Obituaries

Rita Virginia Ryan Martyn passed away peacefully on May 31, 2020 at Parker Home River Road where she was a resident for more than twelve years. She was 94 years old. Born and raised in Woodbridge, NJ, to a large, loving family, she met Harry, her devoted husband of 70 years, on the boardwalk in Point Pleasant Beach and together …

Kenneth B. Collins, 76, beloved father and grandfather, passed away Saturday, May 30. Mr. Collins was born April 7, 1944 in New Brunswick to the late George and Mary (Dwyer) Collins. He was a longtime resident of North Brunswick. Kenneth was a truck driver for Teamsters Local 701, where he worked for many years. He enjoyed going to the beach …

Barbara Perre entered Heaven on May 28, 2020 after suffering a stroke. She was at her vacation home in Lake George, NY, one of her favorite places. Barbara was born in Jersey City, NJ on May 11, 1942 to John and Lucy Basile (Santelli). She was a loving wife to Leonard Peter Perre for 59 momentous years. Barbara and Len …

Mrs. Ann Szymborski passed away on May 25 at Somerset Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Somerville. She was 87 years old. Mrs. Szymborski was born in Woodbridge and moved to Franklin Township in 1956. She was a former member of the Congregational Church in Bound Brook. Mrs. Szymborski was employed as a systems analyst with Lucent Technologies for over …

Sol D. Levine, 93, of Somerset, passed away peacefully on May 23 after four weeks of remarkable care provided by the staff of Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, New Brunswick. Although his loving family was only able to visit him by virtual means during this time, the isolation Sol experienced during his stay while fighting Covid-19 and dementia is in contrast …

Patricia A. Toland from Somerset died peacefully on May 23. She was 87 years old and has been reunited with her husband, Donald Toland. One of eight children, she was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania before her family moved to Philadelphia. She met her husband while working as a telephone operator at Dun & Bradstreet. She & Don were married in …

Millicent Kraft passed away on May 20 in the early evening. She was 92 years old.  Millicent and her future husband, George, were born and grew up in Somerville, where they lived down the street from each other. Millicent and George were married November 5, 1949 and moved to Franklin Township in 1957.  Millicent was a longtime parishioner of Our …

Mrs. Joan Ster passed away on May 6 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Easton, PA at the age of 84. She was born in New Brunswick and was raised in the city. She graduated from St. Peter’s High School. Mrs. Ster raised her family in Somerset, enjoyed going to plays and concerts and was a voracious reader. She was predeceased …

Esther Lukoff passed away peacefully on May 7 at the Eastern Star Home in Bridgewater with her family present. She was 97 years old. Esther was born in Brooklyn, NY to Isidor and Mollie Rubin. She moved to the Somerset section of Franklin Township where she resided for 82 years. She graduated Valedictorian from Bound Brook High School Class of …

Charles “Steve” Hancox passed away suddenly on May 5. He was 80 years old. Mr. Hancox was born in New Brunswick. He lived there as a child, raised his family in Metuchen and moved to Sterling Point in Somerset 11 years ago. He graduated from Rutgers Preparatory School. He continued his education and graduated from Rutgers College. He was a …