Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion
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Stanislawa Nowicka
Ms. Nowicka, 101, died Nov. 2, 2010, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy division. Prior to her retirement in 1974, she was employed as a machine operator with Stop Fire, North Brunswick, where she worked for 10 years. She was predeceased by a sister, Marie Nowicka, and a brother, Leon Nowicki. Surviving are a…
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Wanda T. Grella
Mrs. Grella, 92, of South River, died Oct. 30, 2010, at Golden Living Center, Old Bridge. She was predeceased by her husband, Walter, in 1986. Surviving are a daughter, Christine Tobin of South River; a sister, Maryanne Reckage, also of South River; a grandson; and a great-grandchild. A Mass was offered at St. Mary’s Church,…
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Edward “Pete” Chmura
Mr. Chmura, 89, of Sayreville, died Nov. 3, 2010, at home. Prior to his retirement, he was employed by E.I. DuPont Photo Products, Parlin section of Sayreville. He was predeceased by three sisters, Josephine Bailey, Julia Shuler and Ann Dzergoski; and two brothers, Joseph and Stanley Chmura. Surviving are a brother, John, with whom he…
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Stella Samuel Macko
Mrs. Macko, 86, of Sayreville, died Nov. 3, 2010, in Golden Living Center, Old Bridge. She was predeceased by her husband, Alex Macko; a son, William Macko; and a daughter, Patricia Cejner. Surviving are a son, Robert Macko, and his wife, Ellen, of Wall; a sister, Ann Wahler, and her husband, John, of South Amboy;…
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Lawrence O. Fehrle
Mr. Fehrle, 84, of South River, died Oct. 25, 2010, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was predeceased by a brother, William Francis Fehrle, and by a sister, Pat Kohlepp. Surviving are his wife, Mary Roselli Fehrle; two daughters, Mary Ann Kaczorowski, and her husband, John, of Spotswood and Lillian Fehrle Barry, and…
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John R. Solar
Mr. Solar, 51, of South River, formerly of Woodbridge, died Oct. 31, 2010, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was a residential and commercial contractor. He was predeceased by his father, Paul Solar. Surviving are his wife, Denise Bayman Solar; three children, Michael and Marie, both of South River, and Laurissa of Union;…
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Sophie Kostyshyn
Mrs. Kostyshyn, 90, of East Brunswick, died Nov. 4, 2010, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Surviving are three daughters, Nona Ptasnik, and her husband, Rudy, of Jamesburg, Mary Grebe of Powell, Ohio, and Helen Dunham of Florida; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. A funeral liturgy was offered at Nativity of the Blessed Virgin…
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Walter Burzawa
Mr. Burzawa, 90, formerly of East Brunswick and South River, died Nov. 1, 2010, at his daughter’s home in the Fords section of Woodbridge. Prior to his retirement, he was employed as a machine operator with Triangle Cable Co., North Brunswick, where he worked for 30 years. Surviving are his wife, Eleanor Swierkowska Burzawa; six…
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State’s pine forests under attack by voracious bugs
CODA GREG BEAN The last time I was in Colorado near Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park over a decade ago, the pine beetle plague that had devastated forests on the eastern side of the Continental Divide had not crossed over to attack lodgepole pines in the lush Roosevelt National Forest on the western…
