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Albert J. Wiggins, Jr., age 71, of Phillipsburg, NJ died Wednesday, May 16, 2018 at Lopatcong Center of Phillipsburg, NJ. Mr. Wiggins was born September 16, 1946 in Dover, NJ to the late Albert J. Wiggins, Sr. and the late Mabel Doretta (Hicks) Wiggins.
He served proudly in the US Marine Corps from 1966 to 1972. Albert's rank was Corporal and he was a sharp shooter. He was a Purple Heart recipient due to wounds received in action during the Republic of Vietnam conflict. He was formerly employed by Roxbury Township, Roxbury, NJ as a Municipal Worker. Albert was an avid hunter, fisherman and, most of all, he enjoyed spending time with his family and friends. He is survived by his loving wife: Margaret “Peggy” Anne (O'Neill) Wiggins, his devoted daughter, Michelle Anne Wiggins and companion Stephen Webber, Jr, his sister, Judith Elaine Reiman and her husband Samuel Redding Reiman, Sr., 2 grandchildren, Joseph Scott Webber, Jasmine Anne Webber, 4 nephews, Peter William Reiman, Jerry Allen Reiman, Samuel Redding Reiman, Jr., and Thomas Brian Brown, 1 niece, Susan Marie Kruckmeyer, 2 great nieces and 5 great nephews. The memorial service will be held 3:30 pm on Saturday, May 26th at Cochran Funeral Home, 905 High Street, Hackettstown, N.J. with Father Antony Arockiadoss officiating. The cremation and burial are private. Calling hours will be Saturday, May 26 from 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm at Cochran Funeral Home, Inc., 905 High Street, Hackettstown, NJ. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Wounded Warriors Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675 or to American Cancer Society, Memorial Processing Center, 6725 Lyons Street PO Box 7, East Syracuse, NY 13057 in memory of Albert Read more... |
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Patricia M. Kaditus, passed away on May 6th, 2018, at her home in Byram Township, NJ.
Patty Kaminsky was born in Scranton, PA on 6/12/1941, the seventh of eight children born to Andrew and Helen Kaminsky. She graduated from Scranton Technical High School in 1959, where she was remembered as “having a smile as bright as a penny” and “never wearing the same outfit twice.” She retained these qualities throughout her life. After a whirlwind romance, Pat took a leap of faith with Casimir Kaditus, also of Scranton, Pa, as they daringly left their hometown to create their future together, settling in New Jersey and marrying in 1960. The risks paid off: Pat and Cas remained married until the time of her death (58 years) and shared three children, Cas (Jocelyn Leventhal), Kim, and Stacy as well as three adored grandchildren, Michael, Lisa, and Kaitlyn. Pat is survived by all members of her immediate family. Pat was preceded in death by her parents, Helen and Andrew Kaminsky, her brother Thomas Kaminsky, and her sisters Helen Kennedy and Mary Flynn. Before her marriage, Pat worked at Rice’s Credit office in Scranton, PA and later at Thermo Electric Company in Saddle Brook, NJ until giving birth to her first child. Pat dedicated herself to raising her children and assisting her husband with his business and showroom. Pat was also a loving caretaker to her mother Helen, as well as to her aunts Isabelle and Margret and her uncle Frank. Pat enjoyed many interests, including baking, shopping, movies, decorating, photography, painting, crafting, dining out, boating, walking, bicycling, gardening, and “gabbing with her girls.” She enjoyed keeping up with her friends Ricki, Sienna, June, and Jean. She loved animals and was quick to help anyone in need. She had an encyclopedic knowledge of useful information, was a lifelong learner, and loved to discuss current events, including her offense at the current administration. She loved music and enjoyed an eclectic range of styles and performers. Pat was thoughtful, loved a good story, was quick to laugh, add to a joke, and is remembered fondly for her many failed attempts to withhold a snicker in situations she found ridiculous or stuffy. Pat had a deep appreciation of athleticism and was a great supporter of her children and grandchildren’s’ sporting activities, describing exceptional athleticism as “poetry in motion,” including appreciation for the beauty, grace, power and freedom of racing horses. Through watching baseball and football with her grandson, Pat became an avid Yankee and Giants fan, a supporter of the Green Bay Packers, and in her final years, a Steph Curry mega fan. She would be absolutely thrilled with the current excitement of the Golden State Warriors in the finals. She prided herself for her honesty, loyalty, trustworthiness and for not squandering what was given to her. She was known as an exceptional and generous hostess, wanting the best for those she loved, and as a fighter, surviving cancer and the treatments to cure it. She endured the indignities of aging and illness, indicating as she was oft to quote, “Getting old isn’t for the weak,” while expressing gratitude for each day, identifying, “Listen, I’m living with the big three; I know I’m living on borrowed time here.” Even though she was appalled at the increasing amount of time she needed to spend with them, she offered gratitude and respect for the many doctors and their staff who supported her well-being, took extra time to get to know her as a person, and treated her with kindness, dignity, and respect. Pat did not easily suffer fools, but she would quickly act the fool if doing so would potentially tease out a smile or laugh from a baby or child. She loved children and was gifted in her interactions with them. Pat loved spending time with her grandchildren and she was exceptionally proud of them and their accomplishments, offering them the purest form of unconditional positive regard. It was one of her deepest regrets that she would not be able to continue with them on their paths and to see where they would travel. It would be her hope that they will always feel her love, support, encouragement, coaching, and cheerleading from the sidelines. A brief memorial blessing with family will be held early this summer in the chapel at Cathedral Cemetery in Scranton, Pa, where her remains will be interred. In lieu of flowers, Pat would appreciate and offer the following: Call your mother. Don’t worry about it. Let it go. Go and have some fun. Enjoy yourself. Listen to your mother. Use nightly lotion on your face and neck. Take care of your teeth. Stay out of the sun. Don’t be too long-winded. Offer kindness. Travel. Don’t be cheap. Understand your fears. Give each other a break. Never only make one dessert when three will do. Don’t take yourself so seriously. Always feed a stray. Be careful. Pat was deeply loved and her presence in this world is greatly missed. Funeral Arrangements have been entrusted to Cochran Funeral Home, 905 High Street, Hackettstown, NJ 07840. For those wishing to leave online condolence’s, please visit www.cochranfuneral.com Read more... |
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Died: May 1, 2018
Robert Patrick Dumbrill, age 87, of Long Valley
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Died: Apr 24, 2018
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Died: Apr 24, 2018
Elaine Kurkjy Garabed, age 80, of Hackettstown, NJ died Tuesday, April 24, 2018.
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Died: Apr 23, 2018
Ruth Roe Leuser, age 85, died Monday, April 23, 2018
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Died: Apr 18, 2018
James J. "Jim" Proske, 81 of Allamuchy Township died Wednesday April 18th at home with his loving family by his side.
Born in Queens, NY Ji m was a son of the late John and Catherine Reddin Proske. Jim was a member of the Allamuchy Senior Citizens, Friends of Rutherford Hall and Good Shepherd Catholic Church.He was a handyman who loved to help out and do projects. He especially enjoyed fishing with his grandchildren. When he retired Jim was a vice president at Garvin Guy Butler. Read more... |
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Died: Apr 16, 2018
Magdeline "Angel" Long, 55, of Hackettstown, NJ
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Died: Apr 16, 2018
Josephine Smillie, 85, of Hackettstown, NJ, passed away Monday, April 16, 2018.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Josephine was the daughter of the late John & Margaret (McGurk) Kirk. Prior to living in Hackettstown, Josephine also lived in Budd Lake, NJ for twenty years and Kearny, NJ for forty years. Read more... |
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Died: Apr 15, 2018
Mitzi Langsam, age 87, of Hackettstown died Sunday, April 15, 2018 at home. Mitzi was born June 18, 1930 in Brooklyn, NY. She is the daughter of the late Louis and Elsie (Weiner) Alter. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Sidney Langsam.
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Died: Apr 15, 2018
Arthur T. Would, 89, of Hackettstown, NJ, passed away at his home on Sunday, April 15,2018. Born in Madison, NJ, Arthur was the son of the late Charles & Madeline Tracy Would.
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Died: Apr 14, 2018
Louise Roberta Blaine, age 86, Rotonda West, FL formerly of Great Meadows, NJ died Saturday, April 14, 2018 at home. Louise was born December 30, 1931 in Orange, NJ to the late Walter N. and Anna Veronica (Humphrey) Burt. In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by her beloved husband of 63 years, Ernest Parks Blaine, her two brothers, Walter and Robert Burt and her sister, Elizabeth McWilliams.
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Died: Apr 11, 2018
Andrew Phillip Druffner, 53 of Stroudsburg, Pa, passed away April 11th, 2018 in The Next Step Rehabilitation Center located in Lehighton Hospital. He was born in Denville, NJ.
He was the son of the late Gerald and Irene Druffner. He is survived by his wife Virlaunda, children Rachel and Joshua, sisters Eileen and John Bostonian and Kathleen and Howard Myers, nephews, Phil and Ryan, sister and brother in-law Malena and Nick Viscomi, niece, Adrianna, and nephew, Dominick. He graduated Hackettstown High School in 1984. He was an avid member of the NRA and Pheasants Forever. He enjoyed hunting, especially bird hunting with his beloved dogs Boots, Julie, and Luna. He was a simple man who touched the hearts of everyone he met. Services will be at The Cochran Funeral Home on Tuesday April 17th, 2018 from 2:00 to 6:00 PM. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to The Youth Pheasant Hunt sponsored by Pheasants Forever Chapter 803. Address: 302 Park Street, Carbondale Pa, 18407. Read more... |
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Died: Apr 10, 2018
Russell E. Gustavson age 88, of Hackettstown, NJ died Tuesday April 10, 2018 at Morristown Medical Center in Morristown, NJ after a brief stay. Russ was born April 22, 1929, in Bloomfield, NJ. He is the son of the late Elmer G. and Bertha (Johnson) Gustavson
of Bloomfield, NJ. In addition to his parents, Russ is preceded in death by his beloved wife and high school sweetheart, Carol (Ferdon) Gustavson, who passed in 2015, and a brother, Elmer G. Gustavson, who passed in 1998. Russ was a loving and devoted husband of 64 years and father of four. Russ was a proud athlete, as quarterback of the undefeated 1946 state champion Montclair High School Mounties, and later on scholarship at Colgate University, where he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He proudly served his country in Korea as a Corporal in Army Signal Corp with top secret clearance. He was a lifetime employee of Home Life Insurance as a Certified Life Underwriter in group sales and a mentor to many and was a Mason with the McKinley Lodge #318 of Pittsburgh, PA. Carol and Russ were adoption reform movement activists, supporting the rights of adopted persons to their birth information and records, as well as supporting both adoptive and birthparents across the US. He is survived by two sons: Gary Gustavson and wife Michelle, Jeffrey Gustavson, two daughters: Susan Gustavson, Cindy Tananis and wife Nancy Mantz, a brother Don Gustavson and wife Marilyn, and numerous nieces and nephews. Russell's memorial will be held at Cochran Funeral Home, 905 High Street, Hackettstown, NJ 07840 on June 23rd, 2018 from 12:00p-3:00p followed by a gathering of friends and family. His ashes will be spread at Cape Cod, to join with his wife on the sand flats of Brewster where they spent many wonderful times together. Russ and Carol are together again, for eternity, smiling with us all now, in the beauty of their loving relationship. Friends and family are encouraged to remember his love and joy of life, and his devotion to family and friends. For those desiring, donations may be made to in memory of Russell E. Gustavson to the Wounded Warrior Project, at woundedwarriorproject.org Read more... |