Obituaries
South amboy, NJ Obituaries
Anna Mary Leathers
Jan 31, 2020
Anna Mary Leathers (Nee: Gecek), 90 South Amboy entered into eternal rest on Friday, January 31, 2020 at her home surrounded by her family. Anna was born and raised in South Amboy, she was a dedicated member of the Sacred Heart Parish. Anna has served all her sacraments at Sacred Heart as well as being a eucharistic minister, devoted to...
Milton J. "Matty" Grygo
Jan 29, 2020
Milton J. “”Matty” Grygo, 97 of South River entered into eternal rest on January, 29, 2020. Matty was born and raised in South River, the son of Agatha and Walter. Milton was a graduate of South River High School and served in the Navy during WWll on the USS Canberra. He was a parishioner of Saint Mary of Ostrabrama Church...
Helen I. Downey
Dec 8, 2019
Helen I. Downey ( Nee: Woods) 74, of Sayreville entered into eternal rest on Sunday, December 8, 2019. Helen was born in Newark the daughter of Martin and Helen she lived in Sayreville for over 65 years. Helen is a graduate of Sayreville War Memorial Highschool, Class of 1963 and graduated from Rutgers University with a Business Management Degree. She...
Robert F. Downey
Nov 19, 2019
Robert F. Downey, 77 of Sayreville passed away on Tuesday November 19, 2019. Robert was born in Newark the son of Robert N. and Frances C. When he was seven he moved to Sayreville and has lived there for 70 years. He was a talented craftsman who worked and taught his trade throughout his life, teaching at Middlesex County College....
Zdzislaw "Ziggy" Skok
Oct 30, 2019
Zdzislaw "Ziggy" Skok, 68 of South Amboy passed away on Wednesday, October 30, 2019. Ziggy was born in Pisz, Poland, the son of Jaroslaw and Halina. In 1974 he came to the United States and has lived in South Amboy ever since. He has been married to his devoted wife Wanda for 42 years and has been a dedicated father...
Tomasz Krystowczyk
Oct 27, 2019
Tomasz Krystowczyk 38,of South Amboy passed away on Sunday,October 27,2019 Tommy was born in Lomza, PoLand the son of Zdzislaw and Elżbieta, he came to the United States when he was in his early twenties to be with the love of his life, Joanna. He had a renovation company named Tommy’s Remodeling and for the past five years, he has...
Charles Kampo
Oct 25, 2019
Charles Kampo, 89 of South Amboy entered into eternal rest on Friday, October 25, 2019 at the Venetian Care and Rehabilitation Center. Charles was born and raised in Perth Amboy the son of John and Martha. He worked for Amboy Terminal Co. for 25 years and then for the Sayreville Water Department for ten years until he retired in 2000....
Daniel Joseph Farrell
Oct 21, 2019
Daniel Joseph Farrell, 66 of South Amboy passed away on Monday, October 21, 2019. Daniel was born in South Amboy the son of John and Josephine, he graduated from Sayreville High School and from Belmont Abbey College, North Carolina. He worked as a Social Services Director for Sulusa Nursing Home in Tampa FL and returned back to South Amboy in...
Pauline M. Visneski
Oct 16, 2019
Pauline M. Visneski (Nee: Pawlowski) 91 of Parlin entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, October 16, 2019. Pauline was born in Warrior Run PA, the daughter of Frank and Rose. She grew up in Pennsylvania and at the age of 40 moved to Hightstown, NJ. Pauline had worked as a rental agent for Crestview Apartments for 47 years and retired...
John P. Reinbeck
Oct 10, 2019
John P. Reinbeck, 51 of North Brunswick N.J. passed away on Thursday, October 10, 2019 after a long illness. John was born November 16,1967 in New Brunswick N.J. Son of Charles and Edith. He lived in Edison and Milltown before moving to North Brunswick in 2006. John worked at VW liquors in Edison and Middlesex County Corrections until 2011 when...
Jeanette Marie Bukowski
Oct 6, 2019
Jeanette M. Bukowski, (Nee: Kosicki) 57 of Sayreville entered into eternal rest on Sunday, October 6, 2019 at her home. Jeanette was born in Brooklyn, NY the daughter of Walter and Veronica and graduated from Our Lady of Perpetual Help High School. She enjoyed drives to the country and walks on the beach, but above all she will be remembered...
Salvatore Perrone
Oct 6, 2019
Salvatore Perrone 90 of Matawan entered into eternal rest on Sunday, October 6, 2019. Salvatore was born in Manhattan, NY the son of Benjamino and Josephine. After graduating high school he enlisted himself in the United States Army after the Korean War, following his brother, Michael’s, footsteps. After the Army, he then worked for the NY Mets and also as...
Cynthia Rockefeller-Braga
Oct 4, 2019
Cynthia Rockefeller-Braga 75 of Old Bridge passed away peacefully. She was born in Woonsocket, RI and is predeceased her sister Valerie Braga Sardell. Cythina's services were private.
Dolores M Bolen
Sep 28, 2019
Dolores Marie Brady Bolen (Nee: Chapman) 86 entered into eternal rest on Saturday, September 28, 2019 after a valiant and brave journey through the devastating effects of Alzheimer’s Disease. Dolores was born on July 31, 1933 in Newark, NJ to Charles and Frances Chapman. She attended St. Joseph’s Grammar School and Essex County Vocational School in Newark. Dolores married Phillip...
James Joseph Carney Jr.
Sep 25, 2019
James J. Carney, Jr. 89 of Parlin entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at his home peacefully. James was born in Bayonne the son of James, Sr. and Gertrude, he graduated from Bayonne High School in 1948. He played stick-ball and tackle football in the streets of Bayonne. He marched with Saint Vincent’s Drum and Bugle Corp,...
Louis Joseph Kwiatek
Sep 23, 2019
Louis Joseph Kwiatek, of South Amboy entered into eternal rest after a long battle with Cancer on Monday, September 23, 2019 at his home after celebrating his 78th birthday Sunday with all of his family. Louis was born in Elizabeth the son of Joseph and Beatrice, he graduated from Edison Vocational School and worked for the Exxon Refinery as a...
Carol Ann Price
Sep 6, 2019
Carol Ann Price (Nee: Jasionowski) of the Parlin section of Sayreville, on Friday, September 6, 2019 loving mother of five passed away at 70 years old. She was born in New Brunswick the daughter of Benjamin and Anna Jasionowski. She was raised in South Amboy and graduated from Sacred Heart School on June 19, 1963. Carol was an amazing mother...
Laura Stern
Sep 3, 2019
Laura Stern (Nee: Robinson) 96 of Monroe, NJ entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, September 3, 2019. She died peacefully at home from natural causes. Laura was born to Sarah (Greenberg) and Reuben Robinson in the Bronx. She attended Hunter College (BA) and Columbia University (MA), and taught English in NY public schools for many years. She married Irving J....
Joseph M Petro
Aug 23, 2019
Joe M. Petro, 64 of Arizona, Formerly of Sayreville entered into eternal rest on Friday, August 23, 2019. He was born in Kearny, NJ on March 8, 1955 to Joseph and Stella (Stepanski) Petro. He was married to Shirley (Moulaison) Ann Petro for 44 years and raised two boys. After graduating from Sayreville War Memorial High School he went on...
Florence Gangemi
Aug 10, 2019
Florence Gangemi (Nee: Surman) 84 a lifelong resident of South Amboy entered into eternal rest on Saturday, August 10, 2019. Florence was born in South Amboy the daughter of the late Joseph and Margaret, she graduated from St. Mary’s High School, and was married to her late husband Edward. Florence was an administrative assistant at the Middlesex County Correctional Facility...
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