Obituaries

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 …

Carmen Luisa Gonzalez Monsegur of Franklin Park passed away on July 16 at home surrounded by loved ones, the day after her 96th birthday. Doña Luisa was born in Lares, Puerto Rico and was raised in Maricao. She had 11 brothers and sisters. Her family worked a coffee farm in Maricao, in the western mountains of Puerto Rico. She wanted …

John Podskoc of Somerset passed away on July 16 at the Somerset Woods Rehab and Nursing Center in Somerset surrounded by his family. He was 79.Born in Newark, he spent his younger years in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania before moving back to Newark at age 12, returning to Wilkes-Barre after high school to attend Kings College. After graduation he began his career …

Teresa Olkewicz of Somerset passed away on July 11 at the age of 71. Raised in Bayonne and moving to Somerset in 1976, she loved gardening and her art projects. She will always be remembered for her amazing heart and love for her friends and family. Waiting with open arms for her are: mother & father: Jozef and Zofia Lesiak, …