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  • Anthony J. Irace

    Mr. Irace, 66, of Manalapan, died, May 2, 2009, at home. Born in Brooklyn, he lived there until moving to Manalapan nine years ago. Mr. Irace was a U.S. Navy veteran and an HVAC supervisor at Rockefeller Center in Manhattan for many years before retiring in 1996. His wife, Carmela, died in 2007. Surviving are…

  • Eugene R. Marinko

    Mr. Marinko, of Tampa, Fla., formerly of Englishtown and Freehold, died at home April 28, 2009. He was a U.S. Åir Force veteran, where he trained in electronics and radar. Upon discharge he worked several years as a technical representative for Madigan Electronic Corp., assisting in the installation of heavy ground radar. Later, Mr. Marinko…

  • Deborah “Debbie” M. Carmona

    Mrs. Carmona, 55, of Freehold Township, died May 3, 2009, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. She had lived in Brooklyn and Howell before moving to Freehold Township in 1997. Mrs. Carmona worked for Sodexo, a food service provider for the Freehold Township School system. Prior to that, she worked in the parish office at…

  • Herman Bell

    Mr. Bell, 80, of Freehold Township and formerly of Farmingdale, died April 28, 2009, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. He was a corrections officer at the N.J. State Home for Boys, Monroe. Mr. Bell was a U.S. Navy veteran and a member of the Tin Can Sailors and the American Legion. After retiring, he…

  • Rita A. Certa

    Ms. Certa, 63, of Howell, died April 28, 2009, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in Germany, she settled in Howell after coming to the United States in 1951. Ms. Certa was a cashier for Wal-Mart in Howell. Surviving are a brother and sister-in-law, Wesley and Kaye Kowalew of Howell; two nieces; a great-nephew;…

  • Maryann Avino-Matunas

    Mrs. Avino-Matunas, 68, of Toms River and Port St. Lucie, Fla., died April 29, 2009, at Community Medical Center in Toms River. Born in Brooklyn, she lived in Manalapan before moving to Toms River six years ago. Mrs. Avino-Matunas was employed by the College of Staten Island in New York for many years before becoming…

  • Elizabeth Ann Gribbon

    Mrs. Gribbon, 75, of Manalapan, died April 28, 2009, at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge. She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and in 1965 moved to Manalapan. Mrs. Gribbon became a nurse as an adult, working as a registered nurse at Raritan Bay Medical Center-Old Bridge division. She retired in 1991. Her husband, Hugh…

  • In Long Branch, they don’t need no stinkin’ commission

    Coda • GREG BEAN Are your town elders being bothered by pesky members of the local Historical Commission who don’t want to tear down historic buildings so a new Starbucks can go up (attention, Milltown)? Then you ought to take a lesson from Long Branch Mayor Adam Schneider and his rubber stamp City Council (with…

  • Willie Simons

    Mr. Simons, 57, of Freehold, died April 11, 2009, at his niece’s home in Freehold. He was born in Clarksdale, Miss., and had resided in Freehold most of his life. Mr. Simons was a construction worker and a U.S. Marine Corps veteran. Surviving are his wife, Pamela Manning Simons; two daughters, Antoinette Russin of Dallas,…