Obituaries

Angela Palmitessa Leccese passed away on Tuesday at Ashley River Plantation Nursing Home in Charleston, S.C. at the age of 108. She was born in Jersey City to James and Maria (Lacitignola) Palmitessa and lived in North Bergen as a child. Once she married she and her husband Frank moved to Milltown. The young couple also lived in New Brunswick …

Marilyn Kluberspies passed away on Oct. 9 at her home in North Brunswick with her loving family by her side. She was 77 years old. Mrs. Kluberspies was born in Queens and lived there as a child. After marrying her neighbor, she and her husband Frank moved to North Brunswick about 45 years ago as a young couple. She retired …

Beatrice Inglee Dewson Johns, “Bid” to her friends and family, died at her Somerset home on Sept. 18 after a series of illnesses. Bid was born in East Orange on Sept. 28, 1927 and raised in the Ridgewood home designed by her father, Inglee Ball Dewson. She was the daughter of Beatrice Mary Campbell Dewson and the sister of Mary …

Mrs. Louise Hague passed away on Wednesday morning at Somerset Woods Rehabilitation Center in Somerset. She was 86 years old. Mrs. Hague was born in Somerset and was a lifetime resident of Franklin Township . She was a parishioner at St. Joseph’s Church in Hillsborough where she acted as a Eucharistic Minister for many years and was a member and …

Charles Weniger, 78, died Sept. 6  at his home in Monroe. Mr. Weniger was born August 11, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois the son of John and Mary (Walsh) Weniger. He lived in Monroe for six years and was previously from Franklin Township. Charles was a unit coordinator for Rutgers Library Imaging Services, where he worked for 12 years. Prior to …

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 …