• Ruth Anne O’Connor

    Ms. O’Connor, 68, a longtime resident of Spring Lake Heights, died May 6, 2009, at CentraStateMedical Center, Freehold Township. She started her career as an elementary school teacher and retired from PNC Bank in Ocean Grove. She is survived by a son and daughterin law, Michael and Veronica of Jackson; three sisters and brothers-in-law, Helen…

  • Phyllis Burke

    Mrs. Burke, 63, of Raintree, Freehold Township, and Bella Terra, Jackson, died April 24, 2009, at the Wedgewood Rehabilitation Center, Freehold. She had been a teacher, school librarian, and media specialist for grade-school and middle-school children in the Essex, Hunterdon, and Monmouth county school systems within the last 30 years. She is survived by a…

  • Charles Hein Jr.

    Mr. Hein, 90, of Howell, died May 17, 2009, at home. He had lived in Lakewood before moving to Howell in 1962. Mr. Hein, a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, was the co-founder and operator of JAC Service Co., Howell, along with his brothers-in-law, Andrew and Jesse Nuccio. He retired in 1984. Mr.…

  • Roseann Birillo Koehl

    Mrs. Koehl, 69, of Lakewood, died May 23, 2009, at Ocean Medical Center, Brick. Prior to her retirement in 1993, she was secretary of medical records for the New York City Police Department in Staten Island, N.Y., for 15 years. Mrs. Koehl is survived by her husband, George Koehl; two daughters and a son-in-law, Patricia…

  • Ann W. Van Hise

    Mrs. Van Hise, 86, of Jackson, died May 20, 2009, at Care One at Jackson, Jackson. She had resided in Millstone Township for 65 years before moving to Jackson. Mrs. Van Hise was a clerk in the Monmouth County Clerk’s Office, Freehold, for 23 years before her retirement. Surviving are her husband, Howard R. Van…

  • Schools’ ROTC cadets honor nation’s war dead

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer Air Force Jr. ROTC members representing Jackson Memorial High School and Jackson Liberty High School conduct a flag folding ceremony during a Memorial Day service. At right, veteran Larry St. Laurent addresses the gathering at Jackson Memorial High School. JACKSON — Air Force Jr. ROTC students from Jackson Memorial High…

  • Pursing her lips over tiny purses

    Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH My mother’s purse is held in high regard. It is an object of reverence, a monument to her being, and an entity of respect and reverence. As kids, we could observe it from afar and perhaps gaze upon it with love. On a lucky day, we might have…

  • Tragedy mars start of boating season

    Around Town • AMY ROSEN Memorial Day marks the unofficial beginning of the summer season and is something I look forward to all winter. To my family, the warm weather and sunshine means one thing — boating. As Memorial Day weekend activities for 2009 were just getting under way on May 22, we decided to…

  • Glass Planet to perform June 6

    The musical group Glass Planet will appear in concert beginning at 8:30 p.m. June 6 at the Unitarian Society, 176 Tices Lane, East Brunswick. The event will feature favorite cover tunes from the 1960s to the present. Glass Planet is made up of musicians Kimberly Andersen, Joe Helias, Marc Pfeiffer, Art Turnbull, Regina Pfohl and…

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