Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion
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Stanley Stachowicz
Mr. Stachowicz, 94, of South River, died Dec. 3, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to his retirement in 1981, he was employed as a chemical operator with National Lead Industries, Sayreville, where he worked for 26 years. His wife, Elsa Bernardi Stachowicz, died in 2006. Surviving are two sons, Joseph…
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Changes in finance laws mean more negative ads
Coda • • GREG BEAN If you liked the barrage of advertising in some of the most recent elections, you’re absolutely going to love what’s coming down the pike in the next few contests. Lost among the news last week about the intrusions and restrictions air travelers will face in coming years to keep us…
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Anthony J. Costanza
Mr. Costanza, 80, of Downingtown, Pa., died Jan. 7, 2010, at Coatesville (Pa.) Veterans Administration Hospital. He had resided in Charlottesville, Va., before relocating to Downingtown in 1992. Mr. Costanza is survived by his wife, Marcella F. McCormack Costanza; a son and daughter-in-law, Thomas P. and Claire of Monroe Township; three daughters and sons-in-law, Kathy…
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Howard R. “Chick” Gerhartz
Mr. Gerhartz, 84, of the Dayton section of South Brunswick, died Jan. 2, 2010, at The Elms of Cranbury. He is survived by his wife, Jenina DiMartino Gerhartz; two sisters, Margaret Allnutt of Ellicott City, Md., and Elizabeth Fabian of Midlolkin, Va.; and several nieces and nephews. Entombment was at Franklin Memorial Park, North Brunswick.…
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Walter M. Kosmowski Sr.
Mr. Kosmowski, 78, of Matawan, died Jan. 8, 2010, at home. He had resided in Sayreville before relocating to Matawan in 1972. He taught carpentry and cabinetmaking at Middlesex County Vocational School, East Brunswick, for 30 years, retiring in 1993. Mr. Kosmowski was a member of the International Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners Local 1006,…
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Francis X. Lucid Sr.
Mr. Lucid, 80, of Milltown, died Dec. 23, 2009, at St. Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was a heavy equipment operator for Operating Engineers Local 825 in South Brunswick for 35 years, retiring in 1992. Surviving are his wife of 60 years, Jane Slover Lucid; his sons, Edward and his wife, Donna, of Milltown,…
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Gaetana DeBenedetto
Mrs. DeBenedetto, 97, of Jackson, died Dec. 30, 2009, at Bartley Healthcare, Jackson. She was born in Avellino, Italy, and came to the United States in 1957. Mrs. DeBenedetto, a homemaker, had lived in Manalapan and Freehold before moving to Jackson. She was predeceased by her husband, Marco, in 1984; a son, Edio, in 1942;…
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Cordellia Duff
Mrs. Duff, 66, of Old Bridge, died Dec. 28, 2009, at home. Her husband, Lester Duff Sr., died in 2007, and a sister, Joan Zamparie, died in 2006. Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, Lester Jr. and Sheila Duff of Old Bridge; three sisters, Bernice Scott and Barbara Muraszewski, and her husband, Mike, all of…
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Marcia Jakubowski
Mrs. Jakubowski, 35, of East Brunswick, died Dec. 17, 2009, at home. Born in Jersey City, she was a graduate of Asbury Park High School. Surviving are her parents, Walter Pendleton and Ellen Moran; her husband, Ron Jakubowski; children, Kyle, Keith and Kendall; a brother, Michael Connolly; four sisters, Rachel Moran, Dorian Pendleton, Nora McKelvey…
