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i nc ouunicK-NtWS LOCAL NEWS f-RIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1993 C-3 SOCIAL ISSUES WHAT FT MEANS Forum on children highlights difference in governor candidates Statistics distributed by the National Council of Jewish Women tell the story of working parents: Absenteeism due to child-care emergencies costs companies $3 billion annually. Two in five employees report severe conflicts between work and family. Fifty-five percent of all family caregivers for the elderly work outside the home. Nearly 2 million women care for children and elderly parents. Jim Smith of the state Department of Human Services, representing Florio, and Senate President Donald DiFrancesco, representing Whitman, spoke at the New Brunswick Hyatt to discuss children's services in the state.

Their talks were part of a 2-day conference for journalists, who heard from people on both ends of the children's services spectrum. Providers and receivers each spoke of how report- By REGINA DePERI WHITMER Courier-News Staff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK As Gov. Jim Florio's representative spoke Thursday of creating one New Jersey, gubernatorial challenger Christie Whitman's camp spoke of failed leadership that has led to division throughout the state. ers could help spread the goocr-and bad words about children's services in New Jersey. Smith discussed successful state programs school-based youth services programs for i kids to socialize and learn life skills; Urban Youth Corps, through which youths help others.

He spoke of "One New Jersey," now being established to close the gap between young and old, rich and poor, city and suburb. He said the state must increase the number of children who are immunized, the number of school-based programs and the number of children eligible for the Head Start program. DiFrancesco criticized Florio's $2.8 billion tax hike and tied the 1990 increases to children's services, saying: "We think he put a chill on the economy of New Jersey. We need revenues to help children." OBITUARIES FAMILIES Working parents get their own day Vito Nicosia, dental technician SCOTCH PLAINS Vito Nicosia, 49, a member of St. Helen's Roman Catholic Church in Westfield, died Man Olejnik iatJ-M for 27 years MANVILLE Jan Olejnik 79, Thursday (Sept.

9, 1993) at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. i He was born in Warsaw, Poland, and came to the United States, settling in Manville, in 1951. Mr. Olejnik retired from Johns-Manville Corp. in Manville in 1979, after working 27 years as a laborer in the Building.

He was held in a concentration camp in Buchenwald, Germany, from 1943 to 1947 during World War II. He was a communicant of Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in Manville. His first wife, Genowefa Zak Olejnik, died in 1980. His second wife, Evelyn Hower Kessler Olejnik, died in 1993. His daughter, Sophie Olejnik, died in 1963.

Surviving are a son, John Olejnik Rita 'Rikki' Schuster, antiques dealer BELMAR Rita "Rikki" Braunstein Schuster, 70, died Thursday (Sept. 9, 1993) at Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank. Mrs. Schuster was born in New York City and had lived in Plainfield before moving to the Red Bank and Belmar area two years ago. She was an antiques dealer for more than 25 years.

Mrs. Schuster was a member of First Assembly of God in Shrewsbury. Her husband, Jack Schuster, died in 1974. A son, Michael Schuster, died in 1990. Surviving are a daughter, Carol Evans of Salt Lake City; a sister, Lila Singer of Tinton Falls; and five grandchildren.

Services are 10 a.m. Saturday at First Christian Assembly in Plain-field. Arrangements are by Worden-Hoidal Funeral Home in Red Bank. ThelmaV. Barrett, Tepper's employee SCOTCH PLAINS Thelma V.

Varian Barrett, 79, died Friday (Sept. 3, 1993) at Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center in Plainfield. Mrs. Barrett was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and had lived in Scotch Plains for 39 years. She worked in the sales department of Tepper's Department Store in Plainfield for many years.

Mrs. Barrett was a member of All Saints Episcopal Church in Scotch Plains and its Altar Guild. Her husband, John J. Barrett, died earlier this year. Surviving are a son, Douglas V.

Barrett of Westfield, and a brother, Richard Varian of Brooklyn, N.Y. Services are 2 p.m. Sunday at All Saints Episcopal Church in Scotch Plains. Arrangements are by Rossi Funeral Home in Scotch Plains. Helen Gibbons, former city teacher Helen L.

Schmidt Gibbons, 95, died Friday (Sept, 3, 1993) at the Nursing Care Center of Kimball Farms in Lenox, Mass. She was born in Watchung, where she grew up, attending Watchung and North Plainfield schools. As a young person, she was active in Wilson Memorial Union Church in Watchung. She was highly regarded as an amateur poet and an actress, and participated in the early years of festivals of the Indian legend of Watchung. In 1918, she graduated from the Normal School in Trenton and taught commercial subjects in Plainfield High School for many years.

Rosina Pisani, great-grandmother of 2 DOVER TOWNSHIP Rosina "Rose" Pisani, 78, a homemaker, died Thursday (Sept. 9, 1993) at home. Born in North Brunswick, she lived in North Plainfield and South Plain-field before moving to Toms River 28 years ago. She was a member of St. Luke's Roman Catholic Church in Toms River.

Her husband, Robert Pisani died in 1985. Her son, Robert Pisani died in August. Surviving are her son, Ernest Pisani of Toms River; a brother, Nicholas Duino of New Brunswick; three sisters, Mary Mahon of Edison, Lucy Lombardo of North Brunswick and Carmela Longone of Toms River; three grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren. Services are 8:30 a.m. Monday at Silverton Memorial Funeral Home in Toms River followed by a 9:30 a.m.

Mass at St. Luke's Roman Catholic Church in Toms River. Visitation is from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday and from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.

Sunday at the funeral home. Patricia Guttridge, B-R elementary teacher MILLSTONE Patricia Selkregg Guttridge, 70, died Wednesday (Sept. 8, 1993) at home. Born in Evanston, 111., she lived in Plainfield for 44 years before moving to Millstone three years ago. Mrs.

Guttridge was an elementary teacher in the Bridgewater-Raritan school district from 1968 to 1988. She was a 1968 graduate of Newark State Teachers College and also attended Northwestern University in Evanston, 111., and Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. She received her master's degree in early childhood education from Kean College in Union in 1979. She was active in the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts in Plainfield. She was a member of Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church in Plain-field, where she was a Sunday school teacher.

She was also a member of the Monday Afternoon Club in Plain-field, the American Association of University Women, the Alpha Delta Kappa Sorority at Skidmore College and the New Jersey Canal Society. Her husband, James Belson Guttridge, died in 1962. Surviving are two sons, James Bremble Guttridge of Rockford, 111., and William Belson Guttridge of Millstone; a daughter, Suzan Guttridge Knott of San Jose, a brother, Frederick M. Selkregg of Anchorage, Alaska; a sister, Joanna Selkregg Pemble of Williams Bay, and seven grandchildren. Services are 11 a.m.

Saturday at Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church. Visitation is from 6 to 9 tonight at Memorial Funeral Home in Plainfield. Anthony L. Yannetelli, manager at cinema BRIDGEWATER Anthony L. Yannetelli, 33, died Thursday (Sept.

9, 1993) at Roosevelt Hospital in Metuchen. Born in Somerville, he was a lifelong resident of Bridgewater. Mr. Yannetelli was a manager for Westfield Twin Cinema Theaters in Westfield for the last two years. He was a communicant of St.

Jo Judith M. McGbwan, legal secretary READINGTON Judith M. Dal-ley McGowan, 50, died Thursday (Sept. 9, 1993) at home. Born in Newark, she lived in Par-sippany before moving to Readington Township in 1978.

She was a legal secretary at the Martin Simmonds law firm in Whi-tehouse for the last 10 years. She was a member of Lebanon Reformed Church in Lebanon Borough, the Hunterdon County Legal Secretaries Association, where she previously served on the board, and was a past Parsippany Girl Scout and Brownie leader. Surviving are her husband, James M.McGowan; two daughters, Karen L. Leckie and Kerry A. McGowan, both of Readington; two brothers, Robert C.

Dalley of New Providence and Edward J. Dalley of Edison; three sisters, Marion R. Dalley of Edison, Arlene G. Kozlowski of Newark and Lenore E. Aulenbach of Edison; and a grandson.

Services are 11 a.m. Monday at Lebanon Reformed Church in Lebanon Borough. Visitation is from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Bright's Colonial Funeral Home in Lebanon Borough.

Mathew Gordeuk, farmer in Kingwood KINGWOOD Mathew Gordeuk, 62, for 17 years a school board member here, died Wednesday (Sept. 8, 1993) at Hunterdon Medical Center in Raritan Township. He was a lifelong resident of Kingwood. A dairy farmer, he was a member of the Agricultural Stabilization Conservation Service in Flemington, the Hunterdon County Board of Agriculture and the Farmers Home Administration of Flemington. His farm was the first to enter the New Jersey Farmland Preservation in 1984.

He served on the Kingwood Board of Adjustment and the school boards at Kingwood and Delaware Valley Regional School District for 17 years. He was a member of the Kingwood Fire Company, where he was a former chief. His wife, Anna Mary Laire Gordeuk, died in 1986. Surviving are his son, Stephen M. Gordeuk of Kingwood; two daughters, Mary Louise Haring and Cynthia Kay Niciecki, both of Baptistown; seven brothers, Stephen of Port Matilda, Wesley of Cromwell, Nicholas of Lawrenceville, Mitchell and Joseph, both of King-wood, Alex of Westfield and Paul of Bakersfield, and three grandchildren.

Services are 2 p.m. Sunday at W.E. Johnson Funeral Home In French-town. Visitation is from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.

Frances N. Kusant, officer of firm DELAWARE TOWNSHIP -Frances N. Kusant, 76, died Thursday (Sept. 9, 1993) at Doylestown (Pa.) Hospital. She was a lifelong Delaware Township resident.

Mrs. Kusant was secretary-treasurer of Kusant Electric Corp. in Delaware Township. She was a former Sunday school teacher, former choir member, and former treasurer of the Sandy Ridge Community Church in Delaware Township. She and her husband were treasurers of the church for 48 years.

Most recently, Mrs. Kusant was a member of Old Rocks Church in West Amwell. Surviving are her husband, George H. Kusant; a daughter, Meredith Kaf-fitz; three sons, Kenneth, Philip and Leon, all of Delaware Township; two sisters, Barbara Vocke and Miriam Huffman, both of Delaware Township; and nine grandchildren. Services are 3 p.m.

Suiday at Hol-combe-Fisher Funerai Home in Flemington. and his daugther-in-law, Adrianne, with whom he lived; two daughters, Stella Olejnik of the i Bronx, N.Y. and Julie Jasinski of Hillsborough; five grandchildren and a great-grandson. Services are 8:30 a.m. Saturday at Fucillo Warren Funeral Home, Manville, followed by a 9 a.m.

Mass at Sacred Heart Church in Manville. Visitation is from 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home. FUNERAL NOTICES GORDEUK 62 of Kingwood NJ died on Sept 8, 1993. Funeral services at 2:00 PM Sunday, Sept.

12, in E. Johnson Funeral Home, 41 Bridge St, Frenchtown, NJ. Friends may call on Saturday 7-9PM at the funeral home. Interment in Frenchtown Cemetery. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to the Mathew Gordeuk Agricultural Scholarship Fund at Delaware Valley Regional High School, RD 1, Box 188, Frenchtown, 08825.

MORRIS Harold age 76 of North Plainfield on Wednesday Sept 8th. Beloved husband of Nancy Gardner Morris, Father of Harold Jr. (Hal) and Janet Lynn Smith. Brother of Marie Kunzig and Ruth Case. Also survived by 4 granddaughters and 1 great grandson.

Funeral service at HIGGINS HOME FOR FUNERALS, 461 Somerset St, North Plain-field on Sat. Sept 11th at Interment Hillside Cemetery, Scotch Plains. Visiting hours Fri 2-4, 7-9PM. In lieu of flowers donations may be sent to Muhlenburg Hospice Fund, Muhlenburg Regional Medical Center, Park AVe, and Randolph Plain-field, NJ, 07061. PATTERSON Joan E.

formerly of Warren on September 8, 1993, wife of C. Norman Patterson, mother of Scott Paterson and Kim Boylan, sister of Janet Wise, Grandmother of Melissa Patterson, Memorial service swill be held at Wil-don Memorial Union Church Watchung on Monday, September 13th at 7 pm, Funeral arrangements are by HIGGINS HOME FOR FUNERALS in Watchung PISANI Rosina "Rose" (nee Duino) of Toms River on Sept 9, 1993. Beloved wife of the late Robert Sr. Devoted mother of Ernest and the late Robert Jr. Sister of Nicholas Duino, Mary Mahon, Lucy Lombardo and Carmela Longone.

Grandmother of 3 Great-Grand-. mother of 2. Funeral from the Silverton Memorial Funeral Home 2482 Church Toms River Monday 8 30AM, mass to follow 9 30AM at St. Luke's RC Church, Toms River. Interment Ocean County Memorial i Park, Visiting Saturday 7-9PM and Sunday 2-4 7-9PM.

SCHUSTER Rita (Rikki) nee Braunstein, beloved wife of the late Jack, devoted mother of Carol Evans, Salt Lake City, Utah, and the late Michael of Lafayette, Indiana, and sister of Lila Singer, Tinton Falls, NJ. Also survived by 5 grandchildren. Services Saturday, September 11 at 10 AM at First Christian Assembly, Plainfield, NJ. In lieu of flowers, donations to your favorite charity would be appreciated. IN MEMORIAM IN LOVING MEMORY RICHARD TUCCERI 71660 91092 Thinking of you now And Always Sadly Missed, We love you, Your Family By KARYN COLOMBO Courier-News Staff Writer They drop children off at day care and dash off to work, but responsibility for their elderly parents and the myriad other details of their lives are never far away.

The stress and strain on working parents hurts families and companies, and it's their busy lives that resulted in the National Day of the Working Parent, sponsored by the National Council of Jewish Women. Rallies were held Thursday in New York City, Washington, Chicago and other cities across the country. Members of the council's 200 sections recently distributed information in their communities. Members of the Somerville section, which covers Somerset County, passed out "Food for Thought" lunch boxes filled with information on child and elder care to mayors and the county Board of Freeholders. Ann Beth Constad, president of the Somerville section, said the message to policy makers and employers is "how difficult it is to juggle child care, elder care, family life and work." Somerset County members plan on distributing at least 200 more lunch boxes over the next two weeks, said Constad, who lives in Bridgewater.

Nationwide, the council expects to distribute 100,000 cardboard lunch-boxes to politicians, parents and employers. The boxes contain two resource booklets on choosing child care and caring for elderly parents and information and tips for working parents. The Day of the Working Parent is the culmination of a comprehensive study in the 1980s to assess the needs of women and families, Constad said. The National Council of Jewish Women and its 200 sections nationwide hope the information provided will guide families to needed resources and support services. Constad said there's a desire on the national and local levels to provide support in child and elder care.

"We'd like to hear from working parents and employers," she said. "We'll see how we can fulfill their needs." CARDIAC Continued from Page B-1 major hospitals should have," he said. It is more available in other states, said Matuska, who also is president of St. Peter's Medical Center in New Brunswick. Nevertheless, the state considers cardiac catheterization a regional service.

It should be limited, state officials say, to ensure a high volume of cases and quality care. During the procedure, a thin tube called a catheter is placed into the body's arterial system and advanced to the heart's arteries. A contrast dye is injected into the arteries to allow a doctor to see coronary anatomy and blockages. The comment period for the proposed regulations ends the middle of next week. In the meantime, the association will lobby the state to deregulate cardiac catheterization for hospitals, like Somerset Medical, that have the patient demand and the money to go ahead with the project.

Monagle said the situation at Somerset Medical Center is dire. Each year, about 400 cardiac patients wait four or five days at the hospital for appointments elsewhere. The delay can be as long as two or three weeks for patients who can be discharged and wait at home. Other hospitals used Last year, the medical center's cardiologists performed more than 650 catheterizations at other hospitals, including Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick and Morristown Memorial Hospital in Morristown. "I am optimistic that sooner or later we are going to get this and I sure hope it is sooner than later," Monagle said.

The hospital has asked several times and been denied. Still Somerset Medical Center will submit an application for cardiac catheterization again even though the proposed regulations prohibit them from buying the equipment. If the hospital does not apply by the Oct. 1 deadline, Monagle said, it probably would not be able to ask for a certificate of need for a while, even if cardiac catheterization is deregulated. Hospital officials will meet with state Health Commissioner Bruce Siegel Oct 1 and appear before the state Health Care Administration Board Oct.

14. "We are trying to do everything we can," Monagle said, i Tuesday (Sept. 7, 1993) at home. Mr. Nicosia was born in Newark and had lived in Union before moving to Scotch Plains in 1972.

He was a graduate of the Lyons Institute in Newark. Mr. Nicosia was a dental technician at Veterans Affairs Hospital in Lyons since 1985. Before that he worked at the Veterans Hospital in East Orange for 17 years. He served in the Navy in the 1960s.

His brother, Anthony Nicosia, died in 1985. Surviving are his wife, June P. Steckroth Nicosia; a daughter, Jennifer and a son, Vito both of Scotch Plains; and a sister, Nancy Codis of Hillside. Services are 9 a.m. at Rossi Funeral Home in Scotch Plains, followed by a 10 a.m.

Mass at St. Helen's Church in Westfield. Joan E. Patterson, formerly of Warren Joan E. Patterson, 60, formerly of Warren, died Wednesday (Sept.

8, 1993) at Hershey (Pa.) Medical Center. Mrs. Patterson was born in Wil-liamsport, and had lived in Warren for 26 years before living briefly in West Palm Beach, and moving to Clarks Summit, last year. She worked in the control department at First National Bank of Central Jersey (now National Westminster Bank) in Bridgewater from 1976 until 1990. Surviving are her husband, C.

Norman Patterson; a son, Scott of Watchung; a daughter, Kim Boylan of Warren; a sister, Janet Wise of Horse-heads, N.Y.; and a granddaughter. Services are 7 p.m. Monday at Wilson Memorial Union Church in Watchung. Arrangements are by Higgins Home for Funerals in Watchung. Kathryn Bowman, retired hospital dietician EAST ORANGE Kathryn Bowman, 70, died Thursday (Sept.

9, 1993) at Robert Wood Johnson Health Care Center in Plainfield. Born in Winchester, she lived in Plainfield before moving to East Orange in 1982. She was director of the dietary department of Allen Memorial Hospital in Oberlin, Ohio, for 15 years before retiring in 1979. Her husband, Raymond Fred Lee Bowman, preceded her in death. Surviving are a daughter, Althea Bowman Williams of Plainfield; a son, Raymond Fred Lee Brown Jr.

of Columbus, Ohio; a brother, Carlton Fitzpatrick of Linwood, and four grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Somerset Hills Memorial Park Chapel in Basking Ridge. Arrangements are by Higgins Home for Funerals in Plainfield. Thomas Mignella, retired dock worker BOUND BROOK Thomas Mignella, 75, died Wednesday (Sept.

8, 1993) at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. He was a lifelong resident of Bound Brook. Mr. Mignella was a dock worker at McLean Trucking in Kearny for 20 years, retiring in 1980. He was an Army veteran of World War II and was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds he received in Europe.

He was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2290 in Manville, the American Legion in Bound Brook and Moose Lodge 988 in Bound Brook. Surviving are his wife, Carmella Galle Mignella; his daughter, Carol Marinelli of Bound Brook; his sister, Mary Mignella of Bound Brook; his brother, John of North Plainfield; a granddaughter and a great-grandson. Services are 9 a.m. Monday at Con-roy Funeral Home in Bound Brook followed by a 9:30 a.m. Mass at St.

Joseph's Roman Catholic Church in Bound Brook. Visitation is from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday and from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.

NINTH ANNIVERSARY In Loving Memory HELEN RANDOLPH Who Passed Away Sept. 10, 1984 In my heart your memory lingers Always tender, fond and true There's not a day, dear mother I do not think of you. Sadly Missed: Son Curtis, Grandchildren, Great-Grandchildren Family seph's Church in Bound Brook. He was a 1979 graduate of Bridgewater East High School. Mr.

Yannetelli organized, directed and acted in local productions of Rocky Horror Midnight Madness. His mother, Virginia L. Yannetelli, died in April 1991. Surviving are his father, Ned D. of Bridgewater; a brother, Ned D.

Jr. of Piscataway; and his paternal grandmother, Mary Yannetelli of Bound Brook. Funeral services are 11 a.m. Monday at Bridgewater Funeral Home. Visitation is 2 to 4 p.m.

and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. She lived in Plainfield for more than 30 years and was a member of First Park Baptist Church and served on many of Its committees. She was also an active member of the Plain field Area Girl Scout Council and worked for many years as a volunteer with the local chapter of the American Red Cross, and with the Civil Defense during World War II She moved to Hawley, in 1966 and was a member of the Char lemont Federated Church where she participated in the work of the church Trading Post and was a member of the Crewel Club and the Reading Club, In 1990, she moved to the Kimball Farms Retirement Center in Lenox, Mass. Surviving are her husband of 65 years, Oswald V.

Gibbons; two daugh ters, Nancy L. Walden of Schenecta dy, N.Y. and Mary E. Gehle of North Granby, seven granddaughters and four great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m.

tomorrow at First Congregational Church in West Stockbridge, Mass. Harry W. Matson, retired Ethicon manager SOUTH PLAINFIELD Harry Matson, 86, died Thursday (Sept. 9, 1993) at his nephew's home in New ark, Del. Mr.

Matson was born in Harris- burg, and had lived in New Brunswick and Edison before moving to bouth Plainfield 37 years ago. He worked in the shipping and re ceiving department at Ethicon in Bridgewater for 35 years, retiring as its manager in 1971. Mr. Matson was a member and past master of Masonic Lodge 240 in Highland Park. He was also a mem ber of the Scottish Rite 32nd Degree Valley of Trenton, Past Masters and Wardens Association of the 12th Ma sonic District, South Plainfield Elks 2298 and the Raritan Traffic Club of New Brunswick.

His wife, Nellie Rice Matson, died in 1988. Surviving are a nephew, Preston Seidel of Newark, and a niece, Lois I. Sweitzer of West Lawn, Pa Services are 11 a.m. Monday at James W. Conroy Funeral Home in South Plainfield.

Visitation is from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the Hillside Cemetery was established in 1886 under state laws ensuring safety, permanence and the careful guarding of owner's rights. Hillside Cemetery, located on Woodland Avenue Scotch Plains, is a non-profit organization. For further information, telephone 756-1729.

PLAINFIELD GRANITE WORKS LAMPERTI SONS Monuments Since 1921 416 RICHMOND ST. 756-4387 EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY In Loving Memory MARIAN BUBENICK Who Passed Away Sept. 10, 1985 We miss you now, our hearts are sore, As time goes on, we miss you more. Your loving smile, your gentle face, No one can fill you vacant place. Sadly Missed: Husband-Tim, Mother-Florence.

Daughters-Linda. Janet Susan, Grandchildren-Billy Lisa, Sons-ln-Law in. funeral home. 1.