Obituaries

Loretta Mullen

Loretta Mullen

Jul 19, 2010

Loretta S. Mullen, 78, of Whiting, Manchester Twp., died Monday, July 19, 2010 at Community Medical Center, Toms River. Formerly of Saddle Brook, she moved to Whiting, NJ in 1999. She was a homemaker and a communicant of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton RC Church, Whiting. She was also a member of the Ceramics Club of Whiting. Mrs. Mullen was predeceased...

Margaret "Peggy" Schultz

Margaret "Peggy" Schultz

Jul 16, 2010

Margaret "Peggy" Schultz, 88, of Whiting, passed away Friday, July 16, 2010 at Community Medical Center in Toms River. Peggy was born on June 2, 1922 in Park Ridge, NJ. She worked at New Beginnings Rehabilitation Center in Lakehurst. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, New York and the Whiting First Aid Ladies Auxiliary. She...

Bessie Service

Bessie Service

Jul 15, 2010

Bessie H. Service, 99, of Whiting, passed away Thursday, July 15, 2010 at Manchester Manor Rehabilitation Center. Born in Milton, MA, she lived in Cranbury, NJ before moving to Whiting in 1999. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Cranbury. Bessie was predeceased by her husband, Roy and her daughter, Jane Steepy. She is survived by one daughter,...

Margot Coster

Margot Coster

Jul 15, 2010

Margot K. Coster, 84, of Whiting, passed away on Thursday, July 15, 2010, at Community Medical Center, Toms River. Born in Far Rockaway, NY. She resided in Queens, NY before moving to Whiting in 1988. Margot worked for Downtown Community Hospital in New York City. She was a communicant of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, Whiting. Margot is survived...

Irene Torresson

Irene Torresson

Jul 1, 2010

Irene C. Torresson, 92, of Whiting, died peacefully at home on July 1st, finally joining her beloved Tom, who went before her in 2005. Mrs. Torresson lived at the Pines at Whiting, moving to the community from The Meadows at Lake Ridge in 2007. Born in Hoboken, Mrs. Torresson resided in Toms River for 30 years, before moving to Whiting...

John Mulling

John Mulling

Jun 26, 2010

John Francis Mulling was called home by our Heavenly Father on Saturday, June 26, 2010. John was born in New York in 1927 and was raised in Jersey City, New Jersey. He and his wife settled in Newark, NJ where they raised their six daughters and later in Hopatcong, NJ. John worked for over 40 years at Western Electric in...

Marilyn Cooper

Marilyn Cooper

Jun 26, 2010

Marilyn F. Cooper, 77, of Whiting, passed away Saturday, June 26, 2010, at the Van Dyke Hospice in Toms River. Born in Elizabeth, she lived in Spring Lake Heights before moving to Whiting in 1996. Marilyn was an insurance underwriter for many years in the Jersey Shore area. She coached girl's softball with the Spring Lake Heights Little League. She...

Ruth Dorner

Ruth Dorner

Jun 26, 2010

Ruth Flamm Dorner, 77, of Crestwood Village I, Whiting, Manchester, NJ, wife of Conrad Dorner, Jr., died Saturday, June 26, 2010 at home. Born in Philadelphia, PA, Ruth previously lived in Levittown, PA and Sierra Madre, CA, before moving to Whiting in 1999. She was employed for many years as an activities director for C.L.I.M.B. for the Blind in Sierra...

Robert Gorun Sr.

Robert Gorun Sr.

Jun 26, 2010

Robert Michael Gorun Sr. of Whiting, formerly of Clifton, NJ, caring father and loving husband, died peacefully at home on Saturday June 26, 2010. He was predeceased by his parents, Michael and Rose Gorun and his sisters, Elvira Gremsperger and Marianna Labarbera. Surviving are his wife of 49 years, Diane LiSanti Gorun, his brother and sister in law, Ronald and...

Yvonne Kujau

Yvonne Kujau

Jun 23, 2010

Yvonne S. Kujau, 92, of Whiting, passed away on June 23rd, at home. Born in Egypt, and immigrated to the United States in 1945. She resided in Jackson Heights, NY, before moving to Crestwood Village II, Whiting in 1969. She was a member of the Crestwood Village II Bridge Club. Yvonne was an active member and communicant of St. Elizabeth...

Rita Kavanagh

Rita Kavanagh

Jun 22, 2010

Rita F. Kavanagh, 86, of Whiting, passed away Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at Whiting Health Care Center. Rita was born in New York and lived in Queens, NY, Red Bank and Holmdel before moving to Whiting in 2009. She worked for Bulova Watches, Astoria, NY, for 10 years, retiring in 1985. She was predeceased by her husband, John in 1980...

Cornelius Poartfleet

Cornelius Poartfleet

Jun 17, 2010

Cornelius J. Poartfleet, 91, passed away, Thursday, June 17th, at home. Born in Haledon, he resided in Hawthorne, before moving to Whiting, in 1980. He worked as an investigator for the New Jersey Dept. of Labor for 26 years, retiring in 1974. Cornelius was an US Army Veteran of World War II, serving in North Africa and Italy. He was...

Francis Coduto

Francis Coduto

Jun 16, 2010

Francis S. Coduto, 89 of Whiting, passed away, Wednesday, June 16, 2010. He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Holly; two daughters, Dana M, Haines of Succasunna and Sandra Major of Parsippany and two granddaughters, Lori Haines and Sheri-Lyn Major. A memorial mass will be held at 11 am, Monday, June 21st, at the All Saints Chapel at...

Lillian Garry

Lillian Garry

Jun 14, 2010

Lillian Garry, 94, passed away on Monday, June 14, 2010 at Care One at Jackson. Lillian was born in Newark, NJ. Upon retiring, she moved to Cedar Glenn Lakes, Whiting. She was predeceased by her husband, Andrew Garry. She is survived by her daughter, Lorraine Garry, her son and daughter-in-law, James and Sylvia Garry; her grandson, John Calarco and her...

Agnes O'Brien

Agnes O'Brien

Jun 11, 2010

Agnes M. O'Brien, 86, of Tinton Falls, passed away Friday, June 11, 2010 at Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank. Agnes was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. She moved to Whiting in 1979 before coming to Tinton Falls in 2007. She was a communicant of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, Whiting. She was predeceased by her husband of 52...

Michael Meyers

Michael Meyers

Jun 10, 2010

Michael J. Meyers, 77, of Whiting, passed away Thursday, June 10, 2010 at Community Medical Center in Toms River. Michael was born and raised in Piscataway. He moved to Whiting in 2003. He was the head custodian for the Plainfield Board of Education for 34 years, retiring in 1995. He was a US Army veteran of the Korean War. He...

Herta Corleis

Herta Corleis

Jun 8, 2010

Herta Corleis, 83, of Whiting, passed away on Tuesday, June 8th, at Manchester Manor. She was born in Germany. She resided in Brooklyn, before moving to Whiting in 2005. Herta loved to cook and entertain at dinner parties. She loved to shop and enjoyed card games. She also like to go to Atlantic City. Herta was a member of Christ...

Nicole Romanelli

Nicole Romanelli

Jun 5, 2010

Nicole D. Romanelli, 28, of Whiting, NJ and Cary, NC, passed away Saturday, June 5, 2010 at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC. Nicole was born in Lakewood. She graduated from Manchester Township High School in 2000 and received her Bachelor of Science Degree from Ramapo College in 2004. She was a communicant of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church,...

Mary Buonocore

Mary Buonocore

Jun 5, 2010

Mary D. Buonocore, 88, of Whiting, passed away on Saturday, June 5th at Crestwood Manor Healthcare Center, Whiting. Born in Hoboken, and resided in North Bergen, before moving to Whiting in 1981. Mary worked as a clerk for the North Bergen Tax Office. Mary was a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was a communicant of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton...

Grace Javitz

Grace Javitz

Jun 4, 2010

Grace Javitz, 72, of Whiting, passed away on Friday, June 4, 2010, at home. Born in Paterson, NJ. She resided in Lincoln Park, NJ before moving to Whiting in 2001. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. Grace is survived by her husband Stephen of 52 years; four children, Kathlene Miller, Stephen Javitz, Lori Javitz, and Lainie Banghart; two...