Category: Suburban Opinion
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Otto Diettman Jr.
Mr. Diettman, 64, of the Port Monmouth section of Middletown, died Nov. 26, 2007, at the New Jersey Firemen’s Home, Boonton. Born in Jersey City, he resided there prior to relocating to Port Monmouth in 1977. He was predeceased by a brother, Arthur Diettman. He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Ann Messerle…
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Pauline T. Blaska Novik
Mrs. Novik, 90, formerly of Sayreville, died Nov. 28, 2007, in Overlook Hospital, Summit. Prior to her retirement, she was employed for 25 years as a fourth-grade teacher at St. Stanislaus Kostka School, Sayreville. Her husband, John Novik, died in 2003. Surviving are a daughter, Geri Smith, and her husband, Al, of Scotch Plains; a…
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Esther J. Twardos Kopsco
Mrs. Kopsco, 80, of Sayreville, died Nov. 28, 2007, at home. Prior to her retirement in 1991, she was a toll collector with the New Jersey Turnpike Authority. Before that, she was a nurse’s aide at Roosevelt Hospital, Edison. She was predeceased by a son, Pvt. David Kopsco, U.S. Marine Corps, in 1968. Surviving are…
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George Vanderbilt Sr.
Mr. Vanderbilt, 86, of the Laurence Harbor section of Old Bridge, died Nov. 17, 2007, in Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Prior to his retirement, he was employed as a chief chemist with National Lead Co., Dutch Boy Paint division, Perth Amboy. His wife, Helen “Eleanor” Vanderbilt, died in 2001. He also was predeceased by a…
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William P. Hynes
Mr. Hynes, 54, of Old Bridge, died Nov. 28, 2007. He was predeceased by his father, John Hynes; his mother, Catherine Hynes; and a brother, John Hynes. Surviving are a son, William L. Hynes, and a daughter, Carissa L. Hynes, of Old Bridge; his wife, Christine Hynes; two brothers, Timothy Hynes of Howell and Michael…
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Martha O. Gartner
Mrs. Gartner, 78, of Old Bridge, died Nov. 25, 2007, in Reformed Church Home, Old Bridge. Prior to her retirement in 1997, she was a librarian at the Edison Township Library, where she worked for 10 years. She was predeceased by two sons, Neil, in 1967, and Robert, in 1968. Surviving are her husband, Harold…
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Robert M. Weiland Sr.
Mr. Weiland, 76, of Old Bridge, died Nov. 26, 2007, at home. He was predeceased by two sons, Timothy Weiland, in 1962, and R. Michael Weiland, in 1999. Surviving are his wife, Mary P. Weiland; two sons, Sean M. Weiland, and his wife, Amelia Deasa-Weiland, of Old Bridge and Bryan Weiland of Sayreville; two daughters,…
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Catherine “Kay” Krzyzkowski Uhrig
Mrs. Uhrig, 70, of Sayreville, died Nov. 18, 2007, at home. Prior to her retirement, she worked as a waitress for several years in area restaurants. Surviving are her husband, George; two daughters, Karen Burghart of Montgomery, Ala., and Joanne McGoldrich of Columbus, Ohio; a son, George of Monroe; a brother, Edward of Sayreville; and…
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Coda
Subpoena for blogger’s identity on national stage GREG BEAN Ed Herschler, the crusty three-term governor of Wyoming during the 1970s and into the mid-’80s, was a Democrat, but clearly the most popular politician in that rabidly Republican state. The reason for his popularity was largely his down-to-earth demeanor (he personally answered the phone on his…
