A resident of Neptune, passed away on March 19, 2016, after a long and courageous battle with non-Hodgkins lymphoma. Born in Bayonne, Raymond was a graduate of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School and Bayonne High School. He was employed by the N.J. Turnpike Authority for over 20 years before retiring and moving to Shark River Hills. Raymond volunteered with FEEDingFrenz on Easter and Christmas Day. Raymond is survived by his wife Mary (nee: O’Connor), his daughter and her husband, Jenine and David Thomas, his son and his wife, Raymond T. and Heather Obidzienski, and his grandchildren, Justin, Raymond M., Katy and Conor. He is also survived by his brothers and their wives, Hank and Janet Obidzienski, and Edward and Carol Obidzienski, by his brother-in-law and his wife, Terry and Diane O’Connor, his sisters-in-law, Marian O’Connor and Eileen Videtti, and several nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations in Raymond’s memory be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, at www.stjude.org. Funeral arrangements by O’BRIEN Funeral Home, 2028 Hwy. 35, Wall.