All Obituaries

Grace “Annette Scott’s Obituary.    Grace Annette Scott (Ellis) or just “Annette” or “Mom” as her friends and family called her, died Thursday, August 6, 2020 following a courageous battle with cancer. Annette was born in Atlanta, Georgia on April 30, 1940 to Thomas H. Ellis and Mary Ellis (Favors). Annette always called Lone Oak, GA home though; because that was the location of her grandfather’s farm and where her beloved family resided....

Eleanor Assante, 89, of  Middlesex passed away on August 4, 2020 in New Brunswick NJ. Ellie was born in Bound Brook, NJ to Amalia and Dominic Assante on November 12, 1930.  She Graduated from St. Josephs Catholic School in Bound Brook..  Ellie went on to work for the Middlesex Police Department in the Records Department for 25 years.  She also worked as an assistant Baker at Pathmark for 29 years. Ellie was a very religious woman and took great pride in her charitable...

Grace Mooney, 96, passed away on Monday August 3, 2020 in Florida. Born in Malden, MA, she was the daughter of John and Mary Frances Moylan. Grace was a communicant of St. John The Evangelist Catholic Church in Dunellen where she was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Knights of Columbus. A funeral mass will be celebrated for Grace at St. John The Evangelist then her cremated remains will be buried at Resurrection Burial Park in Piscataway next to her beloved husband John. These will...

It is with very heavy hearts that we announce that Christopher S. Garnecki, 52 of Washington, NJ passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 1 at Morristown Medical Center with his loving wife and close friends by his side. Born in Plainfield, he was the son of John Garnecki, Sr and the late Anne Triano. Chris battled cancer with a smile on his face, and a joke to make you laugh. He was able to charm an entire hospital, and was known in every department as, “our favorite patient...

John R. DeMassari,74 passed away on Sunday July 26th, 2020 at Haven Hospice in Edison. Born in Somerville, he was the son of the late Mario J DeMassari and Fulvia Saddler. A dedicated member of the fire department since 1981 after serving in the Middlesex Rescue squad for a number of years. He was the department’s Fire Inspector as well as long serving President of Lincoln Hose C0 #1. He served as current President of Middlesex Borough’s Exempt Fireman Association. This is JD...

William Stead, 70, of Dunellen, NJ, passed away on Saturday, July 25, 2020 at Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center, Somerville, New Jersey. William was born in Rahway, New Jersey to John & Patricia (Grunden) Stead on February 8, 1950. He went to school in Iselin, NJ and graduated from Kennedy High School. Bill married Barbara (Busher) on July 19,1980 in Warren, NJ. He worked as an electrician for RWJ for many years.  He was involved in the Navy and served on an aircraft carrier....

Victor C. Cirillo, 74, passed away peacefully on Thursday, July 23rd, 2020 at the age of 74. He was born in Italy on August 11th, 1945 to the late Corinna and Victor A. Cirillo. Victor faithfully served our Country in the United States Air Force. He worked construction for many years all over the state of NJ before his retirement. He was known as a Ham Radio enthusiast, dedicating a whole room to his collection. His call sign was “N2KVN.” Victor loved to collect QSL cards,...

George Higgins Jr ,85,of Flemington, passed away on July 21 2020 at home in Flemington. George was born  in Somerville to George & Eva Higgins on 12/7/34.  He went to school at St Peters High School.  He married Theresa (Terry)  on Feb 6, 1954 in St John Dunellen.  He worked as a Self Employed Arnold Bread Distributor.   He was involved in Arbor Fire Hose Company in Piscataway as Assistant Chief .  He was a member of New Jersey State Fire Chief...

Verna Marie (Miller) Repas passed away peacefully on Monday, July 20th, 2020 at the age of 98. Verna was born on April 23, 1922 to Anna Funk Miller and Jacob Miller. She survives her siblings Ann Miller Wright and Howard Miller.  She attended the Milltown School and then graduated from New Brunswick High School in 1941.  She is survived by her eldest child Jane Ann Repas of somewhere in Hunterdon County, NJ and son Jon Jay “Rip” Repas of Green Brook, NJ. Verna survives...

Hilde E. Foltanski, 89, of Middlesex, passed away on July 8, 2020 at JFK Medical Center in Edison. Hilde was born in England to Harold and Gertrude Page on March 24, 1931.  As a young teen, she lived through the blitz of World War II with her parents, two sisters and brother, and later moved to Ipswich.  She met her future husband there and married Stanley in 1948.  They immigrated to the United States in 1952, settling in the Central Jersey area.  While raising six...