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NJSP Trooper Marc K. Castellano
Castellano, who wore Badge #6397, was struck by a car on Route I-195 while searching for an armed man who, it turned out, never existed.
The State Troopers Fraternal Association of New Jersey has established a fund for the late officer’s 4-year-old daughter and 1-year-old son, endorsed by the New Jersey State Police and administered through TD Bank.
Donations can be made directly:
TPR Castellano Children’s Fund
C/O STFA
2634 Highway 70
Manasquan, NJ 08736
The union’s phone number: 732-528-6388
Email: stfa@stfa.org
Website: www.stfa.org
Castellano’s funeral mass will be held at St. Veronica’s Church on Route 9 North in Howell Township. Burial will follow at Saint Rose of Lima Cemetery in Freehold.
Visiting hours are from 2 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Lakewood Funeral Home, also on Route 9, in Castellano’s Lakewood hometown.
Sign boards have been in place since Tuesday advising motorists to seek an alternate route for both Friday and Saturday. The right lane (1/4 mile) of Rt 9 South near the funeral home in Howell will be closed from 1 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Friday, and then from 8 a.m. until 9:15 a.m. Saturday. Brief, temporary closures are expected near the church, funeral home and cemetery, State Police said.
Born in Lakewood, Castellano lived in Jackson until he moved to Howell six years ago, according to a report on app.com. He graduated from Jackson Memorial High School in 1998, and received a Jackson PBA scholarship that year.
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He received an associate’s degree from Ocean County College in 2000, his bachelor of science degree from Rutgers University in 2003 and had just earned a master’s degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University.
Castellano was a two-year starter at middle linebacker from 1996-97 and a team captain his senior year for the Jackson Memorial High School football team, a former coach of his told The Asbury Park Press.
Directions to St. Veronica’s:
FROM NORTH: New Jersey Turnpike, Southbound to Exit 7A, I-195 East (Shore Points) to Exit 28 A, US 9 South, Make the U-Turn at Salem Hill Road for US 9 North and the church will be on the right hand side
FROM SOUTH: New Jersey Turnpike North to Exit 7A, then follow above directions.
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