All Obituaries

John Opeikun, age 75, of Alexandria Twp., NJ passed away in comfort with his family on Thursday, March 26, 2020. John was born on January 11, 1945 in Bayonne, NJ and was the son of the late John A. Opeikun Sr. and Tessie Shefsky Opeikun. He was a graduate of Bayonne High School. John was the husband of Doreen Kaczmarek Opeikun and they celebrated 29 years of marriage this month. John was a Vietnam...

Mary Lou Kaminski, age 80, of Clinton Twp., NJ passed away on Thursday, March 26, 2020 at the Hunterdon Medical Center in Raritan Twp., NJ. She was born on May 20, 1939 in Passaic, NJ.  She grew up in Passaic, NJ and has resided in Clinton Twp., NJ for the past 41 years, moving from Sayreville, NJ. She was the daughter of the late Louis and May Greyshock Maricanda.  Mary Lou was the wife of Henry S. Kaminski, celebrating 54 years...

Joseph Charles Ferrere, age 86, of Clinton, NJ passed away on Friday, March 20, 2020 at the Hunterdon Medical Center in Raritan Twp., NJ.   He was born on September 14, 1933 in Brooklyn, NY.  Joe resided in New York until 1953 when he enlisted with the US Navy.  He also lived in Mountainside, NJ for many years before moving to Clinton, NJ in November of 2019. He was the son of Florence Piccione Ferrere of Mountainside, NJ and the late Jack Ferrere. Joe was a...

George Donald Mattis, age 76, of Easton, PA passed away on Friday, March 20, 2020 at home. He was born on July 17, 1943 in Readington Twp., NJ.  He resided in Easton, PA for the past 30 years, moving from High Bridge, NJ. He was the son of the late George Donald Mattis and LaVera Prine Perks. George was the husband of Wanda Joyce Shaw Mattis, celebrating 52 years of marriage. George was a Truck Driver for Fox Lumber in Clinton, NJ until his retirement in 2005. He was a member...

Ruth E. Alpaugh, age 103, of High Bridge, NJ passed away on Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at the Hunterdon Medical Center in Raritan Twp., NJ. She was born on June 24, 1916 in Califon, NJ.  She was the daughter of the late Lester M. and Mabel Trimmer Apgar.   Ruth spent her childhood in Califon, NJ as her father owned and operated his General Store, now Rambo’s Country Store.  In recent years, she remembered her house on Main Street, her paper route (which kept...

Leona V. Burton, age 96, of Lebanon Borough, NJ passed away on Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at the Hunterdon Medical Center in Raritan Twp., NJ. She was born on August 21, 1923 in Cleveland, OH to first generation immigrants.   She was the daughter of the late Jacob and Shamia Debash Mady.   Her husband, Paul J. Burton, passed away in 1993. She learned very early about love of country, dedication to family, kindness to others and the importance of making your best...

        Henry L. Appenzeller, age 92, of Clinton Twp., NJ passed away on Friday, March 6, 2020 at Care One in Bound Brook, NJ. He was born on January 17, 1928 in Scranton, PA.  He resided in Clinton Twp., NJ since 1959, moving from Middlesex, NJ. He was the son of the late Henry W. and Rose Ambrose Appenzeller. He was a U.S. Army Veteran. His wife, Elizabeth M. Appenzeller, passed away in 1993. Henry was a Payroll Clerk for Yale Corporation in...

Ruth Keesing died on February 27, 2020 at age 92.  Born in Westfield, New Jersey to Edna and Wesley Braunsdorf, Ruth graduated from Westfield High School in 1945 and from Emerson College in 1949.  She worked as an Administrative Manager at Bell Labs and Bell Communications Research in Piscataway, New Jersey for 25 years, retiring in 1989. Ruth was a volunteer at Hunterdon Medical Center for 30 years.  Early in her career she was a feature writer for The...

Robert Walter Newcomb, age 92, of High Bridge, NJ passed away on Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at home. He was born on October 1, 1927 in Scranton, PA.  He resided in High Bridge, NJ since 1975, moving from Madison, NJ and Lincoln Park, NJ. He was the son of the late Edward Langdon and Lona Bell Morris Newcomb. His wife, Patricia Gean Perry Newcomb passed away in 2006. Robert was a World War II Veteran, serving with the US Navy on the USS Philippine Sea. Robert was a...

Yvonne Marie Farley, age 73, of Oxford, NJ passed away on Monday, February 24, 2020 at St. Clare’s Hospital in Denville, NJ.   She was born on November 28, 1946 in Phillipsburg, NJ.  She resided in Oxford since 1987, moving from Hampton, NJ. She was the daughter of the late John E. and Laura M. Hackett Pierce. Her beloved husband, John E. Farley, passed away on November 28, 2019. Memberships include St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Washington,...