Category: Suburban Opinion
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Emma Singer Wojciechowicz
Mrs. Wojciechowicz, 89, of Sayreville, died Sept. 9, 2009, in Pine Brook Care and Rehabilitation Center, Englishtown. Prior to her retirement, she was employed as head housekeeper at the New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home at Menlo Park, Edison, where she worked for 25 years. Surviving are her husband, Stanley Wojciechowicz; three children, Wendy McCrone, and…
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Robert A. Ray
Mr. Ray, 77, of Old Bridge, died Sept. 1, 2009. He was predeceased by two brothers, John and Gerald Ray. Surviving are his wife, Janet M. Daniels Ray; four daughters, Lynn M. and Carol J. Ray, both of Old Bridge, Lori J. Hansen, and her husband, James A., of Brick and Debora Tipton, and her…
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Anthony W. Garnett
Mr. Garnett, 62, of Sayreville, died Aug. 21, 2009, in JFK Haven Hospice, Edison. He was employed as a warehouseman by JDS Industries, Raritan Center, where he worked for the past eight years. He was predeceased by his parents, Frank and Cecilia Garnett, and by a stepson, Thomas Towers Jr. Surviving are his wife, Sherry…
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Catherine M. Germano Anthony
Mrs. Anthony, 83, of East Brunswick, died Aug. 30, 2009, at home. She and her husband, Chris, owned and operated Christy’s Flower Shop, Route 18, East Brunswick, for more than 40 years. Prior to that, she owned a flower shop in New York City. She was predeceased by a brother, Joseph Germano. Surviving are her…
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Robert J. Lavelle
Mr. Lavelle, 72, of Old Bridge, died Aug. 20, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was predeceased by a sister, Maureen. Surviving are a brother, Paul, and his wife, Phyllis, with whom he lived; a niece, Heather Fraunberger, and her husband, John, of North Brunswick; two nephews, Kevin Lavelle, and his…
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Joan F. Ditaranto
Mrs. Ditaranto, 75, of Maryland, formerly of Old Bridge, died Aug. 31, 2009, in Annapolis, Md. Her husband, Angelo Ditaranto, died in 1999. Surviving are three sisters, Judith McPherson of Annapolis, Janice Brown of Gilford, Conn., and Joyce Tenney of Sands Point, N.Y.; and many nieces and nephews. A Mass was offered at St. Thomas…
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Ronald V. Petersen
Mr. Petersen, 77, of South River, died Sept. 1, 2009, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to his retirement in 1994, he was employed as a heavy-equipment operator with the borough of South River Department of Public Works. He also worked, with his brother Robert, for more than 30 years at South River…
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What’s that sound? It’s the sound of silence
Coda • GREG BEAN It sure has been a lot quieter around the house since the Federal Trade Commission’s ban on prerecorded “robocalls” went into effect Sept. 1, and I couldn’t be happier. I put my name on the national Do Not Call list the very day I learned about it, and it has been…
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Diane F. Mosier
Mrs. Mosier, 66, of East Brunswick, died Aug. 29, 2009, at Barbara E. Cheung Memorial Hospice, Edison. Born in Queens, N.Y., she had resided in Sayreville before moving to East Brunswick four years ago. Prior to retiring in 1993, Mrs. Mosier was a trader for Kidder, Peabody Inc., Manhattan, where she worked for over 15…
