Category: News Transcript Opinion
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Ida Belle McQueen
94, of Howell Ida Belle McQueen Mrs. McQueen was born in Dozier, Crenshaw County, Alabama, on October 14, 1914, the daughter of the late George Evans Cox and the late Callie Parker Cox. Mrs. McQueen moved to the Ardena Section of Howell Township in 1942. McQueen Boulevard, in Howell Township, was named in her…
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Howard Daniel Preston
Mr. Preston, 79, formerly of Marlboro, died Feb. 6,, 2009, in Lewiston, Maine. He served in the 50th Armed Division in the New Jersey National Guard and later became a master mechanic and managed a Chrysler and International Harvester dealership at Orr Motors Inc. in Manalapan. Mr. Preston was a volunteer fireman in Morganville and…
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Francis “Frank” Joseph La Mura
Mr. La Mura, 86, of Marlboro died Feb.7, 2009 at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. The winner of the 100-yard dash at the Penn Relays in 1940, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and served during World War II. Mr. La Mura was co-owner of the Mount Pleasant Manor Nursing Home and Renaissance Residential…
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Beatrice Orbach
Mrs. Orbach, 89, of Marlboro, died Feb. 13, 2009, at CareOne, Holmdel. She had been a resident of Monmouth County for almost 50 years, residing first in Aberdeen and then relocating to Marlboro in the mid-1990s. She was employed by the Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District for more than 20 years, after which she volunteered at…
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Lillian Joan Coutts
Mrs. Coutts, 83, a resident of Colts Neck for 37 years, died Feb.19, 2009, at home. She was a real estate agent for Gallery of Homes, Freehold. Prior to that she was a runway and private show fashion model in New York City and Washington, D.C. She was predeceased by a brother, George De Maio.…
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Charles Louis Mezey
Mr. Mezey, 80, a resident of Manalapan for 45 years, died Feb. 9, 2009, at Raritan Bay Medical Center in Old Bridge. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he was an insurance underwriter for Home Insurance Co. in Short Hills until his retirement in 1984. Mr. Mezey was predeceased by his wife, Ellen, in 1995.…
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Daniel M. Petrillo
Mr. Petrillo, 49, of Colts Neck, died Feb. 8, 2009, at home. Born in Summit, he was the owner and operator of Whispering Pines Farms, Colts Neck, for the past 25 years and a Consultant Asset Manager for D&B Kearney, Ossining, N.Y. He was a member of the Colts Neck First Aid Squad for the…
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Isabelle Sandello
Mrs. Sandello, 85, of Freehold, died Feb. 12, 2009, at The Manor in Freehold Township. Born in Bronx, N.Y., she resided there most of her life before moving to Freehold seven years ago. Mrs. Sandello was predeceased by her husband Edward J. in November 2006. She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Michael and…
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Writer has great pride in, respect for fire dept.
I read with interest and dismay the article wherein Gina Ramos blames the Freehold Fire Department for her daughter’s death ("Mom, Fire Department at Odds Over Response," News Transcript, Feb. 18). I do want to let her know that she and her family are in my prayers and I cannot imagine losing a child. For…
