Obituaries

Apr 27, 2020

Antonina 'Nina' Cigna, 95, of Brooklyn, passed away Monday, April 27, 2020 at St. Francis Hospital.  Born in Siculiana, Agrigento, Italy; she moved to the US just after World War 2. Nina was very proud that she and her family came to the US as Naturalized Citizens, since her Dad had fought in World War I for the USA....

Apr 26, 2020

Catherine H. Borthwick, 86, of Freehold, passed away Sunday, April 26, 2020 at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold. Born in Plainfield, NJ; she resided in Woodbridge all of her childhood, attending Woodbridge HS and worked at Merck after her graduation. Upon her marriage, she moved to Matawan where she raised her two girls, became a member of Matawan Presbyterian Church,...

Apr 24, 2020

Gertrude Emily Perry Crozer "Trudy" passed away Friday, April 24, 2020 at the Atrium in Lawrenceville. Born on November 11, 1924 in Trenton, NJ to the late Arthur Perry, Sr. and Agnes Gertrude Clark Perry; Trudy was a longtime resident of Hamilton Township before moving to Lawrenceville, NJ.

She was preceded in death by her loving and...

Apr 23, 2020

Olive R. (Becky) Grant, 93 of the Cream Ridge section of Plumsted Township passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 23 rd .

Born in the Holmeson section of Millstone Township, Mrs. Grant was a lifelong area resident. She was a retired school bus driver for the Plumsted Township Board of Education with more than 30 years of...

Apr 22, 2020

Elizabeth Ann Hull Olson, 85, of Allentown, passed away Wednesday, April 22, 2020 peacefully at home. Born February 19, 1935 in Jersey City, she attended school in Union, New Jersey before moving to Allentown in 1950. She graduated from Allentown High School in 1953 and from Bucknell University in 1957. While at Bucknell, she met her husband of 62...

Apr 22, 2020

Sebastian 'Ben' C. Manese, 84 of Jersey City, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at Princeton Medical Center.  He was born February 8, 1936 in the Philippines to Benigno and Emiliana Manese. He immigrated to the United States in 1982 where he settled in northern New Jersey with his immediate family. He is survived by 3 sons,...

Apr 21, 2020

James "Timmy" Sullivan, 54, of Robbinsville, NJ, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 at Hamilton Continuing Care. Born in Queens, NY, he resided in Chestertown, NY, for most of his life before moving to Robbinsville in 2004. A graduate of B.O.C.E.S. Technical School in Glens Falls, NY, Timmy had a great knowledge of music. He loved 60s,...

Apr 20, 2020

Jean King Blakeslee-Malpus (Jeanie), 83, died of natural causes in her home in Hedding, NJ on Monday, April 20, 2020 with her daughter and granddaughter by her side.

Jean was born in City Island, the Bronx, NY, before moving to the Bordentown, NJ area, where her mother worked at Fort Dix during WWII. Jean graduated from William...

Apr 20, 2020

Deborah Evelyn Lee , 70, passed away suddenly at home on Monday, April 20, 2020. Born in New York she was a long term resident of Trenton, NJ prior to returning to Bordentown City. She was a graduate of Bordentown Regional High School and worked as a Senior Clerk Typist for the Trenton Police Department where she...

Apr 20, 2020

Richard W. Foust of Columbus, NJ passed away April 20, 2020 at Virtua Hospital in Mt Holly, NJ.  He was 88. Born on April 22, 1931 in Mill Creek, PA, Dick was the son of William and Hazel (Bumgardner) Foust, who are deceased. He was preceded in death by his siblings: Melvin, Jim, Betty, Mary Grace and...

Apr 19, 2020

Marie I. Shanko, 81, of Hamilton, passed away Sunday, April 19, 2020 at Hamilton Continuing Care Center. Born in the family home in Ewing, she was a graduate of Ewing High School. Marie work at AAA for several years and was the Transportation Coordinator for the Robbinsville Board of Education. A Police Matron for the Washington Twp. Police, she...

Apr 13, 2020

Edith P. Sprague, age 96 of Columbus, passed away at The Masonic Village at Burlington on April 13, 2020. Born in West Windsor, she was raised on a farm in Dutch Neck and graduated from Princeton High School.  Edith worked for ETS in Princeton and was part of the Princeton University Wartime Project during WWII and from 1944 to...

Apr 6, 2020

Daniel P. Donovan, 92, passed away Monday, April 6, 2020 at Hamilton Grove Healthcare and Rehabilitation in Hamilton Township, NJ. Born in Jersey City, NJ, he had lived in Chesterfield Township for the last 59 years and was a retired butcher that had worked for Food Fair, Pantry Pride, and ShopRite over the years. Daniel was a WWII Navy...

Apr 6, 2020

Janice Rae Schmitt (nee Waters), 84, of Allentown Borough, died Monday, April 6, 2020 at Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center, Hamilton. Janice lived in the Historic Village of Allentown she loved for 60 years and will be remembered as one of its most civic-minded and beloved residents. The list of organizations that Janice both led and in which she...

Apr 4, 2020

Anne Brown Thompson, 93, died Saturday, April 4, 2020 of natural causes at Homestead at Hamilton in Hamilton Township, NJ.

Born in Detroit, MI, she was raised in Shaker Heights in Cleveland, OH where she attended and was graduated from the Laurel School. She went on to Simmons College in Boston, MA where she was graduated with...

Apr 1, 2020

David Edward Brett, 53, died unexpectedly on April 1st 2020 at CentraState Medical Center. He was born January 1, 1967 Bronx NY, the son of Edward and Mary Brett. He moved to Hazlet NJ in 1974. David graduated from Raritan HS, Hazlet NJ. He attended the University of North Carolina. He ultimately obtained a degree in Criminal Justice from...

Mar 30, 2020

Rita M. Farrell, 80, of Old Bethpage, NY passed away Monday March 30, 2020 at Plainview Hospital in Plainview, Long Island. Born in Astoria, Queens, she lived in Queens Village, NY before settling in Bethpage and was a bank teller for Bethpage Federal Credit Union. Rita was a family woman who loved everything New York, including the Rangers, Mets,...

Mar 26, 2020

Raymond E. Margerum, III, age 73, passed away on Thursday, March 26, 2020 at the Masonic Home of Burlington, surrounded by his loving family. Born in Philadelphia on June 23, 1946, Raymond (Ray) was raised in Yardley, PA and attended Pennsbury High School. He graduated from East Carolina University, where he majored in Mathematics and was President of the...

Mar 25, 2020

Elizabeth J. Senf, 97, of Yardville, passed away Wednesday, March 25, 2020 at her home, surrounded by her family. A resident of Yardville for over 75 years, Elizabeth worked as a school bus driver for Hopewell Valley School District and through Lockwood Transportation and worked at family fruit stand which they had at their home for many years. Elizabeth...

Mar 21, 2020

Gretchen Stoughton Crain, 51, of Jupiter, FL, passed away on March 21, 2020. Born in Doylestown, PA, she resided in West Long Branch and Wanamassa, NJ prior to moving to Jupiter, FL 15 years ago. She was a graduate of Shore Regional High School in West Long Branch, NJ, attended Wood Tobé-Coburn Fashion School in New York, NY, and...