Valentine J. Lawnik
      Mr. Lawnik, 82, of South River, died June 5, 2008, in Saint Peter's University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to his retirement in 1991, he owned and operated Val Lawnik Mason Contractors, South River, for more than 40 years. Surviving are his wife, Helen Szgeti Lawnik; three sons, Val Lawnik Jr.,...
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Joyce M. Wetstein
      Mrs. Wetstein, 72, of the Covered Bridge section of Manalapan and formerly of Old Bridge, died June 26, 2008, at CentraState Medical Center in Freehold Township. She was a deputy municipal court clerk in Old Bridge for 14 years before retiring in 2001. Mrs. Wetstein was predeceased by her husband,...
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Robert Bentley
      Mr. Bentley, 54, of Old Bridge, died June 28, in Newark. He was born in Manchester, England, and had resided in Old Bridge for the past 20 years. He was a self-employed cabinet maker. His mother, Bertha, and his father-inlaw, Aubrey Cohen, predeceased him.
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Stanley E. "Sport" Synarski
      Mr. Synarski, 80, of Sayreville, died June 26, 2008, at Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack. Born in Sayreville, he was a lifelong borough resident. For 35 years, he worked as a maintenance worker for the Sayreville Board of Education before his retirement. He was a U.S. Army vetera...
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Helen Bloom-Frank
      Mrs. Bloom-Frank, 92, of Houston, Texas, died July 1, 2008. She had lived in Brooklyn, N.Y., prior to moving to Houston. Mrs. Bloom- Frank was predeceased by her children, Gerald "Jerry" Bloom, of Old Bridge, and Louise Arenstein, Houston.
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Edwina M. Brodzinski
      Mrs. Brodzinski, 71, of Willingboro died June 26, 2008, at Samaritan Hospice in Mount Holly. She was a teacher in parochial schools in New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Maryland and Delaware, and retired in the Mount Holly School District. She was predeceased by her stepmother H...
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Denise A. Modzelewski Herrick
      Mrs. Herrick, 39, of Sayreville, died June 26, 2008, at her home. Born in Perth Amboy, she resided in Sayreville all of her life. She was a communicant of St. Stanislaus Kostka R.C. Church in Sayreville. Surviving are her husband of 18 years Paul E. Herrick Jr., sons Daniel and Paul E.
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Marie Louise Gesualdo
      Mrs. Gesualdo, 81, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died June 27, 2008, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Born in Willebroek, Belgium, she immigrated to the United States in 1948 and settled in Parlin in 1957.
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Henry D. Hill
      Mr. Hill, 74, of Monroe, died June 29, 2008, at Monroe Village, Monroe. Born in Newark, he lived in Cranbury and Hightstown prior to moving to Monroe five years ago. He was the office manager for Atlantic Towne Cars Limousine Company, Morristown, prior to retiring in 1997. His former wife, Thelma,...
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