Josephine Chiaffitella
      Mrs. Chiaffitella, 88, of Aberdeen, died June 27, 2009, at Bayshore Healthcare Center, Holmdel. She was a self-employed dressmaker. Mrs. Chiaffitella was predeceased by her husband, Mike, in 1992. She is survived by a son, Michael of Aberdeen; two sisters, Virginia Matos and Lucy Mari; and two gra...
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Rose Carlo
      Mrs. Carlo, 100, of Hazlet, died May 29, 2009, at Regency Park Nursing Center, Hazlet. She was predeceased by her husband, Michael Carlo, in 1986. She is survived by a daughter, Ann Marie Colasurdo; a son and daughter-inlaw, Michael and Pat Carlo; and four grandchildren. A funeral liturgy was cele...
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Mary Alfano Basile
      Mrs. Basile, 93, of Matawan, died June 29, 2009, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. She was a lineworker at Charms Candy Co., Bloomfield, for 25 years, retiring in the 1960s. She was predeceased by her husband, Michael Basile, in 1972. She is survived by several nieces and nephews. Day Funer...
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Eugene T. Wood
      Mr. Wood, 82, of Hazlet, died June 7, 2009. He was a pressman foreman at the New York Times, retiring in 1993. He was predeceased by a brother, Francis J. Wood. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Margaret P. Sweeney Wood; three sons and daughters-in-law, Francis J. and Marie Wood of Hazlet, S...
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Grace M. Bozza
      Mrs. Bozza, 74, of Hazlet, died May 28, 2009. She was a secretary at Keyport Legion Apartments. She was predeceased by her husband, Peter J. Bozza, in 1992; and two brothers, Michael and Emil Bove. Mrs.
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June Dombrowski
      Mrs. Dombrowski, 81, of the Cheesequake Village section of Matawan, died June 25, 2009. She had resided in the Cliffwood section of Matawan before relocating to Matawan 20 years ago. Mrs. Dombrowski was a housekeeper at various homes in the area. She was predeceased by her husband, Joseph; a son, ...
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Helen Zagacki
      Miss Zagacki, 102, of Holmdel, died May 30, 2009, at Arnold Walter Nursing Home, Hazlet. She was a secretary at Kornbluth Realty Co., Bayonne, before her retirement. She was predeceased by a sister and brother-in-law, Mae and Steve Sagaski; two brothers, Peter and Joseph Joswick; a brother-in-law,...
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John J. "Pop" Gaynor
      Mr. Gaynor, 85, of Hazlet, died June 14, 2009, at home. He was an engineer for the U.S. Postal Service, retiring in 1975. He was predeceased by his wife of 57 years, Dorothy LaPierre Gaynor, in 2005; two brothers, James and Thomas; a sister, Alice Murphy; and a daughter-in-law, Denise Gaynor. He i...
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Ronald V. Strelko
      Mr. Strelko, 58, of Hazlet, died June 10, 2009, in Philadelphia, following a battle with cancer. He was a signal man with New Jersey Transit. He was predeceased by his father, Vincent R. Strelko, in 1987; and a sister, Cynthia Critelli, in 2004. He is survived by his fiancée, Carole Ann Johns...
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Modesta Thompson
      Mrs. Thompson, 82, of Middletown, died June 21, 2009, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. She was a bookkeeper at the law firm of Simpson, Thatcher and Bartlett, New York City, where she was employed 25 years before her retirement. She was predeceased by a brother, Louis Marinaro; and a sister,...
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