All Obituaries

Mrs. Frances Homyock Smigelsky Duda, 94, died Sunday, July 14, 2019 in the Careone at the Highlands in Edison, New Jersey. Family and friends are invited to the visitation in the Kowalski Funeral Home, 515 Roselle Street, Linden on Wednesday, July 17th. from 3:00-7:00PM.  The Parastas will be held on Wednesday at 6:30PM in the funeral home.  On Thursday, July 19th. from 8:15-8:45AM everyone will gather in the funeral home where a prayer service will be held at 8:45AM, followed by...

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Florence LaTorraca, also known as Nanny, Cioci, and Flossie, at 96 years of age, passed peacefully into that sweet night on Sunday, June 30, 2019.  Florence lived her life with patience, fortitude and grace and she was always there to help anyone in need, giving whatever she could, where she could. Ever the consummate home maker Florence loved to cook and bake for her family and friends and always set an elegant table for the holidays and other special occasions.  She enjoyed...

Mr. Joseph Paul Borowski, 85, nicknamed “Bo”, peacefully left this earth and went to his heavenly home on Monday, May 27, 2019, where he joins his loving parents, Mary Lewicki Borowski and Walter Borowski; his four brothers, Alex, Stanley, Frankie and Eddie Borowski and his two sisters, Viola Yesuvida and Judy Rogan. Joe was born in Plains, Pennsylvania.  He relocated to Elizabeth, New Jersey, when he was 17 years old.  At the age of 18, Joe joined the U.S. Navy, where...

Mr. Michael J. McCabe, 58, died Wednesday, May 22, 2019 in the Hospice of the Sacred Heart Dunmore in Dunmore, Pennsylvania. Family and friends are invited to the visitation in the Kowalski Funeral Home, 515 Roselle Street, Linden on Tuesday, May 28th. from 4:00-8:00PM.  On Wednesday, May 29th. from 8:30-9:00AM everyone will gather in the funeral home where a prayer service will be held at 9:00AM, followed by the funeral mass to be offered in the St. Theresa of the Child Jesus R.C....

Mr. Jerzy Pyrycz, 72, died Monday, May 28, 2019 in his home, surrounded by his family. Mr. Pyrycz, the son of the late Florentyna Falkowska Pyrycz and the late Aleksander Pyrycz, was born in Bialystok, Poland.  He came to the United States twenty five years ago and he settled in Rahway, New Jersey in 2009. Mr. Pyrycz was employed as a construction worker for World Class Demolition Corporation in Maspeth, New York for twenty-four years until he retired in 2013. Mr. Pyrycz is survived...

Mr. Edward Walter Romanowski, 89, died Monday, May 20, 2019 in the Hunterdon Medical Center in Flemington, New Jersey. Family and friends are invited to the visitation in the Kowalski Funeral Home, 515 Roselle Street, Linden on Thursday, May 23rd. from 5:00-8:00PM.  On Friday, May 24th. from 8:30-9:00AM everyone will gather in the funeral home where a prayer service will be held at 9:00AM,  followed by the funeral mass to be offered in the St. Theresa of the Child Jesus R.C....

Mrs. Regina Godlewska Pehler, 88, died Thursday, May 16, 2019 in the Robert Wood Johnson University Medical Center in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Family and friends are invited to the visitation in the Kowalski Funeral Home, 515 Roselle Street, Linden on Wednesday, May 22nd. from 6:00-8:00PM.  On Thursday, May 23rd. at 9:45AM everyone will gather directly at St. Theresa of the Child Jesus R.C. Church in Linden, where a funeral mass will be offered at 10:00AM.  The prayers of...

Mr. Lech Edward Debowski, 68, died Wednesday, May 15, 2019 in his home in Garfield, New Jersey.  Lech, the son of the late Julia Dzupino Debowski and the late Stanislaw Debowski, was born in Southampton, England.  He came to the United States during the late 1950’s and he lived in a few cities in New Jersey before settling in Garfield, New Jersey. Mr. Debowski was employed as a counter and stock clerk, as well as, a delivery person for Empire Auto Parts in Totowa, New Jersey...

Henry Andrew Rozborski Mr. Henry Andrew Rozborski, 93, died Monday, April 22, 2019 in the Center for Hope Hospice & Palliative Care in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, surrounded by his loving and caring daughters. Visitation will take place in the Kowalski Funeral Home, 515 Roselle St., Linden, on Friday, May 10th. from 4:00 – 8:00PM.  On Saturday, May 11th. at 8:30AM, family and friends are asked to gather in the funeral home where a prayer service will be held at 9:00AM,...