Hospice Lights of Life
We cherish the memories of those who are no longer with us as we share stories and speak their names. In doing so, we illuminate the past and brighten our own lives.
Each year, many also choose to celebrate the lives of loved ones they have lost by making a gift to VNA Hospice Lights of Life. Through this memorial giving program you can honor the memory of those you have loved. At the same time, you will provide essential support for VNA’s extraordinary hospice program. Your gift will enable us to continue caring for patients and their families who are in need of the physical, emotional and spiritual support that VNA Hospice provides at a most sensitive and difficult time.
Tell us the name of your loved one and we will be pleased to honor him or her throughout the year on this Hospice Lights of Life webpage. With your gift of $40 or more, we will also send you a lovely hanging crystal that will catch the light and reflect back memories of those you love.
Please join us in honoring your loved ones, as you help ease the journey ahead for so many other hospice patients and their families.
Make a gift to honor a loved one.
2020 Lights of Life
Robert Edward Anthoni
Pauline Anthoni
Gayle De Santis
Michael De Santis
Edgard D. Coffin, Jr.
Eleanor Coffin
Ronald McEachin
Gladys Santana
Ellin Cohen
Fred Cohen
Athena Smilios
Michael Smilios
Peter M. Delaney
Elinore Delaney
Shirley Gottilla
Mark Fahy
Judith V. Hardin
John Hardin
Alice F. Reynolds
Loretta Reynolds
Ben Urban
Louis Urban & Arturo Galvez
Donna & Gene Freiburg
Lisa Walling
Sangwoong Han
Jung Mi Han
Robert Blum & Nancy Marks
Bunny Blum
Anne Rudy & Anna Russomanno
Peter Rudy & Marie Russomanno
Zeraline Verner
Edwina Verner
David P. Cleary
Denise Cleary
Rosa Morales
Peter & Aleida Hauptman
Robert Joseph Fortin
Robert Glen Fortin
Susan Hefter
Mitchell Hefter
Edward, Louise & Robert Norman
Kathleen Franco
Irving Cohen
S. Stephen & Judith Gould
Robert Berran
Patricia Berran, DPM
Marion & Michael Giovaniello
Mary Giovaniello
Albert Rothfeld
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Cohen
Joseph T. Liskiewicz
Karyn Schouten
Muriel & Irving Charles
Judy Charles
Dominic F. Novobilski
Karen Novobilski
Pearl M. Lazar
Karl Lazar
Barbara Mariotti
Diane Mariotti
Daisy Briggs
Sharon Briggs
Mrs. Regina Gangemi
Thomas Gangemi
Charlett Crain & Robert Grant
Russell & Margaret Crain
Patricia F. Tunney
Joe Tunney
Marie Heimann-Davidson
Elinore Delaney
Marie "Chickie" Mosso
Marie Rosato
Joseph T. Schmelz
Margaret Schmelz
John E. Renals
Tena Renals
Philipp K. Schaefer
Walfriede Schaefer
Judith C. Seeley
James M. Seeley
Brian McEwan
Arlene McEwan
Dorothy & Margaret Storms
Kathleen Storms
Sara Shiffner
Patricia Shiffner
Magdalene Zuchowski & Andrew Domanski
Clare Noll
Joseph Minnella
Barbara Minnella
Agnes Hogan
Jerome Hogan
Josephine Shoates
Arthur Shoates
Pawel Tolmaczewiec
Tatiana Tolmaczewiec
Dr. Daniel Caspi
Dr. Barbara Caspi
Dominick & Peggy Tesoriero
Patrice Ruggiero
John & Marion Ruggiero
Patrice Ruggiero
Kathleen Mitchell
Douglas Mitchell
Fred Miller
Kathleen Miller
Gerry Gebrian
Denise Gebrian
Olimpio A. DiGiovanni
Laura Kielar
Charles Mallenbrei
Siham Mallenbrei
Hank Ross
Karen Ross
William (Bill) Weber
Alice Weber
In Honor of Louis Urban
Shalom Lubin
Pam Dodsworth (Gan Gan)
Rowena Crawford-Phillips
Dorothy Schept
Ken Schept
Sandi Ellis
Allan Ellis
Patricia M. Farrell
Robert D. Farrell
Livia A. Maio
Maria Messano
Peggy Reynolds
William Reynolds
Myron C. Martynetz
Mary-Ellen Skenyon
John Mazzilli
Marilyn Mazzilli
Dr. Joseph Cuozzo
Janice Fracassi
Janice O'Neill
James O'Neill
Rolando Alfonsa Smith
Lorna Smith
Peter Walicky
Jennie Walicky
Adele Lomech
Margaret Baum
Thomas H. Anderson
Barbara Anderson
Grandma Helen Rubin
Deborah Wallach
Edward A. Zelenick
Geraldine Zelenick
John D. Coyne, Jr.
Phil Coyne
Catherine E. Olszewski
Debra Ostrowski
Marion E. Cramer
Irene Bartosh
Kathryn Kudrick
Beth Kudrick
Harry D. Herbert
Joan Herbert
Isabel Meyer
Debbie Metsky
Ted Kiesewetter
Laura Kiesewetter
Ruth Torpey
Carite Torpey
Helen & Roberto Blandon
Dr. & Mrs. Ronald Blandon
Roswell H. Evans
Helaine Evans
Andy & Terry Chencharik
Andrew Chencharik
Alice Schwartz
Denise Purgavie
Patricia Williams
Paul Williams
Ruth H. Schoeffling
Robert Schoeffling
Janet Lomonico
Philip Lomonico
Rose Fleming
Joseph Fleming
Sandra D. Ari
Alan Ari
Frederick F. Cichowski, Sr.
Elizabeth Cichowski
Rose Marie (Bunny) Scharle
Maryann Rogers
Irene Stiber
Andrew Stiber
Fred Brodsky
Susan Brodsky
Susan Simms
Lawrence Simms
T. Wayne Brigman
Eileen Brigman
David Dunn
Arlene Dunn
Frank Riccardi
Rosemary Riggieri
Natalie Bruno
Kim Caton
Jennie McBride
Karen Zeruopoulous
Thomas H. Anderson
Janet Dibrita
Charles Windham
Margaret Windham
Silvio DeCristofano, Sr.
Michael & Dolores Lucas
C. Michael Knapp
Ellen Knapp
Lloyd Estin
Beth Hordines
Kenneth Marbach
Cynthia Guarino
Francis Harmon Foley, I will see you again!
Carol Foley
Richard F. Dwyer
Philomena Dwyer
Bernice Shapiro
Stephen & Alice Shapiro
Lloyd Estin
Dorothy Estin
Carolyn Kaplan
Edgar Kaplan
Rita McGoff
Florence Spina
Agnes Walmsley
Martha Walmsley
Bob Petrilla
Molly Petrilla
Charles Nolley
Martha Nolley
John L. Smolen
Joanne Smolen
Joseph B. Churinskas
Theresa Chirinskas
Beverly Ann Hutchinson
Barbara Newton
Hon. Daniel O'Hern
Barbara R. O'Hern
Antoinette Domenioski
Brian & Karen Pericone
Edward R. Levens
Diana Levens
John J. Bardy
Ana Brady
John A. LaRocca
Kathleen LaRocca
Cornelia Nuzzi
Kenneth Clark
Charles V. Vaccaro
Virginia Vaccaro
Rose DiLieto
Theresa DiLieto
Helen Mione
Mr. & Mrs. Carl Mione
Howard C. Lanno
Joanne Lanno
Christopher Heale
Judith Heale
Ronald Jobin
Barbara Jobin
Vera Gravatt
Shirley Kays
Antoinette Laskowski
Laurie Loftus
Carolina Sinibaldi
Gloria Dittman
Mary & Eddie Bender
Josephine Herig
Rose Lussiola
Emilio Lucciola
Lorna Garafalo
Louis Garafalo
Ralph Ciccaghione
Grace Ciccaglione
Jane P. Krynicki
Michael Krynicki
Richard Greenley
Barbara Greenley
Irene & Joseph Bell
Brenda Heerwig
Joseph Illuminati
Florence Illuminati
Dennis Barbier, Jr.
Dennis Barbier
Regina Schneider
Edward Schneider
Ruth Johnson
Patricia York-Turner
Catherine Silvey
Cindy Crowley
Carole H. Gorman
George Gorman
Kenneth Kociela
Donna Kociela
Michael Loscalzo
Glynis Loscalzo
Carol A. Neubauer
Joseph Neubauer
Earl J. Faelling
Frances Faeling
Evelyn Gail Lamken
Barbara Gebhardt
John Felici
Maureen Felici
Kathleen Marie Selle
John Selle
Laura Reyes
Maria Perdikos
Erico Pizarro
Elena M. Pizarro
Joan M. Bulvanoski & Marianne J. Casper
Chester Bulvanoski
Leah Bannister
Barbara Bannister
Felcieidude Pereira
Jose Pereira
Larry Craven
Mary Beth Craven
Ben J. Urban
Elizabeth Urban
Vincenzo Russino
Rosalia Kolibas
John B. Eakins
Pamela Eakins
Dominick M. Iannelli
Betty Iannelli
Josephine Faruolo
Jennifer Bruzzio
Vincent Aiello
Janice Guerriero
William Pickett
Dorothy Pickett
Irene Pieszak
Robert Pieszak
Robert "Bob" Taylor
Jane Taylor
Ida Scheuplein
Peter Scheuplein
William V. Ingoglia
Rose Ingoglia
Joan Bulvanoski & Marianne Casper
Jennifer Bulvanoski
My Mother Muriel Rogers
Cheryl Greer
Janice Buus
Robert Buus
D Goldie Taynor Poll
Michelle Gross
Sheryl Karen Lehr
Michelle Gross
William Petrie
Rita Petrie
Marian Roth
Kent Roth
My Mom Evelyn Livsey
Michelleli Livsey
Mary De Palma
Andrew De Palma, Jr.
Robert S. Borkowski, Sr.
Maureen Borkowski
Mathew Hawn
Shirley Hawn
Manuel Gonzalez
Manuel & Rose Yanez
Betty Zeller
Joan Zeller
Jennifer Lynn Brown
Jackie Brown
George H. Tucker, Jr.
Shirley Tucker
Mr. & Mrs. William Gialannella
Ronald Gialanella
Agnes Riss
Carol Dorow
James W. Parsons
Karen Parsons
Gloria Garcia
Rosa Garriga
James J. Drew
Denise Drew
George N. Mosley
Barbara Mosley
Wayne Anson
Marlene Anson
William Foy
Lynn Foy
Frank G. Adams
Fran Bristol
Judith Ferraro
Archie Ferraro
James Britton, Jr.
Nina Britton
Vincent & Juleanne Gresitis
Patty Gregitis
Lucia Berger
Gayle Berger
Thomas J. Donahue
Maureen Donahue
Frank & Mary DeGennaro
Teresa Beneducci
Dorothy McDonald
Kathleen Vechione
Geraldine Carvalloza
Rosemarie Mc Kibben
Ellis & Katherine Vines
Katherine Vines
James Margolin
Dorothy Margolin
Alan & Kathryn Finn
Karen Finn
Carole Cohen
Randi Finkelstein
John Hampton
Yvonne Parreott
Kenneth Marbach
Marian Marbach
Sadie Speziale
Marie Accardo
Donna Brown
Angela Ottina
Diane McMahon
Robert McMahon
Inza Johnson
Phylis Peterman
Mary Z. Heisel
Jane Heisel
Agnes Stack
Joseph Stack
Peter M. Caruso
Irene Caruso
Diane Macera & August Calvanico
Judith Calvanico
Gary Goodell
Judith Goodell
Mr. & Mrs. Tennyson Moore, Sr.
Brenda Moore Logan
Sebatian Sulfaro
Lucille Afieri
Rose Porcella
Anna Stefanelli
Darilyn
Galen Preble
Betty & Andy Krivda
Donna Krivda
Paul Bartell, Sr.
Linda Bartell
Timothy, Frank & Patricia Zichelli
Jeanne Marciano
Annabeth Ebert
Laura Svensson
Kenneth Marbach
Linda Parducci
William E. Pfeiffer
Marguerite Pfeiffer
Robert J. Fortin
Ana Woodrow
Louis Santucci
Patricia Santucci
Lore Vandegrift
James Vandegrift
Stephanie Chmielewski
Doris Hinkelbein
Richard Schwartz
Susan Schwartz
Robert Derfler
Lorraine Derfler
Aileen Moran
Christopher & Susan Duffy
In Honor of Louis Urban
Rabbi Dennis Tobin
James Guardino
Maryellen Guardino
James Conway
Maryellen Guardino
Joan E. Lentkoswki-Axon
Robert Axon
Joseph Leonard, Jr.
Patricia Leonard
Marie Serrino
Marianne Zavaglia
Elizabeth Dunkelberger
Debbie Pieszchala
Richard Mitzner
Gail Rotkel Mitzner
Grace Beeh
Brian Beeh
Ralph Jaakobs
Marietta Jaakobs
Justin Graci
Ann & Anthony Gargano
John Anthony Burger
Christine Burger
Bayami Redondo
Teresita Redondo
Andrew Assante
Christina Assante
Claire Danielczyk
Paul Danielczyk
Joseph C. King
Barbara King
Louise Lazaro
Douglas Lazaro
David S. Piazza
Michelle Piazza
Trevor A. Finamore
Eva Finamore
Richard P. McCartney
Eugenia McCartney
Barbara Pavelec
Rebecca Moore
Charles Callaghan
Marjorie Callaghan
Bob Sharkey
Elizabeth Sharkey
Pasquale A. Troiano
Patricia Troiano
Ruth Dausen
Joanne Clifford
Lester Frank
Barbara Frank
Joseph Carroll
Janet Carroll
Christopher J. Gaskin
Patricia Gaskin
Anne Fiore
Karen Feinstein
Frances M. Deletto
Maria Deletto
Madeleine McCarthy
Nancy McCarthy
Anne Walker
Oscar & Linda Viera
Frank Jablonski
Patricia Jablonski
Timothy O'Sullivan and John & Mary Wisniewski
Dianne O'Sullivan
Charles Dunetz
Lynn Dunetz
Jerry Diglio
Margaret Diglio
Janet Pierre
Sherry Phillip
Joan Botwinik Miller
Marvin Miller
Jennifer Abbott
Lewis Grolemund
John Cuzzolino
Concetta Cuzzolino
Theresa Gordon
Adrian Gordon
Dorothy Aquino
Anna Salvo
Peter Policastro
Rose A. Policastro
Edward M. Sullivan
Rita Sullivan
Joan Naida
Karen Emanuele
Dorothy & Margaret Storms
Patricia Reilly
Our Parents
James & Colleen Palme
Deborah Burnette
Michael Burnette
Segundo Zambrano
Maria Zambrano
My Mother
Helen Dytyniak
Wilbur J. Moyle
Jean Gotthold
Alice F. Reynolds
Felicitis Reynolds
Edward M. Cramer
Ethel Cramer
Josephine Howard
Dorothy Rabenstein
Lois Stevens
Gregory Stevens
Carolann Sebergandio
Michael DeCrescenzo
Craig Rosevear
Carol Rosevear
Irene Cerretti
Michele Hicks
Joseph A. Kanarkowski
Edward & Carol Ann Kanarkowski
Mary Dalrymple
Robert & Irene Davison
Alice Schoeneberg
Lynn Schoeneberg
Albert & Antonette James
Elaine, Bert and Bob
Dorothy & Augustus Villapiano
Carolee Villapiano
Douglas N. Woodson, Sr.
Ina Woodson
John Doyle
Enid Doyle
Secundino Araujo
Mercedes Araujo
Dorothea M. Conduzzi
Henry Conduzzi
William Burke
Catherine Burke
George C. Spears
Phillis Spears
Richard Carunchio
Kathy Carunchio
Ethel Main
Mr. & Mrs. William Connolly
Janet Garr
Robert Garr
Bart DiMattina
Stella DiMattina
Joseph Dolac
Judith Burton
James Klagholz
Brian Klagholz
Raymond Morrison
Joan Morrison
Philip V. Degnan
Karen Degnan
Howie Kessler
Bobby Kessler
Bernard Fischer, Sr.
Shirley Fischer
Joseph R. Sammons
Rose Sammons
William Forsyth
Rosemary Forsyth
Ruth Wortman
Inez Ehrenkranz
Norman Weisbord
Gladys Weisbord
Kenneth H. Lutz, Sr.
Rosemarie Lutz
Janice Kowalski
Sheila Rea
Rose Lucciola
Marion Mercolino
Olga M. Aguirre
Oswaldo Aguirre
Richard A. Ford
Marie Ford
Curt & Marion Hammond
Carol Hammond
Randy Gazzanigo
Louis Gazzanigo
Vera J. Best
Barbara Spafford
Martha Seelagy
Frieda Gregg
Jerry & Pearl Weisbrot
Ricki Model
Dennis Guiney
Suzan Guiney
Louis Mascitello
Eileen Anne Mascitello
in Honor of Toms River Bereavement Group
Janice Monogan
Jeanette Silverstein
Anne Krasnoff
my son Lee
Elizabeth Goula
Louis Pettorini
Helen Pettorini
Constance Boresky
Frances England
James & Rita Giovagnoli
Shirley Bocan
Marion K. Becker
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Becker
Frank Ditrani
Rosemary Ditrani
James Nolan
Veronica Nolan
Robert Durner
Rose Marie Durner
Consuelo Healy
Kathleen Lange
Nicholas Intrieri
Rosemary Intrieri
Clotilde Torres
Minera Parry
Sister Audrey Furman
Sister Beverly Policastro
Allan Hecht
Myrna Brother
Daniel Russomanno
Diane Mavrakes
Carol Fellegara
Robert Fellegara
Eleanore Szaro
Theresa Reszkowski
Ruth Lubiner
Gale Schofield
Anna Baghsarian
Rose Baghsarian
Joseph Lyman
Eleanore Lyman
Florence Berry
Monique Berry
Irving Licht
Frances Licht
Jasper Little
Vivian Little
William Burnette
Ann Evans
George Polasky
James Polasky
Claudio Roditi
Kristen Park
Rita Corio
Richard and Lynn Rowan
Dolores Klimek
Joseph Klimek
My Aunt Bernie
Edward Korab
George Laskowski
Theresa Robinson
Julia Steger
Frank Cipully
John F. King
Elaine Malnati
Jack Appel
Richard Kunze
Betty Burkhart
Nancy Nelson
Dorothy Intrieri
Dennis Dougherty
John Kovacs
Carolyn Bodmer
Stephen E. Crane, MD.
Randall Confer
Lucy Leahy
Ralph & Kathryn Stubbs
Kathleen Howard
Josephine Franzone
Robert E. Kamieniecki, MD.
Hope Kerzner
Ingrid Niklas
Robert Smith
Kathryn Perretti
Alberto Soto
Karen Berman
Andrea Delendik
Richard Riccio
Theresa Kaufman
Dr. & Mrs. Arthur Brawer
Joel Solow
Maryiris Elbert
Ken Kinard
Harry Kalish
Jeanne Harrison
Mary Dill
Bernice Macaro
Richard Washington
Thomas V. Heyman
King & Helen Moy
Myron Feldman
Carmen Rodriguez
Vita Mekovetz
Marvin Makler
Chantal Cannon
Alan & Nan Rothberg
Ronald Schmitt
Marybeth Macchia
Arlene Kersey
Cornelius Moylan
Arlene Onnembo
Judy Wilson
Michael & Gail Hayes
Paul Cheponis
Mr. & Mrs. H. William Mullaney
Pearl Perlstein
Dan Veltre
John Balasic
Martin Cowen
Olga Foskarino
Regina Aronson
Nancy Slater
Joseph Burns
Arlene Sullivan
Ingeborg Koch
Roberta Sommer
Irene Mendelson
Dr. Russett Feldman
Linda Mitchell
Stanley Scheiner
Linda Klurman
Dr. William Balkan
Richard Feller
Dominick Cioffi
Audrey Tchack
Jacqueline Falcone
Carole Silvergold
Dora Ottaviano