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Obituaries from 2000
JOSEPH WALTER MORRIS JR., 70, of Lakewood, died April 7 at Brick Hospital, Brick Township. He was born in Colts Neck and had resided in Neptune before moving to Lakewood 25 years ago. Mr. Morris was an electrical lineman for the state of New Jersey, Wall Township, where he was employed for 28 years before retiring eight years ago. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran, serving from 1949 to 1953 and from 1955 to 1959. Mr. Morris attended the Calvary Lighthouse, Lakewood; was a member of the Civil Air Patrol; and was a former Boy Scout troop leader. He was predeceased by his first wife, Catherine (Jackson) Morris; his parents, Joseph A. and Virginia (Crummal) Morris; and three brothers, Herman, Rodman and Rudolph. Surviving are his wife, Mary (Spradley) Morris; two sons, Matthew, of Long Beach Island, and Pfc. Joseph W. III, stationed with the U.S. Army at Fort Huachuca, Ariz.; six daughters, Jacqueline Morris, of Browns Mills, Jodi Morris, of Freehold, Virginia Morris, of Lakewood, Rebecca Morris, of Lavallette, Christina Morris, of Massachusetts, and Rachel Morris, at home; two brothers, Elmer of Freehold and Richard of Raleigh, N.C.; three sisters, Angelica Lee and Virginia Morris, both of Neptune, and Lillian Roberts, of Fayetteville, N.C.; his brother-in-law, Maurice Lee; two sisters-in-law, Anita and Jane Morris; 13 grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Private funeral services were held at the Higgins Memorial Home, Freehold.
SYLVIA MARTIA PITTENGER REID, 86, of Tuscumbia, Ala., formerly of Farmingdale, died April 9 in Tuscumbia. Mrs. Reid was born in Farmingdale and had been a member of the Farmingdale Presbyterian Church. She was employed as a nurse for the Salvation Army. Surviving are her daughter, Mary Morgan, of Tuscumbia; three brothers, Walter M. and Albert L. Burdge, both of Howell, and Gilbert R. Burdge, of St. Petersburg, Fla.; seven grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. Graveside services were held at Farmingdale Evergreen Cemetery, under the direction of the C.H.T. Clayton and Son Funeral Home, Adelphia section of Howell.
KATHERINE SCHIBANOFF, 85, of Ashford, Conn., died April 7 in Putnam, Conn. Ms. Schibanoff was born in Freehold and had resided there for many years before moving to the Evangelical Baptist Camp, Ashford, 10 years ago. She was a lifelong member of the Evangelical Baptist Church. Ms. Schibanoff was predeceased by two brothers, Andrew Schibanoff and Alex Schibanoff. Surviving are two brothers, Michael Schibanoff, of Del Mar, Calif., and Boris Schibanoff, of Lakehurst; and several nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews. Funeral services were held at the Tabernacle of the Evangelical Baptist Camp, followed by interment at Woodward Cemetery, both in Ashford, Conn. The Potter Funeral Home, Willimantic, Conn., was in charge of arrangements.
MARY T. WORDELMANN, 51, of Aberdeen died March 12 in Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune. Born in the Tompkinsville section of Staten Island, N.Y. she lived in Aberdeen for 23 years. She was a 1983 graduate of Brookdale Community College, where she received an associate’s degree in human services. She was a social worker for the Monmouth County Office of the Handicapped, Freehold. She was involved in the Battered Women’s Group, Keyport and Social Services with the M.S. Society of Monmouth County. She also was a piano and art teacher. Surviving are her two sons, Robert and Darrel Wordelmann, both of Aberdeen; her mother, Mary Mancuso of New Hope, Pa.; two brothers, Peter and David Mancuso, both of New Hope; and a sister, Joan Mancuso of Staten Island. Services were under the direction of Waitt Funeral Home, Morganville, with a Mass at St. Joseph’s Church, Keyport. Interment
was at St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Keyport.
FREDERICK P. STAFFLINGER, D.D.S., 85, of Matawan died March 13 in Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he lived in the Wickatunk section of Marlboro before moving to Matawan 40 years ago. He was a self-employed dentist in Matawan for 32 years, retiring in 1985. He was a communicant of St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, Keyport. He was a member of St. Clement’s Senior Club, Matawan, and the American Dental Association. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Surviving are three nieces. Services were under the direction of Day Funeral Home, Keyport, with a Mass at St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church. Interment
was at St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Keyport. Memorial donations may be sent to the American Heart Association Memorials Program, 2550 Route 1, North Brunswick, NJ 08902-4301, or to the charity of your choice.
ISABELLA OLDS BONNY, 81, of Keyport died March 14 in Regency Park Nursing Home, Hazlet. Born in Maspeth, Queens, N.Y., she lived in Florida before moving to Keyport, 10 years ago. She was an electrocardiogram technician for Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, New York, for several years, retiring in 1980. She was predeceased by her husband, Edward T. Bonny in 1956. Surviving are two sons, William P. Bonny of Keyport and Edward T. Bonny Jr., of Kearny; a brother, Charles Olds of Ocala, Fla.; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services were under the direction of Day Funeral Home, Keyport. Interment
was at Shoreland Memorial Gardens, Hazlet.
JOHN J. DeROSA JR., 31, of Gastonia, N.C., died March 14 in North Carolina. Born in Red Bank, he lived in Keyport and Pennsylvania before moving to North Carolina two years ago. He worked as a mover for Armstrong Relocators of North Carolina. Surviving are a son, Jeffrey Scott of Gastonia; a fiancée, Dawn Clancy of Gastonia; his mother, Christine Tooker Matthews of Keyport; his father, John J. DeRosa Sr. of White Haven, Pa.; three sisters, Kimberly DeRosa of Philadelphia, Cassandra Walker of Hazelton, Pa., and Sara DeRosa of White Haven; five brothers, Dominick DeRosa and Anthony DeRosa, both of Keyport, Shawn DeRosa, Mark DeRosa and Matthew DeRosa, all of White Haven. Services were under the direction of Day Funeral Home, Keyport. Cremation was private.
ANN T. HERSEG, 76, of Union Beach died March 14 in Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. Born in Long Branch, she lived in the Cliffwood Beach section of Aberdeen before moving to Union Beach 53 years ago. Surviving are her husband of 57 years, Julius J.; one son, Daniel of Matawan; one daughter, Carole Burgey of Union Beach; a brother, Michael B. of Exton, Pa.; two sisters, Josephine O’Dolph of Jamesburg, and Dorothy Dziekowski of Middletown; four grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. Services were under the direction of Waitt Funeral Home, Morganville, with a Mass at St. Clement’s Roman Catholic Church, Matawan. Interment
was at St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Keyport.
GENEVIEVE SEIBOTH KWOLEK, 82, of Brooklyn, N.Y., died March 14 in Beachview Extended Care Facility, Keansburg. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., she lived in Brooklyn for most of her life, moving to the Port Monmouth section of Middletown and then Keansburg 10 years ago. Mrs. Kwolek was a homemaker. She was a communicant of Our Lady of Czestochowa Roman Catholic Church, Brooklyn. She was predeceased by her husband, Theodore Kwolek in 1984. Surviving are her three sons, Henry T. and Thomas J., both of Middletown, and Edward A. of Bardonia; one daughter, Wanda M. Carlson of Tucson, Ariz.; 14 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services were under the direction of John F. Pfleger Funeral Home, Middletown with a Mass at St. Anthony Church, Nanuet, N.Y. Interment
was at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Valhalla. Memorial donations may be sent to the Hospital for Special Surgery, E. 70th St., New York, N.Y.
ROSE A. TAMBURRI ILARIA, 92, of the Cliffwood Beach section of Old Bridge died March 12 in Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Her husband, Anthony Ilaria, died in 1996. Surviving are three daughters, Camille Falzarano of Cliffwood Beach, Patricia Rotondo of Hazlet and Roseann Genuario of Bloomfield; nine grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services were arranged by Day Funeral Home, Keyport, with a Mass at St. Lawrence Church, Laurence Harbor section of Old Bridge. Interment
was in St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Keyport.
