Category: Suburban Opinion
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Robert E. Brown
Mr. Brown, 77, of East Brunswick, died Dec. 11, 2009, at home. Prior to his retirement, he was a plan administrator for I.U.O.E. Local 25, Marine Division, for 30 years. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. In 2001, a grandson, Maximillian Edward Honl, predeceased him. Surviving are his wife of 42…
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Nancy A. Rahill
Mrs. Rahill, 67, of Middletown, died Dec. 24, 2009, at Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark. She was the secretary at First Baptist Church of Matawan for the past 25 years. Prior to that, she was employed at Union Pacific Railroad Company. Mrs. Rahill is survived by her husband of 39 years, John P. Rahill; a…
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Frank T. Szijarto
Mr. Szijarto, 81, of Old Bridge, died Dec. 17, 2009, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to his retirement in 1992, he was a quality control inspector in the paint department for Ford Motor Co., Edison, where he worked for 40 years. He was a U.S. Army veteran, serving in World War…
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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…
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Robert Masarik
Mr. Masarik, 72, of South River, died Dec. 21, 2009, at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge. He was co-owner of Masbro Auto Sales in Woodbridge for the past 40 years and a veteran of the National Guard. Mr. Masarik was predeceased by his wife, Margaret Demeter Masarik, and a brother, Michael Masarik. Surviving are…
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Dorothy Mary Jolly Katko
Mrs. Katko, 78, of Old Bridge, died Dec. 2, 2009, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in the Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick, she resided in Old Bridge the past 46 years. Mrs. Katko was a nurse at Roosevelt Care Center, Edison, retiring in 1997. Prior to that, she was employed…
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June Hourihan
Mrs. Hourihan, 66, of Old Bridge, died Dec. 7, 2009, in Golden Living Center, Old Bridge. She was predeceased by her husband, James Hourihan, and by a sister, Doris Reichenbach. Surviving are two children, Leroy Hourihan, and his wife, Patricia, of Elizabeth and Dorothea Eberle, and her husband, Thomas, of East Brunswick; two sisters, Lois…
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Questions AARP’s support of health-care bill
Over the last few months I have read a few letters to the editor from Sy Larson, AARP state president, regarding health-care reform affecting seniors and some myths he believes are misleading. Well, the first myth I would challenge Mr. Larson on is his statement that AARP is nonpartisan. AARP is a very partisan organization.…
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Panel would help students with brain injury
The New Jersey Legislature is considering the development of a task force that would help develop best practices for education professionals who work with students with traumatic brain injury. The Brain Injury Association of New Jersey respectfully calls on the state Legislature and the governor to approve of this Special Education and Traumatic Brain Injury…
