All Obituaries

Louis P. Pietz, 75, of Monroe Township passed away on Sunday, February 21, 2021 at Saint Peter's University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in Bayonne, Louis was raised in Spotswood and settled in Monroe Township in 1975. For more than 50 years, he was the owner and operator of P+M Auto Body in Old Bridge, retiring  in 2017. He was a classic car buff, enjoyed gardening and the outdoors. He also enjoyed just hanging out with his friends who he loved dearly, at his body shop. He was an...

Adriano R. Suarez, 53, of Monroe Township passed away on Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born and raised in Paranaque, Philippines, Adriano came to the United States in 1991, living in California and Arizona before settling in Monroe Township in 2004. For the last 25 years, he has worked as a Registered Nurse and Nurse Manager in the Emergency Department of University Hospital in Newark. He was a devout Catholic and a long time...

Maria Zacharatos, 58, of Monroe Township passed away on Saturday, February 13, 2021 in Old Bridge. Born in New Brunswick and raised in Edison, Maria settled in Monroe Township in 1998. She was a graduate of Kean University with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology in May 1996 and a Master of Arts in Behavioral Sciences/Psychological Services in August 1999. She then earned her Professional Diploma in Marriage and Family Therapy in August of 2002. She worked with foster children and couples in...

Henriqueta Pereira, 69, of Hillside passed away at her daughter's home in Spotswood after a lengthy illness. Born and raised in Gondomil, Portugal she lived in Mozambique, Africa, where she met her husband, before coming to the United States in 1982, living first in Newark before settling in Hillside. She worked as a seamstress before retiring in the 1990s. She was very artistic and enjoyed crocheting, crafting and, of course, sewing. She was very faithful and enjoyed spending time with...

Eric M. Pertschuk, 61, of Monroe Township passed away on Friday, January 29, 2021 at Saint Peter's University Medical Center, New Brunswick. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Eric also lived in Lawrenceville before settling in Monroe Township in 1998. He worked as an IT Manager for Citigroup for many years then for Capital One. He enjoyed competitive shooting, watching movies, cooking and traveling, especially cruises. Most of all, Eric enjoyed spending time with his family and his dogs. He...

Frank LaBone, 87, of Spotswood passed away at his home on Friday, January 29, 2021. Born in New Brunswick, Frank has lived in Spotswood since 1980. He served honorably in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict. For many years he worked as a self employed handyman on small construction and landscaping projects. He enjoyed playing bingo and scratch-off lottery tickets, helping people with their different projects and telling stories of his time in the Navy. He was also an avid fan of the...

Surinder Kaur, 75, of Monroe Township, passed away on Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at Cranbury Center, where she had been under care since July 2020. She was born in Sabalpur, India on April 24, 1945 where she spent her childhood in Punjab.  She married Ranjit Singh Khalsa on April 13th, 1965 in Ludhiana Punjab where they welcomed and lived with their four children.  In March 1999 she migrated to the USA and lived in Jersey City, NJ. In 2007 before the marriage of her son they...

Marie Josephia Markheim, 96, of the Rossmoor community of Monroe Township, passed away peacefully in her sleep Friday, January 22, 2021 at Allegria at the Fountains in Atco, where she had been under care for Alzheimer’s. She was born in New York City, New York on August 21, 1924 and raised in Jersey City and Spotswood, where she later raised her own family. She was a member of the Immaculate Conception Church and PTA in Spotswood, later relocating to Rossmoor. She was an avid...

Jonathan M. Ramirez, 20, of Spotswood passed away on Sunday, January 17th at Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune as the result of a tragic motor vehicle accident in Manalapan. Johnny was born and raised in The Bronx, New York and lived in Carteret before settling in Spotswood in 2012. He was a 2018 graduate of Spotswood High School where he was a varsity member of the Chargers wrestling team. In addition, he played lacrosse for the East Brunswick Blackhawks and Spotswood Little League...

Justin P. "Rocky" Rochford, 20, of Spotswood passed away on Saturday, January 16th in Manalapan Township as the result of a tragic motor vehicle accident. Rocky was born and raised in Staten Island, New York and settled in Spotswood in 2005. He was a 2018 graduate of Spotswood High School where he was a member of the Chargers golf team for three years. He enjoyed skateboarding, riding BMX bikes, racing dirt bikes, competing in motocross events at Raceway Park in Englishtown and...