Category: Suburban Opinion
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Coda
Besides Rush, there wasn’t a friendly face in the house GREG BEAN You have to give Gov. Jon Corzine credit for walking into the lion’s den. Either he just doesn’t care that so many people are furious with him, or he feels safe because of the New Jersey State Police security detail that protects him…
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Wilma L. Thomas
Mrs. Thomas, 87, of the Laurence Harbor section of Old Bridge, died Feb. 4, 2008, in Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Prior to her retirement in 1988, she was employed as an assembler at Connectron, Laurence Harbor, where she worked for five years. She was predeceased by a son, Frederick Norman Thomas Jr. Surviving are two…
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Laurinda M. “Lee” Salort
Mrs. Salort, 82, of Coconut Creek, Fla., formerly of Sayreville, died Feb. 2, 2008, in Pompano Beach, Fla. Prior to her retirement, she was employed at Englehart Industries, Iselin section of Woodbridge. She was predeceased by her husband, William Mario Salort, and by a son, Manuel Salort. Surviving are a brother, Thomas Martins of Hallandale,…
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Catherine M. Roberts
Ms. Roberts, 47, of Old Bridge, died Feb. 4, 2008, at home. She was predeceased by her parents, Mary and George Roberts, and by a sister, Georgia Uren. Surviving are a brother, John, and his wife, Lisa, of the Laurence Harbor section of Old Bridge; and her fiancé, Daniel Quinn, of Old Bridge. Services were…
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Stella Radziewicz Starodub
Mrs. Starodub, 86, of South River, died Dec. 28, 2007, in Golden Living Center, Old Bridge. Her husband, John, died in 1985, and a son, Leonard, died in 1979. Surviving are a daughter, Mary S. Donofrio, and her husband, Michael, of South River; three sisters, Florence Gardner of Old Bridge, SophieMurranka of the Whiting section…
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Hank Schommer
Mr. Schommer, 70, of Spotswood, died Jan. 17, 2008, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to his retirement in 2004, he was the owner-operator of Schommer’s Landscaping, Spotswood, for 35 years. Surviving are his wife, Ann Sperveslage Schommer; a son, Kenneth Schommer of Michigan; two daughters, Mary Jo Pacquette, and her husband, Dennis,…
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Dianne H. Suchs Urso
Mrs. Urso, 48, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, formerly of the Colonia section of Woodbridge, died Jan. 25, 2008, at home. She was the owner and operator of Diane’s Café, Woodbridge, for several years. She was predeceased by her parents, Helen and Alec Suchs. Surviving are her husband, David Urso; two brothers, Kenneth Such,…
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Frances M. Prus Stashkevitch
Mrs. Stashkevitch, 96, of South River, died Jan. 23, 2008, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Her husband, Walter, died in 1983. She also was predeceased by four brothers, Stanley, Michael, John and Frank Prus, and by two sisters, Anna Skwiat and Louise Bastkowski. Surviving are a sister, Angela Quinn of South River; two…
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Stanley A. Ference
Mr. Ference, 92, of East Brunswick, died Jan. 23, 2008, at the home of his niece in South River. His wife, Hilda Creel Ference, died in 1990. Prior to his retirement, he worked in the garment industry in South River for many years, and he and his late wife owned and operated Riverside Flowers, East…
