March 6, 2008 RSS feed / Obituaries

Chester J. "Blackie" Bara

Mr. Bara, 83, of South River, died Feb. 18, 2008, at home. Prior to his retirement, he was employed as a floor walker at J&AWoronowicz, South River. More...

Anthony Clemente

Mr. Clemente, 37, of Monroe, formerly of Edison, died March 1, 2008, in St. Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston. Surviving are his wife, SherryA. More...

Florence M. Betzler Pychevicz

Mrs. Pychevicz, 89, formerly of East Brunswick, died Feb. 22, 2008, in Country Village Health Care Center, Lancaster, N.H. Prior to her retirement, she worked as a sales clerk for four years at Bob's Leathers International Market, East Brunswick. More...

Charles Colosimo

Mr. Colosimo, 90, formerly of Moonachie and Old Bridge, died Feb. 22, 2008, in Care One at East Brunswick. His wife,Mildred Colosimo, died in 2006. More...

Florian J. Kucharski

Mr. Kucharski, 92, of South River, died Feb. 26, 2008, in Raritan BayMedical Center, Perth Amboy division. Prior to his retirement, he was employed in the maintenance and transportation departments at National Lead Industries, Sayreville. More...

Frank J. Cavanaugh

Mr. Cavanaugh, 86, of Spotswood, died Feb. 4, 2008, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. More...

Frederick J. Franklin

Mr. Frederick, 68, of Freehold Township, died Feb. 25, 2008, in Kimball Medical Center, Lakewood. Prior to his retirement in 2006, he was a carpenter with Milltown Carpenters Union Local No. 1006. More...

Helen E. Laga Brown

Mrs. Brown, 83, of East Brunswick, died Feb. 22, 2008, at home. A son, William Brown Jr., died in 1991; a daughter, Joann Swankosky, died in 2004; and another daughter, Diane Brown, died in 1960. Surviving are her husband, William F. More...

Rosemarie Cataldi Cotter

Mrs. Cotter, 68, of Hilton Head, S.C., formerly of East Brunswick, died Feb. 22, 2008, in Saint Peter's University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to her retirement in 1997, she was a decorator for J.C. More...

Yvonne E. O'Neill Kotusky

Mrs. Kotusky, 69, of Old Bridge, died Feb. 17, 2008, in JFK Medical Center, Edison. Prior to her retirement in 2002, she was employed for 16 years as a school crossing guard for the Old Bridge Township Police Department. More...

Beatrice Cabot Shapanka

Mrs. Shapanka, 85, of Charlottesville, Va., formerly of South River, Jamesburg and Monroe, died Feb. 27, 2008. Her husband, Sidney Shapanka, died in 1986. More...

John S. Swider

Mr. Swider, 82, of Sayreville, died Feb. 26, 2008, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Prior to his retirement, he was employed for 30 years as a laborer through Laborers International Union Local No. 584, Sayreville. More...