Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
A funeral mass was offered July 13 at Our Lady of Mercy, Jersey City, for Severo “Bernie” Oades, 72. He passed away July 7 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. He was a man of great talent. Bernie was a self-taught pianist who took the world by storm in 1961 after winning a National Championship …
A funeral service was held July 10 at the New Redeemer Episcopal Church, Jersey City, for Raymond W. Jackson. He passed away July 3 at the Jersey City Medical Center. He had been employed at NBC in New York as a custodian. He was the husband of Lena Jackson. He was the father of Herbert, …
A funeral mass was offered July 13 at St. Francis R.C. Church, Hoboken, for Raffaella Churchill, 83. She passed away July 8 at the Barbara E. Cheung Memorial Hospice, Edison. “Rae” was born in Weehawken and was a lifelong resident of Hoboken. She was a devoted housewife and mother. She is survived by her sons …
A funeral mass was offered July 13 at St. Joseph of the Palisades Church for Michael F. Viola. He passed away July 7 at Palisades Medical Center. Born in Guttenberg, he lived in Brooklyn and Long Island and was a resident of West New York for 54 years; he also resided briefly at The Harborage. …
A funeral mass was offered July 13 at Immaculate Conception Church, Secaucus, for Joseph M. Lynch, 86, who passed away July 9. Mr. Lynch was a well known Hudson County engineer, planner and surveyor who founded Mayo Lynch & Associates in 1953. His career includes service as engineer for the JCMUA, the city of Weehawken, …
Private funeral services have been held for for Madeline “Chickie” Wasko. A lifelong resident of Jersey City, she passed away suddenly on June 27 at home. She is survived by her husband, Nicholas Wasko; her children, Susan and husband Adam Gazdowicz, Frank Wasko and wife Lisa, and Nicholas Wasko and wife Gloria; and her four …
A funeral mass was celebrated July 16 at St. Francis R.C. Church, Hoboken, for John DePalma, 60. He passed away July 12 at the Compassionate Care Hospice of Hackensack, following a courageous battle with brain cancer. John was born in Jersey City in 1949 to John Louis DePalma and Loretta (Christensen). He graduated from Hoboken …
A funeral mass was celebrated July 14 at Saint Nicholas Church, Jersey City, for Margaret “Sally” Canzano, 82. She passed away peacefully and surrounded by her family on July 11 at the Compassionate Care Hospice at the Atrium. Sally was born in Jersey City and was a life long resident. Sally was employed as the …
Funeral services were held July 11 for Albert L. Friesendorf, 94. He passed away July 4 at Compassionate Care Hospice at The Atrium, Jersey City. Albert was born, raised and educated in Jersey City, having resided in his present home since 1962. He served under General MacArthur in World War II as a Staff Sergeant …
A funeral service was held July 9 at the Ocean Avenue Baptist Church, Jersey City, for Carolyn Jean Williams. She passed away July 3 at home. She was a payroll specialist at Amtrak. She was the wife of the late Alphonso Williams; the mother of Edward ‘Adimu’ Milligan, Onaje K., Hodari S., (Nakell A.) and …