All Obituaries

Reseau B. Hendrickson, 67, of Spotswood, passed away after a short illness on Saturday, September 28th at Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune. Born in South Amboy, Rick was raised in Keansburg before settling in Spotswood in the early 80s. He retired from the Nestle Company in Freehold in 2013, where he served as the company's chief engineer. He then went on to work for the State of New Jersey as a Construction Code Inspector in the Bureau of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Compliance. Rick...

Norma Mary Decker, 93, of East Brunswick, passed away on Tuesday, September 17, 2019 Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born and raised in Jamesburg, Norma has lived in East Brunswick for the last 69 years.She retired from the East Brunswick Board of Education where she worked as a cafeteria cook at Robert Frost School. She enjoyed cooking, gardening and watching Rutgers Football. Norma was a loving and caring wife, mother and grandmother. Predeceased by her husband...

Lucille (Verasca) Ruggiero, 95, passed away on September 12th from cancer in Amityville, NY. Her husband August Sr. predeceased her. A native of Hoboken and Spotswood, she settled on Long Island 15 years ago. She was a proud employee of Holland America Cruise Line and later was the Payroll Supervisor for the Middlesex County Sheriff’s Department. She loved traveling, cooking, reading, water-color painting and taking religious classes. She leaves her family and friends with many warm...

Donald L. Reilly, 66, of Spotswood passed away on September 12, 2019 after a valiant 6 year battle with cancer.  Born in Amityville, NY, Don was raised in Valley Stream, NY. He graduated from Central High School in Valley Stream before moving to New Jersey to raise his family. Prior to his retirement, Don was employed as a traffic manager for B-Way Corporation in North Brunswick. Don was an avid New York Yankees fan. While he loved baseball, he despised basketball, he saw...

Norma Mason, 87, of Barnegat, formerly of East Brunswick, passed away on Wednesday, September 11, 2019 in New Brunswick. Born and raised on Long Island, New York, Norma came to East Brunswick in 1956 and retired to Barnegat in 2004. She was a homemaker who raised four children before becoming a florist for more than 20 years. She loved to garden, travel including her trips to Atlantic City, watching WWE wrestling, crafting and all types of needlepoint. She also enjoyed boating, fishing and...

Bhanumati K. Desai, of Rutherford passed away Friday, August 31, 2019 at Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack.  Visitation will be on Wednesday, September 4, 2019 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM at Spotswood Funeral Home, 475 Main Street, Spotswood. We will then process to Holy Cross Burial Park Crematorium located at 840 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick, where funeral rites will begin at 1:30 PM. The cremation pooja will be the final pooja and will be at approximately 3:15 PM....

Charles Nicholas Swensen, 65, of Monroe Township, passed away on Sunday, August 25th at his home. Born in Weehawken, Charlie was raised in West New York. He lived in North Bergen, Edison and Spotswood before settling in Monroe Township in 2015. He retired in 2009 from Yellow Freight of East Brunswick and he also worked for many years at Red Star Express in Newark. Charlie was an avid fan of the Minnesota Vikings and the New York Yankees. He enjoyed word seek puzzles and Rod Stewart's...

Mary Veronica Tanzillo, 85, of Toms River, passed away peacefully on the Holy Day of the Assumption of Mary, August 15, 2019. Mary was born and raised in Jersey City. She lived in Bayonne and Orlando, Florida for many years before settling in Toms River in 2014. Mary had a deep and abiding love for her Catholic faith. On June 21, 1954 she married her husband John and together they raised five children and lived a life full of laughter, highs and lows, but most importantly love. Mary loved...

Agnes M. Kuczynski, 76, of Monroe, formerly of Highland Park passed away Sunday, August 4, 2019.   Visitation will be Wednesday, August 7, 2019 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM  at Spotswood Funeral Home, 475 Main Street,  Spotswood.   A funeral mass will begin at 12 noon at Queenship of Mary Roman Catholic Church, 16 Dey Road, Plainsboro, N.J.  Burial will follow at Holy Cross Burial Park, East Brunswick.  

Thomas S. Gahrmann (Tom), devoted husband and father, beloved son, brother, brother-in-law, uncle, nephew, cousin and loyal friend, left us after a brief illness early in the morning Monday, July 29, 2019. Born on January 30, 1954, Tom resided in Spotswood, New Jersey since 1962. Tom enjoyed a full and meaningful life with great interest in gardening, sports, art and music. He was always eager when participating in his family’s artistic creations, and from his earliest days was...