Obituaries

Helen Wolfe, 92, passed away surrounded by her family on October 3 at her home in Somerset. Mrs. Wolfe was born December 25, 1928, in Somerset, the daughter of Nassif and Agnes (Habib) Coury. She was a lifelong resident of Somerset. Helen was a clerical worker for John Wiley and Sons in Somerset, where she worked for over 25 years. …

Porfirio Cardenas of Franklin Park died peacefully on October 1 with his family by his side.He was 92. Visitation will be from 3-7 p.m. October 8 in the Gleason Funeral Home, 1360 Hamilton Street, Somerset. Funeral services will be at 9 a.m. October 9 from the Gleason Funeral Home, thence to OurLady of Peace, North Brunswick for a 10 a.m. …

Michael P. Yankowski, 90, died September 27 at St. Peter’s University Medical Center in New Brunswick. Mr. Yankowski was born September 30, 1930 in Elizabeth to the late Peter and Mary Yankowski. He was a lifelong resident of Elizabeth before recently relocating to Somerset. Michael honorably served in the Army during Korean Conflict. He was a truck driver for ABF …

Betty Mount, 84, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on September 3 in her daughter’s home in Somerset. Betty was born December 2, 1936, in Toms River to the late Ruben and Viola Fidler. She was a lifetime resident of Englishtown until moving in with her daughter in 1999. Before having children, Betty was a secretary at Orr Motors …

Jerry Grundfest, 91, died suddenly on Sept. 5. He was a resident of Somerset since 1966. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he spent his high school years in Phoenix, AZ, and then received his BA in History from Stanford University, and an MBA and Ph.D. from Columbia University (also History). His career in arts and historical organizations included the Philadelphia Bicentennial …

Elaine Tublin, 56, passed away on Sept. 2 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, with her two beloved children by her side.Born on Oct. 24, 1964, in New Brunswick, she grew up in Franklin and spent the remainder of her life in Hillsborough and East Millstone.While incredibly proud of her work as a legal aid for attorney …

Agnes Olsson,101, passed away peacefully in her sleep on September 3 at her daughter’s home in Somerset. Agnes was born August 11, 1920 in New Brunswick to the late Nicolas and Anna (Hadid) Bahash. She was a lifelong resident of New Brunswick, before relocating in 2014 to her daughter’s home in Somerset. Agnes was a bookkeeper for various businesses in …

Elizabeth McCallion passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family at her home in Somerset on August 29. She was 96 years old. Elizabeth was born in Long Island City, NY to Mary and Walter Clavin. She graduated from Julia Richmond High School in Manhattan and soon after married John McCallion. Several years later she moved to Metuchen, where she …

Prem Kishore Mehrotra, of Somerset passed away on August 23 at home. He was 68.Born in Shahjahanpur, India, he immigrated to the United States in the mid-1970s, settling in Ithaca and Queens, New York before moving to Somerset, New Jersey in 1989.He worked as a Computer Scientist for Johnson & Johnson in Raritan for the past 18 years.Prem enjoyed listening …

Norene Edith Powell, a longtime resident of Franklin Township, passed away on August 17 at the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. She was 72.Born in Newark and raised in Rahway, Norene lived in Somerset since 1964.She worked as a school teacher for the Franklin Township Board of Education for 32 years before retiring in 2011. Norene was …