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  • Mary Palmeri

    93, of Howell Mary Palmeri Mary Palmeri, 93, of Howell Twp., passed away on Tuesday, August 11, 2009, at the Specialty Hospital at Kimball Medical Center, Lakewood, NJ. Mrs. Palmeri was born in Manhattan, NY, and had lived in South Beach, Staten Island, before moving to Howell in 1964. She was a parishioner of St.…

  • Freda M. “Fritz” Smith Chojnacki

    Mrs. Chojnacki, 79, of Manalapan, died Aug. 12, 2009, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. She was raised in Old Bridge and moved to Manalapan in 1960. Primarily a homemaker, Mrs. Chojnacki was a school bus driver for the Marlboro Board of Education for many years. She was predeceased by her husband, Stanley, in 2005;…

  • Charlotte C. Smith

    90, of Freehold Charlotte C. Smith Charlotte C. Smith, 90, of Freehold passed away at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Twp., on Wednesday, August 12, 2009. Mrs. Smith was born and grew up in Fort Lee, NJ, and had lived in Teaneck before moving to the Freehold area in 2003. Mrs. Smith was a former parishioner…

  • John Buff Kip

    Mr. Kip, 85, of Freehold, died Aug. 12, 2009, at Bartley Healthcare Nursing and Rehabilitation, Jackson. He had resided in the Freehold area all his life. Mr. Kip was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, celebrating the 60th reunion of his unit last year. He was a member of the First United Methodist…

  • Richard A. Soltz

    58, of Howell, U.S. Army veteran of Vietnam Richard A. Soltz Richard A Soltz, 58, of Howell, passed away at home on Tuesday, August 11, 2009. Mr. Soltz was born, raised and had lived in Brooklyn, NY, moving to Howell in 1990. He was a tractor trailer driver for Federal Express, Newark, for 24 years…

  • Frances G. Young

    Mrs. Young, 52, of Hazlet, died July 31, 2009, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She resided in Jackson and Marlboro prior to relocating to Hazlet 20 years ago. She was a teacher at Middle Road School, Hazlet, for the past seven years of her 18-year career. She was predeceased by her father,…

  • You can use a chainsaw to correct rude behavior

    Coda • GREG BEAN We live in a state where we are regularly witness to, or victims of, rude behavior. And most of us not only tolerate it, we enable it. You know the kind of situation I’m talking about. You’re at the boarding counter at the airport when you’re told your flight to Cleveland…

  • Henry R. Gesicki

    Mr. Gesicki, 75, of South River, died July 30, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Surviving are two sisters, Jeannette Mark of Monroe and Charlotte Wesp, and her husband, Joseph, of Manalapan; two nieces, Nicole Southern, and her husband, Mark, and Megan Wesp; and one great-niece. Services were held at Brunswick Memorial…

  • A real case of puppy love

    Around Town Around Town • AMY ROSEN I always wanted a dog. From the time I was a child, if anyone asked me what I wanted for my birthday, without hesitation I answered, "a dog." Since we did not have a backyard for a dog to roam around in, my parents did not think it…