Category: Suburban Opinion
-

George M. Kaczmarek
Mr. Kaczmarek, 57, of Sayreville, died Feb. 24, 2009, at home. Prior to his retirement in 2000, he was employed at E.I. DuPont, Parlin section of Sayreville, where he was employed for 22 years. After that, he worked as a parts delivery man for Open Road Honda and BMW, Edison. He was predeceased by his…
-

Why should staff wear scrubs when sitting behind a desk?
Ifeel I have to respond to Alycia Micoletti’s letter to the editor, “Uniforms Serve a Practical Purpose,” that appeared in the Feb. 26 issue of the Suburban. It was not my intention to offend her or others in her profession. I was not referring to those who obviously need to wear scrubs. Unfortunately, I have…
-

Loretta M. Halaszewicz Rodziewicz
Mrs. Rodziewicz, 93, of Sayreville, died Feb. 24, 2009, in Golden Living Care Center, Old Bridge. Prior to her retirement, she was employed as a counter person with Sun Glo Bakery, Sayreville, where she worked for 15 years. Her husband, John Rodziewicz, died in 1970, and a daughter, Janet Rodziewicz, died in 1953. Surviving are…
-

Elmer Hans Jensen
Mr. Jensen, 84, of Sayreville, died Feb. 23, 2009, in Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Prior to his retirement in 2006, he was the owner/operator of Jensen’s Seafood, South River, where he worked from the age of 12 with his father and his family. Surviving are his wife, Dorothy Policastro Jensen; a daughter, Susan Walsh, and…
-

Borden case is over, but it should never have begun
Coda • GREG BEAN Well, the Marcus Borden school prayer saga is finally over (at least in the courts), bringing to an end one of the saddest chapters in New Jersey education. I’ve had mixed feelings about this business from the start. I understood the stance taken by the East Brunswick school district, which had…
-

Joan Guth Grenier
Mrs. Grenier, 74, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died Feb. 25, 2009, in Wedgewood Gardens Care Center, Freehold. A grandson, Robert Poulsen, died in 2008. Surviving are her husband, William “Bill” Grenier; a son, William Grenier, and his wife, Lynn, of Perkasie, Pa.; three daughters, Karen Poulsen, and her husband, Richard, of West Carrollton,…
-

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…
