Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Joseph J. Boka Sr.

    Mr. Boka, 79, of North Brunswick, died Oct. 30, 2009, at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was a warehouseman at Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cranbury, for 23 years, retiring in 1996. He was predeceased by two daughters, Ann Marie and Marian Boka; and two brothers, John and Laszlo Boka. He is survived by his wife…

  • Frederick R. Skurka

    Mr. Skurka, 79, of Sayreville, died Oct. 19, 2009, in CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Prior to his retirement in 1990, he was employed as a sheet-metal worker with Middlesex Sheet Metal, Jamesburg. His wife, Jean LaVerne Rampacek Skurka, died in 1997. He also was predeceased by three brothers, Aloysius, John and Walter Skurka. Surviving…

  • Frank J. Rusin

    Mr. Rusin, 85, of Sayreville, died Oct. 22, 2009, in Bayshore Rehabilitation Center, Holmdel. Prior to his retirement, he and his late brother, Al, owned and operated Frank and Al’s Market, South River. His wife, Mary Wisz Rusin, died in 2007. He also was predeceased by five brothers, Mac, Joe, Al and Ted Makowski, and…

  • Paul S. Lederach

    Mr. Lederach, 82, of Spotswood, died Oct. 24, 2009, at home. He was a repairman for many years, first with Sears, then for 20 years as owner of Spotswood Heating and Cooling. He retired in 1989 after 10 years as building and grounds supervisor with the Spotswood Board of Education. His wife, Helen Lederach, died…

  • Edward Siedlecki

    Mr. Siedlecki, 97, of South River, died Oct. 25, 2009, in Care One at East Brunswick. Prior to his retirement, he was employed in the embroidery industry for many years and worked in the maintenance department at Rutgers University for 10 years. His wife, Anna Shanta Siedlecki, died in January. He also was predeceased by…

  • Lena Rossi Peachey

    Mrs. Peachey, 84, of New Brunswick, formerly of South River, died Oct. 13, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to her retirement, she was employed for 18 years at Mako Dress Factory, South River. She was predeceased by her husband, Howard Peachey, and by a brother, Anthony Rossi Sr., and his…

  • Price war could change the look of your library

    Coda • GREG BEAN When I was a kid, there weren’t many bookstores in our town. There were a couple of places where you could pick up paperbacks, but because they doubled as pool halls, cigar shops and betting parlors, we weren’t allowed to go in them. There was a store downtown that carried a…

  • Bonnie Swiderski Downs

    Mrs. Downs, 79, of Sayreville, died Oct. 12, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was a self-employed accountant for 55 years. She was predeceased by her husband, Phil. Surviving are three daughters and their husbands, Bonnie and Mike Brady and Eileen Downs Giovenco and George Giovenco Jr., all of Sayreville, and…

  • Vivian Figliuolo Bowler

    Mrs. Bowler, 90, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died Oct. 16, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was predeceased by a son, Harry Bowler; a grandson, Gene Paul Petner; two brothers, Carlo and Armando Figliuolo; and two sisters, Louise Figliuolo and Mary Garrone. Surviving are two daughters, Louise Einhorn, with…