Jul 9, 2014

Roseanne DeMato Wowchuck, 68, passed away at her home in Brick with her husband, Harry by her side. Born in Somerville, she was the daughter of Bartholomew and Anne (Jandoli) DeMato. A long time resident of Bound Brook, Roseanne graduated from Bound Brook High School in 1964. She received an associate degree in business from Raritan Valley Community College,...

Jul 6, 2014

Jul 1, 2014

Leonard Kopf, 88, died Tuesday, July 1, 2014 at his home in Bound Brook. Born in 1926, to Nathaniel and Birdie Kopf, he grew up in the Bronx. On his 18th birthday he joined the Army, serving from 1944-1946. He received the WWII Victory Ribbon and a lapel pin for no lost days. While in the service he was...

Jul 1, 2014

Carmine Philip Festa, 94, a longtime Bound Brook resident, died July 1, 2014, at the Home of the Good Shepherd Assisted Living Residence, Malta, New York. Born November 7, 1919, in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, he was one of eleven children of Pasquale and Columbia [Malara] Festa. He graduated from Carbondale High School, Class of 1937, and started work at American...

Jun 24, 2014

Rita C. Lopa, 78, died Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at her home. Born in Bound Brook, she was the daughter of Alfredo and Anunziata Papa. A lifelong resident, she graduated Bound Brook High School in 1954 and continued her education in banking. She began working at Somerset Savings Bank as a teller and retired in 1994, after 39 years,...

Jun 23, 2014

Virginia B. Bush - Sabo, 96, died Monday, June 23, 2014, at home in Bound Brook. Born Febuary 14, 1918, in Yellowrock, Kentucky, she was the daughter of Grant and Martha Brandenburg Newman. She was a longtime Bound Brook Resident. Mrs. Bush - Sabo was a master chef in her own right and mother to all. In her early...

Jun 22, 2014

John R. Flower, 83, died Sunday, June 22, 2014, at Geisinger Wyoming Valley, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Born April 11, 1931, in Bound Brook, he was the son of John and Mary Rehor Flower. He moved to Bridgewater in 1959, then to Pennsylvania in 1990. He served as a Lieutenant Junior Grade aboard destroyer Bearss (DD 654) in the United States...

Jun 20, 2014

John Joseph Leonardis, Sr., 80, died, Friday, June 20, 2014, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset, Somerville. Born in Newark, he was the son of Frank and Viola [Osofsky] Leonardis. A graduate of the New Jersey Institute of Technology, he received his degree in metallurgy. He was a metallurgist at Bennett Heat Treating, Newark, for 32 years, before...

Jun 15, 2014

Robert C. Harabin, 73, died Sunday, June 15, 2014, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born June 8, 1941, in South Bound Brook, he was the son of John and Julia Resnick Harabin. He was a lifelong borough resident. He graduated Bound Brook High School, Class of 1959, then served as a Military Police Sergeant in the...

Jun 12, 2014

Dorothy Dreher, 59, passed away Thursday, June 12, 2014, at Somerset Medical Center. Born and raised in Bound Brook, she moved to Bridgewater in 1979. Mrs. Dreher worked for the Bridgewater – Raritan Regional School District for 10 years and was currently teaching 5th grade at Hillside Intermediate School. She was a communicant of the Church of the Holy...

Jun 9, 2014

Gaetano Lombardi, 82, died Monday, June 9, 2014, at his home. Born in Boiano, Italy, he moved to Bound Brook in 1968. While in Italy he served in the army and was one of many who donated blood necessary for the transfusions needed by Pope Pius XII. He was a communicant of St. Mary of Czestochowa Church in Bound...

Jun 5, 2014

May 30, 2014

Risto "Chris" Elik, 85, died Friday, May 30, 2014 at Doylestown Hospital in Doylestown, PA. Born in Macedonia, he was the son of Stevan and Kala (Georgevski) Elik. Mr. Elik was predeceased by his son, Don and his brother, Lubomir. He is survived by his wife Angelina, his daughter Dana Galavodas, his brothers, Nikola and Jeff and his four...

May 28, 2014

John Deleski, Sr., 80, died Wednesday, May 28, 2014, at home. Born June 20, 1933, in Somerville, he was the son of Walter and Mary [Adamkowski] Dylewski. He was a lifelong Bound Brook resident and a graduate of Bound Brook High School. John worked forty years as a Chemical Operator for Union Carbide Corporation, Bound Brook, retiring in 1992....

May 26, 2014

Gladys Chersack, 96, died Monday, May 26, 2014, at Somerset Medical Center, Somerville. Born in Newark, she lived in Washington, D.C., and Pontiac, Michigan, before moving to Bound Brook in 1951. She received her Bachelor of Science Degree from Rutgers University Extension College, and her Master of Education degree from Rutgers University in 1963, where she also received her...

May 25, 2014

Nicholas W. Barber, Jr., 94, died, Sunday, May 25, 2014, at his home in South Bound Brook. A life long resident, Mr. Barber was the son of Nicholas Sr. and Anna (Bartoschik) Barber. He was a graduate of Bound Brook High School and Rutgers University, where he received his B.A. in Finance. He was a Chief Petty Officer in...

May 25, 2014

Stanley J. Stempien, 88, passed away peacefully Sunday morning, May 25, 2014. Born May 1, 1926, in Newark, and raised in the Finderne section of Bridgewater, he was the son of Kazimierz and Antonina Stempien. He volunteered for naval service in the Second World War, serving two and a half years as the youngest crew member of Destroyer Escort...

May 23, 2014

Melvin Lerer, 83, of Somerset, passed away on Friday, May 23, 2014, at Regency Heritage Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Somerset. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he spent his childhood in Plainfield and North Plainfield. He was the son of Daniel and Charlotte Lerer. He was a graduate of North Plainfield High School, class of 1949. He was president of...

May 21, 2014

Verdajean Johnston “Jean” Chamberlain, 89, died Wednesday, May 21, 2014, at the New Jersey Eastern Star Home, Bridgewater. Born February 10, 1925, in Verona, Pennsylvania, she was one of nine children born to Howard S. and Bernice B. Wilhelm Johnston. Jean was raised in East Hickory, and later, Wellsboro, Pennsylvania. At age sixteen, she ran away from home, falsified...

May 13, 2014

Marie C. Babik, 75, died Tuesday, May 13, 2014, at The Manor Health and Rehabilitation Center, Freehold. Born February 26, 1939, in Ransom, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of Michael DeGirolamo, Sr. and Rose DeGilio DeGirolamo. She married in 1966 and moved to Piscataway in 1968, then Somerset in 2006, and Jackson in 2011 to be near her son....