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2 Us OX 10 to ad8 sinod m99! bion into belly bam to rolob oritA siviO 3Ri0 nOW VENa diond corn 19160 entit visit strot 1093 9volg 3029V gnol enve to moS MMA brine biert Inca Lite 900 gUN 19d Les all tot it SEPT. 10, 2007 ASBURY PARK PRESS SANTO GEORGE LUZZI, 86, of LAKEWOOD, died Saturday, Sept. 8, at his home. Born in New York, N.Y., he lived there until moving to Lakewood many years ago. He worked as an outside machinist with the Brooklyn Navy Yard in Brooklyn, N.Y.

before retiring. He was a Navy Veteran of WWII, a life member of the Disabled American Veterans also a communicant of St. Maximilian Kolbe Church, Toms River. He was predeceased by his wife, Lillian; and his brother and sister, Jerry and Tessie. He is survived by his sisters and brothers, Antoinette, Carmella, Rocco and Louis.

He is also survived by his nieces and nephews. Visitation will be 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday Quinn Hopping Funeral Home, 26 Mule Road, Toms River. A funeral Mass will be offered at 9:30 a.m.

Wednesday at St. Maximilian Kolbe Church. Interment will follow at Calvary Cemetery, Queens, JOHN MASTANDREA, 79, of MANCHESTER, died Thursday, Sept. 6, at home. He spent 35 years working for the New York City's Parks Dept.

before retiring in 1982 as senior supervisor. He was a parishioner of St. John's Roman Catholic, Lakehurst. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1947-1950.

Born in Brooklyn, A N.Y., he lived in Queens, N.Y. and 1 Montville before moving to Manchester 23 years ago. He was predeceased by his son, John T. Mastandrea, in 1983. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Mary Mastandrea; a daughter, Mary T.

Mastandrea of Manchester; and a brother, Joseph, of Queens section of Belrose, N.Y. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today and at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at DeGraff Lakehurst Funeral Home, 119 Union Lakehurst.

A Mass Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. John's R.C. Church, Lakehurst. Interment will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.

FRANK MOLINARO, 81, of BARNEGAT, died Sunday, Sept. 9, at Southern Ocean County Hospital. Mr. Molinaro was born in Newark and lived in Westfield and Maumee, Ohio before moving to Waretown 18 years ago. He attended Central High School of Newark in 1944 before he was drafted into the U.S.

Navy during WWII, where he served in the Pacific and was honorably discharged at the end of the war. Mr. Molinaro went on to graduate from Seton Hall University in 1954 with a degree in accounting. He went to work for the Inmont Corp. for 38 years before retiring in 1981.

After his retirement, he was a consultant for the Bank of Hong Kong and Manufacturer's Hanover. Mr. Molinaro was predeceased by his siblings, Nancy, Antoinette, and Lawrence. He is survived by his wife of 58 years Mary Costantino Molinaro; and three children, Neil and his wife, Jacky of Maumee, Ohio, Carol Hundsrucker of Barnegat and Frank and his wife, Michele of Barnegat; seven grandchildren, Christie Marie, Molly, Michael, Nicholas, Robert, Frank, and Amy; and two great-grandsons, Will and Jacob. He is also survived by his brothers, Gerard Molinaro, Angelina Casiero, and Marie Moronese.

Viewing will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Bugbee-Riggs Funeral Home, 335 S. Main Barnegat.

There will be a funeral service held at noon on Thursday at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, 747 West Bay Barnegat. Interment will follow in St. Mary's Cemetery, Manahawkin, Stafford. In lieu of flowers, the family has asked for contributions to be made to the American Heart 1 Union Suite 301, Robbinsville, NJ 08691-4183, in Mr.

Molinaro's memory. GEORGE PAGLIA, 71 of LAKE- WOOD, died Saturday, Sept. 8 at home. Born in Newark, he resided in Barnegat for 10 years before moving to Lakewood five years ago. He worked as a nursing home aide for many years in Long Island, N.Y.

He was predeceased by his parents, Carmine in 1981 and Mary Ann in 1985; and his brother, Joseph in 2002. Surviving are his sisters and brotherin-law, Phyllis Zarrillo and Jean and Sal Minetta of Manchester and Carole Edgar Smithville; and many nieces and nephews. Visitation is Wednesday 8 to 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Oliverie Funeral Home, 2925 Ridgeway Road, Manchester, with a funeral Liturgy to follow 10:30 a.m. at St Mary's of the Lake Church, Lakewood and interment at Holy Cross Cemetery, OBITUARIES Additional obituaries B4 North Arlington.

In lieu of flowers, please make your donations to the American Indian Cultural Exchange Committee 12 Ignatius Drive, Manchester, NJ 08759. For directions, or to send online condolences, please visit the funeral home website at 732-657-4900 OLIVERIE 2925 Manchester, Ridgeway NJ Rd. 08759 Geraldine Oliverie, Mgr. NJ Lic. No.

3833 FORMER REP. JENNIFER DUNN, who became the most powerful Republican woman in Washington state history during six terms representing Seattle's east-side suburbs, died Wednesday, Sept. 5, after developing a blood clot in her Virginia apartment, said a statement from her family. She was 66. Dunn, a favorite of both Bush White Houses, was Washington state's ranking Republican in Congress when she retired in 2004.

She told The Associated Press at the time that she was pursuing a new career as a policy adviser and planned to enjoy time with her new husband and baby granddaughter. She died after developing a blood clot while at her Virginia home, her family said in a statement. Dunn was known for her work on tax issues, promoting women-owned businesses and sponsoring the Amber Alert bill for locating missing children. Her son Reagan Dunn, a council member in King County, called her death "a total shock," adding: "She gave her whole life giving to other people. She touched a lot of lives and did a lot for her country." Dunn's political career was a series of firsts: first woman to chair the Washington State Republican Party; first freshman woman to win a place in the House Republican leadership team; and the highest ranking Republican woman in the GOP leadership as the vice chairman of the Conference.

Rep. Doc Hastings, who succeeded Dunn as the state's senior Republican, called her a friend of 32 years. "She was kind of a trailblazer in many things," Hastings said. Dunn was an influential senior member of the House Republican caucus, serving as a member of the Ways and Means Committee, vice chairwoman of the Homeland Security Committee and a member of the caucus campaign team. She was a frequent spokeswoman for the House, once giving the Republican response to a State of the Union Address by President Clinton.

She helped run three Republican national conventions. Former Sen. Slade Gorton, R- said he was shocked at Dunn's death. He told KOMO Radio in Seattle, "She was a major part of my life as she was a major part of the political life of the state of Washington." Beyond breaking the glass ceiling for Republican women in the House, Gorton called Dunn a great personality "outgoing and friendly and Gov. Chris Gregoire said Dunn was "committed to serving the people of Washington and of the Eighth District and was a leader in both' Washington state and national politics.

Her passing is a loss for all Gregoire, a Democrat, called Dunn "a devoted wife and mother" who "always kept her family as her top While she never endorsed term limits, Dunn said on retiring that she believes the nation "is better served if from time to time we senior members step aside to allow individuals with fresh ideas to challenge the status quo in Congress." Bush praised Dunn on her retirement from Congress, calling her "a superb legislator and a strong leader who has stood for the best of Washington State's values and who has improved the lives of its people." She is survived by her husband, Keith Thomson; sons Bryant Dunn, Reagan Dunn, Angus Thomson; and two grandchildren. The Associated Press EDWARD GRAMLICH, a former member of the Federal Reserve board who raised warnings about the housing boom, died Wednesday, Sept. 5, of leukemia. He was 68. A distinguished economics professor and the former dean of the School of Public of Policy Michigan, at University Gramlich was appointed to the seven-member Fed board in 1997 www.app.com PAGE B5 OCEAN THERESA SERPONE ARCH.

88, of Manahawkin, STAFFORD, died Sunday, Sept. 9. Before retiring, she was a seamstress for Bergen Dress Co. in Lodi for 18 years. She was a member of the I.L.G.W.U.

local No. 145 in Passaic, a member of the AARP and a Parishioner of St. Mary's of the Pine Roman Catholic Church in Manahawkin. She was the beloved wife of the late Peter devoted mother of Brenda Arch of Manahawkin and Peter Arch Jr. and wife, Rosemarie of Manahawkin; loving grandmother of two grandchildren; and four greatgrandchildren; and dear sister of Charles Serpone, Frances Vivino, Helen Cariero and the late Sadie Tedesco.

Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Santangelo Funeral Home, 300 Main Lodi. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, then to Our Lady of Mt.

Virgin Roman Catholic Church for an 11 a.m. funeral Mass. Interment will be at St. Mary's Cemetery. JOSEPHINE H.

BARANSKI, 99, of BRICK, died Saturday, Sept. 8, at Shorrock Gardens Care Center, Brick. Born in Jersey City, she lived in Hempstead, Long Island, N.Y. prior to moving to Brick 27 years ago. She was a billing clerk for Haire Publishing Company, New York City.

She worked for many years in the publishing industry before retiring many years ago. She was a member of the Church of the Visitation, Brick. She is survived by her brother, William Baranski of San Bruno, and many nieces and nephews. Visiting hours will be from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.

Tuesday at the Weatherhead Young Funeral Home, 885 Mantoloking Road, Brick. A funeral Mass will be offered at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Church of the Visitation, Brick. Interment will follow at St. Mary of the Lake Cemetery, Lakewood.

JEAN KELLY BOYLE, one day shy of 87, of TOMS RIVER, passed away Saturday, Sept. 8, at home. Jean was born in Honesdale, where she enjoyed spending summers after her family relocated to Jersey City. She spent many years raising her children in Cranford and retired from Boyle Midway Inc. in 1962.

a moved to Toms River in 1992 and loved living here. She enjoyed children and loved to spoil each and every one she met. Jean is survived by her loving children, Jennifer Nagle, Debra Winar and 1 her husband, Thomas, Thomas Boyle and wife, Anna and Edward Boyle and his wife, Carol. She is also survived by her husband, Edward Boyle of Sarasota, her brother, Robert Kelly and his wife, Doris; and many nieces and nephews. She adored her grandchildren Erin, Thomas, Joseph and Amanda and will be sorely missed by all.

Visiting hours will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Silverton Memorial Funeral Home, 2482 Church Road, Toms River. A funeral Mass will be held at 9:15 a.m. Wednesday at St. Luke's Church, Toms River.

DOROTHY E. LARSEN, 86, of TOMS RIVER, died Wednesday, Sept. 5, at home. Born and living in Woodbridge for 25 years, Mrs. Larsen lived in Clark before moving to Toms River in 1979.

She was employed by Weston Electric in Newark as a comptometer and cost clerk for 11 years before retiring in 1952. She was a member of the First Congregational Church in Woodbridge. She was predeceased by her parents, George and Florence Campbell Schwenzer; her husband, Richard W. Larsen in 1998; and a brother, Robert Schwenzer. Surviving is a niece, Wendy Glerum and her husband, Kenneth; two nephews, Elbur Richards and his wife, Marilyn and Kenneth Richards and his wife, and her companion, Mary Ann Conover.

Graveside interment of cremains for Richard and Dorothy Larsen will take place at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Cloverleaf Memorial Park in Woodbridge, under the direction of the Leon J. Gerity Funeral Home, 411 Amboy Woodbridge. There will be no visitation. by President Clinton.

He served until August 2005 when he resigned to return to the University of Michigan, where he served as an acting provost in 2005 and 2006. Even before he joined the central bank, Gramlich had for more than a decade been warning about the dangers that housing loan practices could pose for the economy. As chairman of the Neighborhood Reinvestment Gramlich had urged lawmakers to better protect consumers against predatory lending practices and toughen regulation of mortgage lenders and banks. He continued the campaign as a Fed governor although his efforts met resistance at the. Fed and on Capitol Hill from those opposed to greater regulation of business.

In June, Gramlich published "Subprime Mortgages: America's Latest Boom and Bust," a book that is likely to serve as a blueprint for Washington policymakers seeking to find ways to stem a rising tide of mortgage delinquencies and the steepest slump in housing in 16 years. Gramlich had fallen ill during a trip to Africa in March. He was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia, an advanced cancer of the white blood cells. It was his second bout with cancer. While at the Fed in 2002, he was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia, a more treatable form of blood cancer.

An economist who specialized in cost-benefit analysis, Gramlich decided against pursing a highly experimental treatment of the disease. At the time of his death, Gramlich was a senior fellow at the Urban Institute, a Washington think tank that published his last book. Participating in a July panel on housing issues, Gramlich had repeated a familiar theme that more regulation was needed of lenders of subprime mortgages, loans offered to people with weak credit histories. He said the central bank under Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke supported this view but "they seem to be alone." In a statement, Bernanke praised Gramlich for his "leadership in consumer protection issues" and his work in helping to restructure the way the Fed's discount 1 loan window operates. Bernanke, who had served on the Fed board with Gramlich, said, "Those who knew him will miss not only his penetrating insight and shining intelligence but also his great wit and warmth." The seven members of the Fed's board in Washington participate along with the Fed's 12 regional bank presidents in setting monetary policy through their control of interest rates.

Robert Reischauer, the president of the Urban Institute, said that Gramlich's scholarship "set an incredibly high standard and served as a model of succinct, timely, relevant and readable" research. In addition to his work in the area of housing, Gramlich was also an expert on Social Security and served as chairman from 1994 to 1996 of the Quadrennial Advisory Council on Social Security. He had also been deputy director and acting director of the Congressional Budget Office in 1986 and 1987. Gramlich, who died at a hospice in Washington, is survived by his wife, Ruth, and two children, Sarah Howard and Robert. Other survivors include his parents, two brothers and one sister, and six grandchildren.

The Associated Press THE REV. D. JAMES KENNEDY, a pioneering Chris- tian broadcaster and megachurch pastor whose fiercely conservative worldview helped fuel the rise of the religious right in American politics, died Wednesday, Sept. 5. He was 76.

Kennedy died at his home in Fort Lauderdale, said Kristin Cole, a spokeswoman for Kennedy's Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church. The cause of death has not been determined, but Kennedy had not been seen publicly he suffered cardiac arrest Dec. 28. His retirement was announced last month. Kennedy's voice and face were known to millions through radio and television broadcasts, urging Christians to evangelize in their daily lives, while condemning homosexuality and abortion as assaults on the traditional family.

His also preached on the major policy issues of the day, rejecting evolution and global warming. Kennedy was influential in the founding of the religious right, but did so more often from behind the scenes, as attention focused on his allies, the Revs. Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell. "He was never in the front ranks of evangelical leaders that were also political leaders, but he was active at every stage of the Christian right," said John Green, a senior fellow at the Pew Forum for Religion Public Life who specializes in religion and politics. Kennedy was a founding board member of the Moral Majority, which Falwell formed in 1979.

In 1996, Kennedy created Coral Ridge's political arm, called the Center for Reclaiming America for Christ, to mobilize conservative Christians against gay marriage, pornography and what he called "judicial tyranny," among other issues. Kennedy also founded the Center for Christian Statesmanship, which organized Capitol Hill Bible studies and other events that attracted top government officials. He encouraged them "to embrace God's providential purpose for this nation." "The Bible says, 'Be fruitful and multiply and have dominion over the earth," Kennedy said in a 1996 interview with The Los Angeles Times. "God should be in every sphere of life: economics, business, education, government, art and science." In 1959, the pastor started his congregation with about 45 members, eventually expanding into a megachurch that claims 10,000 members today. In the 1960s, when many conservative Christians were still debating how much to engage the broader culture, Kennedy jumped in and created Evangelism Explosion International, which trained Christians to share their beliefs with others.

"That simple goal is now widely adopted in evangelical churches and widely accepted, but at the time he started it, it wasn't," said Frank Wright, president and chief executive officer of the National Religious Broadcasters association. At the time of his death, Kennedy's influence was beginning to wane, as his congregation aged and new evangelical leaders emerged. Ridge shuttered its Center for Reclaiming America earlier this year. Still, Kennedy was the author of more than 50 books and founded two schools Knox Theological Seminary and Westminster Academy, a K-12 Christian school near his church. Coral Ridge Ministries, his radio and TV outreach arm, claimed a weekly audience of 3.5 million people for all its broadcasts.

Kennedy's TV show, "The Coral Ridge Hour," has been airing reruns on more than 400 stations and is broadcast to more than 150 countries on the Armed Forces Network, his ministry says. Last year, the National Religious Broadcasters group inducted him into its hall of fame. "He was one of the early visionaries who saw that you could use electronic media to extend the four walls of the church to reach a broader audience," Wright said. Dennis James Kennedy was born Nov. 3, 1930, in Augusta, and his family moved in 1936 to Chicago and in 1945 to Tampa.

Kennedy's father was a traveling salesman whom he described as "long suffering," and his mother was an alcoholic. They were not churchgoers. Kennedy dropped out of college to become an Arthur Murray dance instructor, but eventually returned to earn multiple degrees, including a doctorate from New York University. He met his future wife, the former Anne Lewis, while teaching dance. Besides his wife of 51 years, the pastor is survived by a daughter, Jennifer Kennedy Cassidy.

Both were by his bedside when he died. The Associated Press SISTER HILDEGARDE MARIE MAHONEY, 95, former General Superior of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth and former President of the Col- lege of Saint Elizabeth, Convent Station, MORRIS TOWNSHIP, died in Saint Anne Villa, Convent Station on Sunday, Sept. 9. Sister Hildegarde was born in Boston, the daughter of Peter and Elizabeth Milne Mahoney. She entered the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth on Sept, 7, 1931 and was a member for 76 years.

Sister Hildegarde graduated from the College of Saint Elizabeth. She began her ministry in education at St. Cecilia H.S., Kearny. After attaining her master's and doctoral degree in Classical Languages, she was Professor of Classics at the College of Saint Elizabeth. She was president of the College of Saint Elizabeth from 1952 to 1971.

During that time, she was active in a variety of areas, edu- cational, religious and civic. Statewide, she worked for the enactment of New Jersey's first general scholarship law. She served as a member of the first NJ State Scholarship Commission and as chairman of the New Jersey Stare Commission on Women. She chaired the Institutions Committee of the Jersey Jetport Site Committee, which successfully opposed the development of a jetport in the Great Swamp of Morris County. On the educational level, Sister Hildegarde was one of the founders of the New Jersey College Fund Association and the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities.

She was the first Sister to be named president of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and served on committees of a number of educational institutions, as well as committees of the State of New Jersey. In the field of education for religious women, Sister Hildegarde worked with other religious women leaders to advance the Sister Formation Movement. From 1971 to 1979, Sister Hildegarde served as General Superior of the Sisters of Charity. During this tine she served on the Board of Trustees of all institutions sponsored by the Sisters of Charity. She was active in the Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Federation, a group of six religious communities which trace their foundations back to Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton.

As chairperson of the Federation, she was chosen to read the first lesson at the Canonization Mass for Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton in 1975. Sister Hildegarde received the Church's Pro Ecciesia et Pontifice medal from Bishop Frank Rodimer in recognition of her life long ministry in the service of the Church of Paterson, having served as first president of the Sisters' Council and for many years acted as scholarly consultant on the Liturgy to Bishop Rodimer. Sister Hildegarde is survived by her sister, Monica of Boston, her brother, Gerald of St. Louis, nieces and nephews; and grandnieces and grandnephews. The wake for Sister Hildegarde will be held from 4 to 8 p.m.

Tuesday at Holy Family Chapel, Convent Station. There will be a wake service at 6:30 p.m. The wake will continue from 2 to 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday followed by a 6 p.m. Mass of Christian burial.

Burial will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Holy Family Cemetery, Convent Station. In lieu of flowers, it is requested that contributions be made to the Sisters of Charity Development Fund, P.O. Box 476, Convent Station, NJ 07961-0476. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Dangler Funeral Home, Summit.

EDWARD MCGAFFIGAN the longest serving member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, died Sunday, Sept. 2, after a lengthy battle with metastatic melanoma, a particularly dangerous form of skin cancer, the agency said. McGaffigan, 58, died at the Capital Hospice in Arlington, Va. A native of Boston and one of two Democrats on the commission, McGaffigan was appointed to the NRC, which regulates the nuclear industry, in 1996 and again in 2000 by President Clinton. He was nominated for a third term by President Bush in 2005.

McGaffigan's death reduced the five-member commission to three members. One of the seats has been vacant since the departure of Commissioner Jeffrey Merrifield earlier this year. Not known for being shy, McGaffigan often bluntly challenged his agency's critics, accusing some of fear mongering in their criticism of the NRC's oversight of the nuclear power industry and industry safety. McGaffigan announced in January that he would retire because of his cancer, but in late March changed his mind as the chemotherapy he was undergoing appeared to slow the diseases' progression. He continued at his job into late summer.

In mid-July he led the NRC's response to reports that congressional investigators had set up a bogus company and obtained NRC permits to buy small amounts of nuclear material, telling a congressional hearing the failures exposed by the sting operation had been fixed. Before joining the NRC, McGaffigan was legislative director for Sen. Jeff Bingaman, working on defense policy and nuclear nonproliferation issues. He is survived 1 by a son, Edward Francis, and daughter, Margaret Ruth, both of Arlington, his mother, a sister and a brother. The Associated Press ibo.).