LODD - Perth Amboy, NJ Paramedic

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Funeral Details are as follows:

A wake will be held at the Flynn & Son Funeral Home located at 23 Ford Avenue in the Fords section of Woodbridge. Hours on Tuesday will be from 1900 to 2100 hours and on Wednesday from 1400 to 1600 hours and 1900 to 2100 hours.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday, June 21 at 0900 hours. A procession of department vehicles will travel from the funeral home to the Keasby Fire Company and back to Our Lady of Peace RC Church, 26 Maple Avenue, in Fords for a mass of Christian Burial . Burial Services will be private.

Further details will be posted as needed.

"Dedicated" paramedic dies after responding to accident

Home News Tribune Online 06/17/07

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By CARMEN CUSIDO

STAFF WRITER

ccusido@thnt.com

A paramedic from a Perth Amboy hospital died this morning, after responding to an accident on the New Jersey Turnpike.

Joseph Murawski, 51, a paramedic with the Raritan Bay Medical Center's mobile intensive care unit in Perth Amboy, died at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital today, according to his obituary.

Murawski lived in South Amboy for the past 16 years and was formerly of Fords.

Ed Campbell, a first-aider in South Amboy, said his family is friends with the Murawskis.

"He was a hands-on guy,'' Campbell said of the late paramedic. "He was the type of guy that other EMTs and first-aiders looked up to. Very professional … to the max.''

Campbell said Murawski "had been sick on and off.'' Murawski was the type of guy who responded to calls even when his health was less than perfect, Campbell said.

"He was dedicated to his profession,'' he said.

Murawski had been a paramedic for the Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy for the past 20 years.

"He was a fixture at the hospital, everyone knew him,'' said Perth Amboy Mayor Joseph Vas, noting he knew of Murawski but did not know him personally.

Murawski was responding to a multiple casualty accident on the Turnpike, said Raritan Bay spokeswoman Lynette King Davis. She could not confirm how Murawski died.

Murawski was a life member and former captain and president of the Perth Amboy First Aid Squad. Squad members declined to comment today.

He was also a member and current president of the Protection Fire Company #1 of Keasbey as well as a five-time chief.

Murawski is survived by his wife of 25 years, Deborah Murawski; a daughter, Jamie Lynn Murawski of South Amboy; his mother, Arlene Murawski of Fords; four brothers and two sisters.