Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
CABRERA, JAIME – Funeral services were held Jan.5 for Jaime Cabrera, 77, of Las Vegas, NV, formerly of Jersey City. He died on Dec. 29 at Sunrise Hospital, Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born in Isabella, Puerto Rico. He resided in Jersey City from 1974 – 2006. He was a retired decorated Staff Sergeant for …
RADFORD, OLEASE – Funeral services were held on Jan. 8 for Olease Radford. She died Jan. 3, at Compassionate Care at the Atrium in Jersey City, NJ. She was a member of Claremont Lafayette United Presbyterian Church in Jersey City. She served on the Deacon Board and the Literary Society. Survivors include a son, Gregory …
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, …
LEWIS, ROBERT J. ‘BOB’ – Funeral Services were held Jan. 2, for Robert J. ‘Bob’ Lewis, 87. He died Dec. 31. Born in Jersey City, he owned and operated the Mohawk Diner in Jersey City for 48 years, retiring in 1978. He was a graduate of Dickinson High School. Mr. Lewis served in the Army …
A funeral mass was offered Jan. 14 for Pat William Presa, 83, of Secaucus. He died on Jan. 9. A native of Brooklyn, he was a World War II Navy veteran who served in the Pacific from 1944-46, including the liberation of the Philippines, for which he received various medals and commendations. After the war, …
On Wednesday, December 31, 2008; loving wife of the late Valentine Zabnicki; beloved mother of Antone Zabnicki and wife Barbara and Bruno Zabnicki; grandmother of six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held from the G. KEENEN O’BRIEN Funeral Home. Interment, Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington.
Of South Pasadena, Fla. (formerly of Bayonne); on Thursday, December 25, 2008; loving husband of Marie Guardino Annetta; father of Rosemary, Michael and Leonard & wife Jennifer; grandfather of Derek, Gianna, Samantha and Joseph; son of the late John and Rose Annetta; brother of John of Staten Island, NY, and the late Joseph and Vincent. …
Of Somerset (formerly of Bayonne); on Monday, December 29, 2008; husband of Irene (Cook) Durso of Somerset; father of Barbara Jo Byrne and husband Michael of Pleasant Hill, MO, Vivian Erickson and husband James of Lakeland, Fla., and Elizabeth Angerstein and husband Charles of Bayonne and Michael A. Durso of Jamesburg; brother of Rose Scozzari …
Of Delray Beach, Florida (formerly of Bayonne); on Tuesday, December 30, 2008; beloved husband of Shirley (nee: Lazarov); devoted father of Jeffrey & wife Ivy Fein, Francie & husband Gary Turner, and Steven & wife Wendy Fein; cherished grandfather of Brian, Rebecca, Alina and Hannah; dear brother of Jay & wife Sara Fein. Funeral arrangements …