Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Bernice Kaznowski Miller

    Mrs. Miller, 87, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died March 4, 2010, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was predeceased by her husband, Samuel V. Miller, and by two daughters, Carolyn Joyce Zaleski and Patricia A. Springard. Surviving are two daughters, Phyllis Roche of Perth Amboy and Darlene Daly of Parlin;…

  • Cyril M. Chupko

    Mr. Chupko, 88, of Old Bridge, died March 2, 2010, at home. He was predeceased by his wife, Sophia Kendra Chupko; four brothers, Matthew, William, Stephen and Jack; and two sisters, Mary McGuire and Jane Hodgins. Surviving are three daughters, Janet Main of Old Bridge, Patricia Poulou, and her husband, Rick, of Jamison, Pa., and…

  • 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…