Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
A funeral service was held Feb. 20 for Manuel Perez. He died Feb. 14. He was an accountant’s assistant for the New York City Office of the Comptroller for 30 years, and retired in 1996. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Elena (Oramas); his sons, Miguel, Carlos and Victor, and his three …
Funeral services were held Feb. 25 for Betty Jean (Sheedy) Gorrie, 77. She died Feb. 22 at home. Born in Jersey City, she was a lifelong resident. She was a switchboard operator at VIP Answering Service, Jersey City, for nine years, retiring in 1981. She is survived by her sons, Robert and Timothy, and four …
A funeral service was held Feb. 24 for Nicolette Ortiz, 17. She died Feb. 19 at Jersey City Medical Center. Born in Jersey City, she was a life-long resident. She was a student at Ferris High School. She is survived by her parents, Santo Ortiz and Maritza Arroyo; two siblings, Joselyn Santiago and Jayden Tillman; …
A funeral mass was offered Feb. 9 at St. Anne’s RC Church, Hoboken, for retired city fire fighter Rocco LaGuardia, 84, who passed away Feb. 5 at home. He was born in Hoboken and was a life long resident. A U.S. Army veteran of WWII, he was past president of the St. Anne’s Holy Name …
A funeral mass was offered Feb. 21 at St. Lawrence Church, Weehawken, for Carmela Boniello (Bochicchio). She died on Feb. 17. She is survived by her husband, Carmine; her children, Roseann Boniello, Carmine and wife Joan, and Beatrice Chirdo and husband Leonard; her brother, Sebastian Bochicchio, and six grandchildren. Services arranged by the Leber Funeral …
Funeral services were held Feb. 26 for Pauline Wagner, formerly of West New York. She passed away Feb. 17 at the Oak Meadows Nursing Home, Los Gatos, Calif. She was born in Switzerland and immigrated to the US with her family at age three, living most of her life in Hudson County. She moved to …
A funeral mass was offered on Feb. 27 at St. John the Baptist Church, Jersey City, for Michael C. Shannon, 43. He died Feb. 22 at Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune. He was born in Jersey City and was a lifelong resident until moving to Spring Lake Heights nine months ago. He was employed as …
A mass of Christian Burial was offered Feb. 23 at St. Nicholas Church, Jersey City, for Edward V. Ratyniak, formerly of Jersey City. He passed away Feb. 19 at home. He was born in Jersey City and resided there all of his life. A Korean War Veteran, he graduated Rutgers University with a B.S. in …
A funeral mass was offered at St. Ann’s R.C. Church, Hoboken on Feb. 24, for Claire Mary Burke (Banoky), 71. She died on Feb. 20 at the Calvary Hospital, Bronx, N.Y. She was born in Jersey City and lived in Weehawken most of her life. She was the Banquet Coordinator for the Metropolitan Club of …
Funeral services were held Feb. 21 for Barry W. Henderson, 48. He died Feb. 17 in Jersey City. He was born in Durham, North Carolina. He worked for Path Mark in Avenel for the last four years. He is survived by his mother, Lucille; his son, Elza Allen Bullock; his sisters, Maryann Pratt, Barbara Jackson, …