Bernards High School Alumni Obituaries

Mr. Jasper B. Christian affectionately known as Bernard was born on July 25 1951 in High Point North Carolina to the late David and Mary Alice Christian. He peacefully transitioned in the early morning hours of Christmas Day surrounded by love leaving behind a legacy of love quiet strength and cheri...

Lois Eileen Frankosky Johnson better known to the ones closest to her as Dee Dee passed away peacefully on Tuesday January 2nd 2026. She was born in Summit NJ to her parents Joseph and Mary Frankosky. Dee Dee was predeceased by her beloved husband Richard Dicky Johnson Son Alan Ricky Johnson and Son...

Doris Kutcher 96 of the Basking Ridge section of Bernards Township passed away on Wednesday April 30 2025. She was born April 25 1929 in Rockaway Township NJ to Ella and John Hancock. She attended Dover NJ schools and graduated from Dover High School in 1947. Mrs. Kutcher is survived by a son Bruce ...

Edward J. Russo 69 of Bedminster passed away on Tuesday December 23 2025 at his home with family by his side. He was born in Somerville on December 29 1955 a son of the late James V. and Marguerite Jane Deck Russo. He was a lifelong resident of Bedminster except for a few years spent in Peapack. Ed ...

Jennifer M. Picheca age 75 a lifelong resident of Far Hills passed away on Friday March 21 2025 after enduring a long and courageous battle with multiple health issues. Jennifer was born at the then Somerset Medical Center in Somerville on September 9 1949 the daughter of the late Anthony and Mary M...

Marlene Solimeo nee Campbell age 88 of Philadelphia passed away on the morning of Wednesday May 21st. Marlene was preceded in death by her husband Nicholas of 45 years son Nicholas and siblings Regis Campbell Patrick Campbell and Mary Catherine Boerner nee Campbell. She was a member of St Bernards C...

was born on December 31 1946 to Mary Helen Domeaux Bernard and Preston Bernard in Beaumont Texas. She was the youngest sibling and the only girl among three older brothers. She grew up in the Pear Orchard neighborhood. Lillian accepted Christ at an early age at Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church in...

She was born in Oil City to the late Fred and Mary Gallagher and grew up in Kane graduating from Kane High School. On Nov. 22 1957 she married the love of her life Ron Lerch at St. Callistus Church in Kane. In her early years Shirley worked as a telephone operator for Pennsylvania Bell Telephone. La...

Born in Somerville NJ to parents Edward G. and Eunice VanWyck Gerth was a longtime PeapackGladstone area resident finally settling down in Bernardsville for the past 15 years. Gerth graduated from Bernards High School and knowing that college was not for him he got a job with Patsy Dante who was the...

Bernard D. Dixon age 96 of Astoria Illinois passed away at 825 pm on Saturday April 19 2025 at The Arc in Chillicothe Illinois. He was born on February 26 1929 in Bluff City Illinois the son of Kenneth Lyle and Fern Ida Gould Dixon. He married Nedra Irene Avery on January 23 1954 in Olathe Kansas....

Thomas Tibaldi age 96 passed away peacefully on Tuesday January 6 2026 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset. A man whose life was defined by faith hard work and devotion to family Thomas lived with quiet strength purpose and integrity. Born and raised in Plainfield New Jersey Thomas w...

Richard L. “Dick” VanArsdale, 91, passed away January 3, 2026.Dick was born in Somerville and raised in Peapack Gladstone before moving to Hillsborough 57 years ago. He was a 1951 graduate of Bernards High School. Dick was employed as a splicing technician for NJ Bell Telephone for 41 years, retirin...

Bernard Glenn was born on November 9 1950 to the union of the late Annie Mae Brownfield Glenn and Hoover Glenn. He was a beloved husband father grandfather brother and friend whose life touched many with kindness strength and devotion. Mr. Glenn was a graduate of Phyllis Wheatley High School Class o...

Donna Jean Hamby age 78 daughter of James and Vera Kennedy Riley was born March 9 1947 in Waynesville Missouri. She passed away December 13 2025 surrounded by her children in Eureka Missouri. Donna is preceded in death by her parents her husband Ronald sister Mary Ann and brother James Warren. She ...

William Barclay Livingstone Palmer known as Barclay a passionate humanities teacher and administrator education reformer and pianist who served in the British Army and competed in the 1956 Olympics died peacefully at Avita of Brunswick on Sept. 27. He was 88. Barclay headed the Upper Schools at Frie...

Lewiston It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing of Philip John Larlee on Saturday October 1 2022 at St. Marys Regional Medical Center Lewiston Maine. Phil was born at St. Marys to Florence and Herbert Larlee on June 27 1955. He grew up in Auburn where he attended Sacred Heart S...

Arlene attended Auburn Schools graduating from Edward Little High School. She then attended Bernards School of Hair and married Roger A. Ouellette in 1946. She worked at Pecks as an elevator operator and at the Chickadee Restaurant in Turner. She also operated her own hair salon at home for many yea...