All Obituaries

Rockaway Twp: Roy R. Claps, beloved husband, father and grandfather, aged 73, passed away on October 1, 2022, surrounded by his family after a long battle with Parkinson’s and Lewy Body Dementia. Born in the Bronx to Lou and Bianca (Colella) Claps, he grew up in River Edge, graduating from Bergen Catholic and earning a B.A. in Economics from Rutgers College and a J.D. from Rutgers Law School. He practiced law as a partner in Pennella & Claps in Dover for 39 years and was a...

Rockaway Twp: Roy R. Claps, beloved husband, father and grandfather, aged 73, passed away on October 1, 2022, surrounded by his family after a long battle with Parkinson’s and Lewy Body...

Robert Edwards Hopatcong

Robert Bruce Edwards January 8, 1960 – September 27, 2022 (age 62) Robert Bruce Edwards passed away on September 27th, 2022 at Morristown Medical Center in Morristown, NJ surrounded by his loving family. He was 62 years old. Bruce was born in Morristown, NJ to the late Andrew Grant and Ella Mae Edwards. He grew up in Morristown and graduated from Morristown High School in 1978 where he then went on to attend Louisville University. Bruce was married to his late...

Robert Bruce Edwards January 8, 1960 – September 27, 2022 (age 62) Robert Bruce Edwards passed away on September 27th, 2022 at Morristown Medical Center in Morristown, NJ surrounded by his...

Carmen Negron Wharton

Wharton: Carmen was born and raised in Utuado, Puerto Rico. She moved to the Dover area before settling in Wharton 50 years ago. Mrs. Negron was a Pharmecutical Machine Operator for many different companies, last working at Pfizer of Parsippany. Carmen loved Bingo and spending time with her large family and shopping at Kohl's especially when she got her 30% off coupons. She loved the outdoors, gardening and her plants. She loved flea markets on the weekends and lottery scratch...

Wharton: Carmen was born and raised in Utuado, Puerto Rico. She moved to the Dover area before settling in Wharton 50 years ago. Mrs. Negron was a Pharmecutical Machine Operator for many...

Charles Shanley, Jr. Mine Hill

Mine Hill: Charles J. Shanley, Jr. passed away peacefully at home with his family by his side on Saturday, September 24, 2022. He was 69 years of age. Charles was born and raised in Staten Island, NY and moved to Dover in 1988, settling in Mine Hill in 1991. He was the Director, Enforcement/Member Regulations at the NY Stock Exchange, later working as Director- Enterprise Investigations Unit, Corporate Investigations Unit at Prudential Insurance. He retired in...

Mine Hill: Charles J. Shanley, Jr. passed away peacefully at home with his family by his side on Saturday, September 24, 2022. He was 69 years of age. Charles was born and raised in...

Douglas Hall Sparta

Sparta: Douglas “Digger” Hall, 87, passed away peacefully with his children by his side on Tuesday, September 20, 2022, at his home in Sparta NJ. Doug was born August 1st, 1935, in Paterson, NJ and raised in Wayne. He attended Wayne Valley High School where met his wife, Janice L. (Kutka). As a young man, Doug greatly enjoyed raising goats, chickens, and riding horses where he competed in many rodeos as a barrel racer. He moved his family to Succasunna where he...

Sparta: Douglas “Digger” Hall, 87, passed away peacefully with his children by his side on Tuesday, September 20, 2022, at his home in Sparta NJ. Doug was born August 1st,...

Raymond Laverty Melbourne, FL

Raymond C. Laverty, 87, of Melbourne, FL passed away peacefully on August 15, 2022, surrounded by his wife and children. Born in Astoria, NY, on June 5, 1935, to Elizabeth V. (Tobin) and Clifford J. Laverty, he graduated from Rutgers University with a BA in Economics. In 1959 he was drafted into the US Army counter-intelligence unit and served three years in Germany. He returned stateside with his Austin-Healey and took up drag racing his 1965 Mustang in Englishtown, NJ. Raymond (Ray)...

Raymond C. Laverty, 87, of Melbourne, FL passed away peacefully on August 15, 2022, surrounded by his wife and children. Born in Astoria, NY, on June 5, 1935, to Elizabeth V. (Tobin) and Clifford...

Joseph Stephenson Franklin, NJ

Franklin, NJ: Joseph A. Stephenson, “LL Cool UJ” passed away peacefully at his home on Sunday, September 18, 2022 with his family at his side, after a 5 year battle with cancer. He was 67 years of age. Joseph was born in Jersey City and raised in nearby Bayonne. He moved to the White Meadow Lake section of Rockaway Twp in 1989. He moved to Pompton Plains in 1998 and recently to Franklin in 2016. Mr. Stephenson was the Director of IT at Russ Berrie of...

Franklin, NJ: Joseph A. Stephenson, “LL Cool UJ” passed away peacefully at his home on Sunday, September 18, 2022 with his family at his side, after a 5 year battle with...

Jean Florek Wharton

Wharton: Jean Florek died peacefully at home in her sleep on May 23, 2022. She was 64 years of age. She was born in March 25, 1958 to the late James B. Kelly and M. Joan Smith of Wharton. She was predeceased by her husband Robert Florek of Rockaway, her brother James M. Kelly and sister JoAnn Kelly. She was employed by Reuben Warner Associate of Berkley Heights, NJ. She was survived by her brother Jeffrey Kelly and his wife Alison of Landing NJ and brother, Jack Kelly...

Wharton: Jean Florek died peacefully at home in her sleep on May 23, 2022. She was 64 years of age. She was born in March 25, 1958 to the late James B. Kelly and M. Joan Smith of...

Richard Dodd Port Murray

Port Murray, NJ: Richard E. Dodd passed away suddenly on Thursday, September 15th, 2022 at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, NJ. He was 64 years of age. Richard was born in Dover, NJ and lived in Wharton, NJ during his early years. The last 23 years he has lived in Port Murray, NJ. Mr. Dodd graduated from Morris Hills and began his career in HVAC. After exploring multiple opportunities he started his own successful company, DT Mechanical. He was loved by all who...

Port Murray, NJ: Richard E. Dodd passed away suddenly on Thursday, September 15th, 2022 at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, NJ. He was 64 years of age. Richard was born in...

William Ravinskas Wharton

Wharton: William Ravinskas (Bill) passed away on Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at Morristown Medical Center, Morristown. He was 70 years of age. Bill was predeceased by his mother, Ruth (née Kriger) and his father Art. He was born in Scranton, PA and resided most of his life in Wharton. He was a graduate of Morris Hills High School, Class of 1970. He also graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 1975. Mr. Ravinskas worked for AT&T and Lucent for...

Wharton: William Ravinskas (Bill) passed away on Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at Morristown Medical Center, Morristown. He was 70 years of age. Bill was predeceased by his mother, Ruth...

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