Basking Ridge Centenarians To Be Honored At Luncheon

A number of Basking Ridge residents who are at least 100 years old will be among those honored at a luncheon for Somerset County Centenarians this week.

Somerset County Freeholder Deputy Director Patricia Walsh will be attending the annual luncheon honoring the county’s centenarians at noon on Wednesday, May 20. The luncheon will be held at the Regency Jewish Heritage Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 380 DeMott Lane in Somerset.

A number of residents will honored at the luncheon, including four Basking Ridge residents, two of which will be present and two of which will be honored in absentia, according to Somerset County officials. Basking Ridge residents Margaret MacKenzie, 108, and Mildred Van Dyke, 102, will be honored at the luncheon, while Michael LaBrunda, 100, and Anna Catherine Wachowicz, 100, will be honored absentia.

In total, 24 Somerset County centenarians will be honored at the luncheon.

The other county residents to be honored at the luncheon include: Bridgewater residents Philip Annich, 103, Norma Horger, 102, Reubin Lansky, 100, Jane Lee, 100, and Catherine Helen Stevens, 104; Gloria Andersen, 100 ,of Hillsborough Township; Somerset residents Hannah Abse, 100, Dorothy Black, 101, Anna Girandola, 101, Sylvia Morrett, 102, Mollie Reuben, 102, and Emma Tyukody, 101; Rita Ireland, 100, of Manville; Tessie Palatini, 101, of Somerville; and Angelina Sangregorio, 105, of Watchung.

To be honored in absentia are Edith Sumerfield, 100, of Bedminster; George Rother, 103, of Bridgewater; Jean Roth, 101, of Somerset; and Claudia Beitz, 100, and Carolyn McCullough, 101, both of Somerville; and Carolyn Dixon, 101, of Belle Mead.

The luncheon is being hosted by the Regency Jewish Heritage Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in collaboration with the Somerset County Office on Aging and Disability Services.

The Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders participate in the annual luncheon in celebration of Older Americans Month, established in 1963. The month recognizes contributions of individuals ages 60 years old and up.