Category: Suburban Opinion
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Rudolph T. Cherney
Mr. Cherney, 84, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died July 18, 2008, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. His wife, Anna, died in 2003. Surviving are five sons and daughters-in-law, Rudolph and Kathy Cherney of Hazlet, Thomas and Monica Cherney and Michael and Diane Cherney, all of the Toms River section of…
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Vernon Fon-Fook Yap
Mr. Yap, 82, of Old Bridge, died July 17, 2008. Surviving are his wife, Alawiah; four children, Sharon, Jeffrey, Jennifer and Frankie; a brother, Paul; his mother-in-law, June Leong; a sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Lynn Leong Little and Michael Little; a daughter in-law, Michelle; and two granddaughters. Arrangements were under the direction of Michael Hegarty Funeral…
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Eileen Marie “Rie” Stroby Gentile
Mrs. Gentile, 58, of Parlin, died July 25, 2008, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in Bayonne, she was raised in Marlboro and had lived in Englishtown before moving to Parlin. Mrs. Gentile was predeceased by her husband, Eugene John Gentile, in 2006, and by her father, Charles Robert Stroby. Surviving are…
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Harvey E. Winant
Mr. Winant, 89, of East Brunswick, died July 23, 2008, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to his retirement, he was employed as a milkman with Forsgate Farms, Monroe, and then as an appraiser for the Department of Transportation. He also was the owner/operator of Winant Agency Real Estate, Old Bridge. He was…
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Rose L. Allen Jenkins
Mrs. Jenkins, 87, of Old Bridge, died July 22, 2008, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Prior to her retirement in 1987, she was a union representative for 19 years for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) at Blonder- Tongue, Old Bridge. Her husband, Rubin Jenkins, died in 1995, and a son,…
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A $50 donation can buy a lot of pet kibble
GREG BEAN Coda There are a lot of responsibilities that come with having a pet, but one of the most difficult is fulfilling the part of the implied contract that says you will make difficult decisions for the animal that the animal can’t make for itself. In our family’s case, that has meant deciding when…
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Jack Alan D’Avila
Mr. D’Avila, 51, of Old Bridge, died July 19, 2008, in JFK Haven Hospice, Edison. Surviving are his wife, Denise Rocha D’Avila of Brazil; a son, Tiago D’Avila, and his fiancée, Carina Bertezini, of Bethlehem, Pa.; a daughter, Tiene D’Avila, and her fiancé, David Russo, of Hillsborough; his former wife, Neidi Neves, and a brother…
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Builders undermine environmental protections
If anyone doubts the inordinate influence the building and related industries have on our state legislators, consider their continuous and blatant efforts to weaken and even erase our environmental protection laws. A while back, building lobbyists proposed a “fast track” law that would have required a deliberately understaffed Department of Environmental Protection to act on…
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Michael Ciencewicki
Mr. Ciencewicki, 89, of South River, died July 18, 2008, at home. Prior to his retirement , he was employed for more than 30 years with Johnson and Johnson, Milltown, and then as a custodian with the South River Board of Education. His wife, Evelyn Adams Ciencewicki, died in 2006. Surviving are two sons, Alan…
