Colonia High School Alumni Obituaries

Stanley A. Rothman 92 of Colonia passed away on January 21 2026 at Willow Springs Rehab in Brick Twp. He was born in Jersey City on February 26 1933. Stanley was a former High School Teacher and Guidance Counselor and Administrator for the New Jersey Board of Education. He was an active member at Te...

Maria ZitoKaufman of Colonia NJ and New Smyrna Beach FL passed away Tuesday January 27 2026 at Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach at the age of 78. Born in Brooklyn NY she graduated from Villa Victoria Academy in 1965 where later she served on their Board of Directors. She earned her Bachelors ...

Lorraine Salt 93, longtime resident of Cranford, New Jersey passed away peacefully on February 1, 2026. She was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey to Michael and Mary Piascik on September 2, 1932. She graduated from St. Mary’s High School. She met the love of her life, Norman Salt, at Twin City Roller Sk...

Gail Hymowitz, 84, passed away January 19, 2026.Gail was born and raised in Brooklyn to the late Louis and Rose Miller. She moved to New Jersey in 1965 and settled in Union where she raised her family until 2003. Gail then lived in Somerset, NJ before heading to Florida in 2012 to retire in the warm...

Thelma (Pogue) Wilson was born on October 13,1933, in Lee County, South Carolina to Mamie E. Pogue and Henry W. Pogue. She was raised and educated in Roselle, NJ and was a graduate of Roselle’s Abraham Clark High School Class of ’51. She would graduate and enter the working world and become a clothi...

Tammy Marie Rivera of Piscataway New Jersey passed away unexpectedly on the morning of January 28 2026 at her residence at the age of 53. Mrs. Rivera was born at Saint Barnabas Hospital in Livingston New Jersey. She was raised in Irvington and later resided in Avenel Woodbridge Edison and Piscataway...

John R. Jesse Garner 73 of Phillipsburg NJ passed away on December 26 2025 at his home. Born February 7 1952 in St. Louis Missouri he was the son of the late James Garner and Violet Hunter Garner. He was a man who loved his family and his two dogs Brodie and Aili. Jesse was Thomas Scott Ferguson 72 ...

Anna Ostarticki of Readington departed this life to be with the Lord on January 2. She was a kind, gentle, and generous faith-filled woman who loved her family deeply. With her passing, she leaves a profound hole in our hearts.Anna was born in Bežovce, Czechoslovakia, and emigrated with her family t...

Anna Ostarticki of Readington departed this life to be with the Lord on January 2. She was a kind, gentle, and generous faith-filled woman who loved her family deeply. With her passing, she leaves a profound hole in our hearts.Anna was born in Bežovce, Czechoslovakia, and emigrated with her family t...

Anna Ostarticki of Readington departed this life to be with the Lord on January 2. She was a kind, gentle, and generous faith-filled woman who loved her family deeply. With her passing, she leaves a profound hole in our hearts.Anna was born in Bežovce, Czechoslovakia, and emigrated with her family t...

Louis R Rizzolo 87 of Colonia NJ passed suddenly at his home on Tuesday December 23 2025. He was born and raised in First Ward Section of Newark and was formerly of Iselin before moving to Colonia 53 years ago. He was a graduate of Barringer High School in Newark with the Class of 1955. He retired i...

Pamela M. Anderson 73 of Woodbridge after multiple health issues finally rests in peace. Born July 6 1952 she was a graduate of Colonia High School was employed by Fedders Corporation in Edison Prudential Insurance in Iselin and retired from Aetna Insurance in Cranbury. She loved Christmas Hallmark ...

John T. Bruns 89 formerly of Shrewsbury passed away Friday December 12 in Columbia MD. Born in Elizabeth and raised in Colonial Terrace Ocean Township John lived in Shrewsbury for 55 years before briefly residing in Tinton Falls and Columbia MD. He was predeceased by his wife of 40 years Dale Sohl B...