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  • Richard Arthur Shutzer

    Mr. Shutzer, 72, of Freehold, died March 5, 2013, at home. He was a graduate of Freehold High School, class of 1958, and a U.S. Marine Corps veteran. Mr. Shutzer worked as an auto body mechanic for Ken’s Body Works, Freehold Township, and Whelan Pontiac, Freehold Township. After that, he was employed at the Higgins…

  • Helen N. Korzemba

    Mrs. Korzemba, 87, of Manalapan, died Feb. 26, 2013, at Pine Brook Care Center, Manalapan. She was predeceased by her husband, Joseph, in 1991. Surviving are three sons and two daughters in law, Joseph and Lyuba, Michael and Catherine, and Richard Korzemba; two daughters and a son-in-law, Helen, and Eve and David Sternlieb; seven grandchildren…

  • Doris A. Ranuro

    Mrs. Ranuro, 69, of Freehold Township, died Feb. 27, 2013, at home. She was employed as a patient food service representative at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township, for the past 14 years. Prior to that, she was employed as a site manager for the West New York senior nutrition program. Mrs. Ranuro was predeceased by…

  • Lorraine C. FitzGerald

    Mrs. FitzGerald, 82, of Marlboro, died March 3, 2013, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. She was the former owner of the Colts Neck Bakery and Deli. Surviving are her husband of 61 years, William FitzGerald; three children, Helen Schultzel, Karen Moriarty and Stephen FitzGerald; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and a brother, Arthur Shannon. A…

  • Freeholder misses the point on farm deal

    I just finished reading a letter to the editor from Monmouth County Freeholder Lillian Burry that was published in this newspaper. If anyone has had a narrow-minded approach to Mayor Andrew Lucas’ land deal in Manalapan, it has been Mrs. Burry. Once again she beats the drum of “the people not understanding the sole purpose…

  • on campus 

    Brian Puricelli, son of Anthony and Maureen Puricelli of Morganville, was named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Penn State University-Behrend, Erie, Pa., where he is majoring in chemical engineering. Brian is a 2010 graduate of Marlboro High School. Adam M. Pearlstein, son of Drs. Caryn and Eric Pearlstein of Morganville, was…

  • Candidate says freeholder board needs a Democratic watchdog

    I would like to thank the over 400 Democrats who nominated me at the convention recently to run for Monmouth County freeholder. The monopoly control of any political body by one political party is not healthy and leads, inevitably, to corruption. The Republicans now have an unchallenged and unhealthy monopoly on the freeholder board, and…

  • Freeholder had no need to apologize for her statement

    How unfortunate that Monmouth County Freeholder Lillian G. Burry found it necessary in her March 6 letter to the editor to apologize for expressing an honest opinion that offended some thin-skinned yahoo. It’s almost impossible to make any statement that won’t offend someone, so why worry about it? It is ironic that the pro-diversity, politically…

  • Shirley Pierce

    Mrs. Pierce, 86, of Whiting, died Feb. 7, 2013. She was born Shirley Hill on March 15, 1926, in Manhattan, N.Y. She lived in Hazlet for 30 years before retiring to Ocean Isle Beach, N.C. She returned to New Jersey seven years ago and resided in Whiting. She was predeceased by her husband, John Pierce;…