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November 8, 2001
Wladyslaw Szablowski
Real Estate Developer
Belmar resident Wladyslaw Szablowski died Friday, Nov. 3 in Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune.
He was 87 years old. Born in Krakow, Poland, Mr. Szablowski lived there and in England before coming to the United States in 1951. He lived in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, N.Y., before moving to Bradley Beach in 1975, and then to Belmar. He became a United States citizen in July, 1957. He attended high school in Debica, Poland, and studied commerce in Tarow, Poland, in 1936-1937. He was the owner of a number of businesses in the early 1970s, including a food market in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, N.Y. He was involved in real estate development in the Shore area since 1975. He was involved in many veteranıs organizations. He served in the Polish Armed Forces taking part in the German and Norwegian campaigns and was taken prisoner twice by the Nazis. He escaped both times, once via Hungary and Yugoslavia, and a second time via Spain and Portugal. In 1941 he joined the British No. 10 Commandos where he served as a sergeant major for the rest of World War II. He was wounded in action in 1944 and received many decorations including the Cross of Valor.
Surviving are his wife of 54 years, Maria; one son and daughter-in-law, Walter and Evelyn, Newtown, Pa.; one daughter, Anna Szablowski, Belmar; and three grandsons, George, Erik, and Christian.
Funeral arrangements were from the Reilly Funeral Home, Belmar.
Gloria Faison Murray
Library Volunteer
Brielle resident Gloria Faison Murray died Sunday, Oct. 28 in her home. She was 73 years old. Born in Paisley, Scotland, Miss Murray came to the United States when she was seven years old and lived most of her live in Brielle. She earned a degree from Thomas Edison College, New Jersey.
She was an active member of the Church in Brielle. An avid reader, Miss Murray was a volunteer with the Manasquan Public Library, and she belonged to the Brielle Senior Citizens group.
She was predeceased by her parents, Alexander M. and Elizabeth Faison Murray.
Surviving are one brother, John Langdon Norris, Nashville, Tenn.; one uncle, William Faison, Staten Island, N.Y.; one niece; three nephews; and several cousins.
Funeral arrangements were from the Neary-Quinn Funeral Home, Manasquan.
Joseph S. Buccellato
Real Estate Broker
Manasquan resident Joseph S. Buccellato died Tuesday, Nov. 6 in Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune. He was 72 years old. Mr. Bucellato lived in Watchung before moving to Manasquan.
He was an owner/operator for 15 years of B. Brothers Building Co., So. Plainfield, retiring six years ago. Previously, he was employed as a real estate broker for 25 years in the family business, Tower Realty Co., So. Plainfield. He was a communicant of St. Denis Church, Manasquan, and a former member of St. Maryıs Stoney Hill Church, Watchung. He was a member of the Italian American Club, North Plainfield, the Manasquan Elks Lodge No. 2534, and the St. Denis Knights of Columbus Council 3231, Manasquan.
Surviving are his wife, Irene Hook Buccellato; two sons, Joseph, Tucker, Ga., and Jeffrey, Middlesex; two daughters, Beth McAurther, South Plainfield, and Jo Ann Ertle, Holland Township; one brother, Sal, Lakewood; one sister, Angela Ehid, Middlesex; and three grandchildren, Alexis, Dante, and Gabriella.
Funeral arrangements are from the OıBrien Funeral Home, Wall Township. Visitation will be 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow in the funeral home. A funeral service will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday in the funeral home.
Grace E. Hill
Former Local Resident
Basking Ridge resident Grace E. Kerr Hill, formerly of Brielle, died Friday, Nov. 2 in Morristown Memorial Hospital, Morristown. She was 86 years old. Born in Highland Park, Mrs. Hill lived in Scotch Plains before moving to Brielle in 1972. She resided in Fellowship Village, Basking Ridge.
She attended The Church in Brielle. She was a member of the Manasquan Golf Club, and enjoyed playing the piano.
She was predeceased in 1999 by her husband Warren, in 1951 by her daughter, Nancy Jane Hill, and by her parents, Frank and Anna Mae Wolverton Kerr.
Surviving are one son and daughter-in-law, Richard and Valerie, Warren; one granddaughter, Cynthia Anne Mangan, and her husband, Kevin, Long Beach, N.Y.; and two great-grandchildren, Colin P. Mangan, Long Beach, N.Y., and Dawn E. Hill, Norwalk, Conn.
Funeral arrangements were from the Higgins Home for Funerals, Watchung.
Contributions in Mrs. Hillıs memory may be made to the Leukemia Society of America, North Jersey Chapter, 45 Springfield Avenue, Springfield, 07091.
Edward T. Smith
Former Brielle Councilman
Southampton resident Edward Thomas Smith, formerly of Brielle and Spring Lake Heights, died Tuesday, Nov. 6 in Evesham. He was 75 years old. Born in Elizabeth, Mr. Smith lived in Brielle and Spring Lake Heights for most of his life before moving to Southampton three years ago.
He was employed with the Deluxe Reading and Topper Toy Co., in Northern New Jersey, retiring in 1975 as a national sales manager. He was a former owner of Stewartıs Drive-In restaurant, Brielle, from 1970 to 1982. He was a member for most of his life of St. Denis Church, Manasquan, and was active in the parish-sponsored Boy Scouts, and was a Fourth Degree Knight of Columbus. He was a communicant of Holy Eucharist Church, Tabernacle. He was a Brielle councilman for 12 years, and was active in the Monmouth County Republican organization for many years. He was a founding member of the South Monmouth Regional Sewer Authority. He was active in the Manasquan-Brielle Little League as a coach in the 1960s, and was instrumental in the building of its first dedicated Little League field.
He was an Army veteran of the Korean War, serving from 1950-1952. Ed was an avid music fan, particularly of jazz, and played the accordion, piano and organ. He loved the ocean and spending time with his family at the beach, and traveling abroad.
He was predeceased in 1982 by his first wife, Dolores.
Surviving are his wife, Patricia; five sons and daughters-in-law, Thomas and Laura, Brielle, Michael and Linda, Point Pleasant Beach, Paul and Deborah, West Long Branch, Christopher and Kimberly, Spring Lake Heights, and Denis and Margaret-Mary, Spring Lake; four daughters and three sons-in-law, Kathleen and James Alden, Spring Lake Heights, Patricia and Christopher Fische, and Susanne and Thomas Plunkett, all of Brick Township, and Faith Smith, Point Pleasant; 28 grandchildren; five stepsons; and one stepdaughter.
Funeral arrangements are from the Mathis Funeral Home, 58 North Main Street, Medford. Visitation will be 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday in Holy Eucharist Church, Tabernacle, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial. A graveside service will take place in St. Catharine Cemetery, Sea Girt.
In lieu of flowers, contributions in Edward Thomas Smithıs memory may be made to Holy Eucharist Church, 520 Medford Lakes Road, Tabernacle, 08088.
