Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Gloria Surace

    Mrs. Surace, 80, of East Brunswick, died March 3, 2010, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to her retirement in 1996, she was employed as a bookkeeper for 30 years with Midhattan Woodworking, Old Bridge. She was predeceased by a daughter, Linda Surace Twigg. Surviving are a son, Steven Surace, and his…

  • Joseph “Froggy” Sainato

    Mr. Sainato, 62, of South Amboy, formerly of the Cliffwood Beach section of Old Bridge, died Feb. 18, 2010, at home. He was a hairdresser at Vogue Hair & Nail Salon, Old Bridge. Surviving are three sisters and brothers-in-law, Marge Magnavita and Ray Hermes of South Amboy, Fran and Joe Mollis of Laurence Harbor and…

  • James A. Michael

    Mr. Michael, 71, of Old Bridge, died March 2, 2010, at home. Surviving are his wife, Alice Douglass Michael; a son, James Jr. of Monroe; a daughter, Meredith Offenberger of the Toms River section of Dover; a sister, Sharon Michael of Johnstown, N.Y.; and two grandsons. Services were held at Brunswick Memorial Home, East Brunswick.…

  • Frank Nunes

    Mr. Nunes, 75, of The Villages, Howell, died March 9, 2010, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. He was predeceased by four sisters, Marie, Allie, Rita and Dolores. Surviving are his wife, Marilyn (née Closterman); four daughters and sons-in-law, Deborah and Tom Dolan of Long Beach Township, Lorrie and Dave DeLorenzo of Sayreville, Sandy…

  • Carl M. “Sticker” Hermann Jr.

    Mr. Hermann, 86, of Milltown, died March 10, 2010, at home. He was a Milltown crossing guard 1985-2008 and a Milltown police officer 1947-51. A longtime member of the Milltown Planning Board, he also served as a member of the Milltown Borough Council 1959-1961. He was predeceased by his wife, Rose Poandl Hermann; a brother,…

  • Reginald S. Thomas

    Mr. Thomas, 70, of Monroe, died March 2, 2010, at home. He was director of women and minority small-business development at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, where he worked for 30 years. Surviving are his wife, Jean Catanese; a daughter, Tara Thomas of East Orange; two sons, Craig Weber of Nutley and Mark Catanese, and his…

  • Mary J. Rademacher

    Mrs. Rademacher, 90, of Milltown, died March 10, 2010, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to her retirement in 1985, she was the tax collector for Milltown. She and her late husband, Joe, owned J&M Liquors, Milltown. Her husband, Joseph M., died in 1997, and a son, Joseph W., died in 2000. She…

  • Thanks to ‘angel’ who helped in time of need

    Iwas compelled to write this letter to thank my “guardian angel.” I have been living through the winters in New Jersey my entire life, and some years it is a way of life that we must shovel the snow. But this year as I was shoveling through the second big snowstorm, I was overwhelmed. I…

  • Takes issue with officials’ words

    New Jersey Democratic Assemblyman Patrick J. Diegnan Jr. (D-18) and Assemblyman Peter J. Barnes III (D- 18) describe Gov. Chris Christie’s actions on the state budget as “simply wrong” (“Christie’s Action Raids School Funds, Raises Taxes,” Letters to the Editor, Suburban, Feb. 25). They describe the funds as “not state funds” but “property taxes paid…