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  • Dolores A. Piasecki

    Mrs. Piasecki, 77, of Freehold and formerly of Hazlet and Middletown, died Sept. 7, 2011, at Rose Garden Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Toms River. She was a homemaker and a parishioner of St. Rose of Lima Church, Freehold. Her husband, Raymond F., predeceased Mrs. Piasecki in 2008. She is survived by three sons, Raymond Piasecki…

  • Vincent J. “Jim” Stavola

    Mr. Stavola, 88, of Howell, died Sept. 6, 2011, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. He was born in Sassano, Italy. Mr. Stavola was employed as a management analyst for the Department of the Army, CECOM division, Fort Monmouth. He was a U.S. Army veteran, having served during World War II in the intelligence…

  • JohannesWilden

    Mr. Wilden, of the Morganville section of Marlboro, died Sept. 7, 2011, at home. He was born in Benrad-Huels, Germany and immigrated to the United States with his wife and three oldest children in 1959. Mr. Wilden was formerly employed at NL Industries in SouthAmboy and later started his own masonry business, Stonekraft. Surviving are…

  • Edythe V. Weston

    Mrs. Weston, 67, of Howell died Sept. 11, 2011, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township, after a battle with cancer. She grew up in Wanamassa and resided in Ocean Grove for more than 30 years before moving to Howell. She was the former proprietor of Tempo, Ocean Grove. Mrs. Weston was an active member of…

  • September exit strategy

    GREEN SCENE GOTTI KELLEY “It takes a while to grasp that a garden isn’t a testing ground for character and to stop asking, what did I do wrong? Maybe nothing.” — Eleanor Perenyi H as hodgepodging descended on your garden? Overcrowded with dense and uncontrolled growth, weeds hiding in plain sight and nary a bloom…

  • Richard P. Morrissey

    Mr. Morrissey, 56, of Freehold, died suddenly Aug. 26, 2011, at Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn, N.Y. He was a harness driver at the Freehold Raceway, Freehold, for many years. Surviving are six sisters; 12 nieces and nephews; and four great-nieces and great-nephews. A memorial gathering was held at the Freeman Funeral Home, Freehold.

  • Ida Block

    Mrs. Block, 102, of Holland, Pa., died Aug. 31, 2011. She was a resident of Freehold from the 1930s until she moved to Long Branch in 1951, where she was active with the Long Branch Hadassah. Mrs. Block was responsible for the finances of their business, TheAuto Boys. She also worked as a receptionist at…

  • Anna V. Astone

    Mrs. Astone, 91, of Farmingdale, died Sept. 6, 2011, at the Geraldine L. Thompson Care Center, Wall. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Astone was predeceased by her husband, Sabato; five brothers, John, Michael, Frank, Fred and Raymond Giantomenico; and a sister, Helen Giantomenico. Surviving are two daughters, Ronnie Dige and her husband, John, of Farmingdale,…