Obituaries

Jean Leonard

Jean Leonard

Dec 20, 2008

Jean A. (Weiss) Leonard of Whiting passed away peacefully on December 20, 2009, at Manchester Manor Rehabilitation Center in Manchester. Relatives and friends are invited to attend a Funeral Mass at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, 30 Schoolhouse Road, Whiting, on Monday, December 29, at XX a.m. Interment will be private. Mrs. Leonard was the widow of Arthur Leonard who...

Antonio Afonso

Antonio Afonso

Dec 15, 2008

Antonio A. Afonso, 54, of Lakehurst, passed away Monday, December 15th. Mr. Afonso was born in Portugal and came to the United States in 1978. He lived in Jackson Township before moving to Lakehurst in 1990. Mr. Afonso was an electrician. He owned and operated Atlantic Electric in Lakehurst from 1990 to 2001. Prior to that, he worked for Coburn...

Lillian Marrone

Lillian Marrone

Dec 9, 2008

Lillian C. Marrone, 92, of Whiting, Manchester, passed away on Tuesday, December 9th. Born in Jersey City and resided in Cliffside Park and Brick, before moving to Whiting in 1963. She was the owner/operator of the Italian Delicatessen in Cliffside Park and Union City for many years. She was a communicant of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, Whiting. Lillian was...

A. Martin Salvesen

A. Martin Salvesen

Dec 8, 2008

A. Martin Salvesen, 84, of Whiting, Manchester, passed away Monday, December 8, at home. Born in Hoboken, he lived in Ridgefield Park before moving to Whiting 18 years ago. Mr. Salvesen was a draftsman for Allied Stores, New York, NY. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II. He was a member of the Sons of Norway...

Virginia Moore

Virginia Moore

Dec 8, 2008

Virigina A. Moore, 86, of Crestwood Village V, Whiting, Manchester, passed away Monday, Dec. 8, at Community Medical Center, Toms River. Mrs. Moore was born in Arlington, NJ and lived in Allendale, North Arlington and Lyndhurst before moving to Whiting in 1978. She was controller/ assistant secretary treasurer for Frederick Gummo Chemical Company, Kearny, NJ for 36 years, retiring in...

Catherine Matthies

Catherine Matthies

Dec 7, 2008

Catherine T. Matthies, 92, of Whiting, Manchester, passed away on Sunday, December 7th, at Haven at Silverwoods. Mrs. Matthies was born in New York, NY and resided in the Bronx, NY, Staten Island, NY, and Micco, FL, before moving to Whiting in 1995. She was a communicant of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, Whiting. Catherine was predeceased by her loving...

Josephine Barone

Josephine Barone

Dec 3, 2008

Josephine R. Barone, 84, of Crestwood Village VI, Whiting, Manchester, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 3, at the Van Dyke Hospice in Community Medical Center, Toms River. Mrs. Barone was born in Brooklyn, NY and lived in Palm Bay, FL and Long Island, NY before moving to Whiting in 1988 She was a clerk at the Federal Reserve Bank, New York...

Gilbert Buhler

Gilbert Buhler

Nov 30, 2008

Gilbert F. Buhler, 79, of Whiting, Manchester, passed away on Sunday, November 30, at home. Born in Norwood, NJ, and resided in Closter, before moving to Whiting in 1993. He was a wonderful husband and a loving father and grandfather. Gilbert owned Buhler Construction in Closter. He was a member of the Closter Elk Lodge #2304. He was member of...

Wallace Bolger

Wallace Bolger

Nov 28, 2008

Wallace F. Bolger, 85, of Whiting, MANCHESTER, passed away Friday, November 28, at Community Medical Center in Toms River. Mr. Bolger was born in New York City, NY and lived in North Bergen and Edgewater, NJ before moving to Whiting in 1986. He was a truck driver for Nabisco in Jersey City and Teterboro, NJ for 44 years, retiring in...

Violet Lynch

Violet Lynch

Nov 13, 2008

Violet Lynch, of Whiting, MANCHESTER, passed away Thursday, November 13, at the Van Dyke Hospice in Community Medical Center, Toms River. Born in West New York, NJ, she lived in Guttenberg before moving to Whiting nine years ago. She is survived by her husband of 40 years, Michael; one son, Vincent Ruppert and one brother, Herman Holpp. Arrangements are under...

Elizabeth Majeski

Elizabeth Majeski

Nov 11, 2008

Elizabeth V. Majeski of Pine Ridge at Whiting, MANCHESTER, passed away Tuesday, November 11, at home. Mrs. Majeski was born in Brooklyn, NY and lived in Harrisburg, PA before moving to Whiting. She was a Clerk-Typist for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for nine years, retiring in 1980. She was a member of the Pine Ridge Social Club, Residents Club and...

John Ragan

John Ragan

Nov 5, 2008

John J. Ragan, 89, of Whiting, Manchester Twp., died Wednesday, November 5th at the VanDyke Hospice Center, Toms River. John was born in Camden, and resided in Palmyra for 52 years before moving to Whiting in 2004. He was a driver and salesman for RMP, a division of Rice and Holman for 36 years, retiring in 1986. He attended Audubon...

Julianne Bowden

Julianne Bowden

Oct 27, 2008

Julianne R. Bowden, 93, of Whiting, Manchester, passed away on Monday, October 27, at Community Medical Center, Toms River. Born in Middlebury, VT, and resided in Phoenixville, PA, before moving to Whiting in 1976. Julianne was registered nurse in the United States Army for 26 years, retiring in 1965 as a Major. She was a veteran of World War II,...

Michael Vasilik

Michael Vasilik

Oct 26, 2008

Michael A. Vasilik, 95, of Mountainside, formerly of Whiting, passed away Sunday, October 26. He resided in Newark and Whiting before moving to Mountainside. He was a letter carrier for the US Postal Service for 30 years. Michael was a member of the N.A.L.C., the VFW and Knights of Columbus. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He...

Anthony Marino

Anthony Marino

Oct 26, 2008

ANTHONY JOSEPH MARINO, 79, of Whiting, Manchester, passed away on Sunday, October 26th, at home. Born in Paterson, and resided in Pompton Lakes, before moving to Whiting 16 years ago. He worked as manager of computer services for MAI for 19 years. Anthony was president of the Regular Democrats in Wayne. He, also donated his time to Goodwill. He was...

Sheila Sharkey

Sheila Sharkey

Oct 22, 2008

Sheila E. Sharkey, 81, of Cedar Glen Lakes, Whiting, MANCHESTER, passed away Wednesday, October 22, at Shorrock Gardens Care Center in Brick. Mrs. Sharkey was born in Ireland and came to the United States in 1952. She lived in West Orange before moving to Whiting in 1999. She was a Nurse Administrator at Montcalm Nursing Home, Montclair, NJ for 20...

Harry Hartman

Harry Hartman

Oct 20, 2008

Harry Jacob Hartman, 71, of Crestwood Village VI, Whiting, MANCHESTER, passed away Monday, October 20, at Community Medical Center in Toms River. Mr. Hartman was born in Newark and lived in Maywood before moving to Whiting in 1999. He was a Sergeant with the Bergen County Sheriff's Department as a Forensic Technician. He was a US Army veteran during Peacetime....

Loretta Matyo

Loretta Matyo

Oct 17, 2008

Loretta Agnes Matyo, 86, of Orlando, FL, formerly of Whiting, MANCHESTER, NJ passed away Friday, October 17, at home in Orlando. Born in West New York, NJ, she lived there and in Whiting prior to moving to Orlando in 2006. She worked in the data processing department of the Hudson County Administration Building in Jersey City. During World War II,...

Gerda Mathis

Gerda Mathis

Oct 12, 2008

GERDA MATHIS, 65, of Whiting, NJ, formerly of Lancaster, passed away on Sunday, October 12, at home. Born in Thorn, West Prussia. She lived in Bergen County, NJ, and Lancaster for 13 years, before moving to Whiting over 2 years ago. Gerda became a Naturalized U.S. citizen on November 17, 1972. Gerda was predeceased by her loving and devoted husband...

Alphonz Kopko

Alphonz Kopko

Oct 12, 2008

Alphonz W. Kopko, 90, of Pine Ridge South, Whiting, Manchester Twp., died Sunday, October 12, 2008 at the Holiday Care Center in Toms River. Born in Jersey City, he lived in Carteret most of his life, moving to Pine Ridge South in 1999. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of WWII; a member of the American Legion in Carteret; He...