Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Brenda Ann Frazer Skibbee

    Mrs. Skibbee, 61, of Manville, formerly of South Amboy, died March 27, 2009, in Pocono Medical Center, East Stroudsburg, Pa. Surviving are her partner, John Glusheski Jr.; four children, Paula Ann Smith, Tammie Clements, Dawn Varano and Hope Hanner; two sisters, Dolores Mankowski and Joan Parker; and 18 grandchildren. Services were held at Maliszewski Memorial…

  • David R. Crimer

    Mr. Crimer, 52, of Franklin Park, died March 29, 2009, at home. He was predeceased by his father, Richard Crimer. Surviving are his mother, Claire Hultz Crimer of Sayreville; two brothers, Dennis Crimer of Massachusetts and Jeffrey Crimer of Virginia; and two nephews and one niece. A service was held at Rezem Funeral Home, East…

  • Michael J. Maclennan

    Mr. Maclennan, 36, of Sayreville, died Feb. 21, 2009, at home. He was employed as a manager at Quick Chek, Hazlet. Surviving are his fiancée, Stephanie Leonard; two children, Kaeleigh Shay and Michael Christopher; his parents, James and Vivian Maclennan of Sayreville; and two brothers, Jason and Matthew, also of Sayreville. Services were held at…

  • Mary Ann Elizabeth Mutarelli Peoples

    Mrs. Peoples, 48, died March 26, 2009, in Old Bridge. Her mother, Antoinette Orzo Mutarelli, died in 2006. Surviving are two daughters, Jessica Peoples of East Brunswick and Alexas Brown of Old Bridge; a son, David Peoples of Old Bridge; her father, Joseph Mutarelli of Oveido, Fla.; two brothers, Joseph Mutarelli and Angelo Mutarelli, and…

  • Nikolai Kalinin

    Mr. Kalinin, 102, of South River, died March 29, 2009, in Summerhill Care Center, Old Bridge. Prior to his retirement in 1976, he was employed as a machine operator with Algrow Knitting Mills, Milltown, where he worked for 30 years. His wife, Olga, died in 2007, and a daughter, Nina, died in 2002. Surviving are…

  • William E. White

    Mr. White, 86, of East Brunswick, died March 17, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Surviving are his wife, Sophie Krumbine White; a daughter, Lorraine Miller, and her husband, Wayne, of East Brunswick; two sons, William White of East Brunswick and Leslie White, and his companion, Judy Reed, of Old Bridge; and…

  • Patricia Ann Crowley

    Mrs. Crowley, 68, of Sayreville, died March 17, 2009, in Madison Center, Old Bridge. Surviving are her husband, Dennis P. Crowley; three sons, Scott Crowley, Dennis J. Crowley, and his wife, Maria, all of South Amboy, and Christopher Crowley of Sayreville; two brothers, James McDermott of Commack, N.Y., and Timothy McDermott of Huntington, N.Y.; and…

  • Charles P. Cole

    Mr. Cole, 78, of East Brunswick, died March 10, 2009, in East Brunswick. He was the owner of Pirate’s Den, Sayreville, for several years. A son, Keith Patrick, died in 1958. Surviving are his wife, Ethel Lifgren Cole; three daughters, Karen Lifgren of Veazie, Maine, Kris Cole, and her husband, Gerald Pocock, of Westford, Mass.,…

  • They say life is sweeter for Twitterers who Tweet

    Coda • GREG BEAN The email message was enough to make little beads of sweat break out on my forehead and set my heart to thumping with dread. It said one of my brothers had invited me to join Twitter so he and I could Tweet. It’s not easy keeping true to my Luddite philosophies…