Category: Suburban Opinion

  • James G. Vaughan

    Mr. Vaughan, 79, of Somers Point, died March 3, 2009. Surviving are a sister, Eileen Dalton of Edison; a brother, Raymond K. Vaughan of Old Bridge; 21 nieces and nephews; and 26 great-nieces and great-nephews. A Mass was offered at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Old Bridge. Interment was in Brig. Gen. William C. Doyle…

  • Patricia A. Haining-DaRin

    Mrs. Haining-DaRin, 41, of Old Bridge, died March 4, 2009, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Her father, George Haining, died in 2006. Surviving are her husband, Robert DaRin; a daughter, Deana DaRin; her mother, Connie Haining; and a sister, Theresa Fogarty. A Mass was offered at St. Ambrose Church, Old Bridge. Interment was…

  • Antonia Padovano

    Mrs. Padovano, 84, of the Morganville section of Marlboro, died March 4, 2009, in CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Her husband, Arsenio, died in 1986. Surviving are her children, Joseph and Claire Padovano, Matteo and Oksana Padovano, and Concetta and Sam Patruno; a brother, Carmelo Colao of Italy; and seven grandchildren. A Mass was offered…

  • Patricia J. Sowder Boganski

    Mrs. Boganski, 60, of Sayreville, died March 2, 2009, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy division. She was predeceased by a son, Robert Foy, and by her mother, Veronica Sowder. Surviving are her husband, Joseph; a son, Joseph Jr., and a daughter, Deanna Marie Smarro, and her husband, John Joseph; her father, Lindsay Sowder;…

  • Michael A. Villare Jr.

    Mr. Villare, 43, of Monroe, died recently in Staten Island, N.Y. Surviving are his wife, Nicole; two sons, Christopher and Peter, and a daughter, Olivia; his mother, Jacqueline; and a brother, Robert. A liturgy was offered at Immaculate Conception Church, Spotswood. Interment was private. Arrangements were under the direction of Freeman Manalapan-Marlboro Funeral Home, Manalapan.…

  • Thomas F. Browne Jr.

    Mr. Browne, 63, of Old Bridge, died Feb. 25, 2009, in Veterans Administration Medical Center, Lyons. He was a self-employed construction worker, specializing in home improvements. His father, Thomas Browne Sr., died in 1988; his mother, Margaret Browne, died in 2007; and a brother, Edward Browne, died in 1993. Surviving are a sister, Barbara McVay…

  • Robert J. Layer

    Mr. Layer, 78, of the Cliffwood Beach section of Old Bridge, died Feb. 24, 2009, in Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Surviving are his wife, Rose Pfannschmidt Layer; two sons and daughters-in-law, Robert Jr. and Lisa Layer of Barnegat and Brian and Anne Marie Layer of Cliffwood Beach; a brother, Joseph Layer of Virginia; two sisters,…

  • Hilda Reyns De Maeyer

    Mrs. De Maeyer, 86, of South River, died Feb. 14, 2009, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Prior to her retirement in 1989, she was employed as a folder with Brodsky Manufacturing Co., South River, where she worked for 40 years. She was predeceased by her husband, Jean De Maeyer, and by a…

  • Anthony E. Petruzzi

    Mr. Petruzzi, 84, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died Feb. 19, 2009, at home. Surviving are his wife, Antoinette Cascella Petruzzi; two sons and their wives, Paul and Carma Petruzzi of Changewater and John and Linda of Sayreville; a sister, Dorothy Dolce of Clearwater, Fla.; and three grandchildren. A Mass was offered at Our…