Oct 22, 2014

Oct 17, 2014

Mark R. Malone, 52, died Friday, October 17, 2014, at home. Born in Somerville, he was the son of Philip John and Martha (Slater) Malone. He was a lifelong South Bound Brook resident. He was a graduate of Bound Brook High School, Class of 1980, he graduated Raritan Valley Community College, and Rutgers University, School of Business, Class of...

Oct 12, 2014

David A. Dombey, Sr., 83, died Sunday, October 12, 2014, at Somerset Valley Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, Bridgewater. Born in Manville, he was the son of John and Margaret (Galambos) Dombey. Mr. Dombey was a graduate of Bound Brook High School, Class of 1949. He was a United States Navy veteran of the Korean War, serving from 1950 –...

Oct 11, 2014

Rodger L. Plutar, 69, died Saturday, October 11, 2014, at JFK Medical Center, Edison. Born June 21, 1945, in Elizabeth, he was the son of John Plutar, Sr., and Cathy Zabawa Plutar. He resided in the Bound Brook/Bridgewater area most of his life. He graduated from Bound Brook High School, Class of 1964, and Ohio Business School. Rodger worked...

Oct 6, 2014

Eula Mae Walsh passed away peacefully at her home on October 6, 2014. Born May 1, 1921, she was the daughter of Grover Cleveland Markham and Nannie B. Stanley Markham in Banner, Virginia. She married Wallace E. Walsh of Carbondale, Pennsylvania, and lived in Manville from 1946, until moving to South Bound Brook in 1955, where she resided the...

Oct 2, 2014

Sep 29, 2014

Rose Marie Gosselin Laucik, 58, died Monday, September 29, 2014, peacefully, with family and friends at her side. Born in Perth Amboy,she resided in Colonia as a young child. In 1964, she moved to Edison, where she resided until 1996, when she moved to Warren. Rose Marie was employed as a licensed funeral director for thirty-six years. She retired...

Sep 29, 2014

Walter Nieroda, 89, died Monday, September 29, 2014, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Somerset. Born in Poland, Walter was the son of Roman and Agnieszka Nieroda. It was at the start of World War II that Walter, age 14, volunteered and was accepted into the Polish Forces, which fell under the command of the British. He served from...

Sep 27, 2014

Royal F. Mergelsberg, 82, died Saturday, September 27, 2014, at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, Pennsylvania. Born in Orange, he lived in Hillsborough for over forty years before moving to Luther Crest Retirement Community, Allentown, in 2006. He worked for Delco Battery in North Brunswick for over thirty years before retiring in 1985. He was a Korean War Army Veteran...

Sep 21, 2014

David J. Mehlenbeck, 50, passed away September 21, 2014 at his home in Piscataway. Born in Newark, David grew up in Piscataway. He attended Piscataway High School and Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School. He worked for H & H Landscaping Inc. in Piscataway for 8 years and was a Diecast Model Car collector. David was predeceased by his...

Sep 21, 2014

Emma Fiedler Ambrose (Peggy), 93, died Sunday, September 21, 2014 at Independence Manor of Hunterdon in Flemington. Born in Raritan, she lived most of her life in Bound Brook, moving back to Raritan where she lived for several years before moving to Flemington three years ago. She was a graduate of Bound Brook High School, class of 1939 and...

Sep 18, 2014

Victor Richard Wikander, 54, died suddenly on Thursday, September 18, 2014, at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy. Born in Plainfield, Vic grew up in Middlesex, lived in Westfield before moving to Belle Meade ten years ago with his beloved wife, Hope. He was employed by Verizon Corporation in Branchburg. Victor was predeceased by his father, Richard S. Wikander,...

Sep 15, 2014

Frank A. Castano, 91, died Monday, September 15, 2014, at the Bound Brook home where he was born. Born on January 1, 1923, to Alfred and Rosie Capolupo Castano, he was a lifelong borough resident. He graduated from Bound Brook High School, Class of 1942, and was a United States Army veteran of World War II, where he saw...

Sep 9, 2014

Dr. Fredric Tapper passed away Tuesday, September 9, 2014, in his home, surrounded by his family. Fred was born in Philadelphia to Shirley Ostrum and Joseph Tapper on July 8, 1951. He graduated from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. He had a family practice in New Jersey for a number of years, and was a medical consultant. After discovering...

Sep 8, 2014

Elias Eduardo Moncayo, 84, died Monday, September 8, 2014, at Overlook Hospital, Summit. Born in Ibarra Ecuador, he came to the United States in 1988, settling in Bernardsville. He moved to Warren in 1994. While in Ecuador, he was a taxi driver. After moving to the United States, he worked for the Minuteman Restaurant in Morristown, retiring in 2004....

Sep 6, 2014

Joan Ann Vollmer, 82, of Spring Hill, Florida, passed away Saturday, September 6, 2014, due to complications of pneumonia. The daughter of Ukraine immigrants John and Nadia Selsky, Joan embraced her heritage deeply. Joan moved with her husband Lou to Timber Pines in Spring Hill, in 1999. She was very active in her social groups, enjoying golf, water aerobics,...

Sep 5, 2014

Josephine M. Vicino, age 95, passed away peacefully at home on Friday, September 5, 2014, surrounded by her family. Born on March 12, 1919, in Summit, she was a resident of Bridgewater for fifty years. Josephine moved to her daughter’s home in Yardley, following the death of her beloved husband, Louis, in 2008. A homemaker, musician, and avid reader,...

Aug 28, 2014

Lillian Eganey, 95, died Thursday, August 28, 2014 at Regency Heritage Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Somerset. Born in Jersey City to Alexander and Blanche (Arasimowicz) Zawacki, she was a long time resident of South Bound Brook. She and her husband, Thomas were the owners of Brook Liquor Store in South Bound Brook. She communicant of Our Lady of...

Aug 25, 2014

Maria Luisa Espada, 58, died Monday, August 25, 2014, at St. Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born March 15, 1956, in Mexico, she came to the US during the 1970’s, settling in New Jersey in 1987. Mrs. Espada was a beautician at Crossroads Hair Fashion Center, Piscataway. She was very active with the Zarephath Christian Center, serving the Spanish...

Aug 20, 2014

Felice N. Colombaroni, 78, died Wednesday, August 20, 2014, at Morristown Medical Center, surrounded by her loving family, after a short illness. She was born in Bound Brook to her parents, Anthony and Carmella (Tavone) Nunziato. A lifelong resident of Bound Brook, she graduated Bound Brook High School, Class of 1954. Felice worked in banking for over forty years,...