Obituaries

Feb 17, 2020

Helen V. Ash, 95, passed away Monday, February 17, 2020 at RWJ University Hospital at Hamilton. Born and raised in Warren Grove, NJ she had lived in Bordentown Township for the last 65 years. She had worked for GM in Trenton during War II building airplanes then for Lenox Pottery painting plates and back to GM to build car...

Feb 15, 2020

Amanda Lynn Harris, 34, passed away Saturday, February 15, 2020 at home surrounded by her family. Born in Banger, ME, she has been a New Jersey resident for the past 10 years. A graduate of the University of Maine, she was a Special Education teacher with the Somerville Board of Education in Maine. Amanda was an all-around athlete...

Feb 13, 2020

George Muha , a professor emeritus of chemistry at Rutgers University and a longtime member of the Metuchen YMCA's amateur r adio c lub, died Feb.13 after a lengthy illness. He was 88.

George grew up in Metuchen, where he was an Eagle Scout and worked in his family's school-photography business. After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from...

Feb 10, 2020

James Grimshaw , 73, passed away on Tuesday, February 11 th , 2020.

Services for James will be held at 11:30am on Thursday, February 20, 2020 at The Peppler Funeral Home, 122 Crosswicks St. Bordentown, NJ 08505. A viewing will be held from 10am until the time of service. Burial will be held at Fountain...

Feb 8, 2020

Patricia A. Cottrell (nee Waked), 75, passed away peacefully on Saturday, February 8, 2020 at Riverview Medical Center, in Red Bank with her family by her side. Born in Newark, NJ, she was raised in Roselle and had lived in Freehold prior to moving to Cream Ridge 47 years ago. She was graduate of Newark State College. Pat was...

Feb 6, 2020

Deborah K. Stanton , 61, passed away at home on Thursday, February 6, 2020 with her family by her side. She was born June 11, 1958, in Oil City, PA. She was a 1976 graduate of Bordentown Regional High School. She lived in Fieldsboro prior to moving to Florence 15 years ago. Debbie worked for Ocean Spray...

Feb 4, 2020

Robert D. Ullrich, 75, of Lakewood, passed away Tuesday, February 4, 2020 at his home. Born in Irvington, NJ, he resided in Robbinsville for 26 years before moving to Lakewood. Robert retired from Fort Dix and loved the outdoors. He enjoyed fishing, gardening and going to the beach.

Son of the late Raymond and Evelyn Ullrich, he...

Feb 4, 2020

Susan J. Bowman

Susan J. Bowman passed away on February 4, 2020, at the age of 56.

Susan was born at Walson Army Hospital.  She was a graduate of Bordentown Regional High School and Fairleigh Dickinson University with degrees in Biology and Chemistry.  She was a former member of the Borough Council in Wrightstown, NJ....

Feb 1, 2020

Frances Marinello, of Cream Ridge, passed away Saturday, February 1, 2020 at her daughter's home surrounded by family .  Born in Newark, Frances grew up in Nutley, NJ.  After she married, she and her husband moved to the Bronx and later Little Ferry, NJ where they spent most of their years.  In recent years, Frances lived in Brick and...

Jan 28, 2020

Mary Jane B. Howard, 69, passed away peacefully on January 28, 2020 at RWJ University/St. Barnabas Hospital in Hamilton. Born in Trenton, she was a resident of Mansfield Township, NJ. She was a graduate of Notre Dame High School, Class of 1969 and received her degree in Nursing from Mercer County College. Mary Jane was a Pediatric Nurse and...

Jan 27, 2020

Alice Beatrice Wharton Plummer, 86, passed away Monday, January 27, 2020.  Born in West Chester, PA, she was a longtime resident of Groveville and resided in Jacobstown, Cream Ridge, and Hamilton before settling in Florence in 2012.  She retired from the Hamilton Board of Education, where she worked as a substitute teacher coordinator.  Alice was an active member of...

Jan 25, 2020

Gunnar C. Szul, 22, passed away suddenly on January 25, 2020. Born in Princeton, NJ, he was a lifetime Allentown resident.  He was a graduate of Allentown High School Class of 2016 and attended West Virginia University.

Gunnar's incredibly bright and beautiful smile bracketed by gorgeous dimples was truly an expression of his warm heart, wonderful persona...

Jan 23, 2020

Mary Jane Griffith, 81, of Allentown, passed away Thursday, January 23, 2020 at Preferred Care of Hamilton. Born in Windsor, she worked in the banking industry for many years and was devoted to her family and loved spending time with her grandson and her sisters.

Daughter of the late Thomas and Madeline Coma, she was predeceased by...

Jan 22, 2020

Kenneth J. Ryan, 64, of Browns Mills, passed away Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at Capital Health Systems at Fuld. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he was a longtime Browns Mills resident. Kenneth worked in the construction industry and was a talented artist. His friends and family called him a coffee aficionado due to his love of it.

Son...

Jan 21, 2020

John E. Main, 66, passed away Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at Jefferson Hospital in Stratford, NJ. Born in Woodbury, NJ he had lived in Columbus, NJ for 10 years prior to moving to Hedding over 32 years ago. He worked as a Hospital Administrator for Ann Klein Forensic Center before his retirement in 2012. John enjoyed hiking, bicycling, kayaking...

Jan 17, 2020

Thelma Wirth, 93, of Hamilton Township, NJ passed away peacefully on January 17, 2020 at Clare Estate, Bordentown, NJ. She was born in Trenton and resided in Bordentown and Columbus, but her favorite residence was Jupiter, FL.

Thelma was a graduate of Trenton High School and Mercer Hospital School of Nursing. After her nursing career, she successfully...

Jan 17, 2020

Charles E. Quinby, III, (July 3, 1964 - January 17, 2020) of East Windsor, passed away unexpectedly on January 17, 2020.  Chuck grew up in West Paterson, New Jersey and graduated from Mount Olive High School.  Predeceased by his father, Charles E. Quinby, Jr., he leaves behind his mother, Brenda Quinby, of Hamilton, New Jersey, his sister, Tammy...

Jan 15, 2020

Peter Nosal 96 of Whiting died peacefully at home on January 15, 2020. Born January 31, 1923 to Mary Rosko and Andrew Nosal in Carteret, New Jersey, Peter was the third of five brothers and spent his boyhood on a farm in Croton, NJ. Peter honorably served his country during World War II as a member of the US...

Jan 7, 2020

William J. Lipton, 63, of Groveville, passed away Tuesday, January 7, 2020 at his home. Born in New Brunswick, he was lifetime resident of Groveville. William graduated from Steinert High School and was a US Navy Veteran. He worked as a butcher for several local stores including ShopRite for 28 years. A member of the American Legion Post 194,...

Jan 6, 2020

Elizabeth A. Johnson, 82, of Roosevelt, passed away Monday, January 6, 2020. Born in Trenton, to the late Abraham and Veronica Byer, she grew up in Allentown where her father was the owner and operator of Byer's Pharmacy on Main St. She later moved to Roosevelt where she resided for most of her life and worked as a teacher...