Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Jean D. Rhodes Krolikowski

    Mrs. Krolikowski, 74, of Monroe, died July 15, 2008, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. After her retirement, she became a custodian for Monroe Township Schools in the 1980s. Surviving are her husband, Ben; a daughter, Lora Lea Rhodes of Truckee, Calif.; two sons, Robert of Lodi, Calif., and Steven of Monroe; a…

  • Joseph R. Mercandetti

    Mr. Mercandetti, 61, of East Brunswick, died July 16, 2008, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was predeceased by his father, Vincent Mercandetti. Surviving are his wife, Lorraine Locricchio Mercandetti; his mother, Nancy Mercandetti; two daughters, Jacqueline Zimmerman, and her husband, Kyle, of Mesa, Ariz., and Stephanie Mercandetti of Framingham, Mass; a…

  • Vincent G. Moricco

    Mr. Moricco, 76, of East Brunswick, died July 14, 2008, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Surviving are his wife, Ann Kutzma Moricco; three sons, Vince Moricco, and his wife, Susan, and Michael Moricco, all of East Brunswick, and Gregory Moricco of North Brunswick; a sister, Angelina Kish, and her husband, Charles, of…

  • Robert H. Walter

    Mr. Walter, 86, of Melbourne, Fla., died July 14, 2008, in CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. His wife, Marian Bannan Walter, died in 1997, and a son, Robert H. Walter, died in 1995. He was a tenor vocalist with the Eddie Miller Combo, Melbourne, in the late 1990s. Surviving is a daughter, Muriel Walter Touretzky…

  • Dorothy A. Robinson

    Mrs. Robinson, 94, of the Ocean Beach section of Dover, formerly of South River and New Brunswick, died July 17, 2008, at home. She was a seamstress in New Brunswick, Highland Park and South River for many years. Her husband, Bert E. Robinson, died in 1985, and a grandson, Brian Buthy, died in 2000. Surviving…

  • Frank M. Cholewa

    Mr. Cholewa, 88, of Sayreville, died July 8, 2008. After retiring as a carpenter with Local No. 1064, Milltown, he and his late wife owned and operated the Jernee Mill Inn, Sayreville, for many years. His wife, Helen E. Hardy Cholewa, died in 2006. Surviving are two daughters, Barbara Trzaska of East Brunswick and LaVerne…

  • A call for fair play in this political back and forth

    DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN Red State/Blue State DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN Red State/Blue State   A political discussion between Red State conservative Dave Simpson – a former reporter, editor, publisher and columnist – and Greg Bean, Blue Stater and executive editor of Greater Media Newspapers. Dear Greg: We’ve been writing these Red/Blue columns…

  • Sylvia M. Boyce Houzell

    Mrs. Houzell, 75, of East Brunswick, died July 15, 2008, in Barbara E. Cheung Hospice, Edison. Surviving are two daughters, Sharon Houzell and Adrienne Houzell Bailey, both of East Brunswick; two sons, Carlton Houzell of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Donald Houzell of Queens, N.Y.; a sister, Lorraine Estes of Mount Pocono, Pa.; six grandchildren; and two…

  • Joyce M. Wetstein

    Mrs. Wetstein, 72, of the Covered Bridge section of Manalapan and formerly of Old Bridge, died June 26, 2008, at CentraState Medical Center in Freehold Township. She was a deputy municipal court clerk in Old Bridge for 14 years before retiring in 2001. Mrs. Wetstein was predeceased by her husband, Martin, in 1982, and her…