All Obituaries

Marie L. Jacobs, 98, of Old Bridge, passed away on Thursday, April 18, 2019 in Old Bridge Township. Cremation was private. Friends are invited to join Marie's family for a graveside service at 11:00 AM on Friday, May 3rd at Franklin Memorial Park, North Brunswick.

Edwin Gomez, 58, of Spotswood, passed away peacefully at his home on Thursday, April 18, 2019. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Ed lived in Iselin for 11 years before settling in Spotswood in 2001. For nearly 20 years, he was an offset printing pressman and mechanic with United Forms Finishing of Hillside. Ed had a terrific sense of humor and he was the jokester uncle to his nieces and nephews. Ed was the one that everyone turned to when something was broken or just didn't work....

Margaret M. Sykes, 84, of Spotswood, passed away peacefully at her home on Monday, April 15, 2019. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Peggy lived in Old Bridge for 24 years before settling in Spotswood in 1990. She was a communicant of Immaculate Conception Church, Spotswood. For 20 years, Peggy was a baker for the former Sunshine Biscuit Company of Sayreville. Afterwards, she worked for 10 more years for Target in Milltown, retiring in 2010. Peggy was very a much a family oriented...

Irina Ignatov, 57, from East Brunswick passed away April 4, 2019 at home.   Born and raised  in Moscow, Russia, she received her B.A. in account production and bookkeeping.  She came to the United States and settled in East Brunswick, where she resided for the past 19 years.   Irina was employed in the finance industry as an independent consultant and in mortgage and personal/commercial loan brokering.  She consulted with various entities, most recently, The New...

Pietro Fuccio, 87, of Monroe Twp., passed away on Monday April 1, 2019 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Hamilton. Born and raised in Paolisi, Italy, Pietro lived in Venezuela for 10 years before returning to Italy for a time, then coming to the United States more than 50 years ago, living first in Brooklyn, New York, then in Palm Coast, Florida for 20 years before settling in Monroe Twp. in 2014. He retired from the Excavators Local 731 of Queens, New York after more than 30...

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Richard Colvin, 68, of Spotswood, passed away on Saturday, March 23, 2019. Born and raised in the Todt Hill section of Staten Island, New York, Richie lived in Morganville for many years before settling in Spotswood in 2006. For twenty years, he worked at the former Ford Assembly Plant in Edison as an Assembler and E-coat technician before his retirement. He served honorably in the United States Air Force. He was an aviation enthusiast and he loved collecting coins, gardening, taking care...

Maureen Cora Verchick, 86, of South Amboy passed away Saturday, March 23, 2019 at home. Born in Richmond Boro, New York City, Maureen was raised in Winfield Park and Perth Amboy, settling in South Amboy in 1967.  Maureen was employed for many years in the laundry/housekeeping departments at South Amboy Memorial Hospital and later retiring from the former Carriage House Manor Nursing Home which was in Parlin.  Maureen enjoyed watching classic old time movies as well as having a...

Eugenya Burns, 86, from New Brunswick passed away Saturday, March 23 at Alaris Health at Cedar Grove. Born in Kiev Ukraine, Eugenya resided in New Brunswick, recently settling in with her daughter in Millburn.  Eugenya possessed a Bachelors degree in accounting and worked until her retirement at a general accountant for many firms throughout her lifetime.  She was a kind appreciative lady who always had a smile on her face and a lovely words to anyone she...

Florence I. Hellstern, 98, of Spotswood, passed away peacefully at her home on Tuesday, March 19, 2019. Born in Yonkers, New York, Florence was raised on Staten Island, New York before settling in Spotswood in the mid 1980's. She worked as a secretary for many years retiring in the early 1990's. During WWII, Florence worked as a secretary on the Manhattan Project in New York City. She was a member and former secretary of the Spotswood Seniors. She was an avid dancer, crossword...