Category: Independent Opinion

  • Nery L. Dopsovic

    Mrs. Dopsovic, 87, of Holmdel, died Nov. 12, 2009, at Bayshore Health Center, Holmdel. She had been employed at Western Electric Co., Kearny. Mrs. Dopsovic was predeceased by her former husband, Kurt Falk; a granddaughter, Karen; a brother; and three sisters. She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Kurt Falk Jr. and Anne Hawkyard…

  • Joie Spurdis Sorrentino

    Mrs. Sorrentino, 72, of Holmdel, died Nov. 14, 2009, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. She was a resident of Holmdel for approximately 40 years. Mrs. Sorrentino was a former actress, ballet school owner, Realtor, and owner of several businesses. She volunteered with the Holmdel Recreation Department, and was former president of the Holmdel Historical…

  • Frances B. Walker

    Mrs. Walker, 104, of Hazlet, and formerly of Shrewsbury, died Nov. 13, 2009, in Hazlet. She was predeceased by her husband, Kenneth Walker Sr.; and a grandson, David Walker. Mrs. Walker is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Kenneth and Lorraine Walker of Little Silver; two daughters and sons-in-law, Sarah and Michael Miller of Hazlet,…

  • Harold W. Estey

    Mr. Estey, 93, of River Plaza and the Locust section of Middletown, died Nov. 10, 2009, at home. He was group marketing director of pharmaceutical manufacturing at Merck & Co., Rahway, retiring in 1971. Mr. Estey also ran his own commercial real estate development firm for several years and was a consultant on oil pipelines…

  • Harold Albert Johnson III

    Mr. Johnson, 50, of the Belford section of Middletown, died Nov. 11, 2009, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. He was an information technology professional at several financial institutions, including the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Johnson is survived by two sons, Harold R. Johnson and Eric J. Johnson; a daughter, Monique M. Johnson; his father,…

  • Herbert Thomas Camlin

    Mr. Camlin, 84, of Hazlet, died Nov. 16, 2009, at Regency Park Nursing Home, Hazlet. He resided in Middletown prior to relocating to Hazlet in 2009. He was a retired Jersey City police officer. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Madeline Catherine Vernum Camlin; a son and daughter-in-law, William and Suzanne Camlin…

  • Frank Picciurro

    Mr. Picciurro, 78, of Holmdel, died Oct. 14, 2009, from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). He resided in Middletown, prior to relocating to Holmdel in 1999. He retired from RPM Insurance Agency in 1995. Prior to that, he and his brother, Henry Picciurro, formed VIP Real Estate and The Picciurro Agency, Staten Island, N.Y.…

  • To cook a turkey — first find the darned giblets

    Coda • GREG BEAN In our family, there are lots of stories we like to tell around the Thanksgiving table. Most of them are funny — to us — and most of them involve disasters, some going back generations. There’s the story about my grandmother’s sister, Gladys, who had her eye on a skinny young…

  • New Pt. Monmouth School playground a five-year dream

    Community effort to raise funds involved PTA, Elks, Scouts BY TOM SHORTELL Staff Writer Members of the Port Monmouth community ushered in a new playground with a ribboncutting ceremony at Port Monmouth Elementary School on Nov. 16. Students play on the new playground at Port Monmouth Elementary School Nov. 16. Local groups like the Girl…