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William Michael Titus, age 65 of East Brunswick, died on Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and had lived in East Brunswick for several years. He was predeceased by his parents and is survived by many close friends and cousins. During this difficult, please share a condolence or a story.

Rachel Ardolino Addeo died peacefully in her sleep on Monday, May 25, 2020. She was born December 31, 1920, in Neptune, NJ, one of the ten children of Philomena and Agostino Ardolino. Two of her younger brothers, Gus and Bert Ardolino, survive her. She married Sam Addeo in 1945, and they lived in Long Branch, where they raised their two children, Sam and Debbie. After retiring, Sam and Rachel moved to Brick, where they lived out the final decades of their lives. Rachel really enjoyed being...

Patricia (Pat) Asfendis passed away on May 25, 2020 in Wall, NJ at age 77. Pat was born in NYC on April 1, 1943 to Edward Byrnes and Mary Walker Byrnes. A graduate of Mother Cabrini High School, she later met and fell in love with George Emmanuel Asfendis in Belmar, New Jersey. They were married for 49 years and raised their sons in Haverstraw, NY. She worked as an art teacher in St. Augustine’s School in New City, NY and later as an administrative assistant at Rockland...

Judith Anne Dammann of Eatontown, NJ died on May 22, 2020 at home. She was born in Long Branch, NJ. She is predeceased by her loving parents John and Frances Renzo and by her brother Vincent and sister Constance. She attended Long Branch High School and earned a B.S. Degree from Monmouth University. She also earned a Master’s Degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University. She taught at the Ranney School in Tinton Falls and at the Union Beach Elementary School. She was married to her...

Linda Ann Wilson, age 69, passed away on Tuesday, May 19, 2020 at Ocean Medical Center in Brick, New Jersey. She was born in Newark, New Jersey and lived in Belleville. She was employed for many years by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Newark working for Judge Vincent J. Commisa and Judge D. Joseph DeVito. There she developed many lifelong friendships.  Linda was a diehard Yankee and Jets fan and even named her beloved yorkie, Yankee. She always looked forward to the sports season each...

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Da Kyong Park, Harmie, loving mother, wife and grandmother passed on May 18, 2020 at the age of 82. She was surrounded in love by her husband and son by her side and in the thought of her grandchildren and daughter in law who could not be by her side when she needed us most. Da was born in January of 1938 in Chang Young, South Korea. This is where she met and married her true love of over 55 yrs, Jong Gak. In the early 70’s, along with their son moved to the United States for a...

Carmen Dolores Nitsche (October 19, 1933 – May 14, 2020) Carmen Dolores Nitsche, 86, died Thursday, May 14, 2020 at Community Medical Center in Tom’s River, after a hard fought battle against Covid-19.   Born and raised in Puerto Rico, she moved to Minnesota to go to graduate school in physics, and never left until after her husband of 47 years had passed away.  The two taught at the University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras for a year just before they started...

Carmen Miriam Canavan, age 85, of Middletown, passed away on Monday, May 13, 2020. Born in Lajas, Puerto Rico. She moved to New York City, then to Middletown where she raised her family.  She is predeceased by her husband Donald, daughter Lynn Cramer, and son Patrick. Carmen is survived by her loving children Christopher of Middletown, Darren and his wife Barbara of N.C., Kristie Capozzoli of California, and Timothy and his wife Jennifer of Ocean. She is the beloved grandmother of 20,...

Joseph P. Chiarella, age 94, died Monday, May 11, 2020 in Coral Springs, Fla.  Born in Jersey City on March 2, 1926, Joseph was the fourth and last child and the only son of Joseph & Mary Chiarella of Calabria, Italy. He was the only person in his family to be born in the USA. The Chiarella’s arrived in the US with no assets but they all quickly adopted the American work ethic and began to restart a life for themselves. Joseph was raised in Jersey City and in his younger days...