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Barbara Blanchard
Mrs. Blanchard, 91, of Freehold Township, died June 5, 2011, at Montgomery Care Center, Freehold Township. She was born in Newark and had resided in Keansburg before moving to Freehold Township. Mrs. Blanchard was predeceased by a brother, Robert G. Braker Jr.; and two husbands, Howard Van Ness and Fred L. Blanchard. She is survived…
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John “Jack” Strevens Sr.
Mr. Strevens, 82, of Toms River, formerly of Howell, died May 31, 2011. He was born and raised in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, and served in the British airborne as a paratrooper for 11 years. He moved to New Jersey in 1962. Prior to retiring in 1997, he was a union carpenter working out of…
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Gaetano “Guy” Muratore
Mr. Muratore, 58, of Howell, died June 19, 2011, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. While still in college, he volunteered for the U.S. Air Force and served as a crew chief onAir Force bombers during the Vietnam War. Upon returning from duty, he resumed college, earning a bachelor’s degree from St. John’s University…
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Constance T. Mills
Mrs. Mills, 73, of Howell, formerly of Freehold Township, died June 2, 2011, at The Manor, Freehold, after a long battle with cancer. She received a bachelor’s degree from Douglass College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, and a master’s degree from Rider University, Lawrenceville. Prior to retiring, she worked at the Commission for the Blind and…
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Ruth Marie (McKenna) Jennings
Mrs. Jennings, 78, of The Willows, Holmdel, died May 31, 2011. She was a longtime resident of Kearny, moving to Englishtown in 1986 and Leisure Village, Lakewood, in 1998. Mrs. Jennings was predeceased by her husband, Thomas Jennings, and a brother, Raymond McKenna. She is survived by her sons, Thomas and his wife, Kathleen, of…
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Sophie M. Celano
Mrs. Celano, 86, of Howell, died June 18, 2011, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. She was a graduate of Demarest High School, Hoboken. Prior to retiring, she was employed as a bookkeeper for Heritage Bank, East Brunswick. Mrs. Celano was a communicant of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, Freehold, and a longtime member…
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Vacation Bible school to run July 18-22
Cornerstone Presbyterian Church will host its annual vacation Bible school program in July. This year’s program is called Hometown Nazareth and will take place at DeBows United Methodist Church, Jackson, July 18-22. Families will step back in time at Hometown Nazareth, exploring what it was like to live in the town where Jesus grew up.…
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Plumsted Cub Scouts reach out to Missouri
BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer Cub Scouts from Plumsted Township worked together to offer a helping hand to children whose lives were affected by tornadoes that devastated Joplin, Mo., last month. PLUMSTED — Although Joplin, Mo., is 1,000 miles away from Plumsted Township, the boys in Plumsted’s Cub Scout Pack 9 have been touched by…
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datebook
The Disabled American Veterans, Chapter 77, based in Jackson but serving Howell, Jackson, Lakewood and Plumsted, meets on the second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Jackson VFW, Magnolia Drive, Jackson. Any veteran who was wounded during his or her service in the armed forces is welcome to attend a meeting…
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