Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Guillermo Ibarra

    Mr. Ibarra, 62, of South River, died March 18, 2009. He was predeceased by his mother, Magdalena Fiuri Ibarra; his father-in-law, Joseph Gambino; a brother, Juan R. Ibarra; and a granddaughter, Ashlyn Ferriero. Surviving are his wife, Frances Ibarra; his father, Juan Guillermo Ibarra; two sons, Freddy Ibarra, and his wife, Griselda Ailen Ibarra, of…

  • Stepping down, but grateful for privilege to have served

    As you know, I have decided not to seek another term on the Spotswood Board of Education. I have decided that nine years is enough, and it’s time for new thoughts and fresh ideas to move this wonderful school district to the next level. I would like to thank each of you for allowing me…

  • Charles P. Cole

    Mr. Cole, 78, of East Brunswick, died March 10, 2009, in East Brunswick. He was the owner of Pirate’s Den, Sayreville, for several years. A son, Keith Patrick, died in 1958. Surviving are his wife, Ethel Lifgren Cole; three daughters, Karen Lifgren of Veazie, Maine, Kris Cole, and her husband, Gerald Pocock, of Westford, Mass.,…

  • Joseph V. Dockiewicz

    Mr. Dockiewicz, 91, of New Brunswick, died March 16, 2009, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was predeceased by three sisters, Helen Roskowski, Ann Prusarczyk and Patronela Suchowiecki, and by two brothers, Paul and John Dockiewicz. Surviving are two sisters, Adele Wrobel of Sayreville and Charlotte Gutkowski of Monroe; and many nieces and…

  • Albert DeSantis

    Mr. DeSantis, 87, of Sparta, formerly of Old Bridge, died March 10, 2009, in St. Clare’s Hospital, Denville. His wife, Julia DeSantis, died in 1995. Surviving are two sons, Albert, and his wife, Renee, of Randolph and Gary, and his wife, Jaime, of Sparta; a sister, Ida Gawlak of Florida; three grandchildren; and many nieces…

  • Silly season is over, and now it’s the Season of the Weird

    Coda • GREG BEAN It was the late, great Hunter S. Thompson who observed that “when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.” And these days, it looks like we’ve got a whole passel of people looking to shed their amateur rags and exchange them for the flashy professional variety. We have definitely entered…

  • William E. White

    Mr. White, 86, of East Brunswick, died March 17, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Surviving are his wife, Sophie Krumbine White; a daughter, Lorraine Miller, and her husband, Wayne, of East Brunswick; two sons, William White of East Brunswick and Leslie White, and his companion, Judy Reed, of Old Bridge; and…

  • The maddening, glorious times of our children’s lives

    Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH My friend’s child has just turned a year old. As the birthday girl licked the frosting off a flower cookie that didn’t look so much like a flower, my friend observed that she didn’t know where the last year had gone and then wondered, “Will the time always…

  • Marjorie Morris Framhein

    Mrs. Framhein, 84, of South River, died March 4, 2009, at home. Prior to her retirement, she was employed as an office manager with Delaware- Raritan Girl Scouts, North Brunswick, where she worked for many years. Her husband, Paul T. Framhein, died in 1984. Surviving are a daughter, Barbara J. Stenglein of Manahawkin; a son,…