Jacqueline C. Broderick received a call on September 18th just one week shy of her 86th birthday for a better Clerk’s position, with a nicer view and eternal benefits. Although leaving Woodbridge Town Hall was a difficult decision to make, she accepted Gods offer and left us to join those whom she had loved and lost, even the furry ones. Waiting to one day join her, are her husband James F Broderick Jr whom she was married to for 63 years, or “all her life” as she...

Visitation Friday September 24, 2021 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at the Gosselin Funeral Home 660 New Dover Road Edison. 

The funeral will be live streamed from www.https://sthelenaedison.org  Edison, NJ- Joseph Ricigliano Sr, 86, died peacefully Thursday September 16, 2021, at home surrounded by his large, loving family. He was born March 8, 1935 in Newark NJ, the son of the late Frank, Sr and Jennie (nee Scoppetuolo) Ricigliano. In June 1953, JoJo as he was known at the time, graduated from West Side High School, Newark, NJ. He then married Antonia (nee Palmisano) and they recently celebrated 65 years...

Joan Tarnalicki, 88 of Colonia, NJ passed away on September 6, 2021 at JFK Medical Center surrounded by her family. Joan was born on February 10, 1933 in Wilkes Barre, PA. She is predeceased by her parents Simona Kurinka and Katherine Kartichak. She is also predeceased by her husband John Tarnalicki, her brothers Sam and Joe and sisters Mary, Ann, Helen and Rose.  Joan is survived by her son John J. Tarnalicki and his wife Jean. She is also survived by her two granddaughters Nicole...

  Ruth Irene Ellmer, 86 formerly of Colonia, NJ, passed away on September 9, 2021, at Gadsden Regional Medical Center in Gadsen, AL. Ruth was born on March 31, 1935 in Elizabeth, NJ. She is predeceased by her parents, Audrey and Samuel Martin. She is also predeceased by her husband George Ellmer, her brothers Robert (Bob) and Johnny (Jack), and her sisters Edie and Grace. Ruth is survived by her brother Samuel (Kenny), and her daughters Jeannette, Angela, Laura, Georgiana, Irene,...

Cecilia A Merlis passed away Monday September 6,2021 at home surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Elizabeth and resided in Roselle Park before moving to Colonia in 1965. She was a bookkeeper for Supreme Security Systems in Hillside for 30 years retiring in 2008. Cecilia loved playing cards, mahjong, and devoting her time volunteering for Deborah Hospital where she served as president for the Colonia Chapter. Being with her family was the most important thing in her life. The...

  It is with great sadness we share the news that Mighty (Cuong) Phan, loving husband, and father, had passed away on August 30th, 2021, after years of battling with cancer. He was 64 years young. Mighty was born in Saigon, Vietnam and emigrated to the United States in 1975. He lived in New Jersey for most of his life. After graduating from college with a computer science degree, he worked with information technology in different...

    Carolyn S. Cecere, 77, passed away on August 22, 2021. Carolyn was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1944 and moved to Iselin, New Jersey where she lived for thirty years prior to retiring in Toms River, New Jersey for the last twenty years.  She was married to her husband, Daniel Cecere for 57 years. Carolyn loved the beach and the Jersey Shore, she spent many summers vacationing in Lavallette.  She was always exploring new business ventures, from...

Long time Iselin resident Robert Dowd passed away quietly on August 22, 2021.  Bob was living at the Chelsea assisted living facility in Warren for the last three years.  Bob was married to Rosemary Dowd who predeceased him in 1982. Bob was born May 17, 1931 in Jersey City, N J.  Son of Martin and Marie Dowd and predeceased by his brothers Martin and James Dowd.    Bob attended Dickenson High school in Jersey City where he was a standout shortstop on the baseball...

Thomas Joseph McGotty passed away Tuesday August 24, 2021 at Roosevelt Care Center in Edison surrounded by his loving family. He was born and resided in Irvington moving to Edison after completing building his house in 1972.  He and his wife Gloria enjoyed spending time in Isla del Sole Florida after retirement. Thomas proudly served our country in the Army during the Korean War. He was a Fireman for Irvington Fire Department later becoming Captain and retiring as a Chief. After...