Mary Ann Peterson

Mary Ann Peterson, age 85, passed away September 29, 2018 in Post Falls, ID surrounded by her daughters. Born July 20, 1933 in Elizabeth, New Jersey to Michael J. Rustick and Irene Saboski. She was the youngest of three children. She attended Union High School in Union, New Jersey, Drake Business School and TWA Stewardess […]

Lawrence Ralph Fabrizio

Lawrence Ralph Fabrizio “Larry”, of Springfield, passed away peacefully at home on Monday, September 10, 2018, with his beloved wife at his side. He was 92 and just shy of his 93rd birthday. Larry was born and raised in South Orange. He attended Our Lady of Sorrows School and was graduated from Columbia High School. […]

Amelia Teresa Wojciechowicz

Amelia Teresa Wojciechowicz was born on Sunday, November 24, 1929 to Katherine and Adolf Wojciechowicz. She was the youngest of six children, born boy-girl-boy-girl-boy-girl. John- Stephanie- Edward- Florence- Stanley- Amelia. Mom went to West Side High School, where she met dad after he came home from the Navy in WWII. They were married in 1950. […]

Theodore “Ted” Nawrocki

Loving Husband, Father & Grandfather, Theodore “Ted” Nawrocki, 91, of Millburn, NJ, after 17 years of Alzheimers Disease, passed peacefully on June 14, 2018. Born in Newark, Ted lived in Millburn for 56 years. He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Micheline D’Alessandro Nawrocki, father of Debra Ann Nawrocki Lawlor and her husband, […]

Rose Ferrara

Rose Ferrara, 102, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. Beloved wife of the late Joseph. She was predeceased by her sisters, Benedetta Iannucci, Theresa Spiotti and Louise Lima. She leaves behind many adoring nieces, nephews. Born in Union, New Jersey, she lived in Roselle for most of her life before moving to Bergen […]

Louise Forster

Louise Forster, 104, of Linden NJ, passed away peacefully on June 11, 2018 from natural causes. She was born in Elizabeth, NJ on July 16, 1914 to Charles & Anna Janusauskas who immigrated from  Lithuania. A graduate of Battin High School in Elizabeth, she was married to the late William Forster Jr. for 69 years […]

Phyllis Fine Portnoy

Phyllis Portnoy passed away peacefully on Monday, March 12, 2018. She was born November 29, 1927 in Newark, NJ, graduated from Weequahic High School in 1944, married Philip Portnoy in 1948 and raised four sons in Union, NJ. Phyllis had a career as a registered nurse and then went back to school when her sons […]

Michael K. Cramer

Michael K. Cramer of Vernon Township NJ, passed away March 6, 2018 at home, after a long battle with cancer, his wife at his side. Michael was born on Staten Island NY and moved to Union in 1963 and lived there until 2017. He graduated Union HS in 1970. Attended Seamen’s Church Institute of NY […]

Betty Pistol

Betty Pistol, of Clark, NJ, died on Wednesday, February 28, 2018 at the Center for Hope Hospice in Scotch Plains, NJ. Betty was a homemaker and a clerical worker. She was employed at Franklin Templeton Investments in Short Hills, NJ. Previously, she served in the same capacity at Heine Securities in Short Hills, and United […]

Melitta Schmidt

Melitta Schmidt of Union died at her home on Sunday, February 11, 2018. She was 96. Born in Germany, she came to the US to escape the Nazis in 1938. She lived in Newark and Irvington until she moved to Union 57 years ago. Melitta married the love of her life, Joseph Schmidt in 1954 […]