Category: Independent Opinion

  • Margaret “Peggy” G. Estey

    Mrs. Estey, 88, of the River Plaza section of Middletown, died July 13, 2008, at home. She was the former owner of a kinder gym school in Middletown. She was predeceased by her first husband, Robert Goodman. She is survived by her husband of 28 years, Harold; two sons, Bruce Goodman of Georgia, and Peter…

  • Harry F. Beirne

    Mr. Beirne, 60, of Middletown, died July 14, 2008, at River Hospital, Alexandria Bay, N.Y. He resided in Red Bank, and the Middletown area for 20 years. He was the retired manager of a distribution center for Cooper Electric, Freehold. He is survived by his fiancée, Barbara Toal of Middletown; a sister and brotherin law,…

  • Robert H. Sickles Jr.

    Mr. Sickles, 53, of Union Beach, died July 16, 2008, at home. He resided in Hazlet before moving to Union Beach 28 years ago. He was a carpenter with Local No. 2250, Red Bank, for the past 28 years. He is survived by his wife, Terry J. Gilgannon Sickles; his parents, Ellen and Robert H.…

  • Bonnie Zalewski-Howarth

    Mrs. Zalewski-Howarth, 60, of Middletown, died July 16, 2008, at home. Born in Long Branch, she was a lifelong resident of Keansburg. She was a waitress and bartender at a local restaurant and tavern, and activities coordinator at McGrath Towers, Keansburg, for two years. She was predeceased by a brother, Anthony Weber; and a sister,…

  • AARP grateful for passage of health care reform bill

    With the passage of S1557, the New Jersey Legislature took a big first step toward health care reform in New Jersey. S1557 mandates that New Jersey’s children have health insurance, and sets forth market reforms that will bring younger people into the individual insurance market. The bill will expand the N.J. Family Care health insurance…

  • Frances Klem Feely

    Mrs. Feely, 94, of Monmouth Beach, and Brooklyn, N.Y., died July 7, 2008, at St. BarnabasMedical Center, Long Branch. She was one of the first female managers at the New York Telephone Co. during the 1950s. She was predeceased by her husband of 26 years, James W. Feely, in 1980; and a brother, John Klem.…

  • Joseph Zaccardi

    Mr. Zaccardi, 80, of the Belford section of Middletown, died July 8, 2008, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He was a driver at Sunshine Biscuit Corp., Woodbridge, retiring n 1994. Prior to that, he was a firefighter for Jersey City Fire Department from 1959-85. He was predeceased by a son, Thomas Zaccardi, in 1983;…

  • Eleanor E. Miner Schultz

    Mrs. Schultz, 84, of the Port Monmouth section of Middletown, died July 12, 2008, at home. She was a computer department manager at Hospital Portrait Service, Red Bank, for more than 28 years, retiring in 1991. She was predeceased by her husband, John Schultz; and five brothers, August, Robert, Raymond, Leonard and James Miner. She…

  • Gunilla E. Tybell Bronell

    Mrs. Bronell, 66, of Holmdel, died June 17, 2008. She was a retired private nurse to a local resident. She was predeceased by her husband, Carl, in 1996. She is survived by a sister, Christina Tybell of Sweden. Arrangements were by Holmdel Funeral Home. Memorial donations may be made to Huntington’s Disease Society of America,…