Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Robert A. Gilbert Sr.

    Mr. Gilbert, 80, of Old Bridge, died Jan. 6, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Surviving are his wife, Joyce M. Jensen Gilbert; four sons, Robert Gilbert of Old Bridge, Keith Gilbert, and his wife, Stacey, of Howell, Scott Gilbert of San Antonio, Texas, and Kirk Gilbert, and his wife, Maria, of…

  • Elizabeth Lehane Nieto

    Mrs. Nieto, 78, of East Brunswick, formerly of South River, died Jan. 7, 2009, at home. Prior to her retirement in 1991, she was a teacher at Our Lady of Lourdes School, Milltown. Before that, she was a teacher and principal at Corpus Christi School, South River. Her husband, William, died in 1991. Surviving are…

  • Suzanne Labriola Katz

    Mrs. Katz, 71, of Monroe, died Jan. 9, 2009, in CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. She worked as a Realtor for 24 years with Davis Realty, East Brunswick. Surviving are her husband, Ralph Katz; three daughters, Suzanne Bach, and her husband, Richard, and Jody Wiener, and her husband, Tom, all of East Brunswick, and Anitra…

  • Joseph J. DiBella Sr.

    Mr. DiBella, 79, of Milltown, died Jan. 21, 2009, at home. Prior to his retirement in 1994, he was an English teacher at J.P. Stevens High School, Edison. He also owned and operated three beauty salons with his wife. He was predeceased by his wife, Angela Cantore DiBella, in 1996, and by a son, Joseph…

  • 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…

  • Ruth A. Hammer O’Gara

    Mrs. O’Gara, 93, of East Brunswick, formerly of Red Bank, died Dec. 26, 2008, in Golden Living Center, Old Bridge. She was predeceased by her husband, Joseph O’Gara, and by a daughter, Kathleen Gallagher. Surviving are a daughter, Judy Creegan, and her husband, Jim, of East Brunswick; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. A Mass was…