• Catherine D. Dragula Shloyda

    Mrs. Shloyda, 84, of South River, died Jan. 31, 2013. She was a hairdresser for the past 65 years. She was predeceased by her life partner, Albert Sapiro, and by a son, Barry. Surviving are two sons, Nick, and his wife, Sabine, and Robert, all of East Brunswick; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. A Mass…

  • Nikolaos Zaharias Papadakis

    Mr. Papadakis, 78, of Monroe, formerly of Manalapan, died Feb. 12, 2013, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was co-owner of McAteers Restaurant, Somerset section of Franklin. Surviving are his wife, Antonia; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Zachary and Patricia Papadakis of Weehawken and Felix Papadakis of New York City; a sister,…

  • Karen Lee Raspa

    Mrs. Raspa, 56, of East Brunswick, died Feb. 2, 2013, at home. Surviving are her husband, Vincent Raspa; a son, Dean of Chelsea, Mass.; a daughter, Gina of Old Bridge; her mother, Doris Sigle of Lewes, Del.; four sisters, Doris Miller of Cocoa Beach, Fla., Betty Walsh, and her husband, Raymond, of Lewes, Carol Doscher,…

  • Lillian M. O’Connell

    Mrs. O’Connell, 84, of East Brunswick, died Feb. 8, 2013, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was predeceased by her husband, William. Surviving are three daughters, Diane Kopke, and her husband, John, of Pasadena, Md., Debbie Wagner, and her husband, Bob, of East Brunswick and Donna Parisi, and her husband, Joe, of Derwood,…

  • Richard Adam Peters

    Mr. Peters, 70, of South River, died Feb. 12, 2013, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Surviving are his wife, Dolores Gorman Peters; a son, Christopher Peters, and his wife, Gwynne, of Philadelphia; two daughters, Briane Peters of Bala Cynwyd, Pa., and Kacie Peters of Chicago; and a sister, Dolores Krausse, and her husband,…

  • Marie Theresa Murphy Bilotta

    Mrs. Bilotta, 87, of Spotswood, died Feb. 13, 2013, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was predeceased by her husband, Anthony J. Bilotta; a sister, Nan Murphy; and two brothers, Brendan and James Murphy. Surviving are a son, Joseph A. Bilotta, of Jessup, Pa., formerly of Spotswood; a daughter, Ann Marie Jura of…

  • Georgios T. Koukourdelis

    Mr. Koukourdelis, 72, of South River, died Feb. 14, 2013, at home. Prior to his retirement in 1985, he was employed as a machine operator for Mideast Aluminum, Dayton section of South Brunswick, where he worked for 15 years. Surviving are his wife, Haido Xistras Koukourdelis; two sons and their wives, Tom and Ellie Koukourdelis…

  • Stella C. Smykla Shirley

    Mrs. Shirley, 92, of East Brunswick, died Feb. 9, 2013, in Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. She was predeceased by a son, Richard Shirley; two sisters, Mary and Sophie; and two brothers, Michael and Joseph. Surviving are her husband, Louis J. Shirley; a son, Louis G. Shirley of East Brunswick; and many nieces and nephews. Funeral…

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    As Girl Scout Troop 81320 visits the State House on Feb. 19 for a tour, Gov. Chris Christie stops to say hello to Nikolette Bova (l-r) and twins Spencer and Jamie White, all students at Brookside Elementary School, Monroe Township. PHOTO COURTESY OF CAROLE WHITE

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