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Celena Bastian Obituary
Celena L. Bastian, 45 of New Gretna, NJ passed away on Saturday June 21st, 2025. Celena was born in Hammonton, NJ and has spent her life living in the Tuckerton, NJ area. Celena was a Pinelands High School graduate class of 1998 and a member of St. Paul’s Methodist Church. She enjoyed doing floral design, jet skiing, shopping, tubing and overall an outdoorsy person. She was a funny outgoing person who loved to make people laugh.
Celena was predeceased by her father Charles Bastian and her brother Michael Guariglia.
She is survived by her loving son Dylan Bastian and fiancé Kayla Colmyer of New Gretna, NJ, mother Bonnie Rose and fiancé Dan of New Gretna, NJ, grandson Bryson Bastian, sister Connie Dooner and husband Bob Dengel of New Gretna, NJ, nieces Casie Dooner, Mikayla Evans and Kylie Dengel, nephews Michael Guariglia Jr., Paul Dooner and Blake Guariglia, aunts Lucille Willington and Gail Debow, cousins Michelle and George Lupton and sister-in-law Nicole Guariglia.
Visitation will be held on Saturday June 28th, 2025 from 11am-1pm at Maxwell Funeral Home 160 Mathistown Rd Little Egg Harbor, NJ 08087. Cremation will be private.
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160 Mathistown Rd, Tuckerton, NJ 08087
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