Franklin- Stuart Purcell, 62, passed away November 2, 2015. He was born in El Paso, TX and grew up in Hazlet, NJ and was a son of the late Frederick David and Agnes Jacoburger Purcell and was also predeceased by his stepmother, Marie Purcell and a daughter Diane Purcell.

He was a retired automobile mechanic and a US Navy veteran having served on both the USS Wasp and the USS Intrepid aircraft carriers.

Left to cherish his memory is his wife, Elaine Purcell, one daughter, Elaine P. Banks and her husband Brian of Franklin, one son, Stuart R. Purcell of Hazlet, NJ, four sisters, Margaret F. Purcell, Della S. Purcell, Donna P. Madden and Judiann Pulverenti, four brothers, Dewey Bratton, Frederick Anthony Purcell, Robert Jude Pulverenti, and John C. Pulverenti, two grandchildren, Dallas Alexander Banks and Cheyanne Elizabeth Banks.

Services will be at a later date. www.wrightfuneralhome.org