Peter A. Petrutz, 55, of Westville, formerly of Mount Royal, suddenly on Nov. 28, 2007. He is the son of the late Peter and Rose (nee Corradetti) and brother of the late Joan Petrutz. He is survived by his daughters Andrea and Heather and brother Roy (Lisa) Petrutz.

He was a U.S. Naval veteran, past member of the Mount Royal Fire Dept. and the E. Greenwich Ambulance Assoc. and charter member of the World War II Memorial Society.

A viewing will be Monday 6-8 p.m. at the Landolfi Funeral Home of Paulsboro, 300 W. Broad St., Paulsboro. Services will begin at 8 p.m. Interment was private.

In lieu of flowers, the FAMILY REQUESTS donations be made to Andrea and Heather. please visit www.landolfifuneralhome.com. Published in the Gloucester County Times on 11/30/2007.

p>Robert R. (Bob) Miller, age 66 of Mantua, died Friday Nov. 30, 2007. Born in Camden, he lived in Brooklawn for 30 years and Mantua the last 9 years. Bob served in the Army during the Vietnam War and was retired after 38 years with the University of Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Lawson-Cox VFW Post 7679 of Mantua and a former member of the Brooklawn Volunteer Fire Department. Husband of Jane (nee Dowidowicz), he is also survived by a daughter Dawn Marie Larsen of Mantua. Relatives and friends may visit with the family 9 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at SMITH FUNERAL HOME 47 Main St. Mantua where funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Interment will be in Wenonah Cemetery. Memories and condolences may be shared at www.smithfhmantua.com Published in the Gloucester County Times from 12/2/2007 – 12/3/2007.
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Rams ice hockey dominates West Essex

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The Gloucester Catholic High School ice hockey team started the season at 2-0 after a second-straight victory over West Essex on Friday.

HOWK, PATRICIA A.
(nee Schaeffer) on December 6, 2007, age 63, of Deptford, NJ. Beloved wife of Richard E. Howk for forty-one years.
Devoted mother of Lisa (Tony) Cobuzio of Cherry Hill, Pamela (Chris) Deuter of Washing-ton Twp. Beloved daughter of Mrs. Dorothy Schaeffer (nee DeFord) of Deptford, dear sister of Orris Schaeffer, Jr. of Gloucester City, and Robert Schaeffer of Deptford. Loving grandmother of four, Samantha, Nicole, Carley, and Kyle.
Patricia was a waitress at the Club Diner in Bellmawr for many years.
Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend her viewing Tuesday evening 7-9PM and Wednesday from 9-10AM at the
MAHAFFEY-MILANO
FUNERAL HOME
11 E. Kings Highway
Mt. Ephraim, NJ
856-931-1628
Funeral service Wednesday 10AM at the Funeral Home. Interment Gloucester County Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Williamstown, NJ. Family requests in lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation of S.J., 1415 Rt 70 East, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034 in Patricia\’s memory. Expressions of Sympathy and Condolences may be sent to:
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Aileen (nee Kelly) Marchese died peacefully at home surrounded by her family on December 5, 2007 at the age of 80. Born and raised in Gloucester City she formerly resided in Bellmawr before moving to Blenhein.

Loving and devoted wife of 59 years to Nicholas Marchese, Sr. Devoted mother of Karen (George) Cornell, Linda (late John) Collaretti, Nancy (John) Albright, Nicholas (Janice) Marchese, Jr., Steve Marchese, Terry (Joe) O\’Hanlon, and Michael (Beth) Marchese. Loving grandmother of Lisa (Jeff), Matthew, Andrew, Nicole (Jason), Chris, Toni, Kristin, Lauren, Patrick, Kevin, Caitlin, Shannon, Bella and Jake and loving great-grandmother of Victoria and Alexandria.

Mrs. Marchese is the mother of Gloucester City Councilman Nickolas Marchese Jr.

Dear sister of Patricia (Jack) Avis and her late sisters; Alice Johnson, Edna Radlinger, Grace McCann, Gertrude Murphy, Rosemary Ross, Theresa Jones and Florence McGuigan.

Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend her viewing on Sunday evening from 6 to 9 pm and Monday morning from 10 to 11 am at Saint Mary\’s R.C. Church: 426 Monmouth Street, Gloucester City. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday morning at 11:00 am in the Church.

Interment New Saint Mary\’s Cemetery, Bellmawr. In lieu of flowers the family requests memorial donations may be made in Aileen\’s memory to: Tranquility Hospice: 335 Glassboro Rd., Building A. Unit 102, Woodbury Heights, NJ 08097. Please write in the memo of the check: Aileen Marchese.

Expressions of sympathy can be e-mailed to the family through our funeral home website www.mccannhealey.com under online obituaries of Aileen Marchese. Funeral Arrangements and Inquires may be made through: McCANN-HEALEY FUNERAL HOME: 851 Monmouth Street, (at Brown Street) Gloucester City, NJ. Phone: 856-456-1142

  

On December 7, 2007. Age 91. Of Villas, NJ. Loving and devoted wife of 40 years to the late Francis C. Frugoli. Devoted mother of Jane M. (Thomas) Guida of Bellmawr and Helen F. (Robert) Tricocci of Gloucester City. Loving grandmother of Tom (Linda) and Eric (Joan) Guida, Lisa (John) Wydock, Michael (Dee) Guida and Carolyn (Jim) Sweeten, Robert (Monica), Daniel (Christine) and William (Kathy) Tricocci.

Loving great-grandmother of George, Colin (Christina) and Ryan Guida, Eric, Richie and Jensen Sweeten, Giana, Lina, and Kathleen Tricocci. Predeceased by her late brothers and sister; William Pflaumer, Fred Pflaumer, Anna Daeche, and Christian Pflaumer.

Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend her viewing on Tuesday morning from 10 am to 12 noon at Saint Mary\’s R.C. Church: 426 Monmouth Street, Gloucester City. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 12 noon. There will be no viewing at the funeral home. Interment New Saint Mary\’s Cemetery, Bellmawr. Memorial donations may be made in Helen\’s memory to: Gloucester Catholic High School: 333 Ridgeway St., Gloucester City, NJ 08030.

Please write in the memo of the check: Helen L. Frugoli. Expressions of sympathy can be e-mailed to the family through our funeral home website www.mccannhealey.com under online obituaries of Helen L. Frugoli. Funeral Arrangements and Inquiries may be made through: McCANN-HEALEY FUNERAL HOME: 851 Monmouth Street, (at Brown Street) Gloucester City, NJ.

Carol M. Raube, on Dec. 1, 2007, (nee Chew) of Thorofare, N.J., age 71. She is the beloved wife of William J. Raube, and the loving sister of Ann Davis, Samuel L. Chew, Jr., James R. Chew, Sr., Robert S. Chew, Barbara E. Yates, Kathleen P. Pyle and the late Dennis W. Chew. She is also survived by her mother-in-law Josephine L. Raube and many neices and nephews. Mrs. Raube had worked for Penn Mutual Insurance Co. in Philadelphia for over 35 years. Services were held at the ETHERINGTON-CRERAN FUNERAL HOME, 700 Powell St. in Gloucester City. Carol¹s funeral service will be held Thursday, 11 a.m. at the funeral home with interment to follow in Eglington Cemetery, Clarksboro. Published in the Gloucester County Times on 12/3/2007.
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Women’s College Basketball

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Game

LAWRENCEVILLE—It is usually about how you finish. Today, it was how they started. Despite battling back from a 19 point deficit, the Broncs lost a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference game to Niagara Sunday afternoon. \”Unfortunately, there is two halves to a basketball game,\” said head coach Lynn Milligan. \”I hope we come away with a strong taste of disgust in our stomachs knowing what they are capable of and understanding how important it is to focus art the beginning of games.\”

With the score 58-57 Niagara (3-6, 1-1 MAAC) with 1:14 remaining, the Broncs had three chances to regain the lead but missed all three shots in the last minute including a jumper by senior Janele Henderson (Brooklyn, N.Y./Bishop Loughlin) at the buzzer. Henderson, the Broncs’ leading scorer was held to nine points in the game on three of 19 shooting in the game. \”Teams have been going a good job on Janele and she is starting to press a little bit,\” Milligan said. \”She has been our go to person, our work horse and she doesn’t want to come out and we don’t want to take her out.\”

Down 49-38 with 8:15 remaining in the game, Rider (3-6, 0-2 MAAC) went on a 15-2 run, six points by sophomore Tammy Meyers (Willingboro) and five points by Henderson to take its first lead of the game (53-51) with 3:50 left in the contest. The Purple Eagles responded with a 5-0 run to regain the lead for good. Meyers finished with a career-high 18 points and a career-high seven rebounds in 30 minutes of action. 

\”We had to use every ounce of energy to get back in the game,\” Milligan said. \”Tammy gave us a great lift. She has been struggling. She came out strong and is a work horse. She wants to make it happen every time and she got us back into the game. She got us going when we were in a little bit of a rut and got to the foul line when we needed points.\”

Down 40-28 at the half, Rider went on an 8-0 run, holding the Purple Eagles scoreless for the first seven minutes of the half to get within four at 40-36 and the Bronc defense held the Purple Eagles to three points in the first 10 minutes of the second half and 18 points for the period. \”I was happy with our defense in the second half,\” Milligan said. \”If you hold a team to 18 points in a half, you should win the game.\”

Also for Rider, sophomore Amanda Sepulveda (Perth Amboy/Hun School) had 10 points with fellow sophomore Ashley Anderson (East Orange) tying a career-high with 10 rebounds in only 22 minutes of action. Freshman Shannon Ferguson (Fort Washington, Pa./Upper Dublin) had five points, seven rebounds and two steals for the Broncs. \”Ashley gave us terrific minutes and did everything we asked her to do and that was to hustle and rebound,\” Milligan added.

Niagara roared out to a 17-3 lead six minutes into the game and extended its lead to 19 (28-9) with 8:40 left in the first half. The Broncs cut the Purple Eagle lead to 10 (30-20) with an 11-2 run, five points (all free throws) by Meyers and Niagara led 40-27 at the half. Meyers finished 10 for 12 from the free throw line and the Broncs were 28-36 from the charity stripe. \”I was happy that we got to the foul line after getting only 14 attempts on Friday,\” Milligan said. \”We were much more aggressive and didn’t fall into the trap of chucking three’s like we did against Canisius.\” The Broncs attempted 30 three-point field goals against the Golden Griffins.

Niagara snapped a six-game losing streak and the Broncs have lost four straight.

The Purple Eagles lead the overall series 15-9 and have won three straight against Rider.

The Broncs host the United States Military Academy (Army) in a non-conference on Wednesday at 7:00pm in Alumni Gym on the Lawrenceville campus.

\”We’re going to get back in the gym and correct this,\” Milligan said. \”When everyone is shooting well, you feed off each other and when everyone is struggling, you start to press a little and we just need to focus on the next game and getting a better start and take it from there.\”

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BUFFALO, N.Y.–Rebound. Senior Jason Thompson (Mt. Laurel/Lenape) helped his team rebound from a 12-point loss on Thursday to defeat Canisius in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference game Saturday, and in the process became Rider’s all-time rebound leader. \”Anytime you can break a record that stood for 30 years, anytime you can do something that nobody in the history of the school has done, that’s really special,\” said Rider head coach Tommy Dempsey. \”We’re very proud of him. It’s a great record and he has a lot of rebounds left in him.\”

Thompson compiled 25 points and 13 rebounds, his seventh ‘double-double’ of the season and the 37^th of his career. The 13 rebounds gives him 878 for his career, breaking the Rider record of 874 set in 1977 by Chuck Simon.

\”I wasn’t aware that I was getting close to it,\” Thompson said. \”I guess it shows that all of the hard work during the off-seasons has paid off. It is an accomplishment I am proud of, but like I’ve said before, my only goal is to win a championship.\”

Holding a 63-50 lead, Rider (6-4, 1-1 MAAC) went on a 19-2 run, 10 points by Thompson, to take an 82-52 lead with 2:41 left to play.

\”They put a crowd around Jason for most of the game,\” Dempsey said. \”Once the game loosened up a bit in the second half they were a bit late with their double team. We got Jason the ball and if he gets the ball in the paint he’s very hard to stop.\”

Rider led 33-30 with 3:22 left in the first half before going on a 16-1 run, eight points by junior Harris Mansell (Cheltenham, PA/Cheltenham), to take a 49-31 lead, and the Broncs led 49-33 at the half. Mansell finished with 13 points.

Canisius committed 10 turnovers in the first half and finished with 15, \”They are a growing team, playing a lot of young players, so we were hoping to speed the game up,\” Dempsey said. \”It is difficult for a team to play fast with three or four freshmen on the court. We were trying to speed the game up and have their young players make decisions with the ball.\”

Canisius (0-8, 0-2 MAAC) made three three-point field goals in the first five minutes and led 13-9 before Rider went on a 9-1 run to take an 18-14 lead. That was the fifth and final lead change of the game.

Sophomore Ryan Thompson (Mt. Laurel/Lenape) added 14 points, four rebounds and four assists, while freshman Justin Robinson (London, England/Blair Academy) added 12 points, a career-high six rebounds, a career-high four steals and four assists in just 25 minutes of work.

\”Our guys passed the ball well, really shared the ball well in the open court,\” Dempsey said. \”We did a really good job tonight.\”

Rider out-rebounded Canisius 38-27. \”We dominated the boards,\” Dempsey said. ‘We forced some turnovers in the transition game. We’re very good when we can get in transition.\”

Rider returns to the Garden State and travels to Monmouth December 15 and to Rutgers December 21, before traveling to Drexel on December 27. \”Our next three games are exciting with local rivals, and our kids are excited about it,\” Dempsey said. \”Unfortunately they are all on the road, so it was good to get a road win tonight.\”

The victory Saturday was Rider’s first road win of the season, Rider is 4-0 at home and 1-2 on neutral court.

Thompson now has 1,553 career points, eighth highest ever at Rider and 37 points shy of seventh. \”I’ve heard people speak about me getting 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds, and that would be great, but I’m not really focused on that,\” Jason said. \”It would be a great record to get, but the record for most wins in a season would be even better. As I help my team win, the individual records will come.\”

\”We were focused on coming up here and winning both games,\” Dempsey said, \”but once we lost to Niagara there was only one thing left to do, and that was to split.\”

The Broncs rebounded from the loss at Niagara, and Jason Thompson continued to rebound for the Broncs.

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College Indoor Track

PRINCETON—The Rider University men’s and women’s indoor track and field teams opened the 2007-08 season competing at the Princeton New Year\’s Invitational Saturday at Jadwin Gym. \”I thought we got some things accomplished that we set out to do, including getting a good look at our younger athletes,\” said head coach Rob Pasquariello. \”Our goal was to see how competitive we are. It is much different competing in practice and competing in an actual meet. You never know where you stand until you compete against other schools.\”

For the Rider men, senior John Smith (Cliffwood Beach/Matawan) won the 3,000 meter with a person best time of 8:44.42. \”John just picked up right where he left off from cross country season,\” said Pasquariello. \”He led our distance squad today.\” Smith placed 14^th at the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference cross country championships in October, earning All-MAAC honors for the third time in his career.

For the Rider women, junior Kelly Kajunski (Glenmore, Pa./Downington East) won the high jump with an ECAC qualifying height of 1.70m with sophomore Lauren Lester (Schenectady, N.Y./Mohanosen) winning the mile (5:21.54).

\”Kelly is ahead of schedule already in her preparation,\” Pasquariello said. \”Kelly is the person who the other athletes are going to look to and her consistency is going to allow her to stand on her own and surpass some of the accomplishments that Jazmine [Fenlator] put up last year. Kelly is developing into a leader, a take charge type of kid and is doing everything we have asked of her.\”

Fenlator graduated as a two-time Rider Female Athlete of the Year and was named the Most Outstanding Performer at both the Indoor and Outdoor Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Track & Field Championships, leading Rider to a pair of team titles as a senior.

\”Our preparation, getting ready to compete and going through that was just as important as an experience as the actual meet,\” said Pasquariello. \”I was really pleased with how everyone responded.\”

Also for the men’s team, freshman Peter Wandell (State College, Pa./State College) was third in the 1,000 meter (2:33.83), senior Andre Fearon (Newark/St. Benedict\’s Prep) was fourth in the mile (4:21.10), freshman Christian Gonzalez (Somerset/Franklin Twp.) was fifth in the mile (4:22.75), freshman Chris Dollinger (Lansdale, Pa./North Penn) placed fifth in the 60 meter dash (7.10) and senior Jeff Stead (Fairless Hills, Pa./Pennsbury) was fifth in the 3,000 meter (8:59.27).

Also for the women’s team, sophomore Alicia Price (Voorhees/Eastern) was fourth in the weight throw (14.49m) and shot put (11.60m) and freshman Shaylah Counts (Newark/Malcoln Shabazz) was fifth in the 60 meter dash (8.18).

\”The meet is a very good meet to open with,\” Pasquariello said about the competition. \”There really are no breaks in any of the events. All of the fields were solid and gave our athletes a chance to test themselves right out of the blocks. We got a good indication from our younger athletes that they can train and compete at a high level.\”

The Broncs return to action on January 12 at the Penn State Relays.

\”We try to educate our athletes that the schedule is going to be tough and until they get out there and actually compete, it’s hard to simulate that competitive level in practice,\” Pasquariello added. \”You never know how they are going to respond until they are placed in a competitive pressure situation and again, I was very pleased with both teams.\”

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