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Last chance to see ‘Baby the Musical’ at Center Playhouse
The Center Playhouse will feature “Baby the Musical” through March 2. The musical examines how parents-tobe experience the emotional stresses and triumphs that accompany the anticipation and arrival of a baby. This 1980s pop-rock production focuses on three couples on a university campus as they deal with the consequences of this universal experience. The cast…
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Anthony Robert Sclafani
Mr. Sclafani, 68, of Middletown, died Jan. 16, 2014, at home. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. He was a self-employed artist. He is survived by his fiancée, Karen Ann Haines; a daughter, Michelle Wiebel and her husband, PJ, of Sparta; a sister, Lee England and her husband, Walter, of…
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George Treffinger
Mr. Treffinger, 60, of Hazlet, died Jan. 7, 2014, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. He retired from Bell South Co. He is survived by his lifelong companion, Trudine “Trudy” Freda, and her five daughters; a sister, Diane Hill, of Elizabeth; a brother, John Treffinger, of Hillside; a nephew; and a niece. Arrangements were entrusted to…
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Beatrice V. Van Nortwick
Ms. Van Nortwick, 93, of Middletown, died Jan. 17, 2014, at Bayside Manor in Keansburg. She was a co-owner of the Van Nortwick Bus Co. until it was sold in 1998. She is survived by two sons, John and William Van Nortwick; a sister, Millicent Broander; two grandsons; a granddaughter; and four great-grandchildren. Arrangements were…
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Mary H. Stryker
Ms. Stryker, 77, of Keyport, died Jan. 17, 2014, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. She is survived by a brother, Charles P. Stryker, of Keyport; and many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and greatnephews. Arrangements were entrusted to the Shore Point Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Hazlet. Cremation is private.
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John J. Hogan
Mr. Hogan, 67, of Highlands, died Jan. 26, 2014. He served in the U.S. Navy. He worked as a bonds trader. He is survived by his significant other of six years, Linda Magner; a son, Peter; and three sisters, Betty, Maryann and Catherine. Arrangements were entrusted to the Evergreen Memorial Funeral Home and Cremation Service,…
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Frank J. Sloboda
Mr. Sloboda, 84, of Toms River, died Jan. 31, 2014, at home. He retired as a major in the U.S. Army. He was predeceased by his wife, Arlene (Marino) Sloboda. He is survived by three daughters, Suzanne Serden and her husband, Robert, of Clark, Lisa DeLucia and her husband, Frank, of Holmdel, and Laura Cole…
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Millicent Broander
Miss Broander, 92, of Middletown, died Feb. 14, 2014. She was an executive secretary with Pacific Insurance Co. of New York, which merged with Continental Insurance Co. She worked for 32 years before retiring in 1982. She was predeceased by a sister, Beatrice Van Nortwick. She is survived by four nephews and two nieces. Arrangements…
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Helen Bukarica
Mrs. Bukarica, 89, of Leonardo, died Jan. 28, 2014, at home. She was predeceased by her husband, Michael M. Bukarica; and two sons, Michael K. and his wife, Sandra, of Tinton Falls, and Kenneth J. and his wife, Joan, of Roselle. Arrangements were entrusted to the John F. Pfleger Funeral Home, Middletown. A service was…
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