JOHN J. BUCKLEY, 67, of the Morgan section of Sayreville died May 16 at home. Surviving are his wife, Ellen Garrabrant Buckley; two sons, John J. III and Dennis of Morgan; a daughter, Vivian Borruso of Sayreville; and three grandchildren, Melissa Buckley and Christine and Kimberly Borruso. A Mass was offered at Sacred Heart Church, South Amboy. Interment was in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Parlin section of Sayreville. Memorial contributions may be made to Compassionate Care Hospice, 516 High St., Mount Holly, NJ 08060.
DOROTHY MASINEK PAONE, 83, of Lakehurst, formerly of the Cliffwood Beach section of Old Bridge, died May 8 in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Her husband, Joseph, died in 2002. Surviving are a son, Joseph of Colorado; a daughter, Jeanette of the Parlin section of Sayreville; two sisters; three grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Services were held at Michael Hegarty Funeral Home, Old Bridge. Interment was in Brig. Gen. William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Arnytown section of North Hanover.
VICTOR J. POMYKALA, 87, of Sayreville died May 17 at home. His wife, Marie O’Hara Pomykala, died in 2000. Surviving are a daughter, Valerie Jastrzebski, with whom he lived; a son. Robert Pomykala of Millsboro, Del.; and eight grandchildren. A memorial Mass is planned for 11 a.m. on May 22 at Our Lady of Victories Church, Sayreville.
STELLA MAZOL RUTAN, 94, of Old Bridge died May 12 at home. Her husband, Louis Rutan, died in 1961, and a daughter, Grace, died in 2000. Surviving are a daughter, Lois Rowe of Old Bridge; a son, Edward Rutan of California; six grandchildren; eight grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. A Mass was offered at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Old Bridge. Interment was in Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington.
JOHN MEDEL SR., 78, of Old Bridge died May 12 in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Surviving are his wife, Dolores Medel; three sons, David Medel of Howell, John Medel of Old Bridge and Stephen Medel of South Yarmouth, Mass.; a brother, George Medel of the Toms River section of Dover; three sisters, Eleanor Medel of South Amboy, Lydia Riepel of Brick and May Lynch of Beachwood; and two grandchildren. Services were held at Christ Memorial Lutheran Church, East Brunswick. Interment was in Chestnut Hill Cemetery, East Brunswick. Memorial contributions may be made to Christ Memorial Lutheran Church Memorial Fund, Old Stage Road, East Brunswick, NJ 08816.
JOHN BARATTA, 53, of Easton, Md., died May 17 at home after a battle with cancer. He was raised in the Robertsville section of Marlboro, but spent most of his adult life in Manalapan. He had been the owner-operator of John Baratta Auto Body, Freehold until four years ago when he retired to Virginia and then Maryland. A member of the National Rifle Association, Mr. Baratta was a lifelong sportsman whose avid pursuits included bow and rifle hunting as well as aviation. He was a member of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, the United States Ultralight Association, and as a member of the Experimental Aircraft Association, he designed and constructed aircraft. He was predeceased by his parents, John P. and Ann Lanahan Baratta. Surviving are his wife Ann-Marie McCoy-Baratta; first wife Kathleen Brown Baratta, Freehold Township; and their sons, Jared Baratta and Jeremy Baratta, also Freehold Township, and Jason Baratta and his wife, Ricki, Howell; and a brother, Lyle Linaberry, East Stroudsburg, Pa. Interment was in Old Tennent Cemetery, Tennent section of Manalapan. Donations in Mr. Baratta’s name to the Deer’s Head Rehabilitation Hospital, Salisbury, Md., care of Dr. Virginia Dulaney, 351 Deer’s Head Hospital Road, Salisbury, MD 21802 would be appreciated.
KATHERINE PHOLE DePRE, 85, of the Madison Park section of Old Bridge died May 15 at home. Prior to her retirement in 1982, she was employed as an office manager at Channel Lumber, Old Bridge, where she worked for 15 years. Her husband, Joseph P. DePre, died in 2002. Surviving are two daughters, Kathleen Petrick of South Amboy and Patricia Lovrich of Monroe; a son, Keith DePre of Wind Gap, Pa.; a sister, Marion Luma of Sayreville; a brother, Henry Phole of Wildwood; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. A Mass was offered at St. Bernadette’s Church, Parlin. Entombment was in Forest Green Park Mausoleum, Old Bridge.
MARGARET "PEGGY" FUDGE, 73, of Sayreville died May 12 in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy division. Surviving are her husband, Patrick A. Fudge; two daughters, Nancy Roberts of Hazleton, Pa., and Patti Fudge of Sayreville; her father, Anthony Simasek of McAdoo, Pa.; a brother, Ronald Simasek, and two sisters, Dorothy Rubasky and Jean Kohler, all of McAdoo; a granddaughter, Jennifer Paluzzi of Jamesburg; and many nieces and nephews. A Mass was offered at Our Lady of Victories Church, Sayreville. Interment was in St. Mary’s Slovak Cemetery, McAdoo.
JOSEPH J. BROSS JR., 48, of Old Bridge died May 13 in St. Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was employed as a meat cutter at Stop and Shop, Keyport. Surviving are his wife, JoAnna Vaniski Bross; two sisters, Patricia Nieratko of Sayreville and Ellen Novak-Viviano of Spotswood; a brother, John Bross of West Milford; a niece, Theresa Novak of Spotswood; and a great-niece. A Mass was offered at St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, Sayreville. Interment was in Rahway Cemetery.
GRACE CAPICI JASTREBSKI, 72, of East Brunswick, formerly of Sayreville, died May 18 in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to her retirement in 1992, she was employed by the East Brunswick Board of Education as a cafeteria worker. Surviving are her husband, Stanley; a son, John of East Brunswick; two daughters, Susan Clay of Sayreville and Cyndi Semchenko of Millington, Md.; three sisters, Anita Ingram of Easton, Pa., Mildred Wink of Raritan and Rose Josephsen of Columbia, Mo.; a brother, Anthony Capici of Raritan; and eight grandchildren. Services were held at Maliszewski Memorial Home, Sayreville. Interment was in St. Stanislaus Cemetery, Sayreville.
PATRICIA "TRISH" McINERNEY, 33, of Old Bridge died May 17 in St. Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. A graduate of the nursing program at Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools, East Brunswick, she was a licensed practical nurse at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy and Old Bridge divisions, for the past two years. Prior to that, she worked for five years at Pine Brook Care Center, Manalapan. Surviving are two daughters, Brittney and Krystal; her mother, Patricia H. McInerney of Old Bridge; her father, James McInerney of South Amboy; three brothers, James McInerney Jr. of Glendale, Ariz., and Daniel and Joseph McInerney, both of Old Bridge; a sister, Kathleen Christian of the Somerset section of Franklin; her paternal grandmother, Emily McInerney of Somerset; and a niece and three nephews. A Mass was offered at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Old Bridge. Interment was in Chestnut Hill Cemetery, East Brunswick. Memorial contributions may be made to the family for the benefit of the deceased’s daughters.