Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Arthur J. Rhodes

    Mr. Rhodes, 66, of Old Bridge, died Nov. 5, 2009, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was president of the Old Bridge Community Response Team and a member of the Old Bridge Municipal Alliance. Surviving are his wife, Lynn Druckman Rhodes, and a daughter, Jaclyn Rhodes. Services were held at Michael Hegarty Funeral…

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    Hailey Quinones (l-r), Yasmine Light, Gabby Nestor, Tyra Humphrey, Jada Jackson and other members of the Sayreville Middle School Class Act Committee bag items collected during the annual Thanksgiving Food Drive. The school’s students, faculty and staff collected 1,678 food items and $469 in monetary contributions. These donations, along with items collected at the Arleth,…

  • Jean Monahan Wootton

    Mrs. Wootton, 89, of Milltown, formerly of East Brunswick, died Nov. 8, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was predeceased by her husband, Ernest Wootton; a son, Ernest Wootton Jr.; and a brother, George Monahan. Surviving are two daughters, Sharon A. Kish of Milltown and Regina Brezniak, and her husband, Ed,…

  • Crowning achievement

    Matt Rifkin and Kate Pentek take their thrones after slaying their way to the top in Sayreville War Memorial High School’s recent Drama Department production, a gothic, updated version of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth,” under the direction of Michael Piccurrio.

  • George Klaus Horton, Ph.D.

    Dr. Horton, 83, of East Brunswick, died Nov. 1, 2009. He was a professor of physics at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, for 50 years. He was predeceased by a son, David S. Horton, and by a sister, Ursula Bowles. Surviving are his wife, Pamela Fairbrother Horton; three children, Belinda Carstens-Wickham of Edwardsville, Ill., Jonathan C.…

  • Carmella “Millie” Marrazza

    Mrs. Marrazza, 81, of Sayreville, died Nov. 8, 2009, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Prior to her retirement, she was employed as a cashier at Sun Ray Drugs in Sayre Woods Shopping Center, Old Bridge, where she worked for 15 years. She was predeceased by two brothers, Nicholas and Dominic Cullari, and…

  • Alfred R. “Big Al” Palluzzi

    Mr. Palluzzi, 78, of Old Bridge, died Nov. 17, 2009, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Prior to his retirement in 2007, he was a self-employed architect for many years with A.E.D. Associates, Old Bridge. Surviving are his wife, Marie Palluzzi; two children, Valerie Palluzzi of Old Bridge and Robert Palluzzi of Sayreville;…

  • Maria Victoria Obeso

    Mrs. Obeso, 85, of South Plainfield, died Nov. 7, 2009, in JFK Haven Hospice, Edison. Surviving are five children, Nelson Perez, George Obeso, Yrma Garcia, Maria Obeso and Nelly Obeso; four daughters-in-law, Catherine Obeso, Norma Perez, Martha Obeso and Maria Obeso; a son-in-law, Secundino Jarcia; 14 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. A memorial service was held…