Category: Suburban Opinion
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Lee Kaplan
Mrs. Kaplan, 94, formerly of Passaic, died Jan. 16, 2009, in Summerhill Nursing Center, Old Bridge. She was predeceased by her husband, Sidney, and by a son, Donald. Surviving are a daughter, Marilyn Chester Israel, and her husband, Martin, of East Brunswick; a granddaughter; and three great-granddaughters. Arrangements were under the direction of Rezem Funeral…
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Kevin Leonard
Mr. Leonard, 61, of South Amboy, died Jan. 5, 2009, in CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. He was an independent civil engineer for more than 20 years. He was predeceased by his parents, Mary and Raymond Leonard. Surviving are many cousins. Services were held at Carmen F. Spezzi Funeral Home, Parlin section of Sayreville. Cremation…
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Janice T. Mullusky Dietz
Mrs. Dietz, of Old Bridge, died Jan. 16, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Surviving are her husband, Joe Dietz; a daughter, Julianna T. Dietz; her parents, Bernard and Jean Mullusky; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Cheryl and Bill Rodia and Karen and Dan Peters; a cousin, Michael Delasandro; and several nieces and…
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George W. Monks Sr.
Mr. Monks, 85, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died Jan. 16, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to his retirement in 1989, he was employed as a mechanic with the borough of Sayreville Water and Sewer Department. His wife, Isabella Reynolds Monks, died in 2001, and a son, George W.…
