Obituaries

Joseph G. Orsini, lifelong resident of Albany, New York, passed away on April 9 at Spring Hills Assisted Living. He was 98. Born in Rome, New York, the sixth of seven children – six boys and one girl – to Onorato and Theresa Orsini, his family moved to Albany when Joe was two. He attended St. John’s Academy where he …

Gregory M. Mandapat of Somerset passed away on April 3 at home. He was 43. Born in New Brunswick, he was a lifelong resident of Somerset. Gregory was a US Navy veteran, serving after graduating high school. He earned a Bachelors Degree from DeVry University and worked as a Front Desk Clerk at Sonesta Suites in Somerset. He enjoyed bowling …

Robert “Lance” Bering, 80, passed away on April 2 at Hunterdon Medical Center in Flemington. Mr. Bering was born June 6, 1941, in Long Branch to the late Robert and Ann (Garrettson) Bering. He was a lifelong resident of Franklin Township. Lance honorably served in the US Army during Vietnam Era having attained the rank of Private First Class. He …

Sandra Despiniadis passed away on March 23. She was born in Newark, raised in Fords and graduated from Woodbridge High School. She raised her family in the Somerset section of Franklin Township and was still a resident there. Mrs. Despinaidis had a lengthy career with Toys R Us. She was employed in the warehouse in Flanders and retired after over …

Elizabeth “Betty Ann” Nixon, of Montrose, Pennsylvania passed away on March 23 at home. She was 65. Born in New Brunswick, she lived in Franklin Park and Browns Mills before moving to Montrose, Pennsylvania in 1995. Betty Ann was a homemaker. She is predeceased by her son, Mark Nixon; parents, Wilbur and Elizabeth Rudolph; and brother, Frederick Rudolph. Surviving are …

Ruth Doris Sjogren passed away peacefully after a long, prolonged battle with Alzheimer’s dementia, on March 14 in the Memory Care unit of Paragon Village in Hackettstown. She was 91, just missing her 92nd birthday. Ruth was born in Roosevelt, Long Island, on March 22, 1930, to her Swedish parents, who lived in Gothenburg, Sweden. Ruth met her future husband …

Mr. Thomas “Tom” Bardarik, 85, passed away peacefully on March 14 at Spring Hills of Somerset, where he recently resided. Tom grew up in Saint Clair, PA. He graduated from Penn State University in 1959 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Tom served in the United States Army, was stationed in Germany, and later attained the rank of Captain. He …

Roseann M. Szani, of Somerset passed away on March 12 at St. Peter’s University Hospital in New Brunswick. She was 57.Born in New Brunswick, she was a lifelong resident of Somerset. Roseann worked as a Travel Agent for various agencies throughout the central New Jersey area.While in college as a theater student, she volunteered as an aide/assistant at a Night …

Mr. Huan-Yuan Fan passed away peacefully on March 12 at his home in Somerset. He was 90 years old. Born in Puli, Taiwan, on February 10, 1932, Mr. Fan spent his childhood in Taiwan and Shanghai, China. He spoke his native Hakka dialogue, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, and English. He came to the United States in 1970. He resided in Queens, …

Dr. Harold M. Tarriff of Somerset passed away on March 7 at the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Somerville. He was 74. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, he lived in Bucks County, Pennsylvania and Hillsborough before moving to Somerset in 2003. Harold worked as a special educator for various districts throughout New Jersey and The College of …