Obituaries

Paul Joseph Tarantino of Somerset passed away surrounded by his family on Monday, September 26. Born on July 16, 1931 in Jersey City, he attended St. Peters Prep in Jersey City and completed his bachelor’s degree at Fairleigh Dickinson University and master’s degree at Rutgers University. He was a veteran, serving overseas in the United States Army. He married Vera Dean …

Lillian Bartlett, 80, passed away surrounded by her family on Monday, September 26th, at her home in Somerset. Mrs. Bartlett was born December 12, 1935 in Elizabeth, the daughter of Edward and Mary (Boselli) Merlo. She lived in Somerset and was previously from Roselle and Springhill, FL. Lillian was in cosmetic sales for Steinbach’s, where she worked for a many …

Jean L. Ambrose (nee LoTruglio) of Somerset, New Jersey, 83, died on September 19 at the Center for Hope Hospice in Scotch Plains. Jean was born in Jamaica, New York and attended schools in Freeport and Baldwin on Long Island. She was a graduate of New Jersey College for Women (now Douglass Residential College) of Rutgers University in 1954, of …

Claudina Rodriguez, aka “Gladys,” was born in Puerto Rico to Enriqueta Rodriguez and Primetivo Hernandez. She was their 7th child of a total of 9. (5 girls 4 boys). They lived in a small town, “El Corozo”, on the very tip of the south west of the island of Puerto Rico. Gladys met our father Francisco in Mayaguez Puerto Rico; …

Penny Moreno, 47, died Wednesday, September 21 at McCarrick Care Center in Somerset. Ms. Moreno was born September 25, 1968 in Elizabeth, the daughter of Michael and Bethel (Woodruff) Yankowski. She lived in Seaside Heights for many years before settling in Somerset. Penny enjoyed to make many things; she made candles and doll houses just to name a few. She …

Barbara Gates, 72, died Tuesday, September 20 at Park Place Center in the Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick. Mrs. Gates was born and raised in Ossining, New York, the daughter of James K. Fitch and Rena (Johnson) Fitch. She relocated and settled in Somerset with her husband in 1962. Barbara was a crossing guard for the Franklin Township school …

Julia Barbara Sanchez passed away on September 16. She was 96 years old and a lifelong resident of New Jersey. She last resided in Sunrise of Marlboro, New Jersey. Julia grew up in South River, New Jersey, attended South River High School and was a seamstress in the garment factories of South River, before she married her husband Florencio (Fritz) …

Mr. Fred Panson passed away Saturday September 17th, 2016 in Somerset. He was 92 years old. Born in Manhattan, NY to Peter and Esther Panson, Fred grew up in Brooklyn and had been a resident of Franklin Township for over 50 years. Mr. Panson served his country faithfully in the Marine Corps during WW II, and received the Purple Heart after …

Harold Zapolsky passed away on Tuesday evening at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. He was 80 years old. Professor Zapolsky was born and raised in Chicago and attended Shimer College (at that time a part of the University of Chicago), graduating in two years with a B.S. in Physics at the age of 18. He did his …

Freda Springer, Somerset, passed away September 12th after a long illness. She was 81 years old. Freda was born February 4th, 1935 to Chloe and Chester Heckathorn, in Pleasant Lake, In. She graduated from Pleasant Lake High School, and then later as a non-traditional student, from Raritan Valley Community College with an associates’ degree in accounting. She was very proud …