Category: News Transcript Opinion

  • Mary E. Bostic

    Mrs. Bostic, 77, of East Brunswick, died May 18, 2008, at home. Surviving are a daughter, Barbara Murphy, and her husband, John, of East Brunswick; a son, Paul, and his wife, Francine, of Freehold; and four grandchildren, Kevin and Andrew Bostic and Elizabeth and Jennifer Murphy. Services were held at Brunswick Memorial Home, East Brunswick.…

  • John “Jack” Walsh

    Mr. Walsh, 85, of Manalapan, died May 19, 2008, at CareOne at East Brunswick. He was a sales manager for McGraw-Hill and Prentice Hall Publications in White Plains, N.Y. Mr. Walsh was ordained a permanent deacon of the Trenton Diocese in 1980. Prior to his retirement he ran the preparation classes for baptism and marriage…

  • Laura Joan Hansen

    Mrs. Hanson, 74, of Farmingdale, died May 21, 2008, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, after a long battle with scleroderma. She was a 60-year member of the First UnitedMethodist Church of Farmingdale and a member of the Eastern Star, Como Temple Chapter, Spring Lake, for the past 20 years. Mrs. Hanson was a…

  • Nancy Dubois Wood

    Nancy DuBois Wood, 86, a lifelong resident of Freehold Township, died May 28, 2008, in hospice care at the home of her sister. She worked for Freehold Township as the deputy tax collector, retiring in 1988. She served on the Freehold Township Historic Preservation Commission and was the Freehold Township historian. Ms.Wood was predeceased by…

  • Mary Katz

    Mrs. Katz, 87, of Jackson, died May 23, 2008, at The Manor in Freehold Township. She was born in Saratoga, N.Y., and had lived in Howell since 1975 before settling in the Mews, Jackson, in 2002. Her husband, Leo Katz, died in 1999. Mrs. Katz is survived by a daughter and son- in-law, Frieda and…

  • Elizabeth E. VanDerveer

    Mrs. VanDerveer, 86, a lifelong resident of Farmingdale, died May 30, 2008, at home. She was a dressmaker for Maidenform, Farmingdale, and during World War II made bomber jackets. Mrs. VanDerveer is survived by her husband, William B. VanDerveer; a daughter, Carol Ann Russell of Belford, Va.; and two grandchildren. A graveside service was held…

  • Regina J. Ziemetra Lewis

    Mrs. Lewis, 66, ofManalapan, diedMay 25, 2008, at home. She worked for 25 years at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Old Bridge, in many different capacities, and was a member of the Englishtown Fire Co. Ladies Auxiliary. Surviving are her husband of 42 years, French A. Lewis Jr.; three sons, French A. Lewis III and…

  • Proposal to end school budget vote off mark

    Iwould like to thank Kelly V. Barry for the well-worded common-sense response to complaints by members of the Freehold Township Board of Education (News Transcript, Letters to the Editor, May, 28). I do not live in Freehold Township but am writing to focus attention on a proposal currently before the state Assembly. Complaints by these…

  • Howard S. “Pete” McCormick

    Mr. McCormick, 79, of the Adelphia section of Howell, died May 25, 2008, at CareOne in Jackson. He grew up in Red Bank and lived in Tinton Falls andWayside, Ocean Township, before moving to Howell. Mr. McCormick served in the U.S. Navy and the Merchant Marines. He and his partner, Ed Van Brunt, started McVan…