Obituaries in Somerville, NJ

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...

Anita A. Brooks, 100, passed away December 21, 2025.Anita was born in Binghamton, New York and formerly of Hillsborough, New Jersey. She received her BSN from Jersey City State College. Anita was employed as a nurse and educator at St. Barnabas Medical Center for 26 years.She is predeceased by her h...

Patricia Sapp, 85, passed away January 5, 2026Patricia was born to Frederick and Mildred Burgess in Washington Township, NJ and formerly of Somerville before moving to Branchburg in 2012. She was a graduate of Somerville High School Class of ’58. Patricia was employed as a Registered Nurse at Somers...

Felicia Leah Thomas, 54, passed away January 9, 2026. Services will be private. Arrangements by Bruce C. VanArsdale Funeral Home, 111 N. Gaston Ave, Somerville. 

Elizabeth A. “Betty” Kozlowski, 89, passed away January 3, 2026.Betty was born in New York and a lifelong resident of Bridgewater since 1965. After graduating from Bound Brook High School in 1954, she received her Associate of Science Degree in Business Administration at Raritan Valley Communit...

Alan B. Granetz, 81, passed away on December 15, 2025, with his family by his side.Alan was born in Somerville, New Jersey, to the late Bertha and Reuben Granetz. He grew up in Raritan and settled in Bridgewater in 1972, where he and his wife, Arlene, built their life together.He graduated from Penn...

William L. “Bill” Thoden, 97, passed away January 6, 2026.William was born in Bayonne and raised in Jersey City before moving to Hillsborough in 1956. Bill was a veteran of the United States Army serving during World War II. He was employed as a civil engineer for Frank Briscoe Co. Inc. in Sout...

Doris Greta Ostergren, wife, mother, grandmother, artist, passes away at age 91, on December 16th, 2025.Born in NYC, Doris was a polio survivor. Against the standard of medical practice at the time, Doris avoided the iron lung and casts. Instead, her mother used Swedish massage and what we know to...

Barbara Nancy Kaplan, 67, passed away peacefully on December 18, 2025, with her family by her side.Barbara was born on September 18, 1958, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to Jack and Cynthia Glincman. At the age of seven, she and her family moved to North Plainfield, NJ, and later settled in Warren, wh...

It is with a sad heart that we announce that Maxine Haykin has passed away on December 25th.    Maxine had celebrated her 95th birthday, this past September 24th and she was very proud  telling everyone she was going to be 95.She and her husband, Marshall raised their f...

Rodion Kostinsky, 73, passed away January 6, 2026.Rodion was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend. He worked as the Director of information technology for the NY State Development Corporation for over 25 years. In his spare time, he enjoyed skiing, bicycling, gym, reading and d...

Patricia L Martin, affectionally known as “Pat” or “Patty,” passed away on Monday, December 1st, 2025, surrounded by her loved ones, leaving a void her family cannot fill.Pat was born on December 27, 1950, to the late Maurice and Herman Compton of Branchburg, New Jersey. She was a 1969 graduate of S...