Nelson F. Stiles Sr.
      Mr. Stiles, 78, of Monroe Township, died Jan. 20, 2008, at RiverviewMedical Center, Red Bank. Born in Summit, he resided in Springfield prior to relocating toMarlboro in 1954. He was employed for 27 years at Monmouth County Correctional Institute, Freehold, retiring as warden in 1993. He served wi...
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Josephine Barbara Mack Gibney
      Mrs. Gibney, 85, of River Edge, died Dec. 30, 2007. Born in Philadelphia, she was the fifth daughter of Barbara and Alexander Mack and the sister of Mary, Helen, Laura, Alice, Theodore and Arthur. Mrs. Gibney graduated from St. Monica's Catholic High School in Philadelphia and in late 1944 enliste...
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Charles Michael Erndl
      Mr. Erndl, 59, of North Augusta, S.C., died Jan. 6, 2008, at Doctors Hospital, Augusta, Ga. Born in New York, he grew up in Englishtown and spent most of his life traveling with the U.S. military.Mr. Erndl, who served in the VietnamWar, settled with his family in theAugusta area in 1983 after reti...
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Mary Whitehead
      Mrs. Whitehead, 99, of Freehold Township, died Jan. 15, 2008, atApplewood Estates, Freehold Township. She was born in Hungary and had resided in Teaneck and Jamesburg before moving to Freehold Township 17 years ago. Prior to retiring in 1969, Mrs. Whitehead was employed by the Westwood-Washington ...
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William B. "Jeep" Ker II
      Mr. Ker, 60, of New York City, died Jan. 13, 2008, at New York University Medical Center, Manhattan, N.Y. Born in Long Branch, he grew up in Sea Girt and moved to Manhattan nine years ago. Mr. Ker attended Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania and graduated from the University of Utah in 1971. Most r...
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Otis Woods
      Mr. Woods, 56, of Freehold, died Jan. 13, 2008, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in Tuskegee, Ala., he had resided in Freehold for the past 44 years. Mr. Woods was a nitrate operator for Hercules Inc., Parlin section of Sayreville, prior to retiring and had previously been em...
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Josephine Carrion
      Mrs. Carrion, 72, of Manalapan, died Jan. 14, 2008, at Pine Brook Care Center, Manalapan. She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and had lived in South Amboy before moving to Manalapan five years ago. Prior to retiring, Mrs. Carrion was a waitress for various restaurants in Middlesex County.
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Martin J. Wagner
      Mr.Wagner, 91, ofMaple GlenMobile Home Park in Jackson, died Jan. 14, 2008, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. He was born in Elizabeth and had resided in Freehold Township before moving to Jackson in 1991. Prior to retiring, Mr. Wagner was a furnace operator for Brockway Glass Co. ...
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Michael Giordano
      Mr. Giordano, 85, of Englishtown, died Jan. 18, 2008. Born in Connecticut, he had lived in Newark and Whiting for most of his life. Surviving are a son, Michael Giordano; three daughters, Marcella Giordano, Monica Giordano and Donna Becherer; two sisters, Julie and Mary; and two brothers, Joseph a...
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Geoffrey V. "Pudge" Schaller Sr.
      Mr. Schaller, 61, of Union Beach, died Jan. 18, 2008, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Born in Long Branch, he was a lifelong resident of Union Beach. He was a brakeman at Conrail, Elizabeth, for 30 years. He served with the U.S. Army, stationed in Korea during the Vietnam War. He enjoyed ...
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Lajos "Lou" Borodics
      Mr. Borodics, 87, of Englishtown, died Jan. 19, 2008, at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Born and raised in Hungary, Mr. Borodics was a freedom fighter during the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and escaped to the United States in 1957. He had lived in the Perth Amboy area, as well as i...
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Eileen Frances Helies
      Mrs. Helies, 54, of Howell, died Jan. 19, 2008, at home. She was born in Collingswood, Camden County, and had resided in Middletown before moving to Howell 21 years ago. She was a communicant of St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church, Freehold, where she was a Eucharistic minister and religious ed...
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George A. Krukowsky
      Mr. Krukowsky, 89, of Farmingdale, died Jan. 19, 2008, at CareOne at Wall, Wall Township. Born in Vermont, he was a lifelong resident of Farmingdale. Mr. Krukowsky worked in the track maintenance department of Jersey Central Railroad from 1943 until his retirement in 1986. He was a former member o...
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Marie Murdy
      Mrs. Murdy, 81, of Howell, died Jan. 19, 2008, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. She was born in Newark and had lived in Hazlet before moving to Howell more than 40 years ago. Mrs. Murdy was an avid photographer who also loved gardening. She was predeceased by her husband, John G...
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Charles E. Suydam
      Mr. Suydam, 76, of Marlboro, died Jan. 19, 2008, at home. Born in Old Bridge, he was a lifelong resident of Marlboro. Mr. Suydam was a carpenter with Carpenters Local No. 1006, Milltown, for 57 years. He was predeceased by a daughter, Kelly Suydam, and a brother, Marvin Suydam.
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Bart William Lombardo Jr.
      Mr. Lombardo, 60, of Freehold, died Jan. 21, 2008, at home. Born in Newark, he had resided in Freehold for most of his life. Mr. Lombardo was employed for 18 years by Freehold Raceway as a mutuel clerk. He was predeceased by his parents, Helen and Dr. Bart Lombardo.
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Lucia Kluchinik
      Mrs. Kluchinik, 86, ofManalapan, died Jan. 23, 2008, in Jackson. She spent most of her childhood in Lithuania and immigrated to the United States in 1947. Mrs. Kluchinik was involved in many Lithuanian organizations and activities while living in Elizabeth and also briefly taught at St. Peter and ...
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Raymond Z. Piasecki
      Mr. Piasecki, 81, of Surrey Downs, Howell, died Jan. 23, 2008, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. He was born in Newark and had lived in Hazlet and Middletown for 13 years before moving to Surrey Downs 15 years ago. Mr. Piasecki earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical en...
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Elizabeth J. Sciortino
      Mrs. Sciortino, 68, of The Villages, Howell, died Jan. 23, 2008, at home. Born in Queens, N.Y., she had lived there before moving to The Villages seven years ago. Mrs. Sciortino was employed by the Howell Township Board of Education as a kitchen aide at Taunton School. She was a parishioner of St.
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Alfred J. Sitowski
      Mr. Sitowski, 93, of The Villages, Howell, died Jan. 23, 2008, at home. He had lived in Yonkers, N.Y., before moving to The Villages in 1977. Prior to retiring in 1965, Mr. Sitowski was a driver instructor for UPS in the South Bronx, N.Y., for 30 years. He then became a security guard at Freehold ...
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John H. Jefferson
      Mr. Jefferson, 80, of Morganville, died Jan. 24, 2008, at home. Born in East Orange, he resided in the Port Monmouth section of Middletown, and East Keansburg prior to relocating to Morganville 22 years ago. He was circulation manager at Greater Media Newspapers, East Brunswick, for 10 years, reti...
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Julia Margaret Mann
      Mrs. Mann, 56, of Marlboro, died Jan. 25, 2008, at St. Barnabas Hospice and Palliative Care Center at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and had lived in Bloomfield before moving to Marlboro 22 years ago. Prior to retiring in 2006, Mrs. Mann was a teacher for the...
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Melvin "Cookie" Petersen
      Mr. Petersen, 71, of South River, died Jan. 3, 2008, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He served as a member of the South River Borough Council in 1979 and was a former chief of the Reliable Fire Company, South River. Prior to his retirement in 1995, he was employed as a s...
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Carmela T. Litrento Flegler
      Mrs. Flegler, 80, of Sayreville, died Jan. 15, 2008, in Summerhill Nursing Home, Old Bridge. Prior to her retirement, she was a garden consultant with Kutchta's Garden Center, Sayreville, for many years.
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Lorraine Gant Janoff
      Mrs. Janoff, ofMarlboro, died Jan. 25, 2008, at home. She was born in the Bronx, N.Y., and had lived there before moving to Marlboro 35 years ago.
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Valerie Joan Olexsak
      Mrs. Olexsak, 52, of Howell, died Jan. 26, 2008, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in Patchogue, N.Y., she had resided in Howell since 1968 and was a 1973 graduate of Howell High School. Mrs. Olexsak was a senior clerk transcriber for the Monmouth County Board of Social Servic...
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