Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Aldur Ted Johnson

    Mr. Johnson, 87, of East Brunswick, died Feb. 10, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Surviving are his wife, Rose Cray Johnson; two daughters, Aileen Johnson of East Brunswick and Karen Forvour, and her husband, Ricky, of Edgewater; a son, Steven Johnson, and his wife, Barbara, of East Brunswick; a sister, Linnea…

  • Property taxes, not mortgages, choking many homeowners

    We need to cut property taxes substantially for all; we don’t need meager tax breaks here and there. Many people could afford their home when they bought it. It’s not the mortgages that are strangling many of our homeowners, it is the property taxes. Many homeowners can afford their mortgage payments; they just can’t keep…

  • Anthony Foti

    Mr. Foti, 66, of East Brunswick, died Feb. 15, 2009, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was predeceased by his parents, Anthony Foti and Angela Foti Abrams. Surviving are his wife, Joanne Cislo Foti; two daughters, Adrienne DiGiorgio, and her husband, James, of Green Brook and Sandy Androsko, and her husband, Steve, of…

  • Edmund A. Kennedy

    Mr. Kennedy, 84, of Monroe, died Feb. 14, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. His wife, Jennie LoPresti Kennedy, died in 2004. A Mass was offered at Immaculate Conception Church, Spotswood. Entombment was in Holy Cross Burial Park, South Brunswick. Arrangements were under the direction of Brunswick Hilda Reyns De Maeyer Mrs.…

  • Patricia O’Neill Corsetti

    Mrs. Corsetti, 65, of Sayreville, died Feb. 19, 2009, at home. Prior to her retirement in 2005, she was employed as head of administration at Sayreville Medical Group, where she worked for 32 years. Surviving are her husband, Thomas J. Corsetti; three daughters, Denise Corsetti of Bronxville, N.Y., Laura Corsetti of Springfield and Lisa Salamone,…

  • Henry Dufty

    Mr. Dufty, 94, died Feb. 21, 2009, in Crestwood Manor, Whiting section of Manchester. His wife, Grace Dufty, died in 2008. Surviving are three sons, Richard A. Dufty, and his wife, Patricia, of East Brunswick, Robert H. Dufty, and his wife, Joyce, of North Amityville, N.Y., and Donald H. Dufty of Cranford; and two grandchildren.…

  • Eloise “Ella” Conover

    Mrs. Conover, 79, of Jamesburg, died Feb. 12, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to her retirement in 1994, she was employed as a certified home-health aide at Monroe Village Health Care Center. Her husband, Kenneth V. Conover Sr., died in 1996, and a daughter, Theresa, died in 1997. Surviving are…

  • Julius A. Hirsch

    Mr. Hirsch, 83, of Morgantown, Pa., formerly of East Brunswick and New York, died Feb. 14, 2009, in Lititz, Pa. Surviving are his wife, Elizabeth “Betty” Karman Hirsch; one son; four daughters; 11 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. A Mass was offered at St. Benedict’s Church, Mohnton, Pa. Arrangements were under the direction of Stradling Funeral…

  • Lisa D. Hopkins Pazinko

    Mrs. Pazinko, 70, of East Brunswick, died Feb. 25, 2009, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. She recently retired as a teacher with Middlesex County Vocational and Technical High Schools. Prior to that, she taught in the South Brunswick public school system. During her teaching career, she was an adviser to cheerleading teams and…