Obituaries

Jun 20, 2024

Jun 13, 2024

Peter Stasinski, 85, of Whiting, NJ passed away on June 13, 2024 at home. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he lived there until moving to Whiting in 2000.

Peter was a postal worker at the Cooper Union Postal facility in Manhattan for 30 years until he retired in 1998. He enjoyed growing various vegetables in his garden and...

May 31, 2024

May 28, 2024

Alan Hanenberg, 78, of Whiting, passed away on May 28, 2024.

Alan dedicated over fifty years to his craft as a carpenter with the local Union 124 in Passaic County, retiring in 2011. He and his wife lived in Wanaque until their move to Whiting in 2018.

Alan is predeceased by his parents, Mabel and...

May 14, 2024

Edith Thomas, 98, passed away on May 14, 2024. She was born in Metuchen and lived in Somerset for 22 years before settling in Whiting NJ.

Edith worked as a Telephone Operator for NJ Bell in New Brunswick. She also worked for AT&T and retired in 1984. Edith was an active member at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton...

Apr 23, 2024

Apr 20, 2024

Lois Ann Stockwell, 61, passed away on April 20, 2024.She was born in Toms River, to parents Charles and Frances Goetchius. Lois worked as a Bookkeeper for A&P Supermarkets till 2012, then worked for Walmart until retiring in 2018. Lois found joy in creating with her hands with crafting, scrapbooking, and tracing family roots.She is predeceased by her parents Frances...

Apr 18, 2024

Richard J. Nolan Jr., 81, of Middletown, NJ passed away on Thursday, April 18, 2024 at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank after a long illness. Born in Englewood, he lived in Vernon and Sussex for many years before moving to Whiting in 2013. He recently moved to Middletown to be closer to family.

A veteran of the...

Apr 13, 2024

Mary Clarke (Maura) passed away on April 13, 2024. She was born in Galway Ireland in 1939 and arrived in the United States at 17 years old, where she lived in New York City. In 1961 she met and married Gerard Clarke and they settled in Palisades Park, NJ. She worked for Bell Telephone Company until her first child...

Apr 1, 2024

Bella Berloco, 94, of Whiting died April 1, 2024. Born in Jersey City, she lived there until moving to Whiting in 2010.

Bella was a store clerk for her family's grocery store, Berloco's Grocery for 57 years She was a parishioner at Mt. Carmel in Jersey City, and later at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Whiting,...

Mar 20, 2024

Betty Jean Snyder, 95, of Whiting, NJ, passed away on March 20, 2024.

Born December 28, 1928, in Plainfield, NJ, she then grew up in Somerville, NJ, and lived there most of her life before moving to Largo, FL, then to Phillipsburg, NJ, and then to Whiting, NJ.

Betty was a bookkeeper for The Visiting...

Mar 15, 2024

John Lloyd Wilson, 82, passed away on March 15, 2024. John was born in Trenton and was a longtime resident of Lacey Township for 30 years. He honorably served in the United States Army.John is predeceased by his parents, Aimee Barelkowski, and John Wilson. He is survived by his second cousins Elisabeth Foreman and her husband Daniel, Elizabeth Fries and...

Mar 12, 2024

Fred Whiteley, 86, of South Amboy passed away on Tuesday, March 12, 2024 at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy. Born January 17, 1938 in South Amboy, he grew up in the Morgan section of Sayreville and lived in Sayreville for most of his life until a job transfer brought him to Pascagoula, MS. He lived in Holiday City...

Mar 7, 2024

Patricia M. Albert, 85, of Whiting passed away on Thursday, March 7, 2024 at Aristacare at Whiting. Born in South Bound Brook, she grew up there and lived in Somerset and Piscataway before moving to Crestwood Village in Whiting.

Mrs. Albert was an Installment Loan Supervisor for the First National Bank of Central Jersey, Bridgewater, for many...

Mar 6, 2024

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Mar 5, 2024

Eugene H. O'Rourke, 93 years young, passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones at his side at the Tidewell Hospice House in Sarasota Florida.

He was born in Morristown, New Jersey on July 26, 1930, to Eugene J. and Louise O'Rourke and then moved at the age of four with his sister Marilyn to a house that...

Mar 1, 2024

Joshua Cullison, 42, of Toms River, passed away on March 1, 2024. Born in Georgia, he lived there and grew up in Ocean County, NJ.

Joshua has lived in NJ for most of his life, working for a Tree Service company and being a Driver for Fed-Ex. He enjoyed playing and watching basketball. Joshua had an artistic...

Feb 27, 2024

Robert G. Casper, 66, passed away on February 27, 2024. He was born in Allentown, PA to parents Louis and Kathleen Casper. Robert lived in Matawan before living in Middletown for twenty-three years. He settled in Whiting with his wife, Kathleen in 2021.

Robert worked in the construction trade building both new construction and rehabing old for...

Feb 25, 2024

Feb 25, 2024

Virginia (Ginny) A. Sheppard, 80, of Lanoka Harbor, passed away on February 25, 2024. Born in New Brunswick, Ginny grew up in the Princeton and Griggstown area and lived in Lakehurst for most of her life. She moved to Lanoka Harbor in 2022.Ginny loved her family and cared deeply for her friends. She was very passionate and an advocate for...