Stella Prohaska
      Mrs. Prohaska, 98, of East Brunswick, died Oct. 31, 2009, in John Montgomery Care Center, Freehold. She was a former telephone operator with New Jersey Bell, South River. She was predeceased by her husband, Edwin Prohaska; a daughter, Constance Parr; a brother, Joseph Jankowski; and a granddaughte...
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Robert L. McCarty
      Mr. McCarty, 51, of Old Bridge, formerly of South River, died Oct. 31, 2009, at home. He was employed as a security-alarm monitor technician for the past four years with Protection One Security, Wall. Before that, he worked at STS Auto Center, East Brunswick, and Wawa, Old Bridge. He was predeceas...
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Anthony John Navickas
      Mr. Navickas, 80, of Old Bridge, died Nov. 1, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He began his career as a teacher with the East Brunswick school system in 1956, teaching classes in social studies, math and science, serving as a guidance counselor and eventually servin...
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Jennie Branco
      Mrs. Branco, 85, of North Brunswick, died Nov. 13, 2009, at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Marie and John Filozof, in North Brunswick. Mrs. Branco and her late husband owned and operated C.F. Branco Construction Co., South River. She was predeceased by her husband, Cesar Branco, in 1967.
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Josephine Wielgolinski Slezak
      Mrs. Slezak, 86, of Helmetta, died Oct. 28, 2009, in Samaritan Hospice, Mount Holly. She was employed as the bookkeeper for J.W. Helme Co., Helmetta, in the 1960s and 70s. Her husband, Joseph, died in 2007, and a daughter, Mary Balbina, died in 1955. Surviving are a son, Leon, and his wife, Joanne...
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James Michael Gushanas
      Mr. Gushanas, 44, of North Brunswick, died Nov. 7, 2009, at home. He was raised in East Brunswick prior to relocating to North Brunswick. He was a cosmetologist for 25 years. He was predeceased by his father, Anthony; his mother, Mary; a sister, Sharon; and a nephew, Kevin. He is survived by a bro...
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Kayla Marie Shepard
      Ms. Shepard, 19, of San Francisco, died Oct. 28, 2009, in Bakersfield, Calif., as the result of injuries sustained in a motor-vehicle accident.
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Dorothy B. Siecinski Frankle
      Mrs. Frankle, 86, of East Brunswick, died Oct. 29, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was predeceased by her husband, Henry Frankle, and by a brother, Raymond Siecinski. Surviving are a daughter, Karen Frankle of East Brunswick; a son, Robert Frankle of Brewster, ...
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Antonia L. Melzer
      Ms. Melzer, 94, of East Brunswick, died Nov. 11, 2009, in Saint Peter's University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was a longtime volunteer worker at the East Brunswick Senior Center. Surviving are her sister-in-law, Louise Ficarra; and many nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, great-great-n...
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Stephen Shanko
      Mr. Shanko, 91, of East Brunswick, died Nov. 3, 2009, in Saint Peter's University Hospital, New Brunswick. Surviving are his wife, Victoria Tupkielewicz Shanko; a son, Stephen, and his wife, Jill, of East Brunswick; two daughters, Maryanne Stahley, and her husband, Jim, of Monroe and Valerie Oremu...
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