• Jerome Francis “Frank” Coppola

    Mr. Coppola, 93, of Hazlet, died June 27, 2009, at Bayshore Hospital, Holmdel. He was a truck driver for Ritter Food Company, Jersey City, retiring in 1984. He was predeceased by his wife, Eleanor Zuchelli Coppola, in 1985; two sisters, Rae Cattabiani and Elizabeth Pisano, and a brother, Anthony Coppola. He is survived by two…

  • Ruth Ann Monprode

    Mrs. Monprode, 88, died June 30, 2009, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. Born in Jersey City, she resided in Red Bank and the Monmouth County area for 57 years. She was a registered nurse at the Atlantic Highlands Nursing Home, retiring in 1982. She was predeceased by her husband of 58 years, Frank H.…

  • Kathleen Lynn “Honeygram” Isaksen

    Mrs. Isaksen, 59, of the Belford section of Middletown, died June 27, 2009 in Long Branch. She was a hairdresser. She was predeceased by her husband, Chris Isaksen, in 2005 and her father, Thomas Rummell. She is survived by a son, Chris Isaksen of Keansburg; a daughter and sonin law, Lori and Bill Michalski of…

  • Michael D. Vastardis

    Mr. Vastardis, 79, of Holmdel, died June 25, 2009, at Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center, New Brunswick. He resided in East Brunswick prior to relocating to Holmdel in 1993. He was a chef at Red Oak Diner, Hazlet, for more than 30 years, retiring in 1995. He was predeceased by his wife, Evanthia Garyfalou Vastardis,…

  • Joan Ann Hart

    Mrs. Hart, 72, of Hazlet, died June 19, 2009, at Regency Park Nursing Center, Hazlet. She was a waitress at Park Place Diner, Matawan, and at several other local eating establishments. She was also employed several years at Lily Tulip, Holmdel. She was predeceased by her husband, Patrick C. Hart, in 1993; and two brothers,…

  • Whitford Wittnebert

    Mr. Wittnebert, 92, of the Lincroft section of Middletown, died July 6, 2009, at St. Barnabas Hospice at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. He was a project designer at Bell Labs, Holmdel, for more than 42 years, retiring in 1981. He also designed a moving platform for Andy Warhol in 1970 for his shows. He…

  • Angelo Baez Sr.

    Mr. Baez, 87, of Lexington, Ky., died July 5, 2009, in Tampa, Fla. He was a mail carrier with the U.S. Postal Service. He was predeceased by his wife, Elena Dragoni Baez, in 2006. Mr. Baez is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Angelo and Ary Baez Jr. of Lexington, Ky.; a daughter, Elena Hegarty…

  • Jennie Mae Hosier

    Mrs. Hosier, 78, of Hazlet, died July 12, 2009. She was predeceased by her husband, Paul Sr.; a son, Vern; a grandson, Patrick; a granddaughter, Amanda; and a son-in-law, Thomas Dam. Mrs. Hosier is survived by two daughters and one son-in-law, Sharon and Michael Degnan of Whiting, and Jennie Dam of Pine Plains, N.Y.; four…

  • Anne Cavanaugh Acerra-Ferrante

    Mrs. Acerra-Ferrante of Shrewsbury died July 7, 2009, in Toms River. She was a proprietor of Luigi’s Restaurant, Red Bank. She was predeceased by a sister, Marian Acerra; a brotherin law, Ralph Acerra; and a granddaughter, Steena Bowne. She is survived by her husband of eight years, Pellegrino Ferrante; her children, Sharon Mego of Eatontown,…

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