Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion
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James Michael Gushanas
Mr. Gushanas, 44, of North Brunswick, died Nov. 7, 2009, at home. He was raised in East Brunswick prior to relocating to North Brunswick. He was a cosmetologist for 25 years. He was predeceased by his father, Anthony; his mother, Mary; a sister, Sharon; and a nephew, Kevin. He is survived by a brother, Anthony…
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Kayla Marie Shepard
Ms. Shepard, 19, of San Francisco, died Oct. 28, 2009, in Bakersfield, Calif., as the result of injuries sustained in a motor-vehicle accident. Surviving are her parents, Maureen Scheid Shepard, formerly of the Parlin section of Sayreville, and Robert Shepard; a sister, Alyssa; her grandparents, Janet and Robert Scheid of Parlin; two aunts, Shanna Gill…
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Dorothy B. Siecinski Frankle
Mrs. Frankle, 86, of East Brunswick, died Oct. 29, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was predeceased by her husband, Henry Frankle, and by a brother, Raymond Siecinski. Surviving are a daughter, Karen Frankle of East Brunswick; a son, Robert Frankle of Brewster, N.Y.; two grandchildren; and a niece. Services were…
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Antonia L. Melzer
Ms. Melzer, 94, of East Brunswick, died Nov. 11, 2009, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was a longtime volunteer worker at the East Brunswick Senior Center. Surviving are her sister-in-law, Louise Ficarra; and many nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, great-great-nieces and greatgreat nephews. A Mass was offered at St. Bartholomew’s Church, East Brunswick.…
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Stephen Shanko
Mr. Shanko, 91, of East Brunswick, died Nov. 3, 2009, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Surviving are his wife, Victoria Tupkielewicz Shanko; a son, Stephen, and his wife, Jill, of East Brunswick; two daughters, Maryanne Stahley, and her husband, Jim, of Monroe and Valerie Oremus, and her husband, Rick, of Port St. Lucie,…
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Stella Prohaska
Mrs. Prohaska, 98, of East Brunswick, died Oct. 31, 2009, in John Montgomery Care Center, Freehold. She was a former telephone operator with New Jersey Bell, South River. She was predeceased by her husband, Edwin Prohaska; a daughter, Constance Parr; a brother, Joseph Jankowski; and a granddaughter, Cynthia. Surviving are a daughter, Elaine Haefner, and…
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To cook a turkey — first find the darned giblets
Coda • GREG BEAN In our family, there are lots of stories we like to tell around the Thanksgiving table. Most of them are funny — to us — and most of them involve disasters, some going back generations. There’s the story about my grandmother’s sister, Gladys, who had her eye on a skinny young…
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Robert L. McCarty
Mr. McCarty, 51, of Old Bridge, formerly of South River, died Oct. 31, 2009, at home. He was employed as a security-alarm monitor technician for the past four years with Protection One Security, Wall. Before that, he worked at STS Auto Center, East Brunswick, and Wawa, Old Bridge. He was predeceased by his father, John…
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