Month: July 2011

Mr. Jeffers, 79, of Little Silver, and a longtime resident of Fair Haven, died July 17, 2011, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He was born in Liverpool, England, and came to the United States in 1961. Mr. Jeffers first worked for the DuPont Co. as a research chemist in the Photo Products Division in…

Mr. Doremus, 79, of Rumson and Longboat Key, Fla., died July 17, 2011, at home. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1954 to 1957, where he attained the rank of captain. His 34-year Wall Street career was spent entirely with Smith Barney, which he joined as a trainee in 1957. Mr. Doremus was…

Mr. Zabaleta, 70, formerly of Sayreville and more recently of Charlotte, N.C., died unexpectedly July 18, 2011, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He was a chemical engineer with Celanese in Summit for 18 years and then transferred to BASF in Charlotte, N.C., before retiring in 1992. Mr. Zabaleta was predeceased by a brother, Jairo…

Mr. Walker, formerly of Lincroft and more recently of Upper St. Clair, Pa., died July 22, 2011, at Marian Manor in Green Tree, Pa. He was a staff sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II and later served as a first staff sergeant in the New Jersey National Guard. Mr. Walker retired…

James Avati in his Red Bank studio. Photograph courtesy of George Severini, Dorn’s Classic Images collection. The Monmouth Museum is hosting an exhibit of paintings by Red Bank native James Avati, the pre-eminent painter of paperback book covers in the second half of the 20th century. “The Painting World of James Avati” will run through…