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  • Vivian Schmeling

    Mrs. Schmeling, 91, of Swainton, Cape May County, died April 28, 2007, at her son’s home in Swainton. She was born in Matawan and had lived in Holmdel before moving to The Villages, Howell, in 1986. A graduate of Matawan High School, she was a lifelong administrative assistant and spent the past 40 years of…

  • Evelina “Pina” D. Wilbourn-Townes

    Mrs. Wilbourn-Townes, 49, of Freehold, died April 29, 2007, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in Long Branch, she was a longtime resident of the Matawan-Aberdeen-Cliffwood area before moving to Freehold in 1982. Mrs. Wilbourn-Townes had been employed at Sunshine Biscuit, Sayreville, until 1998, when the plant moved out of state. She graduated from…

  • Stephen Cullen

    Mr. Cullen, 83, of Jackson, died April 29, 2007, at home. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he had lived there until moving to Freehold Township in 1985. He moved to Jackson in 2006. Mr. Cullen was a service technician for General Electric, Brooklyn, for more than thirty years, retiring in 1984. He was a World War…

  • Richard E. McLoughlin

    Mr. McLoughlin, 51, of Howell, died May 11, 2007, at Kimball Medical Center, Lakewood. Born in Manhattan, N.Y., he had lived in Rockaway Beach, N.Y., before moving to Howell 15 years ago. Mr. McLoughlin was currently a claims representative for the Social Security Administration, Jersey City, where he had worked for the past 27 years.…

  • Louise De Prospo

    Louise De Prospo, 79, of Freehold Township, died April 30, 2007, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. She was born in New York City and had resided in Hudson Manor in Freehold before moving to Freehold Township. Mrs. De Prospo attended the Freehold Senior Center. She was predeceased by her husband, Pat De Prospo, in…

  • Lack of information on dump is disturbing

    Is it possible to fight a plan when you don’t even know what the plan is? That’s what area residents and elected officials are trying to do right now as they rally opposition to the possibility that some entity could try to establish a waste transfer station on a 10-acre property on Route 33 in…

  • Clarke “Murph” Murphy Jr.

    Mr. Murphy, 70, of St. Augustine, Fla., died May 8, 2007, at Flagler Hospital, St. Augustine. Born and raised in Wenonah, he had lived in St. Augustine Shores since 1992 and was a former resident of Freehold Township. He was a graduate of Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. A…

  • Your Turn

    Financial constraints lead to difficult decisions Andrew DeFonzo Guest Column Andrew DeFonzoGuest Column To start, I have to say that what I am about to say is in no way the opinion of the Freehold Borough Board of Education. I do not speak for the board or any of its members, this is all just…

  • Florence Hanaway Croddick

    Mrs. Croddick, 87, of Freehold Township, died May 12, 2007, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. She was born in the Wickatunk section of Marlboro and was a communicant of St. Gabriel’s Roman Catholic Church, Marlboro. Mrs. Croddick was predeceased by her husband, Eugene F. Croddick, in 2002. Surviving are a son, John F.…