Obituaries in Somerville, NJ

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...

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...

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...

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. 

Gloria Lee (Thompson) Greif, 89, passed away peacefully on January 6, 2026. Born in Oneida, TN to her parents Leo & Clarice Thompson, she grew up in Cincinnati, OH. At 21, moved to NYC to work as a flight attendant for American Airlines before marrying & settling in Bridgewater, NJ. Gloria...

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...

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...

Annette F. Bzdewka, 89, passed away December 29, 2025. Funeral services will be 11am Saturday at St. James Cemetery in Woodbridge. Arrangements by Bruce C. VanArsdale Funeral Home, Somerville. 

You can still show your support by sending flowers directly to the family or plant a tree in memory of John Scott Janner.

You can still show your support by sending flowers directly to the family or plant a tree in memory of Anne Servon.

It is with deep sadness to announce the death of Dharmi M. Patel age 26 on Wednesday December 26 2025. Funeral services will be Saturday January 3 2026 from 900am to 1100am at Franklin Memorial Park 1800 State Route 27 North Brunswick NJ. Followed by a cremation at 1100am. Arrangements have been ent...

It is with great sadness to announce the death of Kusum Manohar Phirke age 90 on Friday December 26 2025 at her home surrounded by her loving family. It is with great sadness to announce the death of Kusum Manohar Phirke age 90 on Friday December 26 2025 at her home surrounded by her loving family.