Local obituaries for Hagan-Chamberlain Funeral Home
Vincent Della Torca
Mar 22, 2016
Vincent Della Torca, 89, died Tuesday, March 22, 2016, at Arbor Glen Holly Center, Bridgewater. Born February 13, 1927, in San Felice A Cancello, Italy, he was the son of Luigi and Annunziata Ruotolo Della Torca. He came to the United States in 1951, settling in Bound Brook. Vincent owned and operated George’s Meat Market, Raritan, for over fifty...
Tony Gladwell
Mar 13, 2016
Tony Neil Gladwell, 71, died Sunday, March 13, 2016, at his home in Middlesex. A lifelong area resident, Tony was the son of Raymond and Veta Arline (Clemens) Gladwell. He was an eternal optimist, always seeing the positive in people and situations. Known for singing a song, I Can Laugh When Things Ain’t Funny , Tony always kept his...
Robert Brokaw
Mar 7, 2016
Dr. Robert Trone Brokaw, 84, died Sunday, March 6, 2016, at home. Born February 24, 1932, in Plainfield, he was the son of Robert Elroy and Hilda Trone Brokaw. He was a lifelong Bound Brook resident. Dr. Brokaw graduated from Bound Brook High School and Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pennsylvania, and earned his Doctor of Dental Surgery Degree from the...
Stella Koh
Mar 5, 2016
Stella Koh, 68, passed away on Saturday, March 5, 2016. Born in Seoul, South Korea, she was the daughter of Won Young Koh, M.D., and Mrs. Taiwon Kim Koh. A graduate of Bound Brook High School, Class of 1965, she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Radcliffe College, now Harvard University, Class of 1969. Her postgraduate career spanned...
Michael Ballas
Mar 4, 2016
Michael E. Ballas, 68, died Friday, March 4, 2016, at home with his family by his side. Born in Plainfield, he was the son of Spiros and Agathi (Benetatos) Ballas. Mike had been a longtime resident of Bound Brook. He worked as a line operator at Reckitt Benckiser in Belle Meade for twenty-five years, before retiring in 2013. His...
Craig Citrenbaum
Mar 1, 2016
Craig Loren Citrenbaum, 52, died Tuesday, March 1, 2016, at home. Born June 2, 1963, in Somerville, he was the son of David and Evelyn Frankel Citrenbaum. He was raised in Bound Brook until his teenage years, which he spent in Metuchen. He then returned to Bound Brook. Craig had worked as an animal control officer in the Plainfield...
Carmella Guido
Feb 21, 2016
Carmella Zaccari Guido, 90, died Sunday, February 21, 2016. She was born October 18, 1925, in Plainfield. Carmella was a beautician for many years for the Martinsville Beauty Shop, Martinsville. She was a member of St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church, Bound Brook. She was a devoted wife, a loving step-mother, a wonderful sister, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Carmella was a...
Elizabeth Van Nostrand
Feb 19, 2016
Elizabeth “Bess” Van Nostrand, 82, died Friday, February 19, 2016, at Bridgeway Care and Rehabilitation Center in Bridgewater. Born in the Bronx, she was the daughter of Hjelm and Ruth (Quortrup) Press. Raised in Metuchen, she was a graduate of Metuchen High School, Class of 1951. She attended Somerset County Vocational-Technical School, and in 1979 became a Licensed Practical...
Kosta Petkovski
Feb 18, 2016
Kosta Petkovski, 89, beloved father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and brother, passed away peacefully on Thursday, February 18, 2016, at his home in Bound Brook. Born in Velusina, Macedonia, he was the son of Naume and Cveta (Nickolevski) Petkovski. Kosta is survived by his wife, Luba, his daughter, Menka and husband, Zdravko Ninevski, his son, Michael and wife, Deborah, his grandchildren,...
Daniel Salvatore
Feb 15, 2016
Daniel F. Salvatore, Sr., 87, died peacefully Monday, February 15, 2016, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset. Born in Bound Brook, he was a lifelong resident, graduating from Bound Brook High School in 1947. He worked as a State Farm insurance agent for thirty-four years before retiring several years ago. He was a communicant of St. Joseph Church...
Gloria Kirkwood
Feb 14, 2016
Gloria DePaolo Kirkwood, 85, passed away at Overlook Hospital in Summit, on Sunday, February 14, 2016. She was born in Bound Brook, NJ on July 9, 1930, to Ralph DePaolo and Mamie (Gerardo) DePaolo and graduated from Bound Brook High School in 1948. Gloria was a lifelong resident of Bound Brook before moving to Westfield in 2013 to live...
Helen Sikora
Feb 10, 2016
Helen Mary Sikora, 89, died Wednesday, February 10, 2016, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Somerset. Born in Dickson City, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of Sylvester and Mary [Cheresko] Dacuk. Helen was a devout communicant of St. Mary of Czestochowa Roman catholic Church, Bound Brook, where she was an active member of the Altar Rosary Society, a long...
Irene Hall
Feb 9, 2016
Irene May Hall, 93, died Tuesday, February 9, 2016, at Rehab at River's Edge in Raritan. Born in Middlesex, she was the daughter of William S. and Violette (Tunison) Van Nest. A lifelong resident of Martinsville, Irene worked as an aide for the Bridgewater Raritan School District for ten years before retiring in 1990. She was a United States...
Marie Sara
Feb 8, 2016
Marie Sara, 92, died peacefully, Monday, February 8, 2016, at her home. Born in Bound Brook, she was the daughter of Frank and Lillian (Sperduto) Barile. Mrs. Sara was a lifelong resident of Bound Brook. She graduated from Bound Brook High School, Class of 1941, and Berkeley Secretarial School in East Orange. She had been a secretary for the...
Patricia Tamm
Feb 5, 2016
Patricia Lynn Tamm Born - October 2, 1958 At Rest - February 5, 2016 Patricia Lynn Tamm, 57, died Friday, February 5, 2016, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born October 2, 1958, in Somerville, she was the daughter of Donald and Madeline DiTolvo Tamm. She had resided in Spotswood for the past twenty years. She was...
Glenn Widmann
Feb 4, 2016
Dr. Glenn Roger Widmann, 59, passed away February 4, 2016. Born in Newark, New Jersey, he was the son of Elmer and Ellen (Eccles) Widmann. Glenn received his B.S. from Rutgers University, his M.S. from Purdue University, and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Purdue. He worked for Delphi Technologies as Chief Engineer in Integrated Safety Systems. Prior to...
Robert Hilton
Feb 2, 2016
Robert N. Hilton, 69, died Tuesday, February 2, 2016, at home in Hillsborough, with family at his side. Born April 13, 1946, in Somerville, he was the only child of Dr. William D. and Ruth Moen Hilton. He was raised in Bound Brook, graduating Bound Brook High School, Class of 1964. Upon completion of studies at The Neighborhood Playhouse...
Helen Smith
Jan 26, 2016
Helen Marie Smith, 91, died Tuesday, January 26, 2006, at home. Born March 14, 1924, in Neshanic Station, she was the daughter of Milton and Charlotte Slover Verity. She had resided in Somerset for the past fifty-nine years. She was a graduate of Flemington High School, Class of 1941, and the Philadelphia School of the Bible, Class of 1948....
David Haber
Jan 23, 2016
David B. Haber, 88, passed away peacefully January 23, 2016, at Bridgeway Care Center, Bridgewater. Born May 30, 1927, in Manhattan, he was the son of Edward C. and Fanny Young Haber. He resided in Somerville most of his life, moving to Bridgewater 10 years ago. He was a United States Navy veteran of World War II. Dave opened...
William Rose
Jan 16, 2016
William P. Rose, 68, died Saturday, January 16, 2016, at his retirement home in Leesburg, Florida. Born December 17, 1948, in Bound Brook, he was the son of Anthony and Johanna Stefus Rose. He graduated Bound Brook High School, Class of 1967. He resided in Middlesex most of his life. Bill worked as an electrician for American Cyanamid Company,...
