Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion
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Timothy W. Scherer Sr.
Mr. Scherer, 57, of Sayreville, died Dec. 31, 2007. He was a graduate of Middlesex County College, Edison. He was predeceased by his father, Vernon W. Scherer, and by a brother, Michael V. Scherer. Surviving are a son, Timothy William Scherer Jr., and a daughter, Jamie Elizabeth Scherer, of Milltown; his mother, Elizabeth Scherer of…
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Encourages residents to consider running for school board
On Tuesday, April 15, voters in 90 percent of the state’s school districts will select more than 1,500 men and women to serve on their local boards of education. For citizens with a sincere interest in the education of their community’s children, it’s not too late to consider school board candidacy. To appear on this…
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Marion E. Hilger
Mrs. Hilger, 77, of Sayreville, died Jan. 29, 2008, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy division. She was employed as a food handler for Burger King, a division of Quick Quality Restaurants, Woodbridge Center. Prior to that she was a seamstress with the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, Local No. 147, South River. Surviving…
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Nella Patti Del Prete
Mrs. Del Prete, 88, formerly of Spotswood, died Feb. 6, 2008, in Victoria Health Care Center, Matawan. Her husband, Louis Del Prete, died in 2001. Surviving are three daughters, Mary Ann Castagnetta, and her husband, Edward, of Helmetta, Theresa Crupi, and her husband, Peter, of Cornelius, N.C., and Rosary Greenberg of Staten Island, N.Y.; four…
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Adele E. Chwastyk Rog
Mrs. Rog, 78, of South River, died Feb. 4, 2008, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to her retirement in 1978, she was employed as a line operator with Johnson and Johnson, North Brunswick, where she worked for 13 years. Surviving are her husband, Stanley J. Rog Sr.; a son, Stanley J. Rog…
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Guard wraps 37 years of keeping kids safe
Helped students cross Rt. 18 in early ’70s, and later at Churchill BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Jean Krevack, of East Brunswick, helps students cross the street on their way to Churchill Junior High School, Norton Road, prior to her retirement Jan. 31. Krevack said she looks forward to spending more time with her children…
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Patrick R. Raviola
Mr. Raviola, 56, of East Brunswick, formerly of the Kendall Park section of South Brunswick, died Feb. 3, 2008, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was director of the Homicide and Violent Crimes Division of the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office. Surviving are his wife, Karen Brautigan Raviola; two sons, Patrick Raviola, teaching…
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School community pitches in to help displaced family
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD – The community has come to the aid of a family thatwas leftwithout a home after a recent fire. The blaze,which occurred Jan. 5 in an old Victorian home onMain Street, was enough to wipe out the apartment that Debra Eden, her boyfriend and children called home. Eden had…
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David “Mick” Grumka
Mr. Grumka, 53, of Milltown, died Feb. 4, 2008, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was a vice president and general manager at Pro Warehouse Corp., Dayton section of South Brunswick. He was predeceased by his parents, Michael and Patricia Young Grumka. Surviving are his wife, Maureen Dudas Grumka; a daughter, Lauren…
