Obituaries

Neil Andrade

Mr. Andrade, 73, of Easton, Pa., formerly of Old Bridge, died May 8 in Easton Hospital. A son, Clifford, died in 1987, and a daughter, Ursula, died in 2001. Surviving are his wife, Ursula; five daughters, Petra Ragucci of Lakewood, Michele Samoilis of Fair Lawn, Linda Mecca of Jackson, Gale Herzing of Westwood and Ingrid Andrade of Old Bridge; four brothers, John Romeo, Joseph, Anthony and Alfred; a sister, Cathy Bandinelli; and 12 grandchildren. A Mass is planned for 9 a.m. on May 12 at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Old Bridge. Interment will follow in Forest Green Park Cemetery, Morganville section of Marlboro.

Joseph Carone Jr.

Mr. Carone, 63, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died May 4 in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy division. He was predeceased by a son, Joseph James Carone, and by his father, Joseph Carone Sr. Surviving are his wife, Patricia Buckley Carone; two daughters, Tara Ann Black of Hamilton and Doreen Carone of North Brunswick; his mother, Elizabeth Galossi Carone of Brooklyn, N.Y.; a sister, Madelaine Schubert of Miami; and two grandchildren. A Mass was offered at St. Mary’s Church, South Amboy. Interment was in St. Stanislaus Cemetery, Sayreville. Memorial contributions may be made to The Carone Grandchildren Education Fund, c/o Craig/is Ltd., Pat Murphy, chief financial officer, 225 Water St., Suite 1700, Jacksonville, FL 32202.

Edmund W. Slomkowski

Mr. Slomkowski, 81, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died May 6 in JFK Medical Center, Edison. Surviving are his wife, Rozalia Murga Slomkowski; two daughters, Krystyna Slomkowski of Parlin and Barbara DePaul of Sayreville; a brother, John Slomkowski of Long Island, N.Y.; and two grandchildren, Alycia and Jonathan. A Mass was offered at Sacred Heart Church, South Amboy. Interment was in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Saddle Brook.

Elizabeth A. Kennedy Kudelka

Mrs. Kudelka, 74, of South Amboy, died May 7 at home. Surviving are her husband, Joseph S. Kudelka; two sons, Daniel Kudelka and Joseph J. Kudelka; three daughters, Elizabeth J. Kudelka, Mary Szatkowski and Denise Morales, all of South Amboy; three brothers, James Kennedy of Ocala, Fla., Robert Kennedy of Lake Ariel, Pa., and Frank Kennedy of South Amboy; two sisters, Helen Kovacs and Patricia Saunders, both of Perth Amboy; and four grandchildren. A Mass was offered at St. Mary’s Church, South Amboy. Entombment was in Woodbridge Memorial Gardens. Memorial contributions may be made to the South Amboy Rescue Squad.

Fletcher W. Hartman

Mr. Hartman, 95, of South Amboy, died May 6 in Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Prior to his retirement, he was employed as a security guard at Insulcoustics Corp., Sayreville. Prior to that, he worked for Terra Cotta Corp., Perth Amboy. Surviving are three nephews. Calvin Hartman, Harold Murphy and Adelbert Murphy. A requiem Eucharist was offered at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Perth Amboy. Interment was in Christ Church Cemetery, South Amboy.

Kathleen Patricia Ash Whelan

Mrs. Whelan, 59, of East Brunswick, died May 7 in Overlook Hospital, Summit. She was predeceased by her father, Harry Ash. Surviving are her mother, Rita Theresa Ash; three children, Theresa Bogdan of Miami, Michael Bogdan of Milltown and Jeanette Gillen of East Brunswick; four brothers, Harry Ash of Old Bridge, Michael Dennis Ash and Martin Stephen Ash, both of Scranton, Pa., and Joseph A. Ash of Pennsylvania; a sister, Rita B. Williams of Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; her ex-husband, Alex Bogdan; two granddaughters; and 10 nieces and nephews. A Mass was offered at Immaculate Conception Church, Spotswood. Entombment was in Holy Cross Burial Park Mausoleum, South Brunswick.

Sarah Lupia Gaito

Mrs. Gaito, 81, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died May 8 at home. Her husband, Anthony, died in 1987. Surviving are two sons, Joseph of Staten Island, N.Y., and Michael of Parlin; three daughters, Camille Nuzzo, Theresa Lewis and Susan Emery, all of Parlin; 10 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. A Mass is planned for 9:30 a.m. on May 12 at St. Bernadette’s Church, Parlin section of Old Bridge. Interment will follow in Forest Green Park Cemetery, Morganville section of Marlboro.

Margaret Barklow Dieker

Mrs. Dieker, 91, of Hillsboro Beach, Fla., formerly of South Amboy, died May 4 in Lake Mary, Fla. Her husband, Elmer Dieker, died in 2000. Surviving are a son, Donald H. Dieker; a brother, Donald Barklow; and four grandchildren, Douglas Dieker, Laura Dieker, Patrick Harris and Keely Harris. Graveside services were held at Old Tennent Cemetery, Tennent section of Manalapan. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of the Comforter, 480 Central Parkway, Altamonte Springs, FL 32714.

Elizabeth Gertrude Raab Condo

Mrs. Condo, 87, of Old Bridge, died May 5 at home. Her husband, Peter Condo, died in 1986. Surviving are two daughters, Elizabeth Fedorczyk of Sneads Ferry, N.C., and Ruth Ann Newton of Sayreville; eight grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. Services were held at Brunswick Memorial Home, East Brunswick. Interment was in Chestnut Hill Cemetery, also East Brunswick. Memorial contributions may be made to Visiting Nurse Association of Central New Jersey Hospice, 141 Bodman Place, Red Bank, NJ 07701-9978, or to the American Cancer Society, 846 Main St., Fords, NJ 08863.

John E. Borgeson

Mr. Borgeson, 70, of Spotswood, formerly of East Brunswick and South River, died May 6 in Haven Hospice at JFK, Edison. Prior to his retirement in 1999, he was employed by Donald C. Rodner Contractors, South Brunswick. Before that, he worked for Logan Towing, North Brunswick. Surviving are his wife, Anna Maria DeLucia Borgeson; a sister, Doris Williams of Texas; his father-in-law, Joseph DeLucia of Sayreville; two sisters-in-law, Carmen Delikat of Sayreville and Dolores “Cookie” DeLucia of North Brunswick; a brother-in-law, Joseph DeLucia of Neptune City; and several nieces and nephews. Arrangements were under the direction of Maliszewski Memorial Home, Sayreville. Memorial contributions may be made to Haven Hospice, JFK Medical Center Foundation, 80 James St., Edison, NJ 08818, or to the American Heart Association, 2550 Route 1, North Brunswick, NJ 08902.

John F. Hershey II

Mr. Hershey, 88, of South River, died May 1 in Barbara E. Cheung Memorial Hospice, Edison. Prior to his retirement in 1979, he was a lab technician with DuPont, Parlin section of Sayreville, where he worked for 41 years. Surviving are his wife, Victoria V. Tomaro Hershey; a son, John Hershey III of Washington, D.C.; a daughter, Patti Hershey of Georgetown, Texas; and a granddaughter, Samantha Hershey. Services were held at Brunswick Memorial Home, East Brunswick. Cremation was private. Memorial contributions may be made to Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 1451, 31 Reid St., South River, NJ 08882, or to American Legion Lyons-Schepsco Post No. 214, P.O. Box 13, South River, NJ 08882.

Blanche R. Levitt Weiss

Mrs. Weiss, 84, of Monroe, formerly of East Brunswick, died May 8 in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Her husband, Saul, died in 2000, and a son-in-law, Fred Valentino, died in 1988. Surviving are two daughters, Florence Ackerman and Arlene Valentino, both of East Brunswick; a sister, Janet Levine of Monroe; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and three nephews and three nieces. Services were held at Mount Sinai Memorial Chapels, East Brunswick. Interment was in Beth Abraham Cemetery, East Brunswick. Memorial contributions may be made to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 246 Monmouth Road, Oakhurst, NJ 07755.