Louis “Sonny” Calabretta

Louis “Sonny” Calabretta passed away peacefully the evening of Tuesday January 28, 2025, surrounded by his loving family. Born in Long Branch to Joseph and Florence Calabretta, Sonny was the oldest of their three children. He was a star basketball player for Long Branch High and drew crowds at every game with people coming out …
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Jeanne “Jan” Russoniello Gillen

Jeanne Gillen, 76, of Hazlet passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January 7, 2025 surrounded by her family. Jeanne was born on July 20, 1948 to the late John and Rita Russoniello. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother.  Jeanne spent her life as a devoted educator. She began her career teaching home economics in …
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Samuel Townsend Graver

On Friday, October 18, 2024, our beloved Samuel Graver passed away.  Sam was born on August 11, 1993, to his parents William Townsend Graver and Patricia Grave of Wall, New Jersey.  He was the second child of six children. Sam attended Allenwood Elementary School and graduated from Wall High School among the Class of 2011. …
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Helen Wainright Meyer

Helen M. (Wainright) Meyer, 95, passed away October 13 at Jersey Shore Medical Center. She was a resident of Tinton Falls, and formerly lived in  Oceanport and Middletown.  Born November 19, 1928, in Long Branch, she was a graduate of Long Branch High School. She was predeceased by her husband of 61 years, Robert S. …
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Valarie E. Boynton

Valarie E. Boynton, 76 of West Long Branch, died peacefully at Complete Care at Bay Lea, in Toms River, NJ. She worked for 35 years at Shop Rite in the Neptune and West Long Branch stores. She was an avid cat lover, was obsessed with Mickey Mouse and Disney, and her Goddaughter Michele Turning had …
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Kieran C. Lynch

Kieran C. Lynch, 73, of Long Branch, died on Monday, August 19. Kieran was born in Long Branch to the late Marian and Arthur James Lynch. He was raised in Little Silver and Red Bank, and graduated from Red Bank Catholic High School. Kieran went on to receive his bachelor’s degree from Mount St. Mary’s …
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Imma Gabrieli

Immacolata “Imma” Gabrieli, 91, of West Long Branch, died on Thursday, July 4th. Imma was born and raised in Naples, Italy to the late Angelina and Roberto Migliaccio. She and the love of her life, Valentino, married in Naples before she emigrated to the United States. She and her husband lived in Brooklyn, Staten Island, …
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June M Smith

June Marlene Smith (nee: Breitenbach) left this earth on Saturday, May 11, 2024.  She was greeted in heaven by her loving husband, Michael, who waited 6 years to join him.    June was a local girl who was born and grew up in Long Branch, NJ and never strayed far from the area.  She raised …
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Dorothy P. George

Dorothy P. George, 103, of Long Branch, passed away peacefully, Thursday, December 14th at home. Dorothy was a true daughter of Long Branch.  It’s where she lived her entire life, growing up on Atlantic Ave near the ocean with her parents, Peter and Georgia Karunos. The two had immigrated from the village of Anavryti near Sparta …
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Debbie Woolley

Debbie Woolley, of Eatontown, died on Friday, October 20. She was born in Elysburg, PA to the late Doris and Harold Broadt. Debbie moved to Jackson, NJ at the age of seven and later lived in Asbury Park, where she and her husband married in the late 1980s. They lived in a few places together …
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