Local obituaries for Hagan-Chamberlain Funeral Home
Robert Haase
Jan 14, 2016
Robert E. Haase, 86, died peacefully, January 14, 2016, at Arbor Glen, Bridgewater. Born in Bound Brook, he was the son of Theodore and Alicia (Edgerton) Haase. Robert was a graduate of Bound Brook High School, class of 1947 and attended the Valley Forge Military Academy, Pennsylvania. Mr. Haase had been an Operations Manager with Apgar Brothers Trucking and...
John Hawkins
Jan 14, 2016
John E. “Jack” Hawkins, 83, died, Thursday, January 14, 2016, at Center for Hope Hospice, Scotch Plains. Born in Philadelphia, he was the son of John and Mildred [Hyneman] Hawkins. He was a United States Army veteran of the Korean War. While in high school, Jack earned an athletic scholarship for baseball and basketball, and was a graduate of...
Paul Murphy, Sr.
Jan 2, 2016
Paul M. Murphy, Sr., 77, died Saturday, January 2, 2016, at home. Born July 8, 1938, in Swoyersville, Pennsylvania, he was the son of Joseph P. and Margaret Shockloss Murphy. He was a longtime Middlesex resident. Mr. Murphy was a physical education teacher at Middlesex High School for thirty-eight years, retiring 1998. He received his Bachelor of Science Degree in...
Police Sergeant Daniel Vickey
Dec 31, 2015
Police Sergeant Daniel A. Vickey (Retired), 92, died Thursday, December 31, at Somerset Valley Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Bridgewater. Born April 23, 1923, in Bound Brook, he was the son of Daniel and Ann Vukojovich, and was a lifelong borough resident. He graduated Bound Brook High School, Class of 1941. A US Navy veteran of World War II, he...
William Legge, Sr.
Dec 29, 2015
William George Legge, Sr., 72, died Tuesday, December 29, 2015, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital-Somerset. Born in Montréal, Canada, he emigrated to the United States when he was seventeen, settling in Middlesex in 1976. William worked as a foreman at Johns Manville Corporation for twenty-two years, before retiring in 1986. He was a member of the Post No....
Yasmine Hishmeh
Dec 27, 2015
Yasmine Hishmeh, 92, died Sunday, December 27, 2015, at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge, after a long illness. Born in Ramallah, Jordan, she came to the United States in the early 1970s, settling in Middlesex. She then moved to North Plainfield. Mrs. Hishmeh was a devoted mother, concerned with raising her family. After the death of her husband,...
Felix Barbati
Dec 25, 2015
Felix “Phil” Barbati, Jr.,87, died peacefully Friday, December 25, 2015, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Somerville. Born in Bound Brook, he was the son of Felix Mario Barbati, Sr., and Donata Barbati-Patullo. Phil was a lifelong resident of Bound Brook. He graduated from Bound Brook High School in 1947, and was Class President. He worked for Johnson &...
Annette Hawkins
Dec 22, 2015
Annette M. Hawkins, 51, died Tuesday, December 22, 2015, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Somerville. Born in Somerville, she was the daughter of James and Antoinette [Viscione] Scarcella. Annette was a long time resident of Bound Brook before moving to Bridgewater in 2011. She had been employed as a lunch room aide for eight years at the Bound...
Robert Moritz
Dec 19, 2015
Robert William Moritz, 87, died Friday, December 18, 2015, at his home in Somerset. Born in Elizabeth, he was the son of William and Florence [Duderstadt] Moritz. Mr. Moritz was a United States Army Veteran of the Korean War, serving from 1951 to 1953. He was a member of the reserves until 1957. He had been a self employed...
Janice Dialfonso
Dec 19, 2015
Janice Ruby DiAlfonso, 76, died Saturday, December 19, 2015, at her home, with her family by her side. Born in Middlesex, she was the daughter of the late Eugene and Ruby [Burns] Crowell. Janice was a graduate of Bound Brook High School. She married her high school sweetheart, and together they lived in Bridgewater and raised their family. She...
Julia Mazurak
Dec 16, 2015
Julia A. Mazurak, 88, died Wednesday, December 16, 2015, at her son’s home in South Plainfield. Julia was born in Bound Brook to Peter and Eva Magulak, and moved to Bridgewater in 1952. She worked in customer service at Olympia Typewriter USA in Branchburg, before retiring in 1991. She was a former communicant of St. Joseph Church, Bound Brook...
Kelly O'Callaghan
Dec 15, 2015
Kelly O’Callaghan, 65, died Tuesday, December 15, 2015, at Bayshore Community Hospital in Holmdel. Born in Brooklyn, she was the daughter of the late, Daniel and Connie (Mandaro) Thomas. Kelly was a graduate of New York University. She worked for many years as a travel agent in her family owned agency, and for Carlson Wagonlit Travel in Manhattan. She...
Lindo Nangeroni
Dec 14, 2015
Lindo Paul Nangeroni, 96, died December 14, 2015, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in Fort Lee, he was the son of Alfredo and Teresa [Rippo] Nangeroni. He moved to Bound Brook in 1923 when his parents opened the Bound Brook Inn. He was a graduate of Bound Brook High School, Class of 1937, and Rutgers...
Rachel Ryan
Dec 10, 2015
Rachel “Te” Ryan, 84, died Thursday, December 10, 2015, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. Born in Bound Brook, she was a lifelong resident. She was a secretary for Research Cottrell in Bridgewater for fifteen years before retiring ten years ago. She was a graduate of Bound Brook High School where she was head cheerleader. She...
Marion King
Dec 9, 2015
Marion King, 84, died Wednesday, December 9, 2015, at home. Born October 17, 1931 in Bound Brook, she resided there for twenty years before moving to Middlesex where she raised her family. She moved to Warren twenty years ago. She was a homemaker, dedicated to her family. Marion was pre-deceased by her husband, Morrell LaForge King, who died September...
Peter Zemeikis
Dec 8, 2015
Peter F. Zemeikis, 83, died Tuesday, December 8, 2015, at Bridgeway Care and Rehabilitation Center, Hillsborough. Born January 29, 1932, in Elizabeth, he was the son of Peter and Barbara Zemeikis. He had resided in Bound Brook for the past twenty-three years. Peter graduated from Seton Hall Preparatory School. He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Divinity from...
Shirley Haelig
Dec 6, 2015
Shirley Haelig, 82, died Sunday, December 6, 2015, at the New Jersey Eastern Star Home, Bridgewater. Born April 15, 1933, in Somerville, she was the daughter of Sterling and Ethel Risler Apgar. She was a lifelong Bound Brook and Bridgewater resident, graduating Bound Brook High School, Class of 1951. She graduated Bethany College, West Virginia, Class of 1955. Shirley...
Mary Olsen
Dec 4, 2015
Mary Dubecky Olsen, 101, passed away peacefully on December 2, 2015, at her home, Brandywine at Middlebrook Crossing, in Bridgewater. Mary was born on June 27, 1914, in Yonkers, New York, to Ukrainian parents Ida Bodnar Dubecky (Bohay) and Maxim Dubecky. She lived her young years in Evansville, Pennsylvania, before moving with her parents and siblings to South Bound...
Shirley Defilippis
Dec 4, 2015
Shirley DeFilippis died on Friday, Dec. 4, 2015, at her home in Piscataway. She was born in Warren on September 25, 1931, and was the daughter of George and Agnes Mobus. She was the wife of Vincent DeFilippis who passed away in 2012, after sixty-two years of marriage. They enjoyed many years of road trips in their Winnebago and...
James Mcgill
Dec 2, 2015
James Stafford McGill, 93, of Bound Brook, passed away peacefully, surrounded by love, at his home, on Wednesday, December 2, 2015, after a long and rewarding life. “Jim” was born August 1, 1922, in Worcester, Massachusetts, to the late James and Estella [Stafford] McGill. His birth took place seven minutes after his twin brother, John S. McGill. Most of...
