• Lemonade Stand to aid cancer charity

    Rebekah Makin, a sophomore at East Brunswick High School High School, will host her fifth annual Alex’s Lemonade Stand 10 a.m.-3 p.m. June 9 and 10 at 7 Hillsdale Road, East Brunswick, between Route 18 south and Shetland Road, behind the Seville Diner. Proceeds will go to the Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, an organization that…

  • Edward β€œNed” F. Farrell Jr.

    Mr. Farrell, 58, of East Brunswick, died May 24, 2012, inRobertWood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was predeceased by his parents, Edward Sr. and Marguerite Gaudet Farrell. Surviving are his wife, Kathryn Starzer-Farrell; a daughter, Megan Farrell of East Brunswick; a brother, Cornelius Farrell, also of East Brunswick; a step-sister, Susan Weller of Tucson,…

  • Dennis Powers

    Mr. Powers, 74, of Monroe, died May 18, 2012, at home. Surviving are his wife, Patricia McGrath Powers; a son, Dennis P. Powers, and his wife, Kristen, of Mountain Lakes; two daughters, Patricia Purcell, and her husband, Timothy, of Ballston Lake, N.Y., and Kathleen DePhilippo, and her husband, Michael, of Cinnaminson; his mother-in-law, Gloria Pace…

  • Anthony A. Piatek Jr.

    Mr. Piatek, 70, of Sayreville, died May 21, 2012, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy division. Prior to his retirement in 2001 he was employed by E.I. Du Pont Photo Products, Parlin section of Sayreville, where he worked for 41 years. He is predeceased by a grandson, Ryan William Levine. Surviving are his wife,…

  • GeorgeWaksmundzki

    Mr. Waksmundzki, 87, of Jackson, formerly of South River, died May 21, 2012, in Bartley Healthcare Nursing and Rehabilitation, Jackson. Prior to his retirement in 1987, he was employed as a machine operator with Johnson & Johnson Personal Products, Milltown, where he worked for 41 years. He was predeceased by his wife, Josephine Mischihowski; four…

  • George E. Matts

    Mr. Matts, 83, of South River, died May 22, 2012, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to his retirement in 1991, he was employed as a plumber for Du Pont Inc., Parlin section of Sayreville, where he worked for 25 years. He was predeceased by two brothers, William and Charles Matts, and…

  • Clifford J. Sawyer

    Mr. Sawyer, 57, of Monroe, formerly of East Brunswick, died May 22, 2012, at home. Prior to his retirement, he was employed as a warehouseman with Lenox, South Brunswick, for several years. Before that, he was a driver for Middlesex Sheet Metal, East Brunswick, where he worked for 15 years. He was predeceased by his…

  • Fernando Lewis Prater

    Mr. Prater, 51, of Plainsboro, formerly of Jamesburg, died May 21, 2012, in Merwick Care Center, Plainsboro. He was predeceased by his father, John Lewis Prater, and by a sister, Sondra. Surviving are his mother, Mary Prater of East Brunswick; a brother, Fabian Daniels of Hillside; a sister, Lavette, and her husband, Franklin, of East…

  • Cecil de Freitas

    Mr. de Freitas, 92, of Monroe, died May 17, 2012. He was predeceased by his wife, Maria Abraham de Freitas. Surviving are five daughters, Janet Lee of Springfield, Margaret de Freitas of Hillside, Helen Romeo of Irvington, Gemma Julien, and her husband, Neville, of Monroe and Deborah Foderingham of Hillside; two sons, Ronald de Freitas,…

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