Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Malgorzata Margaret Skrzypko Halicki

    Mrs. Halicki, 42, of Murfreesboro, Tenn., formerly of South River, died Oct. 10, 2009, in Middle Tennessee Medical Center, Murfreesboro. Her husband, Wieslaw Halicki, died in 2008. She also was predeceased by her parents, Kazimierz and Czeslawa Skrzypko. Surviving are a daughter, Samantha Halicki of Murfreesboro; her in-laws, Jozef and Loretta Halicki of South River…

  • 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…

  • Joseph R. Grabas

    Mr. Grabas, 79, of Manchester and the Toms River section of Dover, formerly of Sayreville, died Oct. 15, 2009, in Van Dyke Hospice, Toms River. Surviving are his wife, Evelyn; two daughters and their husbands, Evelyn and Mike Smith of Sayreville and Sharon and Bill Grizzle of Brick; two sons and their wives, Joseph A.…

  • Thomas A. Dunn Jr.

    Mr. Dunn, 47, of East Brunswick, died Oct. 9, 2009, at home. He was employed as a patientcare technician at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick, where he worked for 15 years. His mother, Patricia Cheche Dunn, died in 1992. Surviving are his wife, Kathleen M. Horgan Dunn; two daughters, Meghan and Colleen; his father,…

  • Kevin Dewitt Roberson

    Mr. Roberson, 55, of Old Bridge, formerly of Edison, died Oct. 10, 2009, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. A computer analyst with AT&T, Edison, he also was self-employed with KDR Consulting, Old Bridge. His mother, Nancy Roberson, died in 1982. Surviving are his former wife, Nadine Strachan; a son, Raleigh Robertson, and…