Richard in Colombia
A March 25, 1965 Rahway News-Record feature identifies Richard Swantek on the right wearing a hat in its village photograph. Known locally as Ricardo, he worked with residents of Loma Arena on a health center, electricity, a fishing cooperative, housing and meeting space. Training began in New Mexico in February 1963; he reached Colombia that May. Further service on the Rio Atrato was a plan, not a documented completed assignment.
Evidence: E331
A later life helping others
Richard’s 2025 notice names parents Henry and Patricia, brother Donald, wife Linda and sons Zachary and Luke. It describes work with Spanish-speaking immigrants and refugees at the Union County Welfare Board, where he met Linda; they married in October 1974. The parish bulletin corroborates his 1937–2025 dates. Published family accounts supply the biography; they are not civil certificates.
Evidence: E332
Henry, Patricia, Donald and Zachary
The recovered Henry/Patricia couple photograph and Donald childhood portrait retain their inherited family-tree identifications and unknown exposure dates. Richard and Donald are recorded as Robin’s mother’s first cousins. Richard’s son Father Zachary is Robin’s second cousin on that inherited path. Princeton independently lists Zachary’s chaplaincy, and current institutional accounts distinguish his later work from older Seton Hall profile details. Those sources do not independently prove every earlier generational link.
Dave: service, work and friendship
Dave Minero’s family notice describes Army service in 1965–1967, radio-teletype training and Vietnam service with the 11th Armored Cavalry, followed by UPS driving and recognition for 25 years without an avoidable accident. It recalls soccer coaching, history, trivia and classical music. Friends’ public tributes remember Minno Man, pool, cards, doo-wop and neighborhood friendships. These are attributed memories, not new military or employer files.
Sue and Clara: more than names in a tree
Susan Morris Minero’s notice describes earlier American Kennel Club and GTE work and an Old Bridge teacher’s-aide career from 1983 to 2010. Family memories include sewing, gardening, mah-jongg and more than 100 Broadway plays. Clara Montesi Minero’s notice names husband John, children Lana, Adriane, David and Lois, and sisters Leanna and Emma. These accounts match the recorded family without proving immigrant parentage.
A family film to explore
Susan’s memorial film was posted November 18, 2015 and runs 13 minutes 56 seconds. It contains wedding scenes, family groups, Niagara Falls and a retirement celebration. Six selected stills appear below. The people and photograph dates have not been assigned; family recognition can add names later.
Evidence: E337
Two promising identities remain candidates
An exact-name Crisann Becker athlete has ages and Texas connections compatible with Robin’s recorded half-sister; family identity is unproved. Organizer results document half-marathons, while a specialist compilation records ultra-distance events. Separately, an OUTFRONT executive named Stacy Minero has a career at Twitter, Epic Games and OUTFRONT and an Old Bridge birthplace clue. No obtained career source directly names Dave and Susan as her parents. The portrait is labeled as a candidate, rather than accepted as Robin’s second cousin.
One earlier directory clue
A 1938 Maplewood directory lists John J. Swantek as a manager with a Newark home. No spouse, parents or named employer are supplied. It remains a possible early record of Robin’s grandfather, not proof of a bakery job or an established identification.
Evidence: E341
Sources & further reading
- RB.DISCOVERY.CLARA2003Clara Montesi Minero obituary, Jersey Journal 14 February 2003
Published family funeral notice; full relevant public body read by researcher and root
Obituary body; publication line 14 February 2003
Open source - RB.JOHNMINERO.CENSUS1950John and Clara Minero · 1950 Union City census
Contemporary original census image inspected
Union City, Hudson County, New Jersey; ED 34-45, sheet 19, April 1950 (day blank); serial 226, 811 27th Street, lines 2–7; NARA schedule 3449332. Montesi entries: lines 19–20.
Open source - RB.DISCOVERY.DAVE2022David Minero obituary, Star-Ledger 29–30 November 2022
Published family obituary; public body read by researcher and root
Obituary body, publication 29–30 November 2022
Open source - RB.DISCOVERY.SUSAN2015Susan Morris Minero obituary, Star-Ledger 18 November 2015
Published family obituary; public body read by researcher and root
Obituary body, publication 18 November 2015
Open source - RB.DISCOVERY.DAVE.ASSOCIATION11th Armored Cavalry Veterans of Vietnam and Cambodia, Absent Comrades, David Minero
Veterans association memorial roster; header and exact row read by researcher and root
M–R page, Minero David row; unit/date columns
Open source - ROBIN.MAX.RICHARD.PEACE1965Rahway News-Record, 25 March 1965, pp.1 and 8; Barbara Curran feature on Richard Swantek in Colombia
Contemporary newspaper article and explicitly captioned group photograph; original PDF pages visually read
Open source - ROBIN.MAX.RICHARD.NOTICE2025The Monitor,1 May 2025, Richard Swantek funeral notice
Diocesan newspaper family notice and named portrait
Open source - ROBIN.MAX.RICHARD.BULLETIN2025Epiphany Parish, Normal,4 May 2025 bulletin, printed6 (PDF5)
Original parish bulletin page visually read, named portrait and dates
Open source - ROBIN.MAX.HENRY.PATRICIA.PHOTOFamily-tree photograph attached separately to Henry L Swantek and Patricia C Caffarella
Inherited GEDCOM media attribution; recovered original image
Retained family source - ROBIN.MAX.DONALD.PHOTOFamily-tree childhood portrait attached to Donald P Swantek
Inherited GEDCOM media attribution; recovered original image
Retained family source - ROBIN.MAX.ZACK.PRINCETONPrinceton University Office of Religious Life, Aquinas Institute chaplain listing
Current official university professional profile
Open source - ROBIN.MAX.ZACK.AQUINASAquinas Institute current staff biography, Fr Zachary Swantek
Primary institutional biography, web retrieval
Open source - ROBIN.MAX.ZACK.SHUSeton Hall University, Zachary Swantek faculty profile and named headshot
Official university professional biography and named photograph
Open source - ROBIN.MAX.ZACK.TRANSFER2024Archdiocese of Newark,12 November 2024 clergy appointments
Official diocesan appointment announcement
Open source - ROBIN.MAX.DAVE.PORTRAIT2022David Minero 2022 funeral/Legacy portrait, new image recovery
Named obituary portrait and original funeral page
Open source - ROBIN.MAX.DAVE.MEMORIESDavid Minero public tribute wall; Phil Bracco29Nov 2022 and Linda1Dec 2022
Attributed public eyewitness/friend reminiscences; ordinary public AJAX page capture
Open source - ROBIN.MAX.SUSAN.TRIBUTESSusan Minero funeral page and public tribute wall, memorial-film post 18 November 2015
Family funeral notice and public memorial post
Open source - ROBIN.MAX.SUSAN.MEMORIAL.FILMSusan Minero memorial film, posted 18 November 2015;13min56.04sec
Original public funeral memorial film; selected documentary stills extracted
Open source - ROBIN.MAX.CRISANN.RACE1995Indianapolis500Festival Mini-Marathon 1995 results; Crisann Becker,32, IrvingTX
Original event results; exact-name athlete candidate
Open source - ROBIN.MAX.CRISANN.RACE2019Gnar Runners, Black Squirrel Half Marathon 7 September 2019, Crisann Becker
Organizer original race results; exact-name athlete candidate
Open source - ROBIN.MAX.CRISANN.ULTRA2006.2008DUV athlete15158, Crisann Becker 1962, GrapevineTX; recorded ultra results
Specialist race-results compilation; provisional family identity
Open source - ROBIN.MAX.CRISANN.SUNMART2008DUV Sunmart50km 6 December 2008 event table, Crisann Becker 1962
Specialist event-results compilation
Open source - ROBIN.MAX.STACY.OUTFRONT2025OUTFRONT company release 1 December 2025, Stacy Minero appointment and portrait
Primary corporate announcement and named portrait; family identity provisional
Open source - ROBIN.MAX.STACY.LEADERSHIP2026OUTFRONT current executive leadership, Stacy Minero
Current official corporate profile
Open source - ROBIN.MAX.STACY.PROXY2026OUTFRONT2026 definitive proxy, executive biography, printed5-6 (PDF9-10)
Original corporate proxy pages visually read
Open source - ROBIN.MAX.STACY.PROFILE2022The Information,24 March 2022 executive profile, Stacy Minero birthplace clue
Published professional profile, restricted short retrieved excerpt
Open source - ROBIN.MAX.JOHNJ.DIRECTORY1938Maplewood city directory 1938, printed782 (PDF10), John J Swantek entry
Original directory page visually read; provisional person match
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