Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Dr. Alan A. Meyerhoff

    Dr. Meyerhoff, 83, of Monroe, formerly of East Brunswick, died May 18, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to his retirement in 1981, he was an electrical engineer and a math professor at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. Surviving are his wife, Dolores Zinner Meyerhoff; two sons, Robert Meyerhoff, and his wife,…

  • George G. Welisevich

    Mr. Welisevich, 82, of Monroe, died May 21, 2009, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Prior to his retirement, he was a sales manager and mechanic at Wall Irwin Ford, Freehold. After that, he was the maintenance manager for the Clearbrook adult community, Monroe. Surviving are two sisters, Olga Ketchum of Wisconsin and…

  • Amelia Helen Wright Kessler

    Mrs. Kessler, 88, of Old Bridge, died May 23, 2009, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy division. Her husband, William J. Kessler, died in 1994. Surviving are three daughters, Joyce Connell and Karen Wieczorek, both of Old Bridge, and Gerry LeBedz of Jamesburg; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services were held at Simpson United…

  • Carmen Michael Gonnella

    Mr. Gonnella, 43, of Old Bridge, formerly of Spotswood, died May 24, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to his retirement in 2006, he was employed as a welder with Ford Motor Co., Edison, where he worked for 18 years. His father, Donato Gonnella, died in 1990. Surviving are his wife,…

  • Alexander J. Saccoccio Jr.

    Mr. Saccoccio, 55, of Old Bridge, died May 22, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was predeceased by his father, Alexander Saccoccio Sr. Surviving are a daughter, Alexis Saccoccio; his mother, Alice Saccoccio; a brother, Thomas Saccoccio; three sisters and two brothers-in-law, Noel and Kenneth Passarelli, Holly and Woody Poss and…

  • Patricia Trzoniec Olsen

    Mrs. Olsen, 70, of Sayreville, died May 2, 2009, at home. Prior to her retirement, she was employed as a bookkeeper at Pathmark, Marlboro, where she worked for 25 years. Surviving are her husband, Douglas “Ace” Olsen; a son, Thomas, and his wife, Lori, of Sayreville; a daughter, Doreen Laskiewicz, and her husband, Steven, of…

  • Joseph Alfred Tirelli Jr.

    Mr. Tirelli, 71, of Old Bridge, died May 17, 2009, in Madison Center, Old Bridge. He was predeceased by a daughter, Joann Mazzarella. Surviving are his wife, Barbara; a son, Joseph Tirelli III; two daughters and three sons-in-law, Gina and Tom Daya, Dina and Robert Congiusta and Charlie Mazzarella; a brother, Billy Tirelli; a sister,…

  • Adele Yuknalis

    Ms. Yuknalis, 94, of East Brunswick, died May 6, 2009, in Golden Living Center, Old Bridge. She was predeceased by two brothers, Edward Nelson and Joseph Yuknalis, and by two sisters, Regina Stokes and Margaret Peters. Surviving are many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews. A Mass was offered at Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Kearny.…

  • Attack on chairman, organization unfounded

    This is in response to the assertions made in the letter to the editor recently submitted by Shirley Dill (“Volunteer Deserved, Did Not Receive, Thanks and Praise,” Suburban, May 21). Volunteers are the backbone of a great community, and our local volunteers are some of the best. They all deserve our sincerest thanks and acknowledgment…