Local obituaries for Hagan-Chamberlain Funeral Home

Katherine Hucul
Sep 11, 2015
Katherine Hucul, 92, died Friday, September 11, 2015, at CareOne at Somerset Valley Rehabilitation Center, Bridgewater. Born December 6, 1922, in Strzalkow, Poland, she was the daughter of Yukhym and Vera Kucharczuk, who settled outside of Kalisz, Poland in a community for military refugees of the Ukrainian National Republic. Raised and educated in Poland, Katherine and her parents eventually...

Armonde Patullo
Aug 26, 2015
“Hey, whatdoyou care?” If he had a signature line that was it. It turns out, a great many people cared a great deal about Armonde S. Patullo, who died Wednesday morning at the age of 91. Born lucky, the seventh child of Carmine and Carmella Patullo, Armonde grew up in Bound Brook, New Jersey playing Kick the Can and...

Wanda Langdon
Aug 19, 2015
Wanda A. Langdon, 92, died Wednesday, August 19, 2015, at Muncy Valley Hospital, Muncy, PA. Born in Franklin Township, Lycoming County, PA on the family farm (a “century farm,” in the Farnsworth name since 1850). She was a daughter of M. Kay and Alta I. Farnsworth. It was on the farm that she acquired her enduring strong work ethic...

Orlando Rios
Aug 16, 2015
Orlando J. Rios 1940 - 2015 Orlando J. Rios, 75, died peacefully, early Sunday, August 16, 2015, at Montgomery Medical Center in Onley, MD. He was a Bank of New York employee before retiring several years ago. Orlando was dearly loved by his wife Lilia, children, Orlando, Jr. (Marcela), Lynn (Juan) and Jenny (David), grandchildren Andrew Joshua, Angela, Austin,...

Venice Pauline
Aug 12, 2015
Venice “Ven” Pauline, 93, passed away peacefully Wednesday, August 12, 2015, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - Somerset, Somerville. Born March 31, 1922, in Trenton, she was the daughter of Sebastian and Irene Russo Paolino. She lived most of her life in Bound Brook, residing at Brandywine Assisted Living, Bridgewater, for the past seven years. Ven had worked...

Robert Lopa
Aug 10, 2015
Robert J. Lopa of Somerset, passed away peacefully, with his loving family by his side, on Monday, August 10, 2015, at St. Peter's University Hospital in New Brunswick. Born in Somerville, Robert was the son of Philip and Josephine (Pianka) Lopa. He was raised in Bound Brook and was a graduate of Bound Brook High School, Class of 1970....

Kathryn Alheim
Aug 5, 2015
Kathryn Macking Alheim, 87, died Wednesday, August 5, 2015, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - Somerset, Somerville. Born July 6, 1928, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of Peter and Jesse Watt Macking. She graduated from Elmer Meyers High School, Wilkes-Barre, Class of 1946. She had resided in Middlesex for the past sixty-two years. Kathryn was a...

Leona Speer
Aug 2, 2015
Leona Rose Speer, 86, died Sunday, August 2, 2015, at home. Born May 30, 1929, in Taylor, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of Joseph and Rose Nykaza Maslanka. She had resided in Bridgewater since 1965. Leona was a graduate of Marywood College, Scranton, Pennsylvania. She taught fourth grade at Green Knoll Adamsville, and John F. Kennedy, schools in the...

Ann Farshtey
Jul 31, 2015
Ann Marie Farshtey, 77, died Friday, July 31, 2015, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - Somerset, Somerville. Born August 3, 1937, in Yonkers, New York, she was the daughter of Edward J. and Lillian Cronin Egan. She graduated from St. Barnabas High School, Yonkers. She resided in Flushing, Queens, New York, for twenty-three years before moving to Bound...

Weniamin Nesenjuk
Jul 29, 2015
Weniamin Nesenjuk, 97, died Wednesday, July 29, 2015, at St. Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born October 26, 1917, in the former village of Hayliv, near Kiev, Ukraine, he was the son of Myron Romanovych and Mariana Bovchyk Nesenjuk. He escaped the communist regime during World War II, making his way to the United States in 1949. He settled...

George Harrison
Jul 26, 2015
George Harrison, 81, died Sunday, July 26, 2015, at his home in Bound Brook, with his loving family by his side. Born in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvanis, Mr. Harrison attended Milton Hershey School where he lettered in football and wresting. He graduated in 1952. Following graduation, he joined the United States Navy, and served in the submarine service, during the...

Dorothy Barber
Jul 21, 2015
Dorothy C. Barber, 90, died Tuesday, July 21, 2015, at home. Born March 9, 1925, in Brentwood, Long Island, she was the daughter of Harry and Cecelia Mullin Bledsoe. She had resided in Bridgewater for over forty years. Dorothy was a Buyer for Bamberger’s Department Store, where she worked for over forty years, traveling the world to purchase for...

Sylvia Jacobus
Jul 16, 2015
Sylvia Jacobus, 93, died peacefully at Haven Hospice, Edison, Thursday, July 16, 2015. Born in Jersey City, she was the daughter of William and Emily (Haesloop) Seymour. Mrs. Jacobus was a Certified Nurses Aide, and worked as an aide at Lincoln Park Nursing Home and Country Healthcare Agency before retiring in 1986. Before becoming a CNA, she worked at...

Marilyn Harabin
Jul 10, 2015
Marilyn E. Harabin, 88, died peacefully on Friday, July 10, 2015, at her home in Bound Brook. Born in Newark, she was the daughter of Albert and Edna (Brown) Toth. She was a graduate of Union High School, Class of 1945. After high school, she began working for Prudential Insurance Company. In 1949, she married her beloved husband, Pete,...

Patricia Wikander
Jul 7, 2015
Patricia Ann Wikander, 75, entered eternal life July 7, 2015, surrounded by her daughters, sons-in-law, and grandchildren. Appropriately born on Valentine's Day, Patty was an unmet friend to all. She was a communicant of St. Joseph Church in Bound Brook. Quick-witted like her father, Patty loved to laugh; she had a huge heart and lived for her children and...