Category: Independent Opinion
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Family thanks community for outpouring of caring
The Brown family would like to thank everyone for their prayers, cards, phone calls and monetary gifts during the passing of our beloved son and brother, Jawann. The show of love and support from the Matawan and Aberdeen community was something we as a family will never forget. We deeply appreciate everything that was done…
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Helen Capik Endlich
Mrs. Endlich, 92, of the Shadow Lake section of Middletown, died May 20, 2009, at home. She had resided in Edison before relocating to Shadow Lake in 1979. Before her retirement, Mrs. Endlich was a seamstress in Perth Amboy. She was predeceased by her first husband, Walter J. Capik; her husband, Robert Endlich; a daughter,…
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Editor has myopic view of New Jersey’s school system
In a recent column (“Never Mind the Details, Let’s Have a Tax Revolt!), managing editor Mark Rosman has concerns about being a heretic. I assure Mr. Rosman he is not, his views are just myopic. To state that the Abbott school districts are “now the wealthy districts” shows a total lack of understanding of the…
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Dorothy M. Schultz
Mrs. Schultz, 88, of Freehold Township, died May 11, 2009, at home. She was raised in Tinton Falls and had lived in Little Silver, Middletown, Toms River and Silvermead, Freehold Township, before settling in Monmouth Crossings last year. She retired as a bookkeeper from Sarbo, Middletown. Mrs. Schultz was predeceased by her husband, Russell, and…
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Edward M. Rosell
Mr. Rosell, 89, of the Lincroft section of Middletown, died May 24, 2009, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He was insurance broker and founder of The Rosell Insurance Agency, New York City, and later Lincroft. He is survived by his wife Isabelle Rosell; two sons and one daughter-in-law, Bernard and Mary Rosell of Lincroft,…
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Norma S. Martin Harder
Mrs. Harder, 78, of Hazlet, died May 13, 2009, at home. She resided in the Cliffwood Beach section of Old Bridge, prior to relocating to Hazlet, 10 years ago. She was a retired bookkeeper at Herman’s Sporting Goods, Carteret, where she was employed eight years. Following retirement, she was employed at Costco, Middletown, for several…
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Grace R. Porco
Mrs. Porco, 89, of the Shadow Lake section of Middletown, died May 14, 2009, at home. She was a retired an executive assistant at the MTA, New York City. Her husband of 51 years, Frank Porco, 85, died May 29, 2009. She is survived by a brother and sister-in-law, Warren and Florence Van Nosdall of…
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Donna Marie Magno
Mrs. Magno, 64, of Middletown, died May 27, 2009, at home. She was a health care worker at Essex County Special Child Services, for 12 years, retiring in 2005. She is survived by two sons, John Magno and Chris Magno, both of Middletown; a sister, Dolores Veneziano of Toms River; a grandson; and a nephew.…
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Stanley C.F. Lin
Mr. Lin, 88, of the Belford section of Middletown, died May 6, 2009. He had resided in Jersey City before relocating to Aberdeen. He was employed in the engineering field for more than 25 years and received five patents for his work in the control and prevention of environmental pollution. Prior to that, he was…
