Charles C. "John" Pudder
      Mr. Pudder, 76, of Howell and formerly of Monroe, died Sept. 25, 2008, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. A U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War, he was a member of United Auto Workers, Local No. 980, and an auto worker for the Ford Motor Company, both of Edison, before his retiremen...
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Nancy Victoria Alm
      Nancy Victoria Alm, of Cape Charles, Va., died Sept. 26, 2008. She worked for AT&T in Basking Ridge for 20 years and was an awardwinning artist in New Jersey and Virginia. She was a member of the Suburban Art League, East Brunswick, and the Garden State Watercolor Society. Her brother, David Ander...
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Michael "Tank" Listowski
      Mr. Listowski, 54, of Pennsauken, died Sept. 24, 2008, at Cooper Medical Center, Camden. He was raised in South River and graduated from South River High School. Surviving are a son, Michael, and daughter, Jessica, both of Pennsauken; and a brother and sister-in-law, Charles and Brenda Listowski, ...
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Joseph Giordano
      Mr. Giordano, 85, of Middletown, died Sept. 25, 2008, at Regency Park Care Center, Hazlet. He was a retired plumber at Local 14 Plumbers and Pipe fitters Union, Lodi. He was predeceased by his wife, Katherine Russo, in 2004; a brother, Ralph; and a sister, Marion.
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Andrew "Butch" Bodak
      Mr. Bodak, 88, of South River, died Sept. 29, 2008, at home. Born in Sayreville, he resided in South River for the past 59 years. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II where he received two Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star Medal and a Silver Star Medal while serving in the Philippines.
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Robert T. Ptaszynski Sr.
      Mr. Ptaszynski, 62, formerly of Jackson, died Sept. 23, 2008, at home in Orlando, Fla., where he had lived since 1998. He was a production team member of the Chicopee division of Johnson & Johnson, Milltown. Mr. Ptaszynski is survived by his wife, Denise Emmett Ptaszynski; his children, Robert Jr.
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Anna (Petrozziello) Critelli
      Mrs. Critelli, 82, of Monroe and formerly of Fords, died Sept. 27, 2008, at home. She was predeceased by her husband, Alfred Critelli, in 1982, and two brothers and a sister.
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John S. Dopieralski
      Mr. Dopieralski, 93, a lifelong resident of South River, died Sept. 27, 2008, at Saint Peter's University Hospital, New Brunswick. A World War II veteran, he was a milkman for Decker's Dairy and was the proprietor of J D Dairy Produ Sayreville, for 60 years. Mr.
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Florence Cobleigh Salthammer
      Mrs. Salthammer, 82, of Jackson, and formerly of East Brunswick, died Sept. 16, 2008, at Bartley Healthcare in Jackson. She was a secretary for Merrill Lynch in New York City for 15 years before her retirement in 1980. Her husband, Arnold Salthammer, died in 1990. Mrs.
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