Obituaries

Mrs. Marie Casper passed away on November 20 at Brookdale Assisted Living in Hillsborough at the age of 93. Marie was a lifetime resident of Somerset County, the majority of her years spent in Franklin Township. She graduated from Bound Brook High School and was awarded a college scholarship but needed to work instead to help her family, being the …

Janet Donato (nee Manfredi), formerly of the Somerset/New Brunswick area passed away November 18 at the Sunrise Assisted Living in Wall. She was 79. Born and raised in New Brunswick, she lived in the Somerset/New Brunswick area most of her life before moving to Seaside Park last year. She worked at Rutgers University for 25 years, most recently as the …

Dolores A. Pasquarelli, 91, passed away on November 11 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. Mrs. Pasquarelli was born July 01, 1930, in Kearny to the late Robert and Florence (Patterson) Flaherty. She grew up in Keyport and settled in Franklin Township for over 50 years. Dolores graduated from Keyport High School in 1948. She enlisted in …

Lillian Pocsik Kucsan, 96, loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and aunt, passed away peacefully on November 10, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. Lillian was born on January 15, 1925, in New Brunswick, where she was raised. She was the loving daughter of the late Kalman and Elizabeth (Uveges) Pocsik. Shortly after graduating from New Brunswick High …

Jeanne Caine, passed away on October 29 at her son’s home in Millstone Township. Mrs. Caine was born in New York City to the late Frank and Thelma (Duke) Magee. She was a proud, active resident of Abbott Road in Somerset until her move in 2020. Jeanne was a real estate agent for over 40 years. She was an active …

Visitacion “Vee” Toscana Stanford, 71, of Orlando, FL, passed away at her home on October 15, 2021. Vee was born in Liliw, Laguna, Philippines on March 23, 1950. She was a longtime resident of Somerset before moving to Orlando in 2004. She graduated from Feati University and Polytechnic University of the Philippines with a B.S. in Commerce Accounting. She worked …

Thomas A. Efthimiou of Franklin Park passed away on October 25 at Princeton Medical Center. He was born in the Bronx on October 28, 1929 and lived there until moving to Franklin Park in 1978. Tom served with the US Army in Korea, was a member of the VFW in Kendall Park, and was always very proud to be a …

Anthony Stankovich passed away on October 23 in Watertown, NY while doing what he loved best, fishing. He was born in Johnstown, Pa. but was raised in the Middlebush section of Franklin Township. He graduated from Franklin Township High School and worked for his father’s auto body shop in East Brunswick before opening his own shop in Somerset. He was …

Frank Edward Catalina, 78 of Somerset, died at home Oct. 15 after a lengthy battle with cancer.He was born on Nov. 3, 1942 in Jersey City to Anne (Stierli) Zando and the late Edward Catalina.He grew up in Secaucus and North Bergen and spent his youth exploring the New Jersey Meadowlands. A proud graduate of St. Peter’s Prep (’61), Frank …

Francis Villano passed away on Oct. 9 at St. Peter’s University Hospital in New Brunswick. He was 85 years old. A devoted husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, uncle and friend, he will be greatly missed by many. Villano was born in Carbondale, and graduated from Benjamin Franklin High School, where he was known to dance quite well. He worked locally …