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Ana M Hernandez

Ana M Hernandez

Dec 31, 2020

Ana Mercedes Hernandez was born on January 23, 1959 in Santa Catarina Pinula, Guatemala. She resided in New Brunswick, New Jersey before her passing at the age of 61 She was extremely hard working, and spent her weekdays working as a custodian for Rutgers University, a job she was faithful to for more than 20 years. She also worked as...

Ms. Mellanie Sue Glovak

Ms. Mellanie Sue Glovak

Dec 23, 2020

Mellanie Sue Glovak was born on June 21, 1985 at JFK Hospital in Edison, NJ. Growing up. Mel loved to write poems and listen to music. She would often share these poems through letters that she wrote to her friends and family. Left to cherish her memory are her two children, Fabian and Kadence, her mother, Suzanne Glovak, her two...

Mrs. Mary Magdalene Robinson

Mrs. Mary Magdalene Robinson

Dec 16, 2020

Mary “Tee Tee” Robinson departed this life on Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at the Regency Jewish Heritage Nursing Center in Somerset, NJ. She was born on August 15, 1942 in Hazlehurst, Mississippi to the late Louis McDaniel and Louise Boyd McDaniel-Williams. She had one sibling, the late Annabelle Bea McDaniel. Mary’s Celebration of Life will be held at Mt. Calvary...

Tomas Taveras

Tomas Taveras

Dec 16, 2020

Tomas Taveras nació el 21 de Diciembre del año 1936 en Rodeo Moncion, Rebublica Dominicana. Falleció e 16 de Diciembre, 2020 en New Brunswick, NJ. Tomas llego a New Brunswick en 1983. Por 24 años trabajo en varias factorías asta que se retiró en 2007. Tomas Taveras fue un hombre trabajador, servicial, amoroso, alegre, juguetón, le gustaba que todos los...

Robert Peter Tietchen

Robert Peter Tietchen

Dec 6, 2020

Robert Peter Tietchen (aka) Bobby entered into eternal rest on December 6,2020 at Community Medical Center in Toms River. He was born in Jersey City on August 9, 1941 to Frank Tietchen and Ann Marano Tietchen where he lived until the family moved to Edison when he was 13 years old. Bobby currently resided in Whiting N.J. After completing his...

Mariel Polanco

Mariel Polanco

Dec 5, 2020

Mariel was born on March 17, 1972 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic to Carlos Manuel Polanco and Mariana Sanchez. She is survived by her beloved son Joel Cruz from her first husband Orlando Cruz; her mother Mariana Sanchez, her brother Yomare Polanco, her second husband Jose Cross, her siblings by her father Maritza, Altagracia, Marcial, and Pura; her nephews Carlos,...

Edgar Nicolas Guadarrama

Edgar Nicolas Guadarrama

Dec 5, 2020

Edgar Nicolás Guadarrama nació el 11 de Marzo de 1968 en Tlaxiaco Oaxaca. Fue el tercer hijo de la Sra. Elena Guadarrama Santiago y Otilio Nicolás Soria. Completó la escuela primaria y secundaria en la misma ciudad. Edgar comenzó a trabajar desde los 15 años con su cuñado Jorge Jiménez Aranda. En busca de un mejor sueño llegó a la...

Mr. Victor Manuel Santana-Pichardo

Mr. Victor Manuel Santana-Pichardo

Nov 26, 2020

New Brunswick, NJ Victor Manuel Santana-Pichardo, 32, passed away in the wee morning hours of November 26, 2020 in Somerset, NJ.He was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Victor came to the New Brunswick area as a boy of 8 years old. He graduated from Piscataway High School. Victor was a "man-of-all-trades". For a time, he worked in construction, did...

Mrs. Mary T. Gafencu

Mrs. Mary T. Gafencu

Nov 24, 2020

North Brunswick, NJ Mary T. (Morrissey) Gafencu, (Haleluk), 90, passed away on Tuesday evening, November 24, 2020 at her daughter and son-in-law, Debbie and Carmen's home in North Brunswick, NJ. She was born in Jersey City, NJ and was raised in Manalapan, NJ. She was a graduate of St. Rose of Lima Catholic School in Freehold, NJ. After high school,...

Mrs. Rosalba Charron

Mrs. Rosalba Charron

Nov 22, 2020

New Brunswick, NJ Rosalba Charron, 63, passed away at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ on Sunday, November 22, 2020 after a month long struggle with her illness. Born and raised in Tela, Honduras. Rosalba moved to New Brunswick in 1990. She met and married her husband, Carlos Charron in 1994. Rosalba was a very artistic person, who...

Mrs. Frieda F. Feller

Mrs. Frieda F. Feller

Nov 19, 2020

FRIEDA FELLER, AGE 100, HIGHLAND PARK Frieda F. Feller, 100, died peacefully, November 19, in her home in Highland Park, where she had been a resident since 1949. Born Frieda Estelle Finklestein, July 21, 1920, in Newark, NJ, to Newark attorney Samuel B. Finklestein and Hattie (Klein) Finklestein, Mrs. Feller attended the Maple Avenue School and Weequahic High School before...

Mrs. Bernice Alberta Bernsdtein

Mrs. Bernice Alberta Bernsdtein

Nov 15, 2020

BERNICE ALBERTA BERNSTEIN Highland Park Bernice Alberta Bernstein (née Frant) of Highland Park, NJ, passed away at the age of 91-years-old on November 15, 2020. A lifelong resident of Highland Park and well-known in her community, Bernice was a proud first generation American. She became the first of what would become dozens of family members to graduate from Highland Park...

Mrs. Ethel Werber

Mrs. Ethel Werber

Nov 12, 2020

Monroe, NJ Ethel Werber, age 87, passed away November 12th, 2020. She was born April 5th, 1933 in Queens, NY. Ethel was a real estate agent for many years and enjoyed being in the kitchen cooking for her family. She loved her two great grandsons and would always say “they light up my life”. Predeceased by her parents Samuel and...

Mr. Milton Gerald Koslow

Mr. Milton Gerald Koslow

Nov 8, 2020

Monroe, NJ Milton Gerald Koslow, 87, passed away on Sunday evening, November 8, 2020 at St. Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ. He was born and raised in the Bronx, NY. Milton studied at New York University, when in 1954 he received a Bachelor’s Degree of Science in Accounts and Finance. Milton would spend weekends at his parent’s chicken farm...

Mr. Jeffrey T. Shilling

Mr. Jeffrey T. Shilling

Nov 3, 2020

Highland Park, NJ Jeffrey T. Shilling, 62, passed away in Highland Park on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Born in New Brunswick, NJ, Jeffrey was a lifelong resident of Highland Park, NJ. He graduated from Highland Park High School in 1976. Jeffrey worked for the past five years with Ikun, LLC in North Brunswick where he was a warehouse specialist. Previously,...

Paulino Torres

Paulino Torres

Oct 26, 2020

Paulino Torres muy conocido como “Chiche” nació el 26 de Diciembre en San José de las Matas, República Dominicana. Falleció el 26 de Octubre a los 71 años de edad. Paulino ha sido un hombre muy querido y respetado por muchos. Paulino tenía bodegas, cosechas de café, y granjas en la República Dominicana y después llegó a los Estados Unidos...

Mrs. Patricia Ann Marie Paszamant

Mrs. Patricia Ann Marie Paszamant

Oct 24, 2020

December 30, 1940 – October 24, 2020. Patricia Ann Marie Paszamant, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, step-mother, daughter and friend passed away peacefully on October 24, 2020. Patricia was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and resided in both Somerset, New Jersey and North Brunswick, New Jersey until moving to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 2015. A graduate of St. Peter’s High School...

David Alexander Mauriz Bonilla

David Alexander Mauriz Bonilla

Oct 24, 2020

David Alexander Mauriz Bonilla, más conocido como “Chandito”, era una persona de 3 pies y medio con un corazón lleno de amor. Un luchador con todo el significado de la palabra. David nació en El Salvador y con el paso de los años emigró a los Estados Unidos con la esperanza de reunirse con su familia y hermanos. David era...

Mrs. Jeanne Ratet Zankel

Mrs. Jeanne Ratet Zankel

Oct 23, 2020

Obituary for Jeanne Zankel December 6, 1930 – October 23, 2020 Age 89 Jeanne Ratet Zankel, of Edison, NJ passed away at home on Friday, October 23, 2020. She was 89. Born in New Brunswick, she lived most of her life in Edison. Jeanne was a retired librarian, having worked at the Westfield Memorial Library for many years. After having...

Mr. Jose M. O'Neill-Cruz

Mr. Jose M. O'Neill-Cruz

Oct 19, 2020

East Brunswick, NJ Mr. Jose M. O'Neill-Cruz, 73, passed away peacefully at the Park Place Care Center in Monmouth Junction, NJ on Monday evening, October 19, 2020. Born in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, Jose came to New York City at the age of fourteen. Jose is a NYC High School graduate. He was employed many years as a machine operator-foreman with...