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  • Walter James “Jinx” Soden Sr.

    Mr. Soden, 73, of Jackson, formerly of Freehold, died Aug. 22, 2011, at Jersey Shore University Hospital, Neptune. Prior to retiring, he was a security guard at the Monmouth County Board of Social Services, the John L. Montgomery Medical Home, and Hudson Manor. He was predeceased by two sons, Tommy and Walter Jr. Mr. Soden…

  • Freehold Twp. resident says officials came through for Raintree

    Freehold Township Mayor David Salkin and Township Administrator Peter Valesi went around different parts of the township (onAug. 28) assessing the damages wrought by Hurricane Irene. In the afternoon, Township Committeeman Anthony Ammiano and Mr. Valesi assessed the rest of the township, including the Raintree community. The (officials) spread out all over the township to…

  • Marilyn Ann Colombo

    Mrs. Colombo, 72, of Marlboro, died Sept. 4, 2011, at home. Prior to retiring, she worked as a logistics specialist for the U.S. Army at Fort Monmouth, Eatontown. Mrs. Colombo was predeceased by her husband, Dominick; and a sister, Demetra D. Bruno. Surviving are two sons, John and his partner, Michael Collins, of New York…

  • Rocco J. Russo

    Mr. Russo, 79, of Jackson, died Sept. 11, 2011, from melanoma, at Kimball Medical Center, Lakewood. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and lived there until moving to the Winding Ways Community in Jackson in 1996. Prior to retiring, he worked for the city of New York, Department of Traffic. He was also a gifted…

  • Anne Merrill Rapp

    Mrs. Rapp, 79, of Holmdel, formerly of Red Bank and Little Silver, died Sept. 1, 2011, of heart-related ailments at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. She was the international record holder for longevity with a prosthetic heart valve, 40 years, with her first surgery taking place in 1971. Mrs. Rapp worked as an artist for…

  • 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…

  • Barbara (Barby) Allison

    Mrs. Allison, 76, died Aug. 24, 2011, at the Manor in Freehold Township. She was predeceased by her husband, Keith Allison. Surviving are three daughters and their husbands, Audrey and Larry Cirangle of Manalapan, Renee and Howard Berkowitz of Shrewsbury, and Tara and John Santello of Cooperstown, N.Y.; a brother, Howard Warshauer, and his wife,…

  • Vincent “Ace” Cartiglia”

    Mr. Cartiglia, 78, of Freehold Township, formerly of Staten Island, N.Y., died Sept. 1, 2011, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Prior to retiring, he was employed as a butcher for Cangiano’s Pork Store, Staten Island. Before that, he was a meat supervisor for Dairy Dell Caterers and was the owner of C & S…

  • Virginia M. DeQuarto

    Mrs. DeQuarto, 81, of Howell, formerly of Brooklyn, N.Y., died Sept. 1, 2011, at home. She was a homemaker. Surviving are her husband of 60 years, Peter; a son, James De- Quarto, and his wife, Lisa, of Freehold Township; two daughters, Diane Calabria and her husband, Frank, of Howell, and Denise De- Quarto of Brooklyn;…