Obituaries

Audun Hollekim

Audun Hollekim

May 13, 2011

Audun J. Hollekim, 72, of Whiting, died Friday, May 13, 2011 at Community Medical Center in Toms River. Mr. Hollekim was born in Tysnes, Norway. He lived in North Plainfield before moving to Whiting nine years ago. He was an insurance inspector for 30 years, working for Prudential and Upfro Associates. He was a member of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton...

Isabel Mercy

Isabel Mercy

May 5, 2011

Isabel Mercy, 93, of Whiting, passed away Thursday, May 05, 2011 at Community Medical Center in Toms River. Born in Kearny, she lived in Springfield before moving to Whiting in 2000. Isabel was a self-employed dog groomer. She was a violinist with the West Hudson Symphony Orchestra for many years. She was a member of the Community Reformed Church, Whiting....

Edwin Diveny

Edwin Diveny

Apr 28, 2011

Edwin F. Diveny, 87, of Crestwood Village III, Whiting, Manchester, died Thursday, April 28, 2011 at Community Medical Center in Toms River. He was a stock expeditor with the Irvington Board of Education for 20 years, retiring in 1994. Born in Orange, NJ, he lived in Montclair and Irvington, NJ. He and his late wife, Gloria Anfuso Diveny, moved to...

Marion Kelley

Marion Kelley

Apr 26, 2011

Marion J. Kelley, 90, of Whiting, passed away Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at Centra State Hospital in Freehold. Marion was born and raised in Astoria, Queens, NY and lived in Flushing, NY before moving to Whiting in 1980. She was a bookkeeper with Hartz Mountain Corporation, Harrison, NJ. She enjoyed music and playing the piano, puzzles and stamp collecting. She...

Joseph Hochheim

Joseph Hochheim

Apr 19, 2011

Joseph R Hochheim, 82, passed away Tuesday April 19, 2011 at the New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home in Vineland, NJ. Born in the Bronx, NY, he lived in Monvale before moving to Whiting 11 years ago. He was a US Navy veteran of World War II and Korea. He was a communicant of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, Whiting. Joseph...

Isabella Sorresso

Isabella Sorresso

Apr 18, 2011

Isabella Sorresso, 80, of Whiting, passed away Monday, April 18, 2011 at home. She was born in New York City, NY and was a homemaker. She was predeceased by her husband, Philip in 1974. Surviving are five children, Maria, Philip, Joseph, Ann and Michael; two sisters, Mary and Delores and several nieces and nephews. A Memorial Gathering and Service will...

Maria Folch

Maria Folch

Apr 17, 2011

Maria Folch, 94 of Whiting, died Sunday April 17, 2011 at Commmunity Medical Center, Toms River. A viewing will be on Wednesday April 20, from 9:00am until 10:30am at the funeral home. A funeral Liturgy will be held on Wednesday at 10:45am in the All Saints Chapel of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, 30 schoolhouse Rd. Whiting.

James Libretto

James Libretto

Apr 10, 2011

James L. Libretto, age 71 of Whiting, Manchester died Sunday April 10, 2011 at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City, James was born and raised in Staten Island, NY. He was a letter carrier for the US Postal Service in the Rosebank Station, Staten Island for 30 yrs retiring in 1995. He was a practioner of St. Elizabeth Ann...

Henry Pfeiffer

Henry Pfeiffer

Apr 9, 2011

Henry Pfeiffer, 93, of Pine Ridge of Whiting, passed away Saturday, April 09, 2011 at Whiting Healthcare Center. Henry was born in Newark and lived in Bloomfield prior to moving to Whiting in 1985. He worked for Ward Bakery in Newark for 35 years, retiring in 1980. Henry was a US Army veteran of World War II and a member...

Margaret Durkin

Margaret Durkin

Apr 8, 2011

Margaret M. Durkin, 89, of Whiting, passed away Friday, April 8, 2011 at home. She was an executive secretary with Continental Insurance Company for 42 years. Margaret was born in Newark, NJ and lived in Westfield and Cranford, NJ before moving to Whiting in 1985. She was a former member of the Bocce Club of Crestwood Village 5. She was...

Angelina Capone

Angelina Capone

Apr 8, 2011

Angelina Capone, 84, of Pine Ridge of Whiting, passed away Friday, April 8, 2011 at Whiting Healthcare Center in Manchester. Angelina was born in Newark and lived in Union, Parsippany and Denville before moving to Whiting in 1997. She was a secretary for P.D.A.B. Collections in Rockaway, NJ for 10 years, retiring in 1996. She was a communicant of St....

Sally Kerestan

Sally Kerestan

Apr 3, 2011

Sally Kerestan, 88, of Crestwood Village 7, Whiting, passed away Sunday, April 3, 2011 at home. Sally was born and raised in Carteret. She moved to Whiting in 1979. She worked for the Nabisco Company, which later became a military ammunition factory during World War II. She was a member of the Slovak Ladies Auxiliary in Carteret. She was a...

Joan May

Joan May

Apr 3, 2011

Joan P. May, 82, of Whiting, passed away Sunday, April 3, 2011 at Arista Care of Whiting. Joan was born in Great Neck, NY. Funeral services are private.

William Titone

William Titone

Apr 3, 2011

All Services for William Titone are currently pending

Kathe Melkers

Kathe Melkers

Mar 31, 2011

Kathe Melkers, 85, of Valrico, FL, passed away on Thursday March 31, 2011 in Florida. She was predeceased by her husband, Josef. She is survived by her daughter Martina and son in-law John Dillon of Valrico, Florida. Entombment be private in Whiting Memorial Park Cemetery and Mausoleum, Whiting, NJ.

Helen Croot

Helen Croot

Mar 28, 2011

Helen D. Croot, 93, of Whiting, passed away on Monday, March 28, 2011 at Whiting Healthcare Center in Manchester. Helen was born in Belvidere, NJ and moved to Whiting in 1980. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Carol A. & Gary Echols of Leland, NC. Interment is Thursday, March 31, 2011 at Valleau Cemetery in Ridgewood, NJ.

Anna Lupico

Anna Lupico

Mar 28, 2011

Anna Lupico (nee: Futy), 93, of Whiting, passed away Monday, March 28, 2011 at the Van Dyke Hospice in Toms River. Anna was born in Hazelton, PA and lived in Keansburg before moving to Whiting. She was a communicant of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, Whiting. She was predeceased by her husband, Dominic in 1972. She is survived by four...

Ann Marie Mccarthy

Ann Marie Mccarthy

Mar 28, 2011

Ann Marie T. McCarthy, 73, of Whiting, passed away Monday, March 28, 2011 at the Van Dyke Hospice in Toms River. Ann Marie was born and raised in Bayonne. She moved to Whiting in 1995. She was a buyer for Maidenform in Bayonne. She was a communicant of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, Whiting and volunteered in the church's office...

Virginia Mangieri

Virginia Mangieri

Mar 24, 2011

Virginia Mangieri, 91, of Whiting, passed away Thursday, March 24, 2011 at Robert Wood Johnson University Medical Center in Hamilton, NJ. Virginia was born in New York City, NY and lived in Brooklyn, NY before moving to Whiting in 1986. She was a member of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union #40, New York City for 45 years, retiring in...

Jean Ryan

Jean Ryan

Mar 24, 2011

Jean E. Ryan (nee Cary), 81, of Whiting, NJ, formerly of Bound Brook, NJ, died at home on Mar. 24, 2011. Jean is survived by her husband of 58 yrs, James T. Ryan Sr.; children, James Jr., Kathleen, Susan, Donald, Patricia, Barbara, and Douglas, along with their spouses and families, which includes 17 grandchildren, 8 great-grandchildren, and siblings, William and...