Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion
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Milton F. “Matt” Meade Jr.
Mr. Meade, 61, of South River, died April 27, 2009, at home. He was employed for the past 10 years by Walters Auto Body, Sayreville. He was predeceased by his parents, Milton F. and Rose Razzano Meade. Surviving are a sister, Roseann Geiger, and her husband, Phillip, of Scottsdale, Ariz.; a brother, Michael Meade, and…
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Evelyn M. Hatfield Kotora
Mrs. Kotora, 77, of Spotswood, formerly of Old Bridge, died April 11, 2009, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. She taught kindergarten Sunday school for 17 years at the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, Old Bridge. Surviving are her husband, Joseph G. Kotora; two sons, Joseph G. Kotora, and his wife, Sheryl,…
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Thomas J. Aldrich
Mr. Aldrich, 77, of New Brunswick, died April 7, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to his retirement several years ago, he was employed as a bartender at Dominic’s Restaurant, New Brunswick. Surviving are a brother, Robert Aldrich of New Brunswick; three sisters, Lucy Pellicane of Edison, Harriet “Peggy” Criss of…
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Gee, that candy looks good enough to smoke
Coda • GREG BEAN My favorite line from the recent presidential campaign was Barack Obama explaining his youthful experimentation with mind-altering chemicals. “When I was young and stupid, I was young and stupid,” he said. That resonated with me, in large part because there was plenty of stupidity in my own misspent youth. Here, for…
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Peter Schellhammer
Mr. Schellhammer, 61, of North Brunswick, died April 9, 2009, at home. He resided in Milltown, prior to relocating to North Brunswick in 1973. He was an assembler at Drive Technology, Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick, for more than 10 years. Prior to that, he was an engineer at IBM for more than 20…
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Gale Pabish Brown
Mrs. Brown, 54, of the Cliffwood Beach section of Old Bridge, died April 3, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. A son, Jonathan R. Brown, died in 2008. Surviving are her husband, Frederic; a daughter, Crissy Paster, and her husband, Brett, of Cliffwood Beach; a sister, Karen Scarloto of Galloway; and three…
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Jeremy Ryan Smith
Jeremy, 3 weeks old, died April 10, 2009, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Surviving are his parents, Anthony and Melissa Estenes Smith of East Brunswick; his grandparents, Jean and Mark Estenes of East Brunswick and Melinda and Eugene Smith of Savannah, Ga.; and his great-grandparents, Ruth and Jeff Smith and Dorothy Estenes. Graveside…
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John S. Grabowski
Mr. Grabowski, 84, of the Madison Park section of Old Bridge, died April 23, 2009, in SummerhillNursingHome, Old Bridge. He served as a special policeman for Madison Township (now Old Bridge) 1957-59. Surviving are his wife, Filomena “Dolly” Diangelantonio Grabowski; two daughters, Joan Philips, and her husband, Steve, and Barbara Neary, and her husband, Bill,…
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Kenneth A. Weber
Mr. Weber, 82, of Old Bridge, died April 17, 2009, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. His wife, Evelyn, died in 2005. Surviving are several nieces and nephews. Services were held at Michael Hegarty Funeral Home, Old Bridge. Interment was in Chestnut Hill Cemetery, East Brunswick.
