Obituaries

Thomas V. Williams of Somerset passed away on August 21 at home. He was 80. Born in Trenton, he was a lifelong resident of Franklin Township. He served in the US Air Force during the Vietnam Era. He then worked as a Manager for AT&T in Piscataway until his retirement. Thomas was a member of the Middlebush Volunteer Fire Department …

Bernice Ostrowski, of Somerset passed away on August 15 at the Parker at Somerset Nursing Home in Somerset. She was 82. Born in Newfoundland, Canada, she lived in Edison before moving to Somerset in 2015. She worked as a Cashier at RiteAid in Edison before her retirement. Bernice was a parishioner of St. Matthias Church in Somerset. She also loved …

Gertrude E. Murphy of Somerset passed away on August 13 at St. Peter’s University Hospital in New Brunswick. She was 101. Born in Buffalo, New York and raised in Cheektowaga, she lived in Jersey City before moving to Somerset in 2008. Gertrude served in the US Coast Guard during World War II. After her discharge she worked as a hairdresser …

Mary Dolan passed away peacefully on August 4, at home surrounded by loved ones. She was 96. Mary was born September 23, 1925, in Morgan Mines, West Virginia, the youngest child and only daughter of Anna and John Cies. Shortly after graduating as valedictorian of Lumberport High School, at the height of World War II, Mary boldly made the move …

Mrs. Laverne Tellis-Stephens, a longtime resident of North Brunswick, passed away at home on August 1. Laverne, affectionately known as “El-La”, was born May 13, 1950, to the Late Eva Mae Tellis-Griffin and George Cannon, in New Brunswick. She was 72 years old. LaVerne was educated through the Franklin Township Public School System and graduated from Franklin High School in …

Anthony E. Massey of Somerset passed away on July 31 at home. He was 42. Born in Wilmington, Delaware, he was raised in Piscataway before moving to Somerset in 2003. Anthony worked as a Line Man for Verizon in Plainfield and belonged to IBEW Local 827. He enjoyed freshwater fishing, football, baseball, woodworking, rebuilding, and odd jobs around the house, …

Mr. Irving Leong passed away on July 27 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. He was 67 years old. Mr. Leong was born in Manhattan and was raised in New York City. He graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School and furthered his education at the City College of New York where he earned a bachelor’s degree in …

Mrs. Henrietta Burack passed away on July 27 at the Regency Heritage Care Center in Somerset. She was 90 years old. Mrs. Burack was born in Brooklyn and resided in Queens for many years. She relocated to New Jersey and was employed by Air Products. She also worked in the advertising department for K-Mart and in her later years, at …

Mrs. Marguerite Boucher passed away on Friday July 1, 2022, at the Bridgeway Care Center in Bridgewater. She was 88 years old. Mrs. Boucher was born in Boston, where she graduated high school then furthered her education at Emmanuel College, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry. She went on to continue her graduate work at Boston University, and …

Alwyne R. Wilkinson, formerly of Somerset and most recently of North Brunswick, passed away on July 24 at the Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in Hamilton. He was 83.Born in Grimsby, England, he lived in England and Ireland before moving to Canada then the United States in the late 1960s. He lived in Boston, Massachusetts before moving to Somerset then North …