Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
SIMON, WILLIE MAE – Services were held Jan. 9 for Willie Mae Simon, 79. She died Jan. 3. She was born in Sumter, South Carolina and moved to Jersey City at an early age. She was employed by the Ocean Avenue Maintenance Realty Company as an Office Manager for over 30 years. Survivors include her …
COOK, ROBERT EUGENE – A funeral service was held on Jan. 10 for Robert ‘Bobby’ Eugene Cook of Jersey City. He died on Jan. 3. He was a retired truck driver and mechanic. Survivors include his wife, Margaret Akuku Cook; a son, Robert, and daughter, Erica; a sister, Johnnie Mae Reid; and many nephews, nieces, …
RUTHERFORD, EUGENE F. – Funeral services were held Jan. 9 for Eugene E. Rutherford of Jersey City. He died on Jan. 7, 2009. He was born in Jersey City, where he was a resident for 58 years, formerly of Hoboken. He was a Machine Operator for Wagner Litho. Co., Secaucus. He was also a U.S. …
ALBANESE, ERNEST G. – Funeral services were held on Thursday for Ernest G. Albanese of Union City. He died on Jan. 4. Born in Fairview, he was a retired Senior Lab Technician at Lipton Tea, Englewood, for 30 years. He was husband of the late Jennie (nee Fierro) and is survived by a son, Ernest; …
JACKSON, CHARLES CLINTON – Services were held Jan. 9 for Charles (Chuck) Clinton Jackson of Jersey City. He died on Jan. 5. He had been employed at the U.S. Post Office in Kearny for 30 years as a postman. Survivors include his wife, Eloise Jackson: his children, Kyle and Kris Jackson, Karen Dunham, Kin Eatman …
FEMIA, ADA – Funeral services for Ada Femia, formerly of West New York, were held Thursday. She died January 4. She worked for many years with her husband at Vinny’s Furs in West New York. Survivors include her husband, Vincent; two sons, Cosmo and Frank; eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Howie Albert – Boxing trainer, worked with Muhammad AliFuneral services were held Tuesday for Howie Albert, 86, of Secaucus. He died Jan. 3. An amateur boxer as a youth and a middleweight boxer in the U.S. Air Corps in World War II, he was best known as the manager for six time world welterweight and …
BELLO, DR. MARIO – A funeral mass was offered on Jan.7 for Dr. Mario Bello, 87, of Flemington, formerly of Clifton and Jersey City. He died Jan. 4. Born in Naples, Italy, Dr. Bello came to the United States in 1948, residing in Jersey City for many years before moving to Clifton. Dr. Bello was …
VERSO, CAROL M. – Funeral services for Carol M. Verso, 76, were held Jan. 3. She died Dec. 29 at Hoboken University Medical Center. Born in Jersey City, she was a lifelong resident. She was a homemaker. She was predeceased by her husband Enrico. Survivors include a brother, Angelo Di Leonardo of Florida; two sons, …