All Obituaries

Walter Surowiec, Sr., 86, of East Brunswick passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, May 16, 2023. Walter was born in New Brunswick, NJ and was raised in Spotswood. In 1957, Walter married Patricia White Surowiec and the couple settled in East Brunswick, where they raised 6 children together. As a young man he enjoyed body building and traveled cross-country. He enjoyed working on cars and explored the countryside on his Indian motorcycle. Walter was a self-taught musician playing and...

Vincent Campora, 88, of Monroe Township, passed away suddenly on Sunday, May 14, 2023 at his home. Born in Amantea, Cosenza on the southern Mediterranean coast in Italy, he was a man with an innate sense of duty from an early age. He worked multiple jobs, and moved around in multiple countries, such as his native Italy, Germany, and Venezuela, before settling in the United States in 1969. His main job was as a painter, but he also worked as an officer at Series A games, a janitor, a soldier...

Irene Eisenberg (née Levy), 93, of Monroe Township, passed away on Sunday, May 14, 2023 at St. Peter's University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born on New Year’s Day in New York City, Irene raised her family in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn before settling in Monroe Township in 1996. A passionate and natural leader, she served as President of her community’s Yiddish Club, cultivating and sharing the joy of Jewish culture and the Yiddish language for over two decades. Irene...

Catherine Marino, 97, of Spotswood, passed away on Monday, May 8, 2023 at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge. Born and raised in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, she also lived in Hollywood and Los Angeles, California and Jersey City before settling in Spotswood in 1959. She was a waitress in several area restaurants over many years, retiring in the early 1990s. She was a communicant of St. Thomas the Apostle Church of Old Bridge. She loved to travel, especially California and Florida and,...

Geri Susan Schwartzstein, 87, of Somerset, passed away on Monday, May 8, 2023 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, after a brief illness. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Geri was raised in the Brooklyn Jewish Orphan Asylum until she was adopted by David and Reba Safran at the age of eight. She grew up in the Laurelton section of Queens, New York and also lived in Yonkers, New York before settling in Somerset in 1963. Geri graduated from the New York City College of...

Amalia Salcido, 90, of Monroe Township, passed away peacefully on Friday, April 21, 2023 at her home. Born to Luis and Amalia (Andrade) Ospina in Bogota, Colombia, Amalia emigrated to the United States in 1960, living in New York City and Brooklyn, New York before settling in Monroe Township in 2000. For many years, she worked at the Pierre Hotel in New York City, retiring in 2000. She was a devoted Catholic and found comfort in her daily prayers. Amalia enjoyed music and loved animals, but...

Michelle Yvonne Boreas, 53, of Spotswood, passed away on Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital after an extended illness. Born in Prince Edward Island, Canada, Michelle came to the United States at an early age and was raised in Sayreville and East Brunswick before settling in Spotswood in the mid-2000s. She worked as a bartender for many years at the former Cambridge Inn of Spotswood and Lory's Lakeside of North Brunswick. For the last few years she was a...

Antonio Liberal, 54, of Old Bridge Township, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, April 12, 2023 at Old Bridge Medical Center. Born in Luanda, Angola, Tony was raised in Lisbon, Portugal and came to the United States at age 16. He lived in various parts of Hudson County and Elizabeth before settling in Old Bridge Township in 1998. He was employed by Allied Beverage of Elizabeth for the last 34 years as a driver. Tony enjoyed bike riding at the Jersey Shore, hiking on the trails at Cheesequake...

Yolanda Plisiecki, 35, of Lawrence Township, formerly of Monroe Township, passed away on Friday, April 7, 2023.Born in Elizabeth, she lived there for several years before moving to Monroe Township in 1992. She graduated from Kean University with a BA in Criminal Justice. Yolanda was an HR Manager and had lived a vivacious life. She was bright, sensitive, intelligent, kind and incredibly charming. Even if you met Yolanda only once, you have a story about her, and you’ll find yourself with a...