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Ronald (Ronny) Traversa, age 85 of West Long Branch, NJ passed away on Monday, May 23, 2022 peacefully at home with his loving wife by his side. Ronny was born in Long Branch, NJ and grew up in Astoria, Queens NY. He moved to Long Branch around 1955 at the age of 18. Ronny was a Long Branch business owner/operator of Ronny’s Garage since 1962, Freedom Cycles Motorcycle Dealership and Ryder Truck Rentals. He also owned Ronny’s Getty Gas Station on Broadway. Everything Ronny was...

Andrew Garofalo was born on March 3, 1931 in Long Branch where he grew up as one of seven siblings. He passed away on Sunday, May 22, 2022 peacefully at home in Neptune with his family beside him.  Andy was predeceased by his wife of 67 years, Patsy Bush. He was a veteran of the Korean War and while waiting to be discharged and stationed at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs, he met and fell in love with Patsy. After only three months of dating and six months of military distance, he...

John “Gary” Vest, 79, of Portage, Michigan and Sea Bright, New Jersey, passed away peacefully on May 13, 2022, in Sea Bright, NJ, surrounded by his loving family and friends. Gary was born on April 12th, 1943 to George “Paul” and Elsie Vest in Schenectady, New York. Gary attended the University of Minnesota and pursued a long standing career with the Airlines, specializing in Food Service Operational Management. It was in Chicago where he met his first spouse,...

Arlene DiFedele (nee Ciaglia), age 70 of Toms River, died on Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at home. Arlene was born and raised in Long Branch and was a graduate of Long Branch High School and the Monmouth County Vocational School of Cosmetology. She had moved to Howell in 1988 and in 2019 she settled in Toms River with her husband of nearly 35 years, Tullio James DiFedele. Arlene was a manicurist for over 50 years and was adored by her many clients and co-workers at Milagro Spa at the Atlantic Club...

Elizabeth (Betty Lou) Ludlow-Jacoby, age 92 of Long Branch, passed away peacefully at home on May 10, 2022. Betty Lou was born in Red Bank and lived there until 1961 when she married Henry and moved to Long Branch. She was a graduate of Red Bank High School class of 1948. During her life, she was employed by Prudential Insurance Co. in Newark, Frank Antonides School in West Long Branch, The ARC of Monmouth County and Homestead Pharmacy in Long Branch. She was a lifelong member of The First...

Gordon Frederick Dietz, 95, passed away suddenly on May 17, 2022 at the Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, NJ. He was last seen in the Oceanport neighborhood he enjoyed living in for 45 years riding his eldest son’s childhood bicycle the day before he passed away. He was born on September 21, 1926 in Jersey City, NJ to the late Andrew G. and Selma (Kloenhammer) Dietz. Gordon graduated from William Dickerson High School in 1944, and went on to attend...

  Marie Sirianni, age 90, entered into Eternal Life on Thursday, May 12, 2022 surrounded by her sons. On November 29, 1931, Marie was born in Manhattan and grew up in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Marie graduated from Fort Hamilton High School and Business School in 1949. She worked for GMAC, 57th Street, New York. In 1953, Marie married the love of her life, Anthony “Tut” Sirianni and began her life in Long Branch. Together, Marie and Tut owned and operated Sirianni’s...

  Samuel "Sandy" Epstein, age 81, passed away peacefully on February 6, 2022 with family by his side. Sandy was born and raised in Perth Amboy, NJ before spending the balance of his life on the Jersey shore.   Sandy had many interests and hobbies. He was an avid aviator who maintained his pilot’s license for over 60 years. Automobiles were also a passion. It was this interest in automobiles that led him to his vocation with the better part of his career...

    In Loving Memory of Edgar Hernandez Requiron, age 61 Edgar Requiron was born on October 17, 1960, in Manila, Philippines to Manuel Acierto Requiron and Herminia Hernandez Requiron. He was the beloved second-born of three children, the only boy. Edgar lived his early life in the Philippines. He went to elementary school at Nazareth School, spent a year at Don Bosco Technical College – Grade School, then transferred to St. Francis School. He went on to NAMEI...

Charlotte Bova McRobbie, 73, passed peacefully at home in South Orange on March 26, 2022. Born in Long Branch on January 9, 1949 to Peter F. Bova and Janet E. Krantz, Charlotte grew up in Oceanport, where she absorbed a lifelong love of nature and the seashore.  A 1967 graduate of Shore Regional High School, Charlotte went on to complete a Bachelor's degree in Theater at Emerson College.  As a young actress in New York, she studied with famed teacher Uta Hagen and performed...