• Jean Ann Smutko

    Mrs. Smutko, 81, of Monroe, died June 30, 2012. She was a communicant of St. James Church in Jamesburg. Surviving are her husband, Joseph Smutko; two sons and daughters-in-law, Joseph and Carolyn Smutko of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Jack and Karen Smutko of Alpharetta, Ga.; a daughter, Judy Hoskins, and her husband, Shawn, of Monroe;…

  • Joan Kathryn Bours

    Mrs. Bours, 78, of East Brunswick, died July 4, 2012, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to her retirement in 1994, she was employed for more than 25 years as an administrative assistant to several directors of Middlesex County Parks and Recreation. She was predeceased by her husband, George. Surviving are her mother,…

  • Mary E. “Mamie” Zaneski

    Ms. Zaneski, 83, of Sayreville, died July 9, 2012, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to her retirement, she was employed as a secretary with E. R. Squibb & Sons, New Brunswick, where she worked for 38 years. She is predeceased by three siblings, Hedwig Zaneski, Alexander Zaneski and Frank Zaneski. Surviving are…

  • Irene D. Zdep

    Mrs. Zdep, 93, of Sayreville, formerly of Freeland, Pa., died June 28, 2012, at home. She was predeceased by her husband, Mike A. Zdep, in 1988; three brothers, Emil, John and Albert Petrusky; three sisters, Mary Sabo, Anna Kurtz and Martha Tomko; and a great-grandson, Alexander Zdep. Surviving are a daughter, Joyce Cholewa of Sayreville;…

  • Margaret J. Brown Javelin

    Mrs. Javelin, 83, of Monroe, died June 27, 2012, in Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Prior to her retirement in 1994, she was employed as a teacher with the East Brunswick school system for 30 years. She was predeceased by a dear friend, Nancy Palazzolo, in 2006. Surviving are two nieces, Jamie and Stacey Shkoler; and…

  • Patricia Doherty Cocilovo

    Mrs. Cocilovo, 86, of Monroe, formerly of Little Falls and Wayne, died June 30, 2012, at her home in the Greenbriar at Whittingham community. Surviving are her husband, Frank A. Cocilovo; two sons, Frank Cocilovo and his wife, Catherine, of Manalapan, and Anthony Cocilovo and his wife, Anna, of Prescott, Ariz.; a daughter, Llona Doubet…

  • Francesco P. Bivona

    Mr. Bivona, 88, of Monroe, formerly of New Brunswick, died July 2, 2012, at University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro. Surviving are his wife, Caterina (Furnari); three children, Rose Fassi and her husband, Peter, of North Brunswick, Lia Valentino of Franklin Park, and Aldo Bivona and Jessy of Puerto Rico; eight grandchildren; and three…

  • Beatrice A. “Betty” Hawkins McConnell

    Mrs. McConnell, 81, of East Brunswick, died July 5, 2012, at home. She was predeceased by her husband, David McConnell, in 2008. Surviving are three sons, Thomas McConnell and his wife, Carol, of Milford, Conn., William Mc- Connell and his wife, Laurie, of Toms River, and David McConnell and his wife, Nancy, of East Brunswick;…

  • Lydia M. Reber Bigelow

    Mrs. Bigelow, 90, of East Brunswick, died July 2, 2012, at the Golden Living Center, Old Bridge. She was born in Germany and immigrated to the U.S. in 1925, settling in Madison Park, then moving to East Brunswick 40 years ago. Prior to retiring in 1989, she worked as a tumor registrar at Robert Wood…

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