Category: News Transcript Opinion

  • Aloysius F. Keenan

    Mr. Keenan, 95, of Morganville and formerly of Old Bridge, died March 11, 2012, at his daughter’s home. He was a retired superintendent for Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City. Mr. Keenan was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He was predeceased by his wife of 49 years, Sarah Keenan, in 1997, and a…

  • Eric R. Petosa

    Mr. Petosa, 36, of Manalapan, died March 16, 2012. He attended Freehold Township High School. Mr. Petosa was a restaurant chef in New Jersey and Florida. Surviving are his father and stepmother, Raymond and Angelica Petosa, Manalapan; his mother and stepfather, Nancy and David Gruman, Punta Gorda, Fla.; a daughter, Julie Petosa, Brick Township; a…

  • Lewis J. Burgess

    Mr. Burgess, 63, of Manalapan, died March 12, 2012, at CareOne at Holmdel. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Mr. Burgess was employed as a construction consultant for Consolidated Risk Management Inc. He was predeceased by a sister, Judy Burgess. Surviving are his wife of 26 years, Denise; two children, James…

  • Elizabeth B. Buck

    Mrs. Buck, 85, of Brick Township, formerly of Perth Amboy, Colts Neck and Wall Township, died March 15, 2012. She was a homemaker and an accomplished seamstress. Mrs. Buck was predeceased by her husband, Alfred J. Buck. Surviving are four sons, Jack and his wife, Sandra, of Pennsylvania, Gary and his wife, Linda, of Wall…

  • Anna Shanahan

    Mrs. Shanahan, 83, of Manalapan, formerly of Brooklyn, N.Y., died March 20, 2012, at Bartley Healthcare, Jackson. She was predeceased by a brother, Stephen Block Jr. Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, William and Joanne Shanahan of Manalapan; three grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren. Afuneral liturgy was celebrated at St. Thomas More Church, Manalapan, followed by…

  • Stanley A. Smolinski

    Mr. Smolinski, 86, of Freehold, formerly of Staten Island, N.Y., died March 18, 2012. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and earned a Purple Heart, Bronze Star and Victory Medal. Prior to retiring, Mr. Smolinski was employed as an insurance salesman for Prudential Insurance Company for 40 years. He was predeceased…

  • Pupil expresses thoughts about environment

    Editor’s note: Melissa Sharar, a fourth-grade teacher at the Lafayette Mills School, Manalapan, submitted the following letter to the editor from one of her pupils. In a note to the News Transcript, Sharar wrote, “The essay below represents the types of ideas that students in my class wrote about as an assignment upon the completion…

  • Rose Fortunato Rappa

    Mrs. Rappa, 88, of Old Bridge, formerly of the Morganville section of Marlboro, died March 22, 2012, at Madison Center, Old Bridge. She was a former secretary of the St. Joseph’s Senior Citizens Organization, Keyport. Surviving are two daughters, Diane Rappa of Freehold and Celeste Rappa of Old Bridge; a sister, Lucy Stellatella of Toms…