Obituaries

Gary John Pultro, Sr., of Somerset passed away on May 15 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. He was 64. Born in New Brunswick, he was a lifelong resident of Franklin Township, graduating from Franklin Township High School. He proudly worked in construction as General Superintendent for Skanska Building USA, based out of New Jersey. Gary served …

Gayle Mason Potter passed away peacefully on May 10 at Artis Senior Living of Princeton Junction. She was 88. Gayle was a loving mother and grandmother. All her six grandchildren referred to her as “Ume,” meaning “you & me.” Gayle was a yoga master, nurse, licensed counselor, and caring healer to tens of thousands over her career. Gayle treated clients …

Montena Inez (Horton) Coleman was born in Athens, Georgia, May 26, 1929. She was the youngest of five children born to the late Mary Lou and Edward Horton, Sr. Montena is the end of the Horton Dynasty!Montena graduated from the Athens High and Industrial School in 1946. She also attended Fort Valley State College in Fort Valley, GA thanks to …

Mary Halecki passed away on May 9 at her home in Somerset. Mrs. Halecki was born in Newark and was raised in East Orange. She graduated from East Orange Catholic High School. She also lived in South Brunswick before moving to the Somerset section of Franklin Township in 2001. Mrs. Halecki was a parishioner of St. Matthias Church in Somerset. …

Vincent F. Verdi of Franklin Park passed away on May 8 at St. Peter’s Medical Center in New Brunswick. He was 92. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he lived in Edison before moving to Franklin Park in the late 1980s. He attended Penn State College, graduating with a master’s degree in chemistry. He worked as a Chemist for Merck & …

Albert Larangeira, 93, passed away on May 4 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Somerville. Mr. Larangeira was born April 6, 1929, in Newark to the late Joseph and Maria (Casmiro) Laranjeira. He resided in South Bound Brook before relocating and settling to Somerset. Albert honorably served in US Army during Korean Conflict, having earned the rank of Private …

James E. Dolan of Hamilton Township, formerly of Somerset, died peacefully at home with his family by his side. He was 92. Born in Boston, Mass., he resided in Somerset for 45 years before moving to Hamilton 2 years ago. Mr. Dolan served his country with the US Marine Corps during the Korean Conflict. Prior to his retirement in 1992, …

Gertrude (Gitty) Kramer (nee Zaransky) of Woodbridge, CT., passed away on April 23, surrounded by her three children. She was 101. Gitty died on the 78th anniversary of her wedding to her late husband, Colman. Independent to the end, she was a spirited homemaker who learned computer programming in the 1960’s, designed and sewed fashion garments, created art work for …

Mary Jarmoluk, age 95, of Russellville, Arkansas, died April 18 at her home at Stone Bridge. She was born May 24, 1926, to Joseph and Catherine Kit Malecki, in the village of Zalyp’ya, in the western part of Ukraine near the large cities of Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk. She grew up in a small, dirt floor, one-room cottage, heated by a …

Mr. Francis Porrovecchio passed away on April 10 at his home in Somerset. He was 73 years old. Mr. Porrovecchio was born in New Brunswick and was a lifetime resident of Franklin Township. He was the owner and operator of Easton Cuts in Somerset for over 50 years and had a following of loyal customers throughout those years. He was …