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  • Sabrina Ann Siegmund

    Sabrina Ann Siegmund, 17, of Freehold, died July 6, 2011. She was born in Staten Island, N.Y., and had lived in Matawan before moving to Freehold two years ago. Sabrina was a 2011 graduate of Howell High School. She was predeceased by her grandparents Marie and Raymond Sigmund and William Morgan. Surviving are her mother…

  • Some sports idols are worthy of adulation

    GREG BEAN My friends would agree that I’m not what you’d call a sports nut, but I’ve become a serious fan of certain sports figures over the years, anyway. Some of my idol worship has clearly been misplaced. I idolized Mickey Mantle while listening to Yankees games late at night on my crystal radio with…

  • Fair, objective property tax system needed in NJ

    YOUR TURN CURTIS STOLLEN While much has been said regarding the need to overhaul New Jersey’s property tax, the discussion has centered around the over-reliance of property taxes for funding our schools. It seems that it is necessary to expand that conversation to involve the entire concept of assessing property taxes on a valuation basis.…

  • Edward (Eddie) C. Jones

    Mr. Jones 82, of Hamilton, died July 16, 2011, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Hamilton. He served his country during the KoreanWar. Prior to retiring, he was store manager and warehouse supervisor for Acme Supermarkets. After retirement, he worked in maintenance for the Monmouth County Park System, Lincroft, for 15 years and volunteered at…

  • No words to describe pain of loss

    GIRL TALK CLARE MARIE CELANO Life, as we know it, can change in a minute. Someone gets married, someone gets divorced. Someone says you’re hired, someone says you’re fired. Someone is born, someone dies. And these events change you. The passing of my 86-year-old mother on June 18, two months before her 87th birthday, has…

  • William Genung

    Mr. Genung, 98, of Freehold, formerly of East Brunswick, died June 28, 2011, at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He was employed as a cost accountant for Triangle Conduit & Cable Company, New Brunswick. In his retirement, Mr. Genung was the oldest employee ever…

  • Filippina Fruncillo

    Mrs. Fruncillo, 60, of Howell, died June 29, 2011, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was born in Serino, Italy, and came to the U.S. in 1972. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Fruncillo was predeceased by a brother, Pasquale; and a sister, Gilda. Surviving are her husband, Eugenio; a daughter, Antonette Daddio…

  • Eugene James Morris

    Mr. Morris, 83, of East Brunswick, died June 30, 2011, at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to retiring, he was an autoworker for Ford Motor Co., Edison. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, serving as an airman, 1946-1949. Mr. Morris was predeceased by a brother, Edward Morris; and a sister, Lorraine…

  • For Pete’s sake, just say ‘Cheese!’

    ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH Last week I made an announcement that all but brought my family to its knees. “I know what I want for my birthday,” I said with purpose. With some family members having forgotten a birthday or two in the past, this proclamation caused some to swallow hard, others to…