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JUNE 13, 2003 ASBURY PARK PRESS PAGE A21 OBITUARIES MONMOUTH DAWN M. BECHTOL, 28, of HOWELL, died Wednesday, June 11, at home. She was an overnight stock clerk at Walmart in Howell and North Brunswick. She was recently named Employee of the Month. She was a graduate of Freehold Township High School.

She enjoyed writing poetry and loved the outdoors. Born in Long Branch, she lived in Eatontown, Howell and Freehold Township before moving back to Howell. Surviving are a daughter, Jessica, at home; her mother, Rosemary J. Wilson of Freehold Township; her father, Garry L. Bechtol of Ocean Grove; a sister, Tina L.

Bechtol of Barnegat; her maternal grandmother, Leone L. Wilson of Howell; a niece, Kaitlyn P. Daddio of Freehold; and many aunts, uncles and cousins. Visiting will be from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. today at C.H.T.

Clayton Son Funeral Home, 958 Adelphia Road (Route 524), Adelphia. Friends and relatives are invited to attend her funeral service at 6:30 p.m. today at the funeral home with the Rev. Harvey Kelley officiating. Interment will be private.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be made to the Epilepsy Foundation of New Jersey, 501 John Fitch Way, Trenton, NJ 08611; or to the National Wildlife Foundation. JACQUELINE M. CHICK BOTTI. 79, of NEPTUNE CITY, died Thursday, June 12, at home. After years in the public relations department of U.S.

Steel, New York City, she took a post as principal clerk in Snyder High School, Jersey City, from which she retired after 21 years. She was a communicant of Ascension Church, Bradley Beach. She was a former communicant of St. Paul's Church, Jersey City, and past president of the Junior Guild of St. Ann's Home for the Aged, Jersey City.

She was a World War II Navy veteran, serving on the communications staff of Adm. William Halsey upon his return from the Pacific. Born and lived in Jersey City most of her life, she moved to Neptune City in 1997. She was predeceased by a son, Richard. Surviving are her husband of 52 years, John a son, Timothy Martin Botti; two daughters, Mary, Elizabeth Kelly, and Melanie Therese Bock; three brothers, Edward, Francis and Gerald Chick; and four grandchildren, Christopher and Gregory Bock, and Timothy and Victoria Botti.

Visiting will be from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Reilly Funeral Home, 8th Avenue and Street, Belmar. The funeral will be 9 a.m. Monday from the funeral home followed by a 10 a.m.

Mass of Christian Burial at Ascension Church, Bradley Beach. Interment will be in Brig. Gen. William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Arneytown.

In lieu of flowers, donations to the VNA Hospice, 141 Bodman Place, Red Bank, NJ 07701 would be appreciated. EDITH M. DAVISON. 84, of WALL, died Wednesday, June 11, at Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune. She repaired motors and soldered for Bendix Corporation during World War II.

She was a member of the Hamilton United Methodist Church. Born in Neptune, she grew up there and Wall. She was predeceased by her husband, J. Everett and a son, Robert H. Surviving are three daughters and sons-in-law, Sheila and 1 Robert Walters of Brick, Judith and William Walters of Point Pleasant, and Patricia and Roger Groop of West Long Branch; two brothers, Richard Taylor of Oakhurst, Ocean Township, and Donald Taylor of Manahawkin, Stafford; 11 grandchildren; and 20 greatgrandchildren.

Visiting hours will be from 7 to 9 p.m. today at Ely Funeral Home, 3316 Route 33, Neptune. Her funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Hamilton United Methodist Church, followed by her interment in Hamilton Cemetery, Neptune. SCOTT DAVIS, 46, of FREEHOLD, died Wednesday, June 11, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township.

He was a self-employed certified public accountant for many years. Born in New York City, he lived in East Windsor for 17 years before moving to Freehold years ago. Additional obituaries A20, A18 David Brinkley, elder statesman of television news, dead at 82 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK David Brinkley, a pioneering TV journalist who became a household name delivering a sign off he didn't even like, died Wednesday, June 11, at 82. "Neither of us liked it," Brinkley said a few years ago, referring to his NBC coanchor Chet Huntley. "Two guys on the air saying good night to each other didn't look quite right." But they had to close the newscast somehow, and "Good night, Chet," "Good night, David" did the trick.

It also became a national catchphrase in the late 1950s as "The Huntley-Brinkley Report" fused those two newsmen into TV journalism's reigning force. Brinkley died Wednesday at his home in Houston of complications from a fall. He began the second act of his career in 1981 by moving to ABC News. There he flourished for another 15 years, particularly on "This Week with David Brinkley," where he reinvented the Sunday political talk show. He won 10 Emmy awards, three George Foster Peabody Awards and, in 1992, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, He was predeceased by his father, Samuel Davis, in 1994.

Surviving are his wife of 23 years, Mindy; a son, Jason Davis of Freehold; a daughter, Alyssa Davis of Freehold; his mother, Jean Davis of Englishtown; and a brother, Richard Davis of Jackson. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. today at Bloomfield-Cooper Jewish Chapels, 44 Wilson Ave. (Route 527), Manalapan. Donations may be made to Kidney Cancer Research Association.

THOMAS PATRICK FLYNN, 86, of Plainsboro, formerly of SEA GIRT, died Thursday, June 12, at Cranbury Genesis Eldercare Center, Cranbury. He was the first international orchid plant broker and headed the Thomas P. Flynn Orchid Division of Vaughn Seed Co. of Donner's Grove, Ill. He was an appraiser and judge of notable orchid collections around the world, to which he traveled extensively with his beloved wife before retiring in 1981.

He served in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War I II. He was a communicant of St. Mark's Church, Sea Girt, where he was an usher and member of the Knights of Columbus, and a communicant of St. Catharine's Church, Spring Lake.

He was also a member of the Barber Shop Quartet in Plainfield. Born in Glen Cove, N.Y., he was raised in Newark and lived in Edison and Sea Girt before moving to Plainsboro 10 years ago. He was predeceased by his wife, Evangeline Corrigan Flynn, in 1993. Surviving are a son, Thomas Flynn Jr. of Middlesex; a daughter, Anne Therese Bryan of Charlotte, N.C.; a brother, Peter Flynn of Edison; two sisters, Catherine Kozak of Pine Beach, and Mary Flynn of Rahway; and four grandchildren, Thomas P.

IlI and Carolyn Flynn, and Sheila and Michaila Bryan. Visiting will be from 7 to 9 p.m. today at O'Brien Funeral Home, Highway 35 at New Bedford Road, Wall. The funeral will be 8:30 a.m. Saturday from the funeral home followed by a 9:30 a.m.

Mass at St. Catharine's Church, Spring Lake. Committal will follow in St. Catharine's Cemetery, Sea Girt. THEODORE W.

JACKEL, 64, of Cream Ridge, UPPER FREEHOLD, died Wednesday, June 11, at Bartley Manor Health Care, Jackson. He worked as a tool and die maker for Mespco Co. New Brunswick, for 20 years, retiring in 1988. Born in Brooklyn, he lived in 1 Howell for 30 years before moving to Cream Ridge five years ago. He was predeceased by his wife, Barbara, in 2000.

Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, Keith and Holly of Browns Mills; two daughters and sonsin-law, Barbara and John Lakomy of Cream Ridge, and Diane and Jerry Hayes of Lacey; two brothers, Walter Jackel of Mahopac, N.Y., and Roy Jackel of Williamstown; a sister, Carol Network of New Jersey and a member of the Walter J. Conley Lodge 1379, I.B.P.O.E., Freehold. Born in Long Branch, he had lived in Manalapan all his life. Surviving are his wife, Diane Ryols Warren; a son, Darrand Ryols of Lakewood; a daughter and son-in-law, Lisa and Gregory Galloway of Cheltenham, a sister, Rosetta Vaughn of Cliffwood Beach; and four grandchildren, Michael, Jessica, Maiya and Shontel. The viewing will be from 6 to 8 p.m.

Sunday at Bethel A.M.E. Church, 3 Waterworks Road, Freehold. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at the church, followed by interment in 1 Maplewood Cemetery, Freehold. Higgins Memorial Home, Freehold, is in charge of arrangements.

MIDDLESEX ROBERT M. HOURAHAN, 68, formerly of SOUTH AMBOY, died Thursday, June 12, at John L. Montgomery Care Center, Freehold. He was employed for more than 30 years as a manager for Jersey Central Power Light Co. in Morristown and Allenhurst.

He was a former member of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, South Amboy. He was a volunteer at Princeton Hospital. Born in South Amboy, he lived in Morristown, Oakhurst and Princeton. He was predeceased by his wife, Roberta Brylinski Hourahan in 1986; a son, Michael in 1991; and a brother, Neil in 1998.

Surviving are four sons, Brian, Bruce, Timothy, and Christopher; a daughter, Michele Zdanowski; his companion, Marilyn Blazovsky; eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Visitation will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at The Gundrum Service "Home For Funerals," 237 Bordentown South Amboy. A funeral services will be held at 9 a.m.

Monday at the funeral home. A Mass will be offered at 9:30 a.m. at St. Mary's Church, South Amboy followed by interment at Christ Church Cemetery, South Amboy. Memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Association.

STEPHEN J. JABLONOWSKI 73, of Crystal Beach, formerly of EDISON, died Sunday, June 8, at home under the care of hospice. He retired as a New Jersey State Police trooper. He was a member of the Elks Club and Suncoast (Fla.) Rod Crafters. Born in South Amboy, he lived in Edison before moving to Florida in 1979.

Surviving are his wife, Charlotte Persely Jablonowski; five daughters, Nancy Harmon of Trinity, Jean Jablonowski of Somerset, Judy Mehl of Chester, Suzy Johnson of Jackson, and Allyn Curry of Crystal Beach, a brother, Peter Bucholtz of Piscataway; 14 grandchildren; and a greatgrandson. Funeral services and entombment were held yesterday at Curlew Hills Funeral Home and Memory Gardens, Palm Harbor, Fla. The family prefers that contributions be made to the Hospice Foundation of the Florida Suncoast, 300 E. Bay Drive, Largo, FL 33770-9850. the nation's highest civilian honor.

He is the author of four books, including the forthcoming "Brinkley's Beat: People, Places, and Events That Shaped My Time," to be published in November. But none of that quite conveys Brinkley's legendary status or his role in defining TV journalism despite his insistence, "I didn't create anything. I just got here early." After working for the United Press syndicate, Brinkley became NBC radio's first White House correspondent. Not long after that, as Brinkley recounted in his 1995 memoir, "a large, oddlooking object arrived at the Washington studio so big it could barely be rolled through the door. It was our first television camera." Then his distinctive presence was paired with craggy, leading-man-handsome Chet Huntley for NBC News' coverage of the 1956 Democratic and Republican national conventions.

It was a perfect fit. Beyond their nightly newscast, which began in October 1956, Huntley and Brinkley led NBC as it covered space shots, assassinations, riots and other breaking news with a beat -thecompetition thoroughness ex- Pugh of Queens; five grandsons, Douglas, Keith Ryan, Kevin and Conor; and a granddaughter, Brittany. Calling hours will be from 21 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today and 9:30 to 10 a.m.

Saturday at Freeman Funeral Home, 47 E. Main Interment will follow in Holy Cross Burial Park, East Brunswick. PHYLLIS SCHOELLNER LEARY, 65, of KEYPORT, died Friday, June 6, at home. Surviving are her husband, Art Leary; four children, Nancy Lorenzo of Toms River, Karen Stewart of Bayville, Berkeley, George Leary of Union Beach, and Erin Holden of Laurence Harbor; a sister, Virginia "Gigi" Gilbert of Beachwood; 11 grandchildren, Rachael, Rebecca, Samantha, Mathew, Alex, Caitlin, Gus Nora, Sara, Ryan and Charlie and two great grandchildren, Emma and Alexis. Services and interment were private.

Bedle Funeral Home, Keyport, is in charge of arrangements. VINCENT LEEDS MURPHY, 81, of HOWELL, died Wednes- day, June 11, at Brick Meridian Hospice, Brick. He was a salesman for Best Foods Englewood Cliffs, for 30 years, retiring in 1984. He was a graduate of Rutgers University, Newark, earning a B.A. degree.

He deeply loved his pet dogs. Born in Brooklyn, he resided in Kearny before moving to Howell in 1960. He was predeceased by a son, Robert Murphy, in 1985; a brother, Dr. James Murphy; and a sister, Edith Smith. Surviving are his wife of 57 years, Ruth Lungren Murphy; two sons, Jay Murphy and Donald Murphy, both of Jackson; and a grandson, Michael Murphy.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend the visitation from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at George S. Hassler Funeral Home, 980 Bennetts Mills Road, Jackson. Family and friends may gather at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, where a funeral ceremony will be offered at 9 a.m.

Entombment will follow in Ocean County Memorial Park, Silverton Road, Toms River. MARY TRAFFICANTE PICCIRILLO, 92, of Oakhurst, OCEAN TOWNSHIP, died Wednesday, June 11, at St. Barnabas Hospice and Palliative Care Center, Long Branch. She was a seamstress at Marjon Dress Brooklyn, and a member of I.L.G.W.U. Local 89 before retiring in 1973.

She was a parishioner of St. Anselm's Church, Wayside. She was a member of the Randolph Seniors. Her devotion to her family, her wisdom, and her wonderful Italian cooking and baking will be dearly missed. Born in Manhattan, she lived in Randolph and Brooklyn before moving to Oakhurst a month ago.

She was predeceased by her husband, Anthony Piccirillo, in 1970. Surviving are three daughters and two sons-in-law, Jean ELSEWHERE CHEN ZONGYING, one the few women who joined in the Chinese communists' epic 1934-36 Long March, has died at 101, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Monday, June 9. Chen died in Beijing May 31, Xinhua said. David Brinkley pressed by the unofficial byword "CBS plus 30 (minutes)." During the 1964 Democratic convention, NBC, up against CBS and its anchor Walter Cronkite, won an astonishing 84 percent of the viewership. Then, in 1970, Huntley retired.

He died four years later. Brinkley co-anchored the renamed "NBC Nightly News" with John Chancellor, then became the program's commentator. But the spell was broken. "The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite" seized the ratings lead as NBC News stumbled. After a falling out with his bosses, Brinkley gratefully moved on to ABC News.

and Fred Urcinoli of Morganville, Marlboro, Lillian Piccirillo of Jackson, and Kathleen and Richard Despins of Oakhurst; eight grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. Relatives and friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at Damiano Funeral Home, Third and Franklin avenues, Long Branch. The funeral will be 8 a.m. Saturday from the funeral home, followed by a 9 a.m.

Mass at Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church, Long Branch. Interment will be in St. Anne's Cemetery, Wall. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to St. Barnabas Hospice and Palliative Care Center at MMC, 300 Second CW6, Long Branch, NJ 07740.

Letters of condolence may be sent through the funeral home Web address, www.damianofuneralhome.com. DAMIANO 732-222-2312 died Wednesday, June 11, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. He was a financial analyst for IBM, Dayton, where he was employed for 28 years before his retirement 10. years ago. He was a U.S.

Air Force veteran. He was a member of Faith Fellowship Ministries, Sayreville. He was a licensed mentor for the Mentor LILABY "DANNY" WARREN, 63, of MANALAPAN, Born in southern China's Hunan province in January 1902, Chen married Ren Bashi, then head of the Communist Party's youth league, at 26 and joined the party in 1932. In 1934, she set out on the Long March, the Red Army's retreat west from Jiangxi to escape Chiang Kaishek's encircling Nationalist forces. The brutal march was a key event in the founding of Mao Zedong's China.

After the party seized power from the Nationalists in 1949, Chen served with the national women's federation and on a government advisory body. Her husband died in 1950 at 46. Chen gave birth to eight children, but five either died in childhood or were lost during the years of war, according to the book "Choosing Revolution," by Helen Praeger Young. Two daughters were reportedly still living in 2001, while a son died in the early 1990s. ALEXANDER KRASOVSKY.

a prominent Russian aerospace engineer, died Saturday, May 31, of a heart attack after burglars locked him up in his bathroom and stole his Soviet era medals. He was 82. Krasovsky, a member of the prestigious Russian Academy of Sciences, had worked at the Zhukovsky Air Force Academy since 1954 and won numerous state decorations for his research in automatic control systems for the aerospace sector. Krasovsky received one of the highest Soviet era medals, the Hero of Socialist Labor, and several other awards for his work, which aided the development of Soviet air defense weapons and cruise missiles, the daily Izvestia reported. Russian media said Krasovsky was the latest veteran to fall victim to burglars searching for Soviet-era medals for sale on the black market.

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