All Obituaries

Audrey L. Boise Educator/Lecturer   Audrey L. Boise, 87, died after a short illness on Saturday, January 23, 2021.  Formerly a resident of Summit, she had lived at Laurel Circle (formerly known as Arbor Glen) in Bridgewater, NJ, since 2006. The youngest child of Paul G. and Lillian (Goedecker) Boise, she was born on February 12, 1933, in Hackensack, NJ, and moved to Summit as a child. She attended Summit High School and Wellesley College, from which she graduated in 1955. ...

Milagros Joaquin Basa, 77, died peacefully on Friday January 1, 2021 at home in Somerville Borough NJ.  She was born on November 27, 1943 in Hermosa Bataan Philippines to her dear parents the late Plabiana (Guevarra) and Filemon Joaquin. Milagros was married for 55 years to the love of her life, Angelito N. Basa, Sr.  Together Milagros and Angelito moved to the United States from the Philippines and lived in Jackson NJ with family for a few years before settling in Somerville NJ....

Karl W. Apgar Obituary             Karl W. (Winseman) Apgar, 62, died unexpectedly and suddenly from a heart attack on December 24, 2020 at his home in Somerville, NJ, the same town in which he was born on May 19, 1958.  Karl was the son of John N. Apgar, Jr. and Martha B. Apgar (nee Martha L. Brown).              There will be no viewing or funeral.  The family...

SCRANTON, PA.-          Russell Aron Breese, 63, died December 8, 2020.   He was born on March 3, 1957 to the late Elsie and George Breese, Sr.  Russell enjoyed NASCAR racing.  All who knew him will remember his passion for living life to the fullest.  He will be sadly missed by family and friends. Russell is survived by his beloved daughters Jodi Fitchett, Janelle Bartley and Jessica Bartley, his cherished grandsons...

RARITAN-        A Lifelong resident of Raritan, Alessandro “Alex” Fischetti, Jr., 92, died on April 4, 2020.  He was born on November 12, 1927 to the late Rosina (nee Pepe) and Alessandro Fischetti. During the Korean War Alex served in the Army stationed in Japan.  He married the “Love of his life”, June (nee Farano) Fischetti on April 15, 1950.  Alex worked for DeCristofer Construction Company in Bound Brook, NJ, was...

HILLSBOROUGH-   Loving Wife, Mother, Grandmother & Great Grandmother, Ina B. Coleman, 87, entered eternal life on Saturday, August 1, 2020. Ina was born and raised in West Virginia.  She was a graduate of Gauley Bridge High School Class of 1951.  Ina was employed as a Telephone operator for Bell Telephone in Charleston, West Virginia.  She married the love of her life, David L. Coleman.  Together they moved to New Jersey in 1965 and raised their family of 4...

Marie Kuhn, 82, loving mother, sister, aunt, grandmother, great grandmother and friend, passed at home on Thursday, July 9, 2020 after a long battle with cancer.   She is best remembered for her profoundly deep love of family and friends.  She was known for being a lover of everything sweet, as the life of a party, a good listener, and a giver of the most blunt, but best advice around.    Her life started in Brooklyn, then followed her siblings to Somerset...

RARITAN-    Michael Grigorov (Mikhail Yegorovich Grigorov) of Raritan, 94, died on May 4, 2020.  Michael was born on November 15, 1925 in Ukraine. Michael was raised within a big family in a small Ukrainian village, and survived the Holodomor in 1930.  He grew up as a physically and spiritually strong person and always liked to face and overcome challenges. At the age of 17, Michael was drafted to serve in the Soviet Union Army to protect USSR's boarders for 7...

Antonietta Scillieri, 86 passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, April 26, 2020.  Her story began in 1933, in Ragusa Sicily.  She and her family later migrated to Buenos Aires, Argentina where she met the love of her life Joseph Scillieri.  Kindred spirits, they spent the next 65 years holding hands, and sharing a once in a lifetime kind of love that we all aspire to have. They were inseparable.  In the 1960’s she and Joseph moved to the United States, to...

  Flushing-    Frank Maniscalco, 87, passed away at the home of his daughter on Sunday, April 19th, 2020 from brain cancer . Predeceased by his beloved wife Marie.  Loving father of Donna Pizzigoni (Louis Pizzigoni III) and Vincent Maniscalco. Loving grandfather of Louis Pizzigoni IV, Dayna Pizzigoni Hanna (Tim Hanna) and Francesca Pizzigoni, and devoted great grandfather to Louis Pizzigoni V, Eliandra...