Obituaries

Beatrice Rivera, 84, of Manchester Twp. passed away on Saturday, July 8, 2023. Beatrice was an LPN for Community Medical Center, Toms River for 25 years before retiring. She was born at Fitkin Hospital in Neptune, NJ, and was raised in Maysville, NC. Upon returning to New Jersey, she lived [...]

Diane L. Beard, 72, passed away Thursday, June 29, 2023, surrounded by her loving family, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Jersey City to John & Rose Rapchinski on January 21, 1951. Their family moved to Lakewood, NJ where she grew up with her sister Joan, [...]

Dawn M. Burgess, 50, of Manchester Twp. passed away Saturday, July 1, 2023. Dawn was a staffing coordinator for CareOne at King James Nursing Home, Atlantic Highlands for many years. Born in Jersey City, she was a lifelong resident of Manchester Twp. Dawn loved her family and adored her ferrets. [...]

William (Bill) Israel, 76, of Whiting passed away Monday, June 19, 2023. Bill worked in the maintenance department for the Garden State Parkway Authority for many years before retiring. Born in Philadelphia, PA, he resided in Seaside Heights before moving to Whiting in 2002. Bill is survived by his wife [...]

Kimberly L. Smith, 59, of South Toms River passed away June 14, 2023. Born in Toms River, she was a lifelong resident of South Toms River. Kimberly owned and operated South Toms River Video for several years. Kimberly served in the Army National Guard and Army Reserve. Kimberly was an [...]

Martin H. Daguiar, 70, of Lakehurst passed away Friday June 9, 2023. Martin was retired. Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, he resided in Toms River before moving to Lakehurst in 1991. Martin served in the U.S. Army from 1971-1975. Martin was an avid Mets fan, who loved his family [...]

Gloria F. Galambos, 76, of Manchester Twp. passed away Tuesday, June 6, 2023. Gloria worked at ShopRite, Jackson for nearly two decades. Born in Madrid, Spain, she came to the United States in the late 1960s. In the 1970s, she proudly became an American citizen. Gloria lived in many other [...]

Stephen Alan Fink, 80, born in Queens, NY, passed away on June 4th, 2023. He was born November 26th, 1942, to Morton and Gertrude Fink. Stephen grew up in Rhode Island where his dad was a Professor at RISD. He had the most unusual upbringing since his father was an [...]

Antoinette Murfitt, 82, of Toms River passed away June 4, 2023, at home. Antoinette worked as a porter for Schering-Plough, Kenilworth for many years before retiring. Born in Newark, she resided in Fords before moving to Toms River in 1997. Antoinette loved collecting seashells along the beach, and enjoyed her [...]

Lynn (Schiller) Paro, 73, of Beachwood passed away Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Lynn was a library assistant for twenty-five years for the Ocean County Library working between the Beachwood and Berkeley Township branches before retiring in 2015. Lynn was born and raised in Newark before moving to Beachwood sixty-four years [...]