Rahway High School Alumni Obituaries

Van Henry Thomas was born on Thursday February 5 1948 in Chase City Virginia to the late George and Fannie Thomas. He was their firstborn child. Van peacefully departed this life on October 26 2025. He leaves to cherish his memory his devoted wife Clarice Alice Thomas his daughters Candace Thomas of...

Devoted mother and loving grandmother, Diane Tate (69 years of age), joined the Lord Friday, March 7, 2025.In Rahway, New Jersey, on January 31, 1956, Diane Carol Givens was born. The eldest of two daughters (Kelli Givens), Diane was exactly what her parents, James ‘Dutchie’ Givens and Jean ‘Sweetie...

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...

Gail Michelle Lynch was born on September 6, 1955, in Brooklyn, New York, where she was raised by her mother, Bertha Beasley, and her grandmother, Josephine “Aunt Joe” Mercer. From Bertha and Aunt Joe, Gail learned many of the virtues that shaped who she would eventually become: a strong, fiercely i...

Albert J. Pirrocco Jr. of Rahway NJ entered into eternal peace on January 1 2026. He was born in Rahway raised in Edison moving to Rahway in 1991. Albert attended J.P. Stevens High School in Edison NJ. He studied HVAC at Lincoln Technical Institute in Union NJ. Albert had a long career as a service ...

Judith M. Olson passed on Thursday January 8 2026. Judy was a beloved wife mother grandmother sister cousin aunt friend and so much more to all who were fortunate enough to know and love her. She leaves behind a large and devoted family including her three sons Rob Jack and Gary her daughtersinlaw S...

Lois Marian Baranski beloved mother wife sister aunt and friend passed away peacefully on Sunday November 23 2025 at the age of 71. Born in Jersey City to Irene Jakubas and Stephen Baranski she grew up surrounded by family faith and a strong sense of pride in her Polish heritagethough she often joke...

Lula Mae Davis Mitchell was born May 11 1941 in Wilson North Carolina the second of six children. She received her education at Darden High School and continued at Saint Augustine University in Raleigh North Carolina where she earned a Bachelors of Science Degree in Education. While attending Saint ...

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...