Mar 24, 2021

Luciana Gomes Fernandes, 84, of Washington D.C., passed away Wednesday surrounded by her family. Luciana was born on Palm Sunday in Quepem, Goa, India where she was raised until her teenage years when she moved to Mumbai. It was there she earned her English education on top of her Portuguese education. In her hometown of Goa she would meet...

Mar 24, 2021

Albert Yodakis Jr. age 80, died peacefully in his Colts Neck home on March 24, after courageously fighting a long battle with cancer.

Al grew up in South River, NJ.  He attended both The Peddie School and Brown University. While Al was always proud of his accomplishments, academic and athletic, he would say his greatest achievement was...

Mar 21, 2021

Frank J. Abatangelo, 87, of Ocean passed away peacefully Sunday March 21 st at Monmouth Medical Center.

Frank was born in Brooklyn. He served his country honorably in the United States Army.  Frank attained a Master's degree and was an Industrial Engineer with Pirelli Tire Company.

Frank was an avid historian.  He enjoyed studying all...

Mar 20, 2021

Mar 17, 2021

Arthur Cavaliere

Former resident of Staten Island, Arthur Cavaliere, 94, of Colts Neck, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family Wednesday morning, March 17, 2021.

Arthur was born and raised in Manhattan on York Avenue. He lived above and worked for his family's fruit and vegetable store on York Avenue and 87 th...

Mar 17, 2021

Gloria W. Townsend, 86, of Tinton Falls, passed away peacefully Wednesday, March 17 th .

Gloria was born in Long Branch where she met her husband Howard and raised their family.  She was a graduate of Long Branch High School and kept in touch with several of her classmates through the years.  She was an active member...

Mar 17, 2021

Isabel C. Amling of Farmingdale died on Wednesday, March 17, 2021.

She was born in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn, NY in June 1944 to the late Isabel and Robert Smith.

Isabel attended Our Lady of Perpetual Health School, Good Shepherd School, and ultimately graduated from Madison High School.

She met Robert...

Mar 16, 2021

Margaret (Marie) O'Driscoll, 90, of Hazlet passed away on March 16, 2021 at Bayshore Medical Center. Marie was born in Dundalk, Ireland she immigrated to the United States in 1956.

Marie enjoyed reading and spending time with her family. Marie was a talented woman and played piano, violin and accordion. She...

Mar 15, 2021

Marie V. Kokinda, 85, of Holmdel passed away Monday afternoon, surrounded by her family.

Marie was born and raised in Gary, Indiana. She attended Holy Family Grammar School, Lew Wallis High School and Indiana University Extension. She began dating the love of her life, John; was proposed to outside of her church on a snowy night; and...

Mar 15, 2021

Berta Nogueira, 98 of Holmdel died on Monday, March 15th at Riverview Medical Center.

Mrs. Nogueira was born in Camaguey, Cuba and immigrated to the United States in 1963. She became a Citizen of the United States in 1968. She was very proud of her new country and was very patriotic. When she left Cuba, she had...

Mar 11, 2021

Steve H. Straus, 71, of Red Bank, NJ, formerly of Little Silver passed away Thursday, March 11th.

Steve was born in Long Branch, NJ and lived most of his life in Little Silver and Red Bank. A devoted husband, father, and grandfather, he loved traveling the world with Harriet and spending time with family and friends. A...

Mar 10, 2021

Alfred Stephen Magee of Oceanport and Long Branch passed away on March 10th 2021 at the age of 78.

Alfred was born on December 2 nd , 1942 in Long Branch. He spent a portion of his adult life working various jobs before landing the job he loved, at Conrail as a Trainman for 12 years from...

Mar 9, 2021

Mary Yolanda Gagliano, 94, of Gravesend, Brooklyn passed away late Tuesday night at Jersey Shore Medical Center.

Mary Yolanda (or more frequently known as Yolanda or Yo to most) was born and raised in Gravesend, Brooklyn and attended Abraham Lincoln High School. Following high school, she would begin a career as a Legal Secretary for a prestigious...

Mar 7, 2021

Egisto "Bam" Mocerino, 91, of West Long Branch, peacefully went to our Lord Sunday, March 7 th at home surrounded by his loving family.

To know Bam was to love him.  His outgoing and loving personality was obvious to all who had the honor of knowing him.  His unique 3-D paintings and his amazing artistic talent brought...

Mar 7, 2021

Lorraine L Russo, 89 of Holmdel passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by her loved ones, on Sunday, March 7.

She was born to the late Mary and Frederick Leininger in West New York, NJ on March 26, 1931.

Lorraine graduated from Memorial High School in 1949 and shortly after began to work as a...

Mar 6, 2021

Patsy Truglia, of Brick NJ, passed away on Saturday March 6th at 99 years old from natural causes. He was born on February 15, 1922, in Long Branch NJ to Caterina and Onofrio Truglia. Pat attended Long Branch High School and achieved the rank of Sergeant Technician Fourth Grade in the Army, serving as a Medic in the Philippines...

Mar 4, 2021

Murray Zuckerman, Long Branch resident since 1952, passed away Thursday, March 4, at his home in Tinton Falls at the age of 94.

Born in Wierzbnik, Poland, Murray survived Auschwitz concentration camp, having escaped during the infamous Death March. He then survived by selling goods on the black market and eventually found his way on a ship...

Mar 4, 2021

Diane DiSalvio Formica, 77, of Little Silver, passed away surrounded by her family on Thursday March 4, 2021.

Diane was born in New York and raised in Rahway NJ before spending 20 years in Maplewood, 22 years in Oldwick, and the last 3 years in Little Silver surrounded by her family and grandchildren. She graduated from St....

Mar 3, 2021

Jose Antonio Da Silva, 65 of Long Branch died on Wednesday, March 3.

He was born in Sao Gotardo, Minas Gerais, Brazil in 1955 to Maria Rita and Joao Luis Da Silva.

Jose worked with construction his entire life and came to America to have a better life for he and...

Mar 1, 2021

Janet Lucia Alessi, 82,  of Oakhurst died on March 1 st at Monmouth Care Center, Long Branch.

Mrs. Alessi was a lifelong resident of the Shore area as well as being a parishioner of Holy Trinity R.C.  Church, Long Branch. Janet graduated from Montclair State College with a degree in Music Education, majoring in piano.  While at...