In Memoriam Archives - Page 175 of 178

Michelle Sobolewski, veteran legislative staffer, dies

April 8, 2018 10:30 pmApril 8, 2018 11:32 pm

Michelle Sobolewski, a veteran of New Jersey politics since the 1970’s years, passed away on April 4 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 62. Friends say she was a fighter until the end. Sobolewski started her career working...

South Brunswick mayor dies

April 8, 2018 12:08 pmApril 9, 2018 1:45 am

Christopher Killmurray, who became mayor of South Brunswick last year, passed away today after a long battle with brain cancer. He was 55. Killmurray was elected Councilman in 2003 and became mayor in 2017 following the death of longtime mayor...

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April 7, 2018 11:08 pm

Frank “Boxer” Ryan, a former Bound Brook mayor, councilman and school board member, passed away on April 6. He was 87. Ryan served in the U.S. Navy from 1951 to 1955. Salvatore “Sammy” Sabatino, a former Monroe Township councilman, died...

Trenton fixture Sacco dies at 81

April 5, 2018 8:37 pmApril 5, 2018 11:20 pm

Fred Sacco, well known to political insiders during his twenty years as executive vice president of the New Jersey Fuel Merchants’ Association, passed away today. He was 81. He started out in politics as a staffer on Gov. Richard Hughes’...

Former councilman dies

April 5, 2018 7:52 am

William Reid, a former Plainfield City Councilman and Executive Director of the Orange Housing Authority, passed away on April 1. He also served as interim director of the Asbury Park Housing Authority.

Bill Macchi, ex-Jersey City mayoral candidate, dies

April 2, 2018 9:58 amApril 2, 2018 12:11 pm

William A. Macchi, a likeable Jersey City politician who ran for mayor as the handpicked successor of Paul Jordan in 1977, passed away on Thursday. He was 70 and died of complications from cancer. Macchi was Jersey City’s director of...

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April 1, 2018 12:11 pm

Lawrence Johnson, a former High Bridge councilman and Korea War veteran, died on March 25. He was 72. Robert Leslie, who served as a South Amboy councilman in the 1970’s, passed away on March 30. He was 80.