Obituaries

Raquel (Candal) Fischbach passed away on January 3 at Parker at River Road in Piscataway. She was 88 years old. Mrs. Fischbach was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. After marrying, she and her husband Frank, moved to The Bronx in 1962. They relocated to Somerset in 1965, where they would raise their young family. Raquel was employed …

Louis Troulis passed away on January 2 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. He was 91 years old. Mr. Troulis was born in New Brunswick. He graduated from New Brunswick High School where he excelled as a gymnast. He then went on to serve our country faithfully in the United States Army and was discharged honorably. He …

Mr. Matthew Woroniecki passed away on December 28. He was 77 years old. Mr. Woroniecki was born in Franklin Township and was a lifelong resident of Somerset. He graduated from Highland Park High School and had a lengthy career working for the Somerset Board of Social Services as an Investigator. He served our country faithfully in the United States Army …

Cosimo Barbiero, 80, passed away on December 27 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Somerville. Mr. Barbiero was born September 26, 1940 in Calabria, Italy to the late Pietro and Caterina (Agostino) Barbiero. He immigrated in the 1950’s to Somerset, NJ, before settling in South Bound Brook, where was a lifelong resident. Cosimo begin his carrier at Morrison Steel …

Emma R. Gilroy, 96, died December 23 in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.   Mrs. Gilroy was born October 14, 1924 in Fulton, New York, the daughter of Ralph and Elizabeth Goldacker. She relocated to Belleville and Nutley, before settling in Somerset, where she resided for the past 30 years.   Emma was a court clerk for Essex County Courts, where she worked for …

Carole Keri, 84, passed away on December 23 at Foothill Acres Nursing Home in Hillsborough. Mrs. Keri was born October 17, 1936 in Milltown to the late David and Nell Coffey. She relocated to Franklin Township, where she was a lifelong resident. Carole was active in the Franklin Township School PTA. In her later years, she was a school bus …

Isaak Torgovnik, 88, passed away on December 17 at Stein Hospice in Somerset. Mr. Torgovnik was born April 29, 1932 in Uman, Ukraine to the late Joseph and Hannah Torgovnik. Isaak lived in Uzbekistan and Russia. In the 1981, he immigrated to the US, settling in Brooklyn, NY. Shortly after, Isaak settled in Somerset. Isaak was a computer operator for …

Earl “Deek” Jackson, 90, passed away on December 7 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. Mr. Jackson was born June 24, 1930 in South Bound Brook to the late Leroy and Helen Jackson. Before settling in Monroe township, he lived in Bound Brook, Franklin Township and South Brunswick. Deek honorably served in the US Army during the …

Edward F. Gross, of Georgetown, Delaware and formerly of Somerset passed away on December 7 at home. He was 84. Born and raised in New Brunswick, he lived in Somerset before moving to Georgetown in 2019. He was predeceased by his parents, Anton & Elizabeth Gross; brother John, daughter, Doreen Gross Holzman, grandson Frank J. Borke, son-in-law Kevin Holzman, and …

Dr. Yvonne McBride passed away on December 6 at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. She was 70 years old. Dr. McBride was born in Grenada and lived there as a child. She graduated high school in Brooklyn and furthered her education at SUNY Binghamton. She earned her Doctorate in Optometry from Pennsylvania College of Optometry. She …