Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Questions letter writer’s definition of ‘diversity’

    Camille Fernicola (“Dems Support Women Candidates,” Letters to the Editor, Suburban, Sept. 16) says how pleased she is that women are represented as Democratic candidates, and writes, “Women can proudly look up to them.” How wonderful. Can we men look up to them, too? She also contemptuously states that “The county Republican Party, in comparison,…

  • Help central N.J. get healthier, know the signs of heart disease

    In 2008, I came down with a bad case of sinusitis. I became extremely dehydrated and had to call 911 for help. After being rushed to the hospital for fluids, I mentioned that I was experiencing some discomfort under my left breast. It wasn’t painful, just uncomfortable. Doctors ordered additional testing and I was told…

  • Margaret M. “Peggy” Pifle Michel

    Mrs. Michel, 84, of East Brunswick, formerly of Edison, died Sept. 13, 2010, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was employed as a clerk at Target, Milltown, where she worked from 1998 to the present. She was predeceased by her husband, Howard Michel; two sisters, Helen and Louise; and a brother, Joseph…

  • Richard E. Loock Jr.

    Mr. Loock, 71, of Colts Neck, died Sept. 21, 2010, at his daughter’s home in the Parlin section of Sayreville. He was predeceased by his wife, Patricia Ann, in 2006. He is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Richard and Tina of Cream Ridge section of Upper Freehold; two daughters and sons-in-law, Donna and Wayne…

  • Ronald J. Butler

    Mr. Butler, 53, of Old Bridge, died Sept. 14, 2010, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. He was the owner of ARBE Landscaping, Old Bridge, since 1978, and ARBE Gardens and Gifts and Paintball Authority, also Old Bridge. He served as Middlesex County Utility Authority commissioner since 2009. He was predeceased by his…

  • Joseph C. Grobleski

    Mr. Grobleski, 86, of East Brunswick, died Sept. 19, 2010, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Surviving are his wife, Blanche Shuberda Grobleski; a son, Thomas Grobleski, and his wife, Susan, of Oak Ridge; and two grandchildren. A Mass was offered at Corpus Christi Church, South River. Interment was in St. Mary’s Cemetery,…

  • Michael F. Blake

    Mr. Blake, 94, of Sayreville, died Sept. 24, 2010, in Barbara E. Cheung Hospice, Edison. His wife, Matilda Leibold Blake, died in July. He also was predeceased by a sister, Margaret Blake. Surviving are a son, Michael, and his wife, Louise, of Brooklyn, N.Y.; three daughters, Maureen Coppola of South Amboy, Joanne White, and her…

  • Isabel P. Geada

    Mrs. Geada, 77, of the Reformed Church Home, Old Bridge, formerly of Spotswood, died Sept. 5, 2010, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. She was predeceased by her husband, Jose Geada. Surviving are three children, Gill Geada, and his wife, Angela, of Old Bridge, Cristina Charleston, and her husband, Edward, of Monroe and…