Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Theresa Francabandera Fogarty

    Mrs. Fogarty, 93, of the Cliffwood Beach section of Old Bridge, died Dec. 29, 2009, at Bayshore Health Care Center, Holmdel. She owned and operated Theresa’s Beauty Salon until 1958. Mrs. Fogarty was predeceased by her husband, Cornelius M. Fogarty; two sisters, Mary Ridgeway and Rose Francabandera; and three brothers, Dominick, Victor and Frank Francabandera.…

  • Edward N. Estwanick Jr.

    Mr. Estwanick, 72, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died Dec. 25, 2009, at home. He was predeceased by his father, Edward Sr., and by a daughter-in-law, Edith. Surviving are his wife, Virginia Jacobi; three children, MaryRose Gallego, and her husband, Richard, of Clifton Park, N.Y., Donna Summers, and her husband, Byron, of the Somerset…

  • Frank P. Sartiano

    Mr. Sartiano, 82, of Hazlet, died Dec. 30, 2009, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He was predeceased by his siblings, Frances Battiato; and Andy, George, John, Paul, Joseph, Sam, Anna and Anthony Sartiano. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Sarah DiMarco Sartiano; two sons and daughters-in-law, Francis and Eileen Sartiano of…

  • George Headden

    Mr. Headden, 87, of Wall, died Jan. 4, 2010, at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. He resided in the Cliffwood Beach section of Old Bridge prior to relocating to Wall five years ago, where he resided with his daughter and son-inlaw, Lisa and Jack, and two granddaughters. He was an auto body mechanic and owner…

  • Eileen Mary Williams

    Mrs. Williams, 86, of Old Bridge, died Jan. 7, 2010, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. She was predeceased by three sisters, Katherine, Anna and Isabelle; by a brother, Daniel; and by her husband, John A. Williams. Surviving are four children, John Daniel Williams of El Cajon, Calif., Christopher John Williams of Berkeley…

  • Foundation makes appeal for new volunteers

    I hope you all had a very happy holiday. The reason why I’m sending you this letter is because the Byron Foundation needs as much help as possible. It’s allvolunteer, but I need to fill some positions.   I need to appoint more foundation volunteer administrators to help me run it, and I need as…

  • Antonina B. Gioia Asaro

    Mrs. Asaro, 84, of East Brunswick, died Dec. 30, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to her retirement in 1994, she was a volunteer coordinator at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, where she worked for 17 years. Surviving are her husband, Leo; a son, Jack; two daughters, Rita Pascale,…

  • Bill is fraught with dangers to the public

    The Garden State Chiropractic Society is keeping a watchful eye on Senate bill S-565, which poses a risk to New Jersey health consumers. This scope of practice bill, sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Stephen Sweeney and Senator Loretta Weinberg, is being pushed through the legislative process. This proposal would allow medically untrained chiropractors to examine…

  • William J. Chanley

    Mr. Chanley, 74, of Sayreville, died Jan. 6, 2010, at home. Prior to his retirement in 1997, he was employed by Amerchol Corp., Edison, where he worked as a maintenance mechanic and boiler operator for 10 years. He was predeceased by his father, Benjamin. Surviving are his wife, Marie Russo-Chanley; a daughter, Audrey Haimowitz of…