Obituaries

Kelly Branscomb

Apr 23, 2017

Kelly Lynn Branscomb (nee Hogan), 48, passed away on April 23, 2017 after a long battle with breast cancer. Kelly was born on May 25,1968 in Toms River, NJ, the daughter of Veronica Constantino (deceased 2005) and Walter Hogan, currently of Bryant, AR.

Of Tlingit descent, Kelly was born into a military family and lived in many...

Rodney Chadwick

Apr 18, 2017

Rodney Keith Chadwick, 74, of Warren Grove and Marshallberg, NC, passed away on April 18, 2017 at his home North Carolina.

Born in Barnegat, NJ, he lived in Barnegat prior to Warren Grove where he resided for the last 52 years. He very much enjoyed his summer home in North Carolina. He was the head of ground maintenance...

Margaret Allen

Apr 1, 2017

Margaret E. Allen, 90, of Manahawkin, passed away on Saturday, April 1, 2017, at home. Born in Westwood, NJ, she lived in Little Egg Harbor prior to Manahawkin where she resided for the last 6 years. Prior to her retirement, she was owner and broker of Crest Realty, Beach Haven Crest, NJ. She was a member of the Ocean...

Ruth Barrese

Mar 30, 2017

Ruth K. Barrese (nee McIntyre), age 89, passed away on Thursday, March 30, 2017 with her family by her side.

She was born in Guttenberg, NJ she lived in Manahawkin from 1975 until 2 years ago, when she moved to Jackson, NJ. Ruth was a parishioner of St. Mary of the Pines Church, and a member of...

Courtney Blessing

Mar 21, 2017

Courtney J Blessing, passed away peacefully on March 21, 2017, after a long and difficult battle with breast cancer.

She was 34 years old.

Courtney was born in Paterson, NJ. She moved to Manahawkin, NJ with her family at the age of six, where she still lived until her death. Courtney was a graduate of...

Peter Hauge

Mar 21, 2017

Peter N. Hauge, 82, of Manahawkin, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 21, 2017.

Born in Staten Island, NY, he lived in Howell and Jackson prior to Manahawkin where he resided since 1998.  He was a graduate of Wagner College where he received his Master’s Degree in Education. He worked as a Public Health Educator for the...

Tricia Becknell

Mar 20, 2017

Tricia Ann (Wallace) Becknell, of Manahawkin, NJ passed away peacefully Monday, March 20th, at the age of 79, with her loving children at her side. Born to Dorys Marie (Ward) and William Wallace III, in Tallman, NY, on October 5, 1937, Tricia graduated from Fountain Hill High School in Center Valley PA, and received an A.A. from Centenary College...

Edward Walsh

Mar 4, 2017

Our beautiful son Edward T. Walsh “Eddie” departed from this world and began his new journey after an unexpected and sudden illness took his life on March 4, 2017.

Born in Montclair, New Jersey on May 18, 1983, Eddie was an incredible man of only 33 years of age with a magnetic smile and infectious laugh. In his short time, Eddie saw much of the world, residing in London, Brussels and Connecticut before...

Ellen Serpico

Feb 27, 2017

Ellen M. Serpico, 89, of Spray Beach NJ, passed away on February 27 at SOCH in Manahawkin, surrounded by her children and grandchildren.

Ellen was born on October 7, 1927 in Philadelphia to William and Catherine Mannix.   She and her brother Bill grew up in Spray Beach and attended Beach Haven Elementary School and Barnegat High School....

Joan Wieczorek

Feb 19, 2017

Joan H. Wieczorek, 85, passed away peacefully on Sunday morning, February 19, 2017.

Joan was a lifelong resident of Barnegat Light, NJ, Florida, and West Creek, NJ.

Joan was born to Joel and Cassie Montgomery in 1931 and grew up in Barnegat Light with her brother Joel (predeceased), and her sisters; Jackie (predeceased), Marion, and...

Stephen Ferringo Sr.

Feb 18, 2017

Stephen Ferringo Sr., 82, of Manahawkin, died on February 18 after a brief illness.

Born in Brooklyn, he moved to Long Beach Island in 1963. He was the owner/operator of Tony's Pizza in Long Beach Township until 1984. He later became a manager at Joeys' Pizza and Pasta in Manahawkin.

Steve was a passionate New...

Carolyn Butkus

Feb 17, 2017

Ms. Carolyn Patricia "Peg" Butkus, 91,  of Manahawkin, NJ, died peacefully on February 17, 2017 at Southern Ocean Medical Center.

Carolyn was born on March 16th 1925 in Belleville NJ.  Carolyn enjoyed many activities including crocheting, playing the lottery and her biggest love along with Pete was going

to the casino.  Most of all she loved...

Kenneth Wilhelm

Feb 16, 2017

Kenneth “Ken” Wilhelm, 62, formerly of Barnegat, passed away on Thursday, February 16th, 2017, surrounded by his loving family after a courageous fight against Parkinson’s.

A dedicated father, son, and brother, Ken was predeceased by his parents Carl and Delores Wilhelm of Bradenton, FL, survived by son Daniel Wilhelm of Medford, NJ, daughter Kate Wilhelm of Warminster,...

Todd Stead

Feb 11, 2017

Private services will be held at a later date.

Salvatore Zullo

Feb 5, 2017

Salvatore Paul Zullo, 90, of North Beach, Long Beach Island, NJ, died at home on February 5th surrounded by his loving family.

Sal was born on March 1st, 1926 in New York City to Nicoletta Diadati and Paolo Zullo and grew up in Brooklyn New York. He proudly served in the United States Navy, LCT Group 105 during...

Vanessa Horn

Jan 29, 2017

Vanessa Rose Horn

April 21, 1988 – January 29, 2017

Vanessa Rose Horn aged 28 of Barnegat went home to be with the Lord on January 29, 2017 surrounded by her loved ones.

She was a 2006 graduate of Southern Regional High School, Manahawkin.  At the time of her death, she was employed...

Karen Townsend

Jan 26, 2017

Karen M. Townsend (nee Wentz) of West Creek, NJ passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 26, 2017. Born in Philadelphia, PA, she lived in Surf City, NJ prior to West Creek where she resided for the last 15 years. Karen owned and operated a cleaning service. She was a gifted artist. She attended the Philadelphia Institute of Art and...

Doris Colquhoun

Jan 21, 2017

Doris J. Colquhoun, 86 of the Beach Haven West section of Manahawkin, NJ passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 21, 2017. Doris was born in Paterson, NJ. She lived in Totowa, NJ with her husband Joe prior to Beach Haven West where she resided since 1966. She was a Librarian for the Totowa Public Library prior to her retirement....

Jason Huber

Jan 20, 2017

Jason was born October 12, 1973, in Linden, NJ.  He was raised in Plainfield, NJ. He later moved to Barnegat where he raised his family with his high school sweetheart.  He eventually relocated to Manahawkin where he discovered a talent in mosaics.

Jason was a loving father who was incredibly proud of his two sons.  He was...

Janet Morgan

Jan 20, 2017

Janet Morgan, 61 of Mayetta, NJ passed away peacefully on Friday, January 20, 2017, at home after a long battle with cancer. Janet was born and raised in Oakland, NJ. She graduated from Indian Hills High School, attended the University of Miami and graduated from the International School of Dog Grooming, NY. She owned and operated Rover Dog Grooming,...