thursday, March 29, 2012, at The Lutheran Home at Moorestown Nursing Home. Born in Elizabeth, NJ, she resided in Edison before moving to Ocean Gate in 1974. Marion worked as a legal secretary for Robert F. Novins, Esq. She was a member...

William Arbogast

William Arbogast

Mar 26, 2012

William L. Arbogast, 85, of Whiting, passed away Monday, March 26, 2012. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on October 26, 1926. William was a World War II veteran who served in the U.S. Navy for 20 years. While in the Navy, he met his wife, Waltraud.. After retiring from the Navy, he continued his career with New Jersey Transit...

Shirley Lepori

Shirley Lepori

Mar 26, 2012

Shirley A Lepori, 92, of Whiting. passed away Monday March 26, 2012 at Crestwood Manor. Born in Detroit, Michigan, she lived in Hillburn, NY before moving to Crestwood Village V in 1979. After 28 years Shirley retired as an accounting clerk for Avon Products. She was a member of Crestwood Village V Residents Club, The Garden Club, VFW Ladies Auxiliary...