Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Otto F. Blaszka

    Mr. Blaszka, 90, of South River, died March 16, 2008, in West Broward Care Center, Plantation, Fla. Prior to his retirement in 1981, he was employed as a receiving clerk in the storeroom at Hercules Inc., Parlin section of Sayreville, where he worked for 42 years. He was predeceased by his first wife, Helen Cichalski…

  • Father of the groom: I’m not responsible!’

    GREG BEAN Coda I don’t mean to sound like I’m whining here, but I think I’ve led a pretty responsible life, and all that responsibility has turned me into a shadow of my former self (a larger shadow, if you’re looking at the shadow of my waistline).   I don’t think I started becoming very…

  • Jane Hannah Boice

    Mrs. Boice, 83, of Old Bridge, formerly of Monroe and West Long Branch, died March 18, 2008, in Reformed Church Home, Old Bridge. Prior to her retirement in 1985, she was an accounting supervisor at Sansone Auto Group, Woodbridge, where she worked for many years. She was predeceased by her husband, Arthur T., in 1986;…

  • Mary Gawales DelMauro

    Mrs. DelMauro, 83, of East Brunswick, formerly of the Colonia section of Woodbridge, died March 15, 2008, at home. Her husband, Frank Del- Mauro, died in 1995, and a son, Frank DelMauro Jr., died in 1968. Surviving are three daughters, Nancy Thiry, and her husband, Frank, of East Brunswick, Lynne Blasena, and her partner, Joseph…

  • Andrew Warade

    Mr. Warade, 78, of Old Bridge, died March 4, 2008, in Care One at East Brunswick. He was captain with the East Brunswick Police Reserve from 1960-81. Surviving are his wife, Joyce Nolan Warade; two sons and daughters-in-law, Gary W. and Carmen of North Brunswick and Joseph and Maria of Point Pleasant; a daughter and…

  • Leon J. “Bobo” Revolinsky

    Mr. Revolinsky, 96, of Tampa, Fla., formerly Sayreville, died March 14, 2008, in Tampa. Prior to his retirement, he was a car salesman at Laffin Chevrolet, South River, for more than 20 years. He was predeceased by his wife,Mary A. Roman Revolinsky. Surviving are a daughter and son-in-law, Mary Jane and John Martinez of Tampa,…

  • Robert Bruce Majewski

    Mr. Majewski, 50, of East Brunswick, formerly of Monroe, died March 8, 2008, in Haven Hospice at JFK Medical Center, Edison. Surviving are his wife, Dani Meredith Majewski; a son, Max, and two daughters, Kady and Samantha, all of East Brunswick; his mother, Jane Majewski of South River; two brothers, Kevin, and his wife, Karen,…

  • Proposed school tab calls for $99 tax hike

    Budget addresses facilities needs at various boro schools BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SAYREVILLE – Residents would see an average school tax increase of $99 according to a budget proposed by the Board of Education. The school board was expected to approve the 2008-09 budget this week, sending it to voters on April 15. The…

  • Walter J. “Kelch” Kania

    Mr. Kania, of Sayreville, died March 11, 2008, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to his retirement in 1990, he was employed as an electrician with E.I. DuPont, Parlin section of Sayreville, where he worked for 30 years. He was predeceased by his parents, Frank and Eleanor Zawistowski Kania; two brothers, Alexander…