TARANTINO, EDWARD. Services for Joseph Edward Tarantino, 80, of Long Beach Township, were held Sept. 17 at Holy Trinity Church, Brant Beach. He died Sept. 12 at home. Born in Jersey City, and formerly of Carteret, he was a summer resident of Long Beach Island from the late ’70s until moving there permanently in the ’80s. Tarantino was employed by Sea-Land Shipping’s Prima Division and the City of Jersey City as an accountant. Survivors include a son, Thomas, and his wife Cynthia; a daughter Robyn, and her husband Robin Bryson; three brothers, Howard, James, and his wife Helen, and Kenneth, and his wife Theresa; and three grandchildren, Olivia, Julia and Thomas Tarantino.