Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
A funeral service was held March 9 for John H. Behrens. He passed away March 6. He was born in Jersey City and was a lifetime resident. He was a carpenter for over 40 years and a member of Local 6 of Hudson County. He was also a member of Masonic Lodge Peninsula No. 99 …
Funeral services were held March 12 for Oscar W. “Chickie” Carlsen, 71, formerly of Jersey City and Rochelle Park. He died on March 3. He worked in the trucking industry for 54 years, retiring from ABF Trucking of Carlstadt in 2002. He belonged to St. Lucy’s Catholic Church in Port St. Lucie, Fla. He is …
A funeral mass was offered March 7 at Assumption R.C. Church for Edward H. Testa, 94, formerly of Union City. He died March 3. He was a shop steward in the Circulation Dept. of the Herald and News of Passaic before retiring in 1969. He was also a parishioner of Assumption R.C. Church in Wood-Ridge …
A funeral mass was offered March 12 at Our Lady of Mercy Church, Jersey City, for Felicia E. Rybakowski, 88. She died March 8 at Harborage Care Center, North Bergen. She was a life-long Jersey City resident. She had worked at Western Electric Co., Kearny. She was a member of the Rosary Society at St. …
A funeral mass was offered March 7 at St. Mary’s R. C. Church, Dumont, for Emma La Rosa Tomaino, 98, formerly of Guttenberg and West New York. She died March 3. Before retiring in 1977, she was a seamstress for many years. She is survived by her two daughters, Fran and her husband Ronald Karnick, …
A funeral service was held March 9 for Daniel M. Cilino, 63. He died Feb. 28 at home. Surviving are his wife, Elizabeth (Maluta); his children, Daniel Jr., Steven and Maria Cilino and Joseph Bowman, and 12 grandchildren. He was the brother of Stephen, Lou and the late Joseph and John. Services arranged by the …
A private funeral service was held at Beth Israel Memorial Park in Woodbridge on March 1 for Dr. Albert A. Holstein, 91, who practiced dentistry in Jersey City for nearly 50 years. He died February 27. He was the son of Sarah Ruskin Holstein and Jacob Holstein, owners of Holstein’s Department Store on Jackson Avenue, …
A funeral service was held March 10 for Mary Principe, 93. She passed away March 5 at the Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen. Born in Weehawken, she resided in North Bergen for 10 years, formerly of West New York and Guttenberg. She is survived by her daughters, Susan Genuario, Martha Simon and Donna Cospito; …
A memorial visitation was held March 14 for Rita M. DiTore, 78, of Secaucus. She died March 7. She was the wife of Patrick DiTore; the mother of Charles and his wife Nancy, Patrick and Michael; the sister of Joseph Dugan and Alice Kopp; and the grandmother of Christopher, Carlene, Caitlyn, Lauren and Patrick. Services …
A funeral liturgy from Corpus Christi R.C. Church, Hasbrouck Heights, was held March 9 for Giocchino “Jack” De Nichilo, 56, formerly of Weehawken. He passed away March 5. He was a mail handler for the U.S. Post Office in Jersey City and a member of the Mail Handlers Union. He was an Army veteran and …