Obituaries

Lenon Reed, 72, passed away August 22 at Somerset Woods in Somerset. Mr. Reed was born April 17, 1945 in Rosehill, Mississippi, the son of Jessie and Annie May (Barlow) Reed. He relocated and settled in Somerset when he was 10 years old. Lenon was a chemical operator for Akzo Nobel in New Brunswick, where he worked for 40 years …

Phulmattie Lakhraj passed away on Aug. 31 at St. Peter’s University Medical Center in New Brunswick. She was 74 years old. Mrs. Lakhraj was born in Guyana and came to the United States in 1991. She has resided in Franklin Township since then. She was employed by Quality Cosmetics in Somerset. Mrs. Lakhraj was pre-deceased by her husband Jagdeo Lakhraj. …

Hedwig “Hedy” Scibilia, 77, passed away surrounded by her family on Aug. 13 at her home in Somerset. Mrs. Scibilia was born Aug. 28, 1939 in Krakow, Poland to the late Frank and Catherine (Baron) Kendryna. She immigrated to the U.S. in 1944 and grew up in Newark. She lived in Highland Park and New Brunswick for a few years …

Marion Pritchard passed away on August 4 at her daughter’s home in Somerset. She was 96 years old. Mrs. Pritchard was born in the Bronx, NY . She grew up there and married and shortly after, moved to Somerset in 1960. She has resided there since. Mrs. Pritchard was employed by Rutgers University as a bookkeeper for many years and …

Arnold Vernick passed away on July 22 following a long illness. He was 84 years old. Born in in Jackson Heights, NY, Arnold resided with his family in Elizabeth  and River Vale before retiring to Franklin Township 13 years ago. Mr. Vernick graduated from Queens College, went on to Columbia University for his Civil Engineering degree and received his Master’s …

Mrs. Eleanor Ubry passed away on July 21 in Gastonia, North Carolina. She was 88 years old. Mrs. Ubry was born in New Brunswick and was a longtime resident of Franklin Township. She relocated to Gastonia, North Carolina about 10 years ago. She was a founding parishioner of St. Matthias church in Somerset. Mrs. Ubry was a longtime active member …

Lois Karlin passed away on July 22, 2017 at The Parker Home in Piscataway. She was 81 years old. Mrs. Karlin was born in Brooklyn and lived for many years in Long Island before moving to Somerset. She worked as a Dental Hygienist for many years. She is survived by her husband Lawrence Karlin and her sons Rabbi Gary Karlin, …

Mrs. Dolores Marie Hancocks passed away July 18 at St. Peter’s University Hospital in New Brunswick. She was 89 years old. Mrs. Hancocks was born in Jersey City and graduated from Lincoln High School. She met her husband in Jersey City and shortly after marrying the young couple moved to Somerset in the early 1950s where she would live until …

Edward J Coury, Sr., 90, of Somerset passed away July 15 at home, surrounded by his family. He was born at home in Somerset to Nassif Coury and Agnes Habib. He was proud of the home that he and his wife built together. He is survived by his wife of 64 years Bernice (Hague) Coury, and his children Kathleen Coury-Maixner …

Margaret Rae Reynolds passed away in her home unexpectedly on Thursday, July 6, 2017. Marge (some knew her as Margie) resided in Port Saint Lucie Florida since 2008. She had previously been a long-time resident of Mount Laurel, New Jersey and lived in other New Jersey towns (such as Franklin, where she attended Franklin high school and was a member …