Hugh Riley Rone



AGE: 19 • South Amboy



Hugh Riley Rone, 19, of South Amboy died suddenly on Tuesday, May 31, 2016 in a motorcycle accident on the Garden State Parkway. He was a lifelong resident of South Amboy and a 2015 graduate of South Amboy High School where he played on the varsity soccer, baseball and basketball teams. He was named Co-Athlete of the Year in 2015 along with his lifelong friend Tim Kales. He was currently a student at Middlesex County College, going on to Mercer County Community College to fulfill his lifelong dream, since the age of 3, of becoming a funeral director like his Daddy. Riley was employed by his family business, The Gundrum Service "Home for Funerals" and also worked as a lifeguard for Sun & Surf. He was a communicant of St. Mary's R.C. Church in South Amboy. Riley was a true patriot and lover of history and his country, and looked forward to voting for the first time in the upcoming election. He was among the first to board the Trump Train. An accomplished athlete, he played basketball at St. Mary's, Sacred Heart CYO and South Amboy Recreation; baseball for The Gundrum Service Little League Team, the Sayreville Riverdogs, American Legion Post 62, South Amboy and was an All Division Baseball Player his junior and senior years; South Amboy Indoor Soccer, played on Sayreville Phoenix travel soccer team and South Amboy High School, playing on the Division Championship team his senior year with his sister Regan Rone as head coach, receiving All Division Soccer Player. He was also the captain of the South Amboy High School soccer team.



Grandson of the late Jane and Bernard Reszkowski and Hedwig and Henry Zawistowski, he is survived by his parents Hugh G. and Barbara Zawistowski Rone; three sisters Ryan Moran and her husband Sean, Randi Simonetti and her husband James and Regan Rone; a niece Maisie and three nephews Anthony, James and Rory.



Funeral services will be held on Monday, June 6, 2016 at 9:30am from The Gundrum Service "Home For Funerals" 237 Bordentown Avenue, South Amboy followed by a 10:30am Mass of Christian Burial at St. Mary's Church. Interment will be at Old Tennent Cemetery, Tennent. Visitation will be on Sunday from 1 to 6pm. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the South Amboy Policemen's Benevolent Association.









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