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  • New Jersey higher education deserves support

    The Lumina Foundation recently released a state-bystate report on the higher educational needs of America, for success in the 21st century. It projects that New Jersey alone will have to successively increase the number of college graduates it produces annually by 5,600 per year, every single year, until 2025, to meet one of President Barack…

  • Theodore D. Schofield

    Mr. Schofield, 79, of Marlboro, died suddenly in Aruba. He was born in New York and lived in Holmdel prior to moving to Marlboro 22 years ago. He was the chief financial officer for Hyundai Securities in New York City for over 20 years. Mr. Schofield was a survivor of the 9/11 terrorist attack on…

  • Gladys Violet DuBois Soden

    Mrs. Soden, 87, of Englishtown and Freehold, died Nov. 8, 2010, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Prior to retiring, Mrs. Soden worked at the Freehold Raceway. She was predeceased by her husband, Marvin Soden; two brothers, Arthur and Fred DuBois; and four sisters, Anna Vader, Luella Davison, Marie Shutzer Shiroky and Evelyn Hopkins. Surviving…

  • Theresa A. Digravina

    Mrs. Digravina, 76, of Manalapan, died Nov. 9, 2010, at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was born in Manhattan and lived in Staten Island, N.Y., before moving to Manalapan 23 years ago. Mrs. Digravina was a bookkeeper for Grace National Bank in New York City. Afterward she was a homemaker. Mrs. Digravina was…

  • Leonard Jackson

    Mr. Jackson, 70, of Freehold, died Nov. 14, 2010, at home. He was born in Opportunity, Ala. Mr. Jackson was a buildings and grounds maintenance man at the Monmouth County Hall of Records, Freehold, where he was employed from 1985 until his retirement in 2007. He was predeceased by his wife, Dorothy L. Jackson, in…

  • Eric Harold Foster Jr.

    Mr. Foster, 67, of Freehold, died Nov. 19, 2010, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. He was a graduate of Freehold High School. Mr. Foster was a two-term Freehold Borough councilman, serving as council president, and was on the Economic Development Committee, Finance Committee, and Water and Sewer Committee. He also served on the Borough…

  • Rosebud E. Polverino

    Mrs. Polverino, 81, of Freehold, died Nov. 16, 2010, at her daughter’s home in Manasquan. She was a graduate of Freehold High School. Mrs. Polverino was employed by a local auto dealership and then worked as a secretary at Central Jersey Bank and Trust, Freehold, until she retired in 1989. She was predeceased by her…

  • Salvatore F. DiBartolo

    Mr. DiBartolo, 71, of Freehold Township, died Nov. 19, 2010, at home. He was a U.S. Army veteran. Prior to retiring, Mr. DiBartolo was a partner of Greggs Girl Clothing Manufacturer, New York City. Surviving are by his wife, Loretta Lauro DiBartolo; two sons, Thomas DiBartolo and Gerard DiBartolo, both of Freehold Township; a daughter,…

  • Bernard D. McKenna

    Mr. McKenna, 76, of Myrtle Beach, S.C., formerly of Farmingdale, died Nov. 14, 2010, after a brief illness. He was a U.S. Army veteran and served in the Korean War. He had been an owner, driver and trainer of standardbred horses. After retiring, he became the first valet at the Meadowlands Raceway Drivers Room, where…