All Obituaries

Joanna F. Waga, 83, of Spotswood passed away Sunday, July 29, 2018 at home with her family at her side.  Born in Wolsztyn, Poland, she was a lifelong resident of Spotswood.  Before coming to America, Mrs. Waga was a teacher  for many years at Nowy Tomysl in Poland.  Prior to her retirement, she worked in Clinical Research at Bristol Meyers Squibb, North Brunswick.  Mrs. Waga was a long time parishioner of Immaculate Conception Church, Spotswood where she was a...

Michael Jeff Cuaderno, 18, of Spotswood, passed away on Tuesday, June 19, 2018 in New Brunswick.Born in Secaucus, Michael was raised in Spotswood. He graduated Spotswood High School with Honors in 2017 and went on to study Computer Science at Rutgers University, where he would have started his sophomore year this September. While in high school, Michael was a member of the Track and Field team, which he joined during middle school, the Community Service Club and the Hack Space Computer...

Suzann Facarile, 60, of East Brunswick passed away on Friday, April 20, 2018 at Haven Hospice, Edison.Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Sue lived in Staten Island, New York for many years before settling in East Brunswick in 1991. She was a long time communicant of Immaculate Conception Church in Spotswood. Sue was a devoted and beloved wife and mother to her husband and children. She enjoyed traveling, especially her many trips to Aruba and her first trip to Italy last year where she...

Robert Toivo Beechinor, 59, of Verona, Virginia, formerly of Spotswood, passed away suddenly on April 6, 2018 in Moncks Corner, South Carolina.Born and raised in Spotswood, Bobby graduated from South River High School in 1976. He lived in Florida and Virginia for many years. He was a journeyman electrician for Merit Electrical, Inc. of Louisiana.He was predeceased by his parents, Miriam (Piironen) and Francis V. Beechinor and his sister, Eileen Ann Beechinor. He is survived by his siblings,...

Rodney John Tolson, Jr., 75, of Old Bridge Township, passed away on Wednesday, March 21, 2018.Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Rodney settled in Old Bridge in the late 1960's. He served in the United States Navy during the Vietnam Era. For over 30 years, he was a master welder and boilermaker with Local 5 of the Boilermakers Union of New York City. Before his retirement, Rodney was one of the top expert welders in the New York-New Jersey area and, he also taught welding at the East...

Viola Kelt-Strahl, 88, of Monroe Twp., passed away on Friday, March 9th, 2018.Born in Dumont, Viola was raised in Englishtown and lived in Woodbridge before settling in Monroe Twp. in 2002. She was a homemaker. She enjoyed traveling, especially Disney World, painting and coloring pictures, needlepoint, playing scrabble and bingo, movies and bird watching. She was an avid reader and a connoisseur of all types of butterflies. But above all, she cherished spending time with her...

Martin Andrew Kerins, 77, of Monroe Township, died Monday, February 26th at his home.Born and raised in The Bronx, New York, Marty lived in East Brunswick and Spotswood before settling in Monroe Twp. in 1996. He was a United States Marine Corp veteran and also served in the Naval Reserves. Marty worked for 25 years as a police officer in the City of Newark and spent many of those years as a motorcycle officer prior to his retirement in the early 90s. He was a quiet man who enjoyed the...

  Maude Cantora, 97, of Spotswood, died on Saturday, February 24th at her home. Born in Elizabeth to Philip and Harriet Spillane, Maude lived in Spotswood for over 70 years. She was a long time member of the Trinity United Methodist Church of Spotswood. She was predeceased by her husband of 54 years, Everett Cantora in 1994 and her son Gary Cantora. She is survived by her children, James Cantora and his wife Betty, of Spotswood and Ann Roman and her husband Stephen, of Monroe Twp.;...

Arlene A. Williambright, 76, of Old Bridge, passed away on Monday, January 22, 2018 in New Brunswick.Born in the former Madison Township, now Old Bridge Township, Arlene was a lifelong resident here. For more than 20 years, Arlene was a Registered Nurse working for the Old Bridge Twp. Board of Education in different schools. She also worked as a nurse for Camp Robin for ten years before retiring in 2004. She was a very generous and compassionate woman who enjoyed crafting, boating, fishing...

Richard "Danny" Krauszer, 59, of Monroe Township passed away suddenly on Saturday, January 20, 2018 at UPenn Medical Center, Plainsboro.Born in New Brunswick, Danny was raised in North Brunswick and graduated from North Brunswick High School. He worked in the maintenance and engineering department of ER Squibb in North Brunswick for several years. He later became a certified respiratory therapist working in several area hospitals and health care facilities. He was also a volunteer emergency...