Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
Funeral services were held Oct. 3 for Frank Borntrager, 98, a lifelong resident of Jersey City. He passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family on Sept. 29. Frank was a U.S. Navy WWII Veteran serving as a machinist on his ship that transported troops and supplies in the Asiatic Pacific Theater. He worked …
A funeral service was held Oct. 5 at New Redeemer R.E. Church, Jersey City, for George D. Cooper, 60. He passed away Oct. 1 at Jersey City Medical Center. He was born on in Jersey City to Eleanor Saunders Cooper and the late George Cooper. In 1991, George finally settled down and married Richiedene Singleton …
A funeral service was held Oct. 5 for William H. “Jinx” Graw of Lyndhurst. He passed away Oct. 2 while surrounded by his family. Born in Jersey City, he served as a Jersey City police officer for the past 28 years. William was a trustee of the Police Officers Benevolent Association and the Fraternal Order …
A funeral service took place Oct. 3 at Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Hoboken, for Walter Lenox Groomes Jr. of Hoboken. He passed away Sept. 21. He was the son of Walter Groomes Sr. and Linda Groomes-Steed; brother of Warren, Tamara and Shamina Groomes; stepson of Tyrone Steed; special friend of Arelis Figueror and Deborah Sharperson. …
A funeral mass was offered on Oct. 4 at St. Francis R.C. Church in Hoboken for Lydia Mary Grossi, 68, of Secaucus, formerly of Hoboken. She passed away suddenly at home. A retired sales coordinator for the Panasonic Industrial Company in Secaucus and a graduate of Hoboken High School, Class of 1966, Lydia was also …
Ilse Diana Wahle died peacefully on Sept. 14, a few weeks after celebrating her 100th birthday with family and friends at the Havenwood-Heritage Heights continuing care retirement community, in Concord, N.H., where she lived for 17 years. Ilse was born to Robert and Dina Schrenk, recent immigrants to Hoboken, where her father founded Schrenk and …
84, of Peoria, AZ, formerly of Bayonne, passed away on September 26, 2016, at Desert Winds Assisted Living. Joan was born in Bayonne and has resided the past several years in Arizona. She was a retired clerical worker for Maidenform Company in Bayonne for over 30 years. She was a member of the Maidenform retirees …
82, of Bayonne, passed away surrounded by his family on September 28, 2016. Dominick was the husband to Mildred (nee: Acito) and the father to Donald De Angelo and Lori Shindell. Dominick was also the grandfather to David De Angelo and to Reed Shindell and brother to Christina Cohon and Dolores Maranilli and her husband …
91, a longtime resident of Bayonne, passed away with family by his side on September 24, 2016. Born in Newark, Vincent was the husband to Mary (nee: Caputo) DeMaio and the father to Guy DeMaio and to Joy Gross and her husband Larry. Vincent was also the grandfather to Michael Gross and brother to Netta …
96, a longtime resident of Bayonne, passed away on September 24, 2016, at St. Ann’s Home in Jersey City. Born and raised in New Albany, IN, to the late Anna and Edward Rouck, Dorothy moved to Bayonne in 1946 when she married Philip Gagliardo. She was a parishioner of St. Henry Church, a member of …