Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Valerie Menegaux Murray

    Mrs. Murray, 63, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died Dec. 30, 2009, at home. She was predeceased by a brother, William Menegaux. Surviving are her husband, Michael; two daughters, Deirdre Rubay, and her husband, David, of South Amboy and Colleen Yuhas, and her husband, Richard, of Sayreville; a brother, Phillip Vandervort of Tarrytown, N.Y.;…

  • Stanley Stachowicz

    Mr. Stachowicz, 94, of South River, died Dec. 3, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to his retirement in 1981, he was employed as a chemical operator with National Lead Industries, Sayreville, where he worked for 26 years. His wife, Elsa Bernardi Stachowicz, died in 2006. Surviving are two sons, Joseph…

  • Anthony Jadczak

    Mr. Jadczak, 78, of East Brunswick, died Dec. 29, 2009, at home. He was employed for 40 years at Bristol-Myers Squibb, North Brunswick. He was predeceased by a son, Stephen; a son-inlaw, Oley Allen; two brothers, Stanley and Joseph; and two sisters, Helen Konopacki and Marion Dobryznski. Surviving are his wife, Goldie Jadczak; two sons,…

  • This year, let’s resolve to make a difference

    Coda • • GREG BEAN I gave up making New Year’s resolutions a long time ago, because I never kept them, and I got tired of starting my new year with personal failure. But as our economy begins to heal and we feel the glimmer of optimism as a new decade begins, it might be…

  • William F. Braitsch

    Mr. Braitsch, 84, formerly of Sayreville, died Dec. 23, 2009, at his winter home in Fort Myers, Fla. He was predeceased by a brother, Walter Braitsch, and by three grandchildren, Joseph, Caileigh and Emma Brady. Surviving are his wife, Marilyn Morgan Braitsch; seven children and their spouses, Kathleen and Flaco Esteves of Perth Amboy, Helene…

  • Robert E. Booket Sr.

    Robert E. Booket Sr. Mr. Booket, 69, of Matawan, died Dec. 21, 2009, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. He was employed by the Aberdeen Township Road Department, retiring in 1998. Mr. Booket was predeceased by his father, Joseph J. Booket; and two brothers, Joseph J. and James P. Booket. He is survived by his mother,…

  • Marie Dabrowski

    Mrs. Dabrowski, 63, of Miami, formerly of Sayreville and Highland Park, died Dec. 30, 2009, at home. She was predeceased by her father, Hugo Scheid. Surviving are her mother, Marie Scheid of Miami, and a son, Richard of Dallas. Cremation was private.

  • Stella Pajaczkowski Bartko

    Mrs. Bartko, 85, of South River, died Dec. 24, 2009, in Care One, East Brunswick. Prior to her retirement, she was employed as a seamstress with Louis Brodsky and Sons, South River, where she worked for 25 years. Her husband, Michael, died in 1993. She also was predeceased by a sister, Jane Parks, and by…

  • Jeffrey Hornecker

    Mr. Hornecker, 55, of Sayreville, died Dec. 20, 2009, at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy. He was employed for 35 years as an auto body supervisor for V&F Auto Body in Keyport, and prior to that he worked for Walters Auto Body in Sayreville. Mr. Hornecker was predeceased by his parents, Edward and Rose…