Asbury Park Press from Asbury Park, New Jersey • Page 1

ASBURY PARK PRESS OBITUARIES IN TRIBUTE Vilma Skorupa Toms River July 11, 1997 loving memory to my devoted wife: I miss your presence in our home; sometimes the silence is deafening. I miss your company in a restaurant, which is so very crowded, yet I feel alone. I hold onto many memories and your years of devotion to our children, our home and to me. I hold onto the hope of seeing you again. Sadly missed.

Stanley TOMS Skorupa RIVER To contribute an "In Tribute," about someone who recently died, send your letter and photo to: In Tribute, Asbury Park Press, 3601 Highway 66, Box 1550, Neptune, NJ 07754-1551. Letters should be 200 words or less and must include the author's name, address, telephone number and the date the obituary was published. The Press reserves the right to edit or reject any letter or photo. Contributions may be made to The American Red Cross in memory of Gladys Dice, 430 17th St. NW, Washington, D.C.

20006, Attention: Teresa Smith. D'Elia Funeral Home, Lakewood, is in charge of arrangements. JOSEPHINE F. ESPOSITO, 63, of Pleasant Plains, TOMS RIVER, died yesterday at Community Medical Center, Toms River. She was a customer service agent at American Express for 25 years, retiring in 1988.

She was a member of the Pleasant Plains Club House Association. Born in Brooklyn, she lived there and in East Windsor, moving to Pleasant Plains four years ago. Surviving are two sisters, Marianna Cardaci, Toms River, and Laura Hagelberg, Madison; and a nephew, Louis Cardaci. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday and from 2 to 4 p.m.

and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday. A Funeral Mass will be held at 9:30 a.m. Monday at St. Maximilian Kolbe Church, Toms River.

Interment will be in St. Gertrude's Cemetery, Colonia, Woodbridge. Quinn-Hopping Funeral Home, Toms River, is in charge of arrangements. HELEN SPIEGEL HILLS, of BRICK and Elizabeth, died Thursday after a short illness. After graduating from St.

Mary's High School, Elizabeth, she worked as a bookkeeper, learned to fence and to fly. During World War II, she served her country in Providence, R.I. as a WAVE yeoman greeting and dispatching pilots ordered to fly in Europe or Africa. She then married Marvin S. Hills and devoted her life to God and her family.

She was cofounder of M.S. Hills Tool and Die Linden. She was a daily communicant and member of St. Genevieve Church, Elizabeth, and Sacred Heart Church, Bay Head. She was also a loving grandmother and great-grandmother.

She taught those who met her the love of God, people, New Jersey and a good joke. She was born in a hospital hallway in New Haven, Conn. on Oct. 2, 1918 to Charles and Alice Coakley Spiegel during the peak of the flu epidemic. Surviving are six daughters, Kathleen Haugen, Lexington, Therese Morales, Kinnelon, Ellen Kazanski, Dayton, South Brunswick, Alice Bifulco, Monmouth Junction, South Brunswick, Eileen Hoernlein, Steeles Tavern, and Mary Hills, Harrisburg, four sons, Joseph, DeLand, Leonard, San Jose, Charles, Union, and Marvin Mountain Lakes.

The viewing will be from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Weatherhead Young Funeral Home, 885 Mantoloking Road, Brick. The Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Monday at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Bay Head.

Donations are to be made to feed the poor in her name. LENA LEE JIEMBACK, 83, of Cedar Glen West, MANCHESTER, died yesterday in Bayville, Berkeley. She was a communicant of St. John's Roman Catholic Church, Lakehurst. Born in Locust Valley, N.Y., she lived in Carle Place, Long Island, for eight years before moving to Manchester 22 years ago.

Surviving are her husband of 64 years, Anthony two daughters, Barbara Tyminski, Bayville, and Joan Saunders, Palmyra, two brothers, Anthony Kulakoski, Long Island, and Frank Kulakoski, Florida; two sisters, Jean Jaskot, East Hills, Long Island, and Sydelle Zabelski, Mineola, Long Island; six grandchildren and five great grandchildren. A9 DEATHS This is a list of obituaries that Greaney, Joseph 58, do not appear in this edition of the Press. Ridgefield Park Vorhees Funeral Home, Ridgefield Park Calvano, John J. 64, Neptune Francioni, Taylor Lopez Funeral Martin, Henry, 69, Long Branch Home, Neptune Fiore Funeral Home, 77, Marlboro West Long Branch Cooney, Dorothy Freeman Manalapan-Marlboro Mastrangelo, Andrew 79, Funeral Home, Manalapan Manalapan Daniewicz, Megan Joan, Infant, Freeman Manalapan-Marlboro Old Bridge Funeral Home, Manalapan Keyport Reid, Pauline 93, Middletown Day Funeral Home, DuBois, Merton Sherman, 68, John E. Funeral Home, Day Tinton Falls Red Bank Johnson Funeral Funeral, Wall Singleton, Tracey, 84, Ferdinand, Gerald, 77, Marlboro Menorah Chapels at Millburn, Union Asbury Park Flalk, Alma Zambrano, 83, James H.

Hunt Funeral Home, Branch Asbury Park Long Damiano Funeral Home, Tremper, Rose, 95, Aberdeen Long Branch Bedle Funeral Home, Matawan, OCEAN ROBERT BARTOLETTI, 75, of Crestwood Village VI, Whiting, MANCHESTER, died Thursday at Deborah Heart and Lung Center, Browns Mills, Pemberton. He and his wife were the owners and proprietors of Bob's Jewelers, Hicksville, Long Island, for seven years, retiring in 1985. He was a communicant of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Roman Catholic Church, Whiting. He was a member of the Our Lady of the Pine Council 9852 Knights of Columbus, Whiting.

He served in the Coast Guard during World War II and was a member of the Berkeley Veteran of Foreign Wars Post 9503, Bayville. He was a member of the safety patrol, art class, boccie club, shuffleboard club, and past vice president of the Billard Club, all in Crestwood Village VI, Whiting. He was also a member of the Italian-American Club, and the Manchester Chapter of Deborah, both in Whiting. Born in Italy, he came to the United States in 1934 settling in Brooklyn. He lived in New Hyde Park, Long Island, before moving to Manchester in 1985.

Surviving are his wife of 54 years, Frances Palazzo Bartoletti; two daughters, Janet Kimball, Bangor, Maine, and Denise Healy, Newtown, a brother, Felice, Queens; two sisters, Mary Crapis, and Seria Jadick, both Whiting, and eight grandchildren. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend the funeral services from Carmona-Bolen Home for Funerals, 66 Route 530, Whiting, at 9 a.m. Monday. Thence to St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Roman Catholic Church, Whiting, where a Funeral Mass will be offered at 10 a.m.

Burial will be in Brig. Gen. William C. Doyle Veterans' Memorial Cemetery, Arneytown. Visiting will be from 2 to 4 p.m.

and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday p.m. at the funeral home. ALEX H. BASISTA, 82, of LAKEWOOD, died yesterday at home.

He was an elementary school teacher for the Hazlet Township Board of Education for 20 years, retiring in 1978. He was a member of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Colts Neck. He was former president of the Holmdel Kiwanis Club, and the Hazlet Township Education Association. He was a member of the Monmouth County 4-H Alumni and Slovak Fraternal Union.

A 1946 graduate of Pennsylvania State University, University Park, he was a member of the Penn State Alumni Association. He was a first lieutenant in the Army Air Corps during World War II, serving as a bombardier with the 8th Air Force. Born in Johnstown, he lived in Holmdel and Spring Hill, Fla. for 15 years before moving to Lakewood three years ago. His wife, Louise Basista, died in January.

Surviving are a son, Mi- SERVICES ADDITIONAL INFORMATION GREANEY Joseph K. Esq. on July 9, 1998 of Ridgefield Park. Beloved husband to Linda (nee Jessen). Devoted father to Jennifer and Brian Greaney.

Loving grandfather to Machenzie. Dear brother to Connie Coomes and Charles Greaney. He is also survived by his nephews. Joseph is predeceased by his parents Charles E. Sr.

and Grace (nee Kelly). Funeral from Vorhees Funeral Home, 59 Main St. Ridgefield Park on Monday at 9 AM. A funeral mass will offered at St. Francis RC Church, Ridgefield Park on 9:30 AM.

Interment George Washington Memorial Park, Paramus. Visitation Saturday 7-9 PM Sunday 2-4 7-9 PM. If desired donations may be made to St. Jude Children's Hospital, 501 St. Memphis TN 38105-1905 in his memory.

and a member of the St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church, Perth Amboy, and its Philopthohos Society (Ladies Society). She was born in Greece and lived in Orange, Edison and Metuchen from 1956 to 1993 before moving to Manahawkin. Her husband, George, died in 1955. Surviving are two daughters, Demetra Truly Pappas, New Jersey, and Angelina Demos, Manahawkin; a son-in-law, Nicholas Demos, Manahawkin; two grandchildren, Carol F.

Coukos, Richmond, and George New York, and a great granddaughter, Nicole D. Coukos, Richmond, Va. Service of Divine Liturgy will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Demetrios Church.

Burial will be in Alpine Cemetery, Perth Amboy. Donations may be made to St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church, Sadowski Parkway Wisteria Place, Perth Amboy, NJ 08861. Flynn and Son Funeral Home, Perth Amboy, is in charge of arrangements. STANLEY B.

SMULLEN 91, of SHIP BOTTOM, died Thursday at home. He was a self-employed real estate broker for many years in the Philadelphia area and also was a Republican Ward Leader and served on the Philadelphia City Council, retiring in 1971. He was a member of the Kiwanis Club, Long Beach Island. Born in Philadelphia, he lived there before moving to Ship Bottom in 1971, where he had been a summer resident for many years. His first wife of 56 years, Charlotte Greenwood Smullen, died in 1984, and his second wife, Anne Johnson Smullen, in 1996.

His daughter, Nancy Focht, died in 1965. Surviving are a son, Stanley B. III, Norristown, six grandchildren, and 14 great grandchildren. A memorial service will be held in September at the Zion Lutheran Church, Barnegat Light, an announcement will be made at a later date. Contributions in his name may be made to 'Zion Lutheran Church, 18th Street and Boulevard, Barnegat Light, NJ 08006.

BugbeeRiggs Funeral Home, 12th Street and Boulevard, Ship Bottom, is in charge of arrangements. DEBORAH PELTON STOVALL, 54, of Jupiter, formerly of BAY HEAD, died Monday at Hospice of Palm Beach County, West Palm Beach, Fla. after a extended illness. She was a licensed massage therapist and esthetician. She worked in elementary education in Princeton for 15 years.

She was a 1962 graduate of Miss Hall's School, Pittsfield, and a 1966 graduate of Wells College, Aurora, N.Y. In 1967, she received a master's degree in education from George Washington University, Washington, D.C., completing her studies of educational administration and supervision at Trenton State College. She also was a Kripalu yoga teacher and holistic health educator. She was a lifetime member of the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Massachusetts and a member of the Unity Church, West Palm Beach, Fla. Born in Westfield, she lived in Pittsfield, Bay Head and Princeton before moving to Jupiter in 1995.

Surviving are a daughter, Lucinda Adams Stovall; two sons, Jeffery Stephen, and Scott Hemsworth, all Boulder, a brother, Timothy N. Pelton, Cheshire, and two nieces, Stephanie Pelton, Toronto, and Jennifer Pelton, Cheshire, Conn. A memorial service and celebration of life will take place on Saturday, at the home of Gail Vielbig, 6 Newlin Road, Princeton, NJ. Interment will take place the following day in a private service. In lieu of flowers, contributions and gifts can be made to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Boulder, Colo.

ROBERT M. STRACK. 52, of BRICK, died yesterday at Brick Hospital. He was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War. He was a member of the Point Pleasant Veterans of Foreign Wars Lodge 4715.

He was a communicant of Visitation Roman Catholic Church, Brick. Born in Teaneck, he lived in Belmar and Hillside before moving to Brick 12 years ago. Surviving are his wife, Madeline Byrnes Strack; a daughter, Keri Strack, Avenel, Woodbridge; a stepson, James T. Edgar, Linden; three stepdaughters, Donna Edgar, Edison, Deborah Edgar, Brick, and Denise Morris, Old Bridge; a brother, Richard, Washington Crossing, and two sisters, Irene Steinhoff, Boca Raton, and Kathleen Hooper, West Palm Beach, Fla. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m.

and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the Weatherhead Young Funeral Home, 885 Mantoloking Brick, NJ. A Funeral Mass will be held at 11:15 a.m. Monday at Visitation Church, Brick. Interment will follow in Ocean County Memorial Park, Toms River.

MONMOUTH GLORIA FEIGENBAUM, 72, of Wanamassa, OCEAN TOWNSHIP, died yesterday at home. She was a secretary at Naval Weapons Station Earle, Colts Neck, for 15 years, retiring 15 years ago. Born in New York, she lived in Long Branch before moving to Wanamassa 42 years ago. Her husband, Harvey, died in 1997. Surviving are two sons, Larry, West Orange, and Mark, Toms River; a daughter, Lisa Carroll, Neptune; and five grandchildren.

Services will be held at at Bloomfield Cooper Jewish Chapel of Ocean Township at 11:30 a.m. Sunday. Interment will be in Beth Israel Cemetery, Woodbridge. chael, Greensboro, N.C.; three daughters, Pamela Basista, Middletown, Karen Reynolds, Howell, and Adele Roberts, Tucson, a sister, Jennie Puhala, Johnstown, and seven grandchildren. Visitation will be at the Holmdel Funeral Home, 26 S.

Holmdel Road, Holmdel, from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 9 a.m. Tuesday at St.

Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Colts Neck. Interment will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Middletown. ANGELO J. BUSCAINO, 83, of Hol- iday City, BERKELEY, died yesterday at Community Medical Center, Toms River. He was a dressmaker at Candezian New York, for 50 years, retiring in 1985.

He was a communicant of St. Maximilian Kolbe Church, Toms River, and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10185. Born in Brooklyn, he lived in Staten Island for 18 years before moving to Holiday City at Berkeley in 1985. Surviving are his wife of 56 years, Esther Sena Buscaino; a son, Joseph, Long Branch; a sister, Mary Halikios, Staten Island; a brother, Joseph, Delaware; and many nieces and nephews. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m and 7 to 9 p.m.

Sunday. A Funeral Mass will be held at 11:30 a.m. Monday at St. Maximilian Kolbe Church, Toms River. Interment will be in Brig.

Gen. William C. Doyle Veterans' Memorial Cemetery, Arneytown. Quinn-Hopping Funeral Home, Toms River, is in charge of arrangements. RALPH COOCH CHILDERS, 71, of TOMS RIVER, died yesterday at home.

He was a aircraft mechanic at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station for 26 years, retiring in 1972. He retired from the Toms River Regional school district in 1989 after 17 years as a bus driver. He owned and operated Sleepy Hollow Kennel, Toms River, for many years. He was a World War II Army Corp of Engineers veteran. He was a life member of Ground Swipers Rod and Gun Club, Lacey.

Mr. Childers was a lifelong resident of New Jersey, living most of his life in Lakehurst, moving to Toms River in 1949. Surviving are his wife of 48 years, Shirley Applegate Childers; a son, Jeffrey, Toms River; a daughter, Jill Wall, Island Heights; a brother, Richard, Lakehurst; three sisters, Jane Cates, Hustontown, Marguerite Schuitmaker, Morehead City, N.C., and May Tilton, Texas, and four grandchildren, Jeff and Katie Childers, and Danny and Kelly Wall. A service will be held Monday at Anderson and Campbell Funeral Home, Toms River. Viewing will be from 2 to 4 p.m.

and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Brig. Gen. William C.

Doyle Veterans' Memorial Cemetery, Arneytown. Donations may be made to the Ralph B. Childers Scholarship Fund, Box 443, Island Heights, NJ 08732. GLADYS DICE, 95, of LAKEHURST, died Tuesday peacefully in her sleep at Manchester Manor. She was an excellent homemaker who volunteered for the American Red Cross as well as other health institutions.

She will be remembered most for her love of family, generosity, spunk, wit, integrity and character, as she lived a life enriched by piano, theater, the Methodist Church and travel. Born in Seat Pleasant, she lived in Yardley, Pa. before moving to Lakehurst 25 years ago. She was predeceased by her husband, John O. and her daughter, Nancy Lou Domeseck.

Surviving are three grandchildren, Gary Beck, Cortlandt Manor, N.Y., Matthew Beck, South Portland, Maine, Jill DiFranco, Bellmore, N.Y., and eight great grandchildren. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday and Monday at Oliverie Funeral Home 100 Union Lakehurst. A Funeral Liturgy will be offered at 9 a.m.

Tuesday at St. John's Roman Catholic Church, Lakehurst. Entombment will follow in Ocean County Memorial Park. VINCENT C. MATARAZZO, 35, of LAKEWOOD, died Wednesday at Kimball Medical Center, Lakewood.

He was a truck driver for Bil-Jim Construction Jackson, for three years. He was a past member of the Pleasant Plains Volunteer Fire Company, Dover Township. He was a member of the Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lakewood. Born in Rahway, he lived in Toms River before moving to Lakewood six years ago. Surviving are his wife of seven years, Suzanne McCulley Matarazzo; a son, James Klement, at home; his father, Francis, Howell; his mother, Judith Matarazzo, Toms River; his paternal grandmother, Dora Matarazzo, Edison; a brother, Philip, Forked River, Lacey; two sisters, Tammi Stanziale, Holmdel, and Sarah Matarazzo, Toms River; and eight nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held at 2:30 p.m. July 18, at the Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church, 930 Central Lakewood. DeGraff Lakehurst Funeral Home, Lakehurst, is in charge of arrangements. GEORGE H. MC LAUGHLIN, 85, of Bayville, BERKELEY, died Tuesday at Lacey Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Lacey.

He was a restaurant worker for many years in various places, both as a waiter and a bartender, most recently at the Town and Campus restaurant, Union, retiring 18 years. He was a World War II Army veteran. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9503, Bayville. He was a member of the Peddie Memorial Baptist Church, Newark. Born in Coal Glen, he lived in Elizabeth, Union and Hillside before moving to Bayville in 1978.

Surviving are his wife of 56 years, Ethel McFadden McLaughlin; a son, George H. III, New York; a brother, James, Brookville, three sisters, May McLaughlin, Williamsport, Laura Lemmon, Brockway, and Nell Johnson, Erie, and several nieces and nephews. Cremation was private. A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday at O'Connell's Home for Funerals, 706 Hwy.

9, Bayville, NJ. LESTER G. MILLER, 67, of Bay- ville, BERKELEY, died Wednesday at Community Medical Center, Toms River. He was a truck driver for Pappettis Trucking, Elizabeth, for more than 17 years. He was a member of the Lacey Township Elks Club and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Bayville.

He was a Navy veteran. He was born in Grantsville, W. and lived in Rahway before moving to Bayville 30 years ago. Surviving are his wife, Marion Chencharik Miller; two sons, Lester G. Los Angeles, and Robert Apple, Bayville; two daughters, Debbie Sonnay, Spring Hill, and Pam Jager, Woodbridge; a sister, Melba Jean Miller, Grantsville, W.

four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Visitation is 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday. Services are 11 a.m.

Monday at O'Connells Home for Funerals, Bayville. Donations may be made to the Bayville First Aid Squad in Mr. Miller's memory. ATHENA PAPPAS PAPANASTASIOU, 98, of Manahawkin, STAFFORD, died Wednesday at Kimball Medical Center, Lakewood. She was a homemaker JOSEPHINE M.

MANNA, 71, of LONG BRANCH, died Thursday at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, She was a homemaker. She was a member of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church Ladies Lodge, Asbury Park. Born in Neptune, she lived there, moving to Long Branch 49 years ago. Surviving are her husband, Frank two sons John Ocean Township; and Marco Toms River; a daughter, Carmella, Phoenix; a brother, Frank D'Ambrosio, St. Petersburg, five grandchildren, Marco Robert Michael John and Frank J.

Manna. Funeral services will be held at 8:30 a.m. Monday from the Damiano Funeral Home, Third and Franklin avenues, Long Branch. A Funeral Mass will follow at 9:30 a.m. at Our Lady Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church, Long Branch.

Interment will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Neptune. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday and from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday.

BRIAN F. MANSER, 59, of MILL- STONE TOWNSHIP, died Thursday at home. He was a self-employed carpenter for many years before becoming disabled in 1996. He was a former member of the U.S. National Guard and New Jersey National Guard.

Born in Palenville, N.Y., he lived in Jackson before moving to Millstone in 1970. Surviving are two brothers, Elwood Staten Island, and Martin Millstone; a sister, Joan B. Nichols, Howell; and several nieces and nephews. Friends and relatives are invited to attend his funeral service at noon Monday at the C.H.T. Clayton Son Funeral Home, 958 Adelphia Road (Route 524), Adelphia, Howell.

Interment will be in Old Tennent Cemetery, Tennent, Manalapan. Visiting will be at the funeral home one hour prior to service. MIDDLESEX PATRICIA COFFEY WITTEK, 61, of Colonia, WOODBRIDGE, died Thursday at home. She was a chef for Stewart's Root Beer, Rahway, for 15 years. She was a communicant of St.

Mary Roman Catholic Church, Rahway. She was a former member of the St. Mary Home School Association and served on the parish's Bingo, fair and picnic committees. She was the leader of Girl Scouts of America Troop 747, Rahway, for 10 years. Born in Woodbridge, she moved to Rahway in 1961 and to Colonia in 1988.

Surviving are her husband, Richard four sons, Kevin and Thomas, both Brick, and Richard and Brian, both Linden; five daughters, Rose Breza, Colonia, Ruth Sager, Rahway, Irene Wytenus, Colonia, Mary Ann Daneke, Woodbridge, and Patti Grace Wittek, Colonia; 14 grandchildren and a greatgrandchild. Services will be held at 9 a.m. Monday at the Pettit-Davis Funeral Home, 371 W. Milton Ave. Rahway.

A Funeral Mass will follow at 10 a.m. at St. Mary Roman Catholic Church, Rahway. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.

Sunday. Interment will be in Hazelwood Cemetery, Clark. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to Visiting Nurse and Health Service, 354 Union Ave. Elizabeth, NJ 07208.,.