Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Frank Picciurro

    Mr. Picciurro, 78, of Holmdel, died Oct. 14, 2009, from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s disease). He was co-founder and partner during the 1970s of one of the first insurance cluster agencies in North America, RPM Insurance Agency, retiring in 1995. Prior to that, Mr. Picciurro and his brother formed the real estate…

  • Ralph R. Myers

    Mr. Myers, 82, of Old Bridge, died Oct. 6, 2009, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He resided in North Brunswick prior to relocating to Old Bridge three years ago. Mr. Myers was a machinist at Personal Products, Milltown, for 46 years, retiring in 1989. He was a member of the Johnson &…

  • Partap Dhawan

    Mr. Dhawan, 69, of Holmdel, died Sept. 14, 2009, at Bayshore Hospital, Holmdel. He was a retired civil engineer. Mr. Dhawan is survived by his wife, Hardip K. Dhawan; his children, Prabhjot Mohini and her husband Daljit Mohini of Holmdel, Tript Deep Singh of Parlin, and Gulsher Deep Singh of India; and five grandchildren. Entombment…

  • John Basara

    Mr. Basara, 95, of South River, died Oct. 2, 2009, in Summerhill Nursing Home, Old Bridge. Prior to his retirement in 1989, he was employed as a floorwalker and mechanic in the garment industry for more than 30 years, most recently with R&P Wash Suit, South River. He was predeceased by his wife, Anna Krempecki…

  • Felicia Boliglowa Swiecicki

    Mrs. Swiecicki, 79, of North Brunswick, died Oct. 5, 2009, at her daughter’s home in North Brunswick. She resided in Spotswood, East Brunswick and Piscataway, prior to relocating to North Brunswick in 2004. She was a machine operator at Garry Manufacturing Co., New Brunswick, for more than 40 years, retiring in 1995. She was predeceased…

  • Corzine, Dems in Sayreville deserve voters’ support

    As the campaign for governor heats up, so do the ads. As I watch and listen to the Christie advertisements, as hard as I try to find something he is actually going to do, I see and hear nothing. Change is good, but change for the sake of change, do not trust. So, in turn,…

  • Josephine Batko Sokolowski

    Mrs. Sokolowski, 94, of Sayreville, died Oct. 5, 2009, in Barbara E. Cheung Memorial Hospice, Edison. Her husband, Victor Sokolowski, died in 1964. Surviving are a daughter, Sandra Riggio, with whom she lived; a son, Dennis Sokolowski of Helmetta; a sister, Stella Kurdyla of Sayreville; five brothers, Michael Batko of Twin City, Minn., John, Walter…

  • Anna Van Kulic Belus

    Mrs. Belus, 79, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died Oct. 6, 2009, in Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Her husband, Robert J. Belus, died in 1998. Surviving are a son, Robert M. Belus, with whom she lived; two sisters, Pauline Barnhard of Arizona and Margaret Orr of Florida; and a grandson. Graveside services were held…

  • Urges senator to think of residents, plug ‘doughnut hole’

    Iwas very disappointed to hear about Sen. Robert Menendez’s (D-N.J.) vote against an amendment to federal health-reform legislation supported by AARP. The amendment would have righted a big wrong in the prescription-drug coverage gap for people on Medicare. Too many seniors need financial relief on their prescription-drug costs. Falling into the “doughnut hole” year after…