John Ragazzo - November 5, 1940 - September 13, 2017
John Matthew Ragazzo, 79, loving husband, father and grandfather, died peacefully at home on October 2, 2020, after a long illness.
Born in Jersey City, N.J., he lived in Edison for over 40 years where he raised his family before moving to Somerset, NJ, 9 years ago.
He was the beloved son of the late Maria (nee Guerra) and Bartolomeo Ragazzo. John was a graduate of St. Peter's Prep (1958) and St. Peter's University (1962) in Jersey City, where he received his BS in Physics and later his MS in Physics from Fairleigh Dickinson University. He pursued a career in electro-optical engineering and successfully ran Enmark Associates with his business partner for over 40 years.
He is survived by his loving wife of 57 years, Margaret (nee Conlon) and his three sons, John Jude, Steven (Dorota), Christopher (Jane) and his grandchildren whom he adored, Julia, Angela, Amelia and Mitchell.
Family and friends are invited to attend visitation at Ketusky Funeral Home, 1310 Brooks Blvd., Manville, N.J., on Wednesday, October 7, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Funeral Mass will be held on Thursday, October 8, at 10 a.m. at St. Joseph's Church in Hillsborough, N.J., followed by interment at Holy Cross Cemetery in North Arlington, N.J. Donations can be made to Atlantic Health Hospice or St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in his name.
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Andrew Repka - September 12, 1939 - April 19, 2022
Andrew Repka passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 19, 2022. Andrew was born in Dubinne, Slovakia on September 12, 1939 to Agnes and Joseph Repka. He came to the United States and was raised in Jersey City, NJ. He graduated from St. Peter’s Preparatory Academy and went on to receive his Bachelor’s degree from St. Peter’s College. He proudly served in the U.S. Army where he left service as a Captain, after which he received a Master’s Degree from George Washington University and then began his work as a hospital administrator.
In 1973 Andrew married the love of his life, Daria Morresi. Together they raised three children as well as Daria’s sister who Andrew loved as his own. Andrew is missed and loved by his wife of 49 years, Daria (Morresi), sister in law Lisa Mobilio (Dominick Mobilio) and his nephews, Michael, Daniel and Christopher Mobilio, his children Adam Repka, Christina Repka-Davis (Spencer Davis), Evaleena Repka-Fisher (Mark Fisher), and grandchildren Emily and Elizabeth Fisher and Radek and Violet Davis.
Andrew was a simple man who above all else loved God and his family. He was devoted to his Catholic faith and lived his life guided by Jesus' teachings. He was an example of love, strength, service and devotion. Andrew loved music and sang in barbershop quartets, in church choirs and any chance that he got.
He loved his grandchildren immensely and they loved him back with equal fervor. He was a harmonica player, a polka dancer, an eccentric dresser, a baby whisperer, a lover of baked goods and an all-around kind and loving soul. The world was a better place with him in it but we are comforted by the fact that he is in a better place, reunited with those he loved who went before him.
A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Oak Ridge, NJ, on Monday, April 25 at 11 AM. Interment of cremains to follow at the St. Thomas the Apostle Cemetery on the church grounds.
Tributes to Andy
From Jack Gavin
Andy was also a Saint Peter's College classmate. Good guy with a terrific basso profundo voice. RIP
From Bob Filoramo
Andy came out for freshman football. A moose. After two days he quit because his mother would not let him play football. The team's loss. A good guy.
From Walt Braun
I remember Andy so well...one of the good guys!
From Vince Grillo
I knew Andy well enough to say hello, but I was not in any of his classes. Most of the interaction I had with him was playing intramural basketball in the Prep schoolyard. I believe he is in a photo in the '58 yearbook on page 48, playing basketball, along with Kevin Phelan, Tom Belton and others. What I do remember about him was his easy going disposition and that he pretty much had a smile on his face whenever I saw him. Judging from the comments of those who were closer to him, that was pretty much all the time. Rest in Peace.
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Gregory Sullivan - March 5, 1940 - July 21, 2021
Dr. Gregory Sullivan, M.D., FACC, of Edgartown, Mass., longtime former resident of Upper Montclair, N.J., born March 6, 1940, passed away peacefully in his sleep on the morning of July 26, 2021, at his farm on the Island of Martha’s Vineyard.
Beloved husband, father, grandfather, friend, and healer to thousands over a 53-year medical career, Greg was born to Frank and Lucy in Jersey City and raised in Rutherford, N.J. He met Gene Hejke as a child, and they would later go on to be husband and wife for almost 55 years.
Greg attended St. Peter’s Preparatory School in Jersey City, graduating in 1958. He then matriculated at Georgetown University and studied classics as part of the class of 1962, followed by NYU Medical School class of 1966.
As a physician, he specialized in cardiology and was at the forefront of interventional cardiology in New Jersey for more than a half century. He was a pioneer of angioplasty, which revolutionized non-surgical cardiac intervention. He helped found a major heart surgery center at Passaic General Hospital, where he became Chairman of Cardiology, and the Head of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory.
He married in 1966 and began a family immediately. He served as a Major in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Korea from 1970-1971. Both he and Gene developed passions there that influenced the rest of their lives – including a love of travel with friends and period Chinese porcelain – which ultimately blossomed into The Ivory Bird Antiques on Bloomfield Ave. in Montclair, a business Gene then operated with Mary Heyman for 42 years. Upon returning from Korea, the family settled into their home for the next 47 years in Upper Montclair.
In the early 1980s, the family’s love affair with Martha’s Vineyard began, and ultimately Greg and Gene would retire there, surrounded by their large family. Inspired by their travels, they created formal gardens at their properties. In collaboration with their dear friend, the late Michael Faraca of Avant Gardener, their creations were published in several Vineyard gardening books. Their compound, Sweetened Water Farm, with five acres of gardens, remains under cultivation as a testament to this pursuit of beauty in nature.
Greg will always be remembered by those who knew him as a dedicated family man, and a man of great knowledge in a wide variety of subjects spanning Asian art, science, politics, biography, religion, history, and vocabulary. Over more than a decade, he and Gene hosted a monthly great books symposium with their dear friend, Professor Theo Theoharis of Cambridge, Mass. He will be remembered most by family and friends as a man with an extraordinary generosity of spirit.
He is survived by his wife Gene, his children Gregory, Brendan, Jared, Alexandra, Tara, and Natasha, 15 grandchildren, and many dear friends.
A funeral Mass will be presided over by Monsignor Robert Sheeran at Saint Elizabeth’s Catholic Church in Edgartown at 11 am on Saturday, August 7, followed by an interment at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Oak Bluffs, Mass.
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John Szeigis - July 27, 2020
John “Jack” Szeigis, 79, of Spring Lake Heights, passed away peacefully at Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune on Monday, July 27, 2020.
Jack was born on April 18, 1941 and raised in Jersey City. He was a graduate of St. Peter’s Prep where he was inducted into the hall of fame as a star pitcher for the 1957-1958 baseball team in 2008. He continued on to play baseball at The College of the Holy Cross, and then as a minor league baseball player with the Minnesota Twins. Jack worked for the New Jersey Turnpike for 25 years before his retirement.
He enjoyed sports, and had a unique talent of always knowing every statistic and box score of any game. His favorite spot was behind the left/centerfield fence at Wall High School or Brookdale watching his daughter play softball.
Jack was predeceased by his wife, Debbie, in 2018. He is survived by his daughter, Kristy Sinkhorn and her husband Luke, of Spring Lake Heights, and their four children: Madison, Evan, Emerson and Grayson.
Services were private.
Tributes to Jack
From Kristy Szeigis
Thank you for all of your wonderful memories of my dad. He had nothing but fond memories and more importantly, story upon story of his time at Prep.
From Mike Doherty
Sorry to hear of Jack’s passing. We were classmates at HC for two plus years. During our sophomore season, we had several courses together. Was he Ill for some time? Fond memories. Mike
From Jack Gavin
I met Jack for the first time after I moved "up the hill" from St. Michael's to our Lady of Victories (OLV). This was 4th grade and he was Jackie and I was Jackie and neither one of us liked that. He was a lefty and so was I and we both liked that. It didn't take long to realize what an athlete he was. You wanted to be on his team. We played together on several teams including Prep's. (He played - I watched). He was just a great guy with a quiet, understated demeanor and a fierce competitive desire. I'm sorry he has left us.
From Mike Leding, Holy Cross '62
(I was a) classmate of Jack Szeigis' at Holy Cross and lived three doors away on the same floor from him in our dorm during our sophomore year. He roomed with Ray Horncastle and Butch Cosgrove. Poor Butch had to put with Jack and Ray's craziness. Wow, could he throw the baseball and could throw the football a long way in intramurals also. May he rest in peace.
From Richard Zulkey, Holy Cross '62
A good man, a lot of fun... classmate at Holy Cross.
From Gerry Drummond
I only knew Jack Szeigis - the legend - years later after Prep '58's Baseball's undefeated season. As a freshman I did try out for the baseball team and even got a few hits at my try out, but it was probably lucky for our baseball team, that Coach Cochrane didn't pick me.
No matter. Jack's superb pitching would provide our class with eternal bragging rights for the perfect '58 season.
I am a Yankee fan, and baseball's still in my blood. When we meet on the other side, I dream of facing Prep's best lefty, Jack Szeigis, in a Prep'58 Special Game with Jack Gavin captaining a 'failed-to-make-the-team' squad vs. the perfect undefeated '58 starters. (Jack is probably now angling to steal '58's Bill Kretzer as our pitcher.)
Yes, there is baseball in heaven, and we '58ers will be there playing with Jack Szeigis - Prep's undefeated starting pitcher.
From Rich Cosgrove
Jack and I played on the 1954 Jersey City national Biddy Basketball champions. Later we went to Prep and Holy Cross together. He was a great pitcher and led the 22-0 Prep to the greater Newark title.
He was funny and a good friend. I left NJ in 1962, so I did not see him as often as I would have liked. He loved his family and may he rest in peace.
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Arthur Trott - March 30, 1940 - May 13, 2023
Arthur A. Trott, Jr., 83, of Whippany, N.J. passed away Saturday, May 13, 2023
Born in East Orange and raised in Jersey City, Art was a resident of Whippany for 55 years.
A 1958 graduate of St. Peter’s Prep, he earned a bachelor’s degree from Seton Hall University in 1963 and was employed as a claims manager for over 30 years with Aetna Life and Casualty and later Traveler’s Insurance Co. before retiring in 2006.
Art was an avid gardener, enjoyed planting and maintaining his yard, spending time at the Jersey Shore and taking daily walks with his wife, Dorothy.
He also enjoyed exercising and socializing at the Y and finding ways to help others in need.
The beloved husband of 58 years to Dorothy (Parrillo) Trott, he was the loving father of Steven Trott, and Kristen Luthi and her husband, Eric Luthi; dear brother of Robert Trott and his wife, Denise, and the late Patricia Skarlatos. He is also survived by his beloved cat, Lucky.
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Stephen Tuttle - December 6, 1940 - July 22, 2022
Stephen Arthur Tuttle, an exceptionally kind, thoughtful, and trusted pillar of the community in Ringwood's Erskine Lakes, passed away at home on Friday, July 22. He was 81.
Stephen, or "Big Steve" to differentiate him from his son and grandson of the same name, was born December 6, 1940, in Paterson, NJ, to Edwin and Mary Tuttle. He grew up in Hasbrouck Heights, where he met the oldest member of the Ranft clan, Marion. They dated as teenagers, had deep conversations, and, after a long and storied on-again, off-again relationship, were married in 1967. They were true partners in every sense and demonstrated what love and commitment mean throughout their 54-year marriage.
Steve is survived by Marion, who provided the best care imaginable for him during a long-running illness, as well as his brother and lifelong best friend, James, of Somerset, NJ, and a huge family that will miss him dearly.
They include his sons Stephen and wife Anne; Brad and wife Jessica; David and wife Lauren; Ted and wife Shannon; Jonathan and wife Lisa; and 17 grandchildren: Melissa, Stephen, Rachel, Ryan, William, Shannon, Kerri, Owen, Nate, Rayna, Henry, Vann, Cameron, Elena, Nolan, Haven, and Mari.
The family will receive guests at D'Agostino Funeral Home, 881 Ringwood Avenue, Wanaque, on Thursday, July 28, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Family and friends will meet at St. Catherine's Church in Ringwood for a funeral mass at 11 a.m. on Friday, July 29. All are welcomed to an open house repast celebrating Steve's life immediately after mass at Erskine's Hilltop Clubhouse, on Club Road.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to St. Catherine's or Steve's cherished alma mater, Assumption University.
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Joseph Urciuoli - November 27, 2018
Joseph Urciuoli, 78, of the Port Reading section of Woodbridge Township passed away on Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at Haven Hospice at John F. Kennedy Medical Center.
Born and raised in Bayonne, Joe was a resident of Port Reading for the last 52 years and was honorably discharged from the United States Army. Mr. Urciuoli was a proud graduate of St. Peter's Prep; then moving on to St. Peter's College, graduating in 1958. Joe was a committed lifelong chemical salesman, including Executive Vice President of Sales for Industrial Chemical supply in Newark; always known as "Chemical Joe." After retiring, Joe became the owner of three family businesses including Tanning Hut in Avenel.
Joe was predeceased by his granddaughter, Juliana Monforte as well as his sister, Melinda Lally. Surviving are his beloved wife of 52 years, Liana Urciuoli; children, Lia Monforte and her husband Robert, Gina Warren and her partner Rich Karwecki, Joe Urciuoli and his wife Brenda; grandchildren, Alexandria Warren, Angelina and Isabella Urciuoli, Adrianna Monforte and Joey Urciuoli.
A viewing will be held on Monday, December 3, 2018 from 5pm to 9pm at CHUBENKO FUNERAL HOME, 625 Port Reading Avenue, Port Reading. A Catholic prayer service will begin at 10:30am on Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at the funeral home. Friends and relatives are invited to the funeral home beginning at 9:30am. Entombment will follow at St. Gertrude Cemetery Mausoleum.
In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Joe may be made to St. Peter's Prep, 144 Grand Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302.
Tributes to Joe...
From Vince Grillo
It is interesting to consider the nature of relationships. While we were at Prep, I knew Joe as well as I knew most of our classmates, but because we came from almost opposite ends of Hudson County, we didn't have occasion to hang out beyond school activities. Some 55 years later, as I regained contact with the Prep, I remember feeling a little nostalgic that I didn't stay in contact with Joe and other classmates after graduation, but resolved to make up for it.
When we started to get together at our Cuppa's, Joe and I connected, and I am the better for it. Joe lived about 5 minutes from the Reo diner, and was always the first one there for the Cuppa. I would arrive next, and for 20 minutes or so, the two of us would chat about all matter of things, starting with our respective health reports, to recent travels, stories about kids and grandkids, and the general state of things. I remember our first Cuppa at the Reo... When the check came, Joe grabbed it, and told us all "Your money is no good today."
Joe had a laid back style, but was not reluctant to tell you what was on his mind. That was the way he dealt with things, both good and bad, and it allowed me to see him as a real person. He was always up to help with whatever '58 things we were doing, and was a strong advocate that our Summa Bash get togethers should include spouses. We decided to follow Joe's advice, and it was a huge success. Joe also stepped up as a photographer for our Summa Bash in 2015 and 2017.
I will miss Joe and our conversations, especially at the Cuppa's at the Reo. God bless you, Joe. Rest in peace.
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Henry Weffing - May 15, 2015
Journalism professor in Massachusetts and newspaperman in Hudson and Passaic early in his career, alumnus of St. Peter’s Prep and University, Henry O. Wefing Jr., 74, died May 21, 2015, at his home in Westfield, Mass. He had earlier lived in Kearny, N.J., and in Bayonne, N.J.
A memorial service will be held on the campus of Westfied State University at 2 p.m. on Friday, May 29.
Henry was a professor at Westfield State University from 1985 until his death, teaching courses in journalism. He established an organic garden on the university campus, giving the produce to the Westfield Food Pantry. He also helped the food pantry establish its own organic garden plot.
Prior to his teaching career, he spent 20 years as a journalist. In New Jersey, he worked at the Bayonne Times, the Jersey Journal, and the Herald News. In 1972 he relocated to North Carolina and worked at the Durham Morning Herald until turning to teaching.
He was the son of Henry O. Wefing Sr., a writer and editor at CBS News in New York, and Freda H. Wefing.
Henry was a graduate of St. Peter’s Prep and University, held a master’s degree from Duke University and a doctorate from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
At St. Peter’s University, he was captain of both the tennis and soccer teams, editor of the student newspaper and president of the student body.
He loved sports and continued to be active in golf and basketball until shortly before his cancer was diagnosed.
He is survived by his wife, Marilyn Sandidge; two sons, Erich Wefing (Kirsten Stadheim) and Jay Sandidge; and four daughters, Laura Brady (Matt), Katherine Butler, Mandy and Rachel Sandidge.
He is also survived by seven grandchildren, Kyle, Ethan and Owen Brady, Ingrid and Eleanor Wefing, Rylee Sandidge and Skylar Small; his brother, John B. Wefing (Dorothea,) and his former wife, Barbara Wefing.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent to the Westfield Food Pantry, 101 Meadow St., Westfield, Mass. 01085 or The Catholic Worker, 36 E. 1st St., New York, N.Y. 10003.
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Arthur "Ned" Weyman - September 17, 1941 - June 17, 2024
Arthur E. "Ned" Weyman, pioneering cardiologist, Husband, Father & Mentor instrumental in the development and adoption of echocardiography, passed away peacefully on June 17, 2024, at the age of 82, surrounded by family.
Born September 25, 1941, in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Dr. Weyman was adopted by his parents, the late Arthur and Mae (Jacobi) Weyman of Montclair, New Jersey. They owned Montclair Travel Bureau and Dr. Weyman was fortunate to spend his childhood traveling the world as his parents scouted international destinations for their customers.
Dr. Weyman was a proud alumnus of St. Peter's Prep in Jersey City, NJ, graduating at the age of sixteen. He then attended the College of the Holy Cross; followed by the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. He then moved to New York for his residency at St. Vincent's Hospital.
His time at St. Vincent's was interrupted for three years when he enlisted in the U.S. Navy, serving as a Marine squadron and air group flight surgeon. After St. Vincent's, he accepted a cardiology research fellowship at Indiana University. It was in Indiana that Dr. Weyman discovered the two great loves of his life.
First, he found his professional love, the practice of echocardiography. Dr. Weyman quickly saw the potential for using the power of ultrasound technology to image the heart and cardiovascular systems, and began his life-long work of developing new methods and research models that would be instrumental to the adoption of echocardiography as the preferred technique for non-invasive cardiac imagining-work credited with saving millions of lives. These efforts required long hours over the course of decades, but Dr. Weyman often commented that those long hours never felt like work because he was doing what he loved.
In his last two years in Indiana, he would meet the true love of his life, a nurse named Jean Martin. The two married in 1979 and in 1980, they moved to Boston where Dr. Weyman accepted a position as the Director of the Cardiac Ultrasound Laboratory at Massachusetts General Hospital and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard University. He received a full professorship at Harvard in 1995 and served as the Chief of Cardiology at the MGH from 1994 to 1996. He continued to practice at the MGH until his retirement in 2022.
Dr. Weyman was recognized as a leader in his field, publishing hundreds of scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals, presenting hundreds of lectures, and authoring two books including a textbook that serves as a critical echocardiography resource thirty years after its publication. Among his many awards and honors, he served as President of the American Society of Echocardiology from 1991 – 1993 and was the Founder and First President of the National Board of Echocardiography.
He received the Gifted Teacher Award from the American College of Cardiology, the 2004 Distinguished Alumnus Award from the UMDNJ and the Sanctae Crucis Award from Holy Cross. The American Society of Echocardiography honored his legacy of teaching and mentorship through the creation of the Arthur E. Weyman Young Investigator's Award in 2007 and also granted him the Meritorious Service Award in 2012.
He was most proud of the success of his many fellows and mentees, who carry on his legacy in cardiology departments in hospitals throughout the United States and around the world. Dr. Weyman never lost his love of learning, both formal and informal. Even in his later years, he continued to learn, obtaining a Masters in Public Health from Harvard in his 60s. Dr. Weyman loved athletics, and played lacrosse for the Crusaders. He was an avid skier and golfer throughout his life. While he was fortunate enough to travel the world, his favorite destination reflected the man--sitting on his deck overlooking the Mad River in Waterville Valley, NH.
But with all his work and varied interests, his favorite activity was spending time with Jean. Whether it was struggling to learn French so he could converse in her favorite language in her favorite city-Paris-or sitting together in Starbucks talking for hours, wherever Jean was, that was where he most wanted to be.
Ned is also survived by his sister, Adair, and was the proud father of four children, Jennifer (Pete) Lyons, Shannon Weyman, Robert Weyman (Karen), and Elizabeth Weyman. He was a doting grandfather to four grandsons, Jack Lyons and Grant, James, and Nicholas Weyman, whose parents, aunts and uncles often marveled at how much easier it was to get Granddad Ned to spring for treats and toys than when they were kids.
Visitation at the George F. Doherty & Sons Funeral Home, 477 Washington St. Wellesley on Friday, June 21, from 4-7PM. A funeral Mass for Dr. Weyman will be held in St. Paul Church, 502 Washington St., Wellesley on Saturday, June 22, at 10AM. Relatives and friends kindly invited. The Mass will also be live streamed at www.harborview.live. Interment in Woodlawn Cemetery, Wellesley.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Ned's memory to Waltham Committee, Inc., an organization dedicated to providing housing, care, social networking, and work training for adults with special needs. For online guestbook, gfdoherty.com. George F. Doherty & Sons Wellesley 781 235 4100
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William Zuberbuhler - June 15, 1941 - December 19, 2014
Capt. William J. Zuberbuhler died unexpectedly on December 19, 2014 in Orange Park, FL at the age of 73. Capt. Zuberbuhler is survived by a wife, Patricia; three children: Will Zuberbuhler, Lynn Murphy, and Daniel Zuberbuhler. He also leaves behind his 12 grandchildren.
He was born on June 15, 1941 in Hoboken, NJ. Capt. Zuberbuhler spent 27 years in the U.S.N, serving four commands. Burial to be held April 16 at 11 a.m. in Arlington National Cemetery.
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