Category: Independent Opinion

  • Teresa Ferriso

    Mrs. Ferriso, 66, of Middletown, died June 28, 2009, at home. She was predeceased by her husband, Robert Ferriso, in 1973. She is survived by a son, Michael Ferriso of Los Angeles, Calif.; two daughters, Lisa Bruno of Middletown, and Selina Ferriso of Holmdel; and three grandchildren. Interment was at Fair View Cemetery, Middletown. Arrangements…

  • Thomas A. Finnegan

    Mr. Finnegan, 81, of the Belford section of Middletown, died June 30, 2009, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He was a land surveyor and planner with his father, J. Craig Finnegan, until his father’s death in 1960, and owned his surveying business, Thomas A. Finnegan Land Surveyor and Planner, the next 45 years. He…

  • Josephine Chiaffitella

    Mrs. Chiaffitella, 88, of Aberdeen, died June 27, 2009, at Bayshore Healthcare Center, Holmdel. She was a self-employed dressmaker. Mrs. Chiaffitella was predeceased by her husband, Mike, in 1992. She is survived by a son, Michael of Aberdeen; two sisters, Virginia Matos and Lucy Mari; and two grandchildren. Arrangements were by Day Funeral Home, Keyport.

  • Rose Carlo

    Mrs. Carlo, 100, of Hazlet, died May 29, 2009, at Regency Park Nursing Center, Hazlet. She was predeceased by her husband, Michael Carlo, in 1986. She is survived by a daughter, Ann Marie Colasurdo; a son and daughter-inlaw, Michael and Pat Carlo; and four grandchildren. A funeral liturgy was celebrated at Holy Rosary Roman Catholic…

  • Mary Alfano Basile

    Mrs. Basile, 93, of Matawan, died June 29, 2009, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. She was a lineworker at Charms Candy Co., Bloomfield, for 25 years, retiring in the 1960s. She was predeceased by her husband, Michael Basile, in 1972. She is survived by several nieces and nephews. Day Funeral Home, Keyport was in charge…

  • Eugene T. Wood

    Mr. Wood, 82, of Hazlet, died June 7, 2009. He was a pressman foreman at the New York Times, retiring in 1993. He was predeceased by a brother, Francis J. Wood. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Margaret P. Sweeney Wood; three sons and daughters-in-law, Francis J. and Marie Wood of Hazlet,…

  • Grace M. Bozza

    Mrs. Bozza, 74, of Hazlet, died May 28, 2009. She was a secretary at Keyport Legion Apartments. She was predeceased by her husband, Peter J. Bozza, in 1992; and two brothers, Michael and Emil Bove. Mrs. Bozza is survived by three daughters and two sons-in-law, Donna Bozza of Hazlet, Susan Bozza Harnett and Bill of…

  • June Dombrowski

    Mrs. Dombrowski, 81, of the Cheesequake Village section of Matawan, died June 25, 2009. She had resided in the Cliffwood section of Matawan before relocating to Matawan 20 years ago. Mrs. Dombrowski was a housekeeper at various homes in the area. She was predeceased by her husband, Joseph; a son, Joseph; and a brother, Andrew…

  • Helen Zagacki

    Miss Zagacki, 102, of Holmdel, died May 30, 2009, at Arnold Walter Nursing Home, Hazlet. She was a secretary at Kornbluth Realty Co., Bayonne, before her retirement. She was predeceased by a sister and brother-in-law, Mae and Steve Sagaski; two brothers, Peter and Joseph Joswick; a brother-in-law, Adam Brakowski; and two nephews, Edward and Stanley…