Obituary Listing
Local Obituaries for Ocean Grove Memorial Home
Herbert G. Herbst
Jun 5, 2017
Herbert George Herbst was born in Jersey City, NJ July 19, 1926 of Marie and August Herbst, and passed away on June 5th, 2017 age 90. Herbert left 6 months before his high school graduation to join the Army Air Corp during WWII along with his brothers Edward (a Sea Bee with the Navy) and Frederic (serving with the...
Leann Bergen
Feb 15, 2017
Leeann Bergen, nee Karnai, 56, of Asbury Park passed away on Wednesday, February 15, 2017 at Cooper University Hospital with family by her side. Born July 14, 1961 in Elizabeth, to John and Margaret Karnai. Leeann attended St. Mary's Grammar School and Rahway High School along with siblings Michael, Debbie and Cheryl. Leeann spent her summers at the beach...
Jean A. Dabler
Feb 10, 2017
Jean A. Dabler, 95, of Ocean Grove, died Friday February 10, 2017 at home. She had worked as a secretary for Standard Keil Hardware in Allenwood. Then she worked for the Ocean Grove Tourism Bureau for 20 years. Mrs. Dabler served with the WAVEs in the United States Navy during World War II. She was a member of St....
David O. Douglas
Jan 5, 2017
David Donald Douglas, 60, of Ocean Grove died January 5, 2017. David had been the owner of Dave's Hobby Shop and a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church, both in Ocean Grove. He also volunteered for the Ocean Grove Citizen Patrol. David was predeceased by his parents, Benjamin and Florence Douglas. Surviving are his brother Wayne, his cousins,...
Janet B. Ter Linden
Feb 11, 2016
Janet B. ter Linden, 84, of Asbury Park died Thursday February 11,2016 at St. Joseph's Hospital, Wayne. Mrs. ter Linden worked as a secretary for Bel Labs in Murray Hill where she met her future husband, Bill. She was an active volunteer at the St. Paul's Food Pantry, the Jersey Shore Performing Arts Center and at the Asbury Towers...
John Joseph Nolan , Iii
Feb 6, 2016
John Joseph Nolan III, 80 of Toms River, died on Saturday, February 6, 2016 at the Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, NJ. He was a member of Greenbriar Woodlands community. Born in Elizabeth, NJ, he lived in Burlington, Neptune and Toms River. He was a Roman Catholic and worked in the steel business throughout his life. He loved...
Rev. Eugene W. Foote
Dec 26, 2015
Rev. Eugene Wheeler Foote, 86, of Ocean Grove, died Saturday December 26, 2015 at Manor by the Sea, Ocean Grove. Eugene was born in Staten Island, NY on March 21, 1929 to Frederick and Beatrice Foote. He Studied at Wagner College and then graduated from Seminary School. Rev. Foote was a Methodist minister for many years, and he enjoyed...
Luke Mitchell
Nov 17, 2015
Luke James Mitchell, 30, of Ocean Grove, NJ, passed away November 17, 2015 surrounded by his immediate family. He waged a courageous and relentless battle with valvular heart disease. He was predeceased by his father, David I. Mitchell in 2005. Luke is survived by his mother, Roberta Reaser Mitchell, of Ocean Grove; brother Matthew and wife, Rachel, of Drexel...
Elizabeth B. Collins
Nov 5, 2015
Elizabeth Bertha Collins, of Tinton Falls, died Thursday November 5, 2015 at home. Elizabeth Bertha was born to the late Rev. William Henry Hebron, the founder of Emmanuel Baptist Church and Viola Hebron on February 7, 1925 in Atlantic Highlands. Elizabeth was educated and graduated from the Red Bank school system. She completed her studies and was certified as...
James T. Shanahan
Oct 3, 2015
James T. Shanahan, 87, of Ocean Grove, died Saturday October 3, 2015 at Manor by the Sea, Ocean Grove, NJ. Mr. Shanahan retired from The Shanahan Machine Shop Tool and Dye in Jersey City, a company founded by his father in 1929. Born In Jersey City, NJ, he became a resident of Saddle Brook , NJ in 1954. He...
Heather Ann Ferguson Walton
Aug 16, 2015
Heather Ann (Ferguson) Walton, 70, of Orient, ME and Wayside, NJ, died suddenly on Sunday, August 16, 2015 at her residence in Maine. She was born in Long Branch, NJ, the daughter of John W. B. Jeanette (Knight) Ferguson. Heather lived in Asbury Park and Wayside, NJ until she and her husband moved to the willy wags of northeastern...
Marie L. Cooper
Aug 7, 2015
Marie Lynn Cooper, of Wanamassa, died Friday August 7, 2015 at home. She had worked as a nurse and a writer before retiring. She was predeceased by her husband Dennis Cooper in 1993 and by her mother Catherine Bennett Andriessen. Surviving are her children, Ryan John Cooper and his wife Claire G. of Cranford, James Dennis Cooper of Spring...
William Grogan
Jul 20, 2015
William Leonard Grogan, 80, of Ocean Grove, passed away on July 20, 2015 at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune. Born in Binghamton, NY to the late Leonard and Lena O'Neill Grogan, William was an extremely successful businessman and dedicated employee of IBM for 44 years of his life. Joining IBM in 1960, he was renowned for his...
Virginia A. Santaniello
Jul 16, 2015
Virginia A. Santaniello, 78, of Neptune, died Wednesday July 16, 2015 at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. She had worked as an executive at Grant's Department Store in Neptune City, then for the Shop Rite in Freehold before finishing her career at CECOM at Fort Monmouth. Ginger enjoyed traveling thru Canada and the United States. Her favorite places...
Edna Mae Gray Wilkins
Jul 5, 2015
Edna Mae Gray Wilkins, 99, of Ocean Grove passed away on July 5, 2015 at Medicenter in Neptune City. She was born on February 3, 1916, at St Francis Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut to the late Caroline (Dunning) and Lester Borden. Her family relocated to the Bradley Beach, NJ area when she was five years old. She was raised...
Stelle Mottley
Apr 8, 2015
Stella Stelle Palka Mottley, 98, of Long Branch, died peacefully at home with her son present on Wednesday April 8, 2015. She was born in Dickson City, Pennsylvania and grew up on her family's dairy farm in Cherry Ridge, near Honesdale, PA. During the Great Depression and World War II, she left catholic school to work as a governess...
Thelma K. Gillan
Mar 25, 2015
Thelma Teak Kershaw Gillan, 99, of Shark River Hills died at home on March 25, 2015. Teak was a lifelong resident of Asbury Park, Ocean Grove, and Neptune, NJ. She was born June 25, 1915, to Ida and Thomas Kershaw in New York City. The family moved to Asbury Park in 1919 after first summering there. After her father's...
Rita A. Weston
Mar 21, 2015
Rita A. Weston passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 21, 2015 at Applewood Care Center, Freehold, NJ. She was 97 years old. Rita was born in Bayonne, NJ on April 19, 1917. She also lived in New York City, Seaford, Long Island and Florida for almost 40 years before moving to Freehold in 2007. Rita was a registered nurse...
Arax Gulbenkian
Mar 13, 2015
Arax Vartouhi Gulbenkian, age 87, died Friday, March 13th 2015 at Francis Asbury Manor in Ocean Grove. She was a long time resident of Ocean Grove who spent summers on this part of the New Jersey Coast since her childhood. Arax worked most of her life as a biochemist for the Schering Drug Company. She loved quilting and her...
Margaret D. Bott
Mar 9, 2015
Margaret D. Bott, 101, of Ocean Grove, died Monday March 9, 2015 at Francis Asbury Manor, Ocean Grove. She worked for many years as an Office Manager for the American Mission to the Greeks in Ridgefield, NJ. Mrs. Bott was a former member of both the Trinity Evangelical Free Church, Teaneck and the Trinity Lutheran Church, Bogota. On her...
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