OBITUARIES: M. Nicholas Dukas

   M. Nicholas Dukas, 57, died Friday, Dec. 10, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.
   Born in Allentown, he was a lifelong South Brunswick resident. Mr. Dukas was the owner of Central Jersey Real Estate Appraisers in Kendall Park for the past 21 years. He was also a real estate broker for Century 21 in South Brunswick. He was a state certified real estate appraiser, a certified tax appraiser and an independent fee appraiser. He was a member of the National Association of Realtors, the National Association of Real Estate Appraisers, the Middlesex County Board of Realtors, Somerset County Board of Realtors and Mercer County Board of Realtors.
   He is survived by his wife, Kathleen Eldridge Dukas; a daughter, Melissa Dukas of Hightstown; a stepdaughter, Amy Klinger of Kendall Park; and his mother, Irene Vlahakis Xifos of Kendall Park.
   Funeral services were held Wednesday, Dec. 15, at Selover Funeral Home, 555 Georges Road, North Brunswick. Interment followed at St. Peter’s Cemetery, New Brunswick.