Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Catherine L. Pryor Zimmerman

    Mrs. Zimmerman, 88, of the Cliffwood Beach section of Old Bridge, died Jan. 28, 2009, at home. Her husband, Edward Zimmerman, died in 2000. Surviving are four children and their spouses, Joanne and Sam Connor of the Leonardo section of Middletown, Katherine and Leon Van Dyke of Cliffwood Beach, Edward and Monica Zimmerman Jr. of…

  • Rita R. McGonigle

    Ms. McGonigle, 72, of Old Bridge, died Jan. 27, 2009, at home. Surviving are a sister and brother-in-law, Margaret and William Bonacki; and two nieces, Jennifer and Eileen Bonacki. A Mass was offered at St. Ambrose Church, Old Bridge. Interment was in St. Charles Cemetery, Farmingdale, N.Y. Arrangements were under the direction of Michael Hegarty…

  • Amanda E. Platt

    Mrs. Platt, 33, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died Jan. 24, 2009, at home. She was employed for the past two years as a paralegal with Bressler and Duik Attorneys at Law, Edison. She was predeceased by her father, Curtis Edwards. Surviving are her husband, Maurice J. Platt Jr.; her mother, Elizabeth Edwards, and…

  • Enrique Pincay

    Mr. Pincay, 40, of the Dayton section of South Brunswick, died Jan. 21, 2009, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was a partner at CR Staffing and Human Resources, Plainfield, the past seven years. He is survived by his wife Nancy Mejia Pincay; a daughter, Valeria Pincay of Apollo Beach, Fla.; a…

  • Helen “Illy” Starzynski

    Ms. Starzynski, 60, of Sayreville, died Jan. 15, 2009, in Haven Hospice, Edison. She was a former CCD teacher at Our Lady of Victories School, Sayreville. Her father, Edward, died in 1995. Surviving are her mother, Helen; three sisters and their spouses, Maryann and Ken Jones, Susan and Adrian Major and Deborah and Edward Wasielewski,…

  • Mary Hynes Smith

    Mrs. Smith, 86, of East Brunswick, formerly of South River, died Jan. 8, 2009, at home. She spent her career as an elementary school teacher, retiring from East Brunswick Public Schools in 1987. Her husband, A. Leo Smith, died in 1985. Surviving are three daughters, Maren McKenna, and her husband, Mark, of East Brunswick, Kerry…

  • Christina Uriwski

    Mrs. Uriwski, 94, of South River, died Jan. 11, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to her retirement in 1986, she was employed as a seamstress with Brodsky and Sons, South River, where she worked for 35 years. She was predeceased by her first husband, Paul Dutko, and by her second…

  • Irene Gilewski Jones

    Mrs. Jones, 82, of Sayreville, died Jan. 16, 2009, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Surviving are her husband, Walter; three children, Ken, and his wife, Maryann, of Sayreville, Beverly Lubliner, and her husband, Mark, of Cornelius, N.C., and John, and his wife, Carla, of Brooklyn, N.Y.; a sister, Ann Jarusiewicz of Sayreville; five…

  • E. Brian Pfarr

    Mr. Pfarr, 51, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, formerly of the Laurence Harbor section of Old Bridge, died Jan. 15, 2009, at home. He was an assistant organist at St. Lawrence Church, Laurence Harbor. He was predeceased by his father, Eugene G. Pfarr. Surviving are his mother, Alice Yackulich Pfarr of Laurence Harbor; a…