Thursday, May 23, 2013
Services begin tonight
Rumson resident Elizabeth "Betsy" Collins Karafin, an avid area volunteer, tennis and golf player, died at her home on May 22, after a long battle with pancreatic cancer, at the age of 72. Known as an avid gardener, garage saler and antique collector and repairer, Betsy was a member of St. George's by the River Church, Rumson, and treasurer for the Fair Haven Community Gardens, according to legacy.com. She is survived by: her husband, Barry, of 48 years; her sons, Thomas, of Summit, and Theodore, of S. Orange; her daughter, Amy, of Brooklyn, NY; two brothers, Ronald and David Collins, and a sister, Marilyn Koren, all of NJ; and grandchildren James and Kate. Visitation will be held Thursday, May 23, from 6 to 9 p.m. at Thompson Memorial …
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Wagner was also a longtime Fair Haven Firemen's Fair volunteer.
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Wednesday, May 22
Lifetime Rumson resident, Emily Wagner, died at home on Monday, May 20, surrounded by family. Known as a devout family woman, Wagner was in what was Rumson High School's first graduating class in 1936. In addition to her Rumson ties, as a member of the Rumson Senior Citizens group and the Rumson Fire Department's Ladies Auxiliary, she was a longtime volunteer at the Fair Haven Firemen's Fair and could also be seen frequently at Riverview Medical Center as a volunteer, according to legacy.com. She was predeceased by: her husband, James F. Wagner, in 1984; her son, Robert Wagner, in 2011; and her four sisters. She is survived by her children: daughter Wendy and son-in-law Paul Keany, of Rumson; and son James and his wife Lyn Wagner, of …
Monday, May 20, 2013
Services begin on Tuesday
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Monday, May 20
Longtime Fair Haven resident and wife of Stephen, Sophie H. Schwed died on May 13 at Somerset Medical Center, Somerville, at 92. Born in Ansonia, CT, to Theodore and Eugenia Trush Herchakowski, Sophie worked at Fort Monmouth for many years, retiring in 1983. She was a longtime communicant of the Church of the Nativity, Fair Haven, who was known to love photography, nature, animals and sewing, knitting, counted cross stitch and Ukrainian embroidery, according to legacy.com. Sophie was predeceased by her husband of 59 years, Stephen, in 2004. She is also predeceased by: her brother, Andrew Herchakowski; and sisters, Anna Colowitch and Mary Stecyk. She is survived by 12 nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews. Visitation will be held …
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Services begin this afternoon
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Sunday, May 19
Longtime Rumson resident Angela "Angie" Dorney passed away on Friday, May 17, at 92. Born in New York, Dorney was the daughter of Giovanni and Maria Cicerello who married Joseph Dorney and had a daughter, Joanne, according to legacy.com. She was predeceased by Joseph in 1956 and is survived by: her daughter, Joanne Sniffen and son-in-law Paul; her grandson, Shane Sniffen; her brother, Michael Cicerello; and many of nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, May 19 at Thompson Memorial Home, 310 Broad St., Red Bank. There will be a funeral mass at Church of the Nativity, Ridge Road, Fair Haven, on Monday at 10 a.m. Interment will follow at Fair View Cemetery, Middletown. Memorial donations can be made in Angie …
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Family requests donations in his name to American Parkinson Disease Association, Seeing Eye
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Wednesday, May 15
George H. Drawbaugh, a graduate of what was Rumson High School who had many significant ties in the area, died on May 8. Born in Red Bank, after Drawbaugh graduated from Rumson, he went to college at Dartmouth and graduated in 1959, according to legacy.com. After a career with NJ Bell Telephone and in insurance, he started his own insurance brokerage business, George H. Drawbaugh and Associates, legacy.com added. Drawbaugh was also a current member of the Root Beer & Checker Club and the Shrewsbury Ice Boat and Yacht Club and a former member of the Shrewsbury Sailing and Yacht Club, his obituary said. A member of the Little Silver Planning Board, he volunteered with the former United Way for many years. George was also a former deacon of …
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Zerr's services are private
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Tuesday, May 14
Lifelong Rumson resident Sharon Zerr died on Thursday, May 9, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank, after a long illness. Surrounded by family and friends when she passed, Zerr is survived by: her husband of 49 years, Robert; her daughter, Terri, and husband Robert Zebold; her sister, Susan, and husband Ronzel Hersman; her sister-in-law, Linda Feeny and husband Vinny; and granddaughters, Haleigh, Jackie, Lacee, Brandee, and a great-granddaughter, Macie, according to legacy.com. Services will be private. Donations in Zerr's memory are being accepted at Popcorn Zoo, 1 Humane Way, Forked River, NJ, 08731, and Eatontown SPCA, 260 Wall St,. Eatontown, NJ, 07724.
Friday, May 10, 2013
Shinn died in November of 2012
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Friday, May 10
David M. Shinn was a Rumson Fire Company member and longtime resident of the borough who passed away last year. Shinn, who was a past president of the fire company, died on Nov. 30, 2012. Now, according to legacy.com, there will be a memorial service for Shinn at 11 a.m. on Saturday at the First Presbyterian Church in Rumson. The family requests that donations in lieu of flowers be sent to the fire company at 140 E. River Road, Rumson, NJ 07760. Did you know David? Share your memories of him in the comments section below.
Thursday, May 9, 2013
George died at 90 on May 1
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Thursday, May 9
A memorial service for longtime Rumson resident, World War II veteran and former teacher, Mary Telfer George, who died at 90 on May 1, is planned for Saturday at the Oceanic Free Library Raised in Newark, Mary was a 1939 graduate of Barringer High School and served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II. After rising in the ranks to sergeant, she was honorably discharged in 1946. A graduate of Upsala College with a degree in English and economics, Mary taught in the Middletown schools, where her and her husband, Howell, lived for a short time, in the 1950s, 70s and 80s and retired in 1985. Rumson was her family's home for 49 years. After moving to Rumson, Mary worked and volunteered at the Oceanic Free Library and was the recipient …
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Memorial service is on Saturday
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Wednesday, May 8
Marjorie Bramley, well-known area author, historian, gardener and real estate professional, formerly of Fair Haven, passed away in Gorham, ME, on May 3 at 93. Marjorie was born to Harold and Bessie Mae MacConnell, of Atlantic Highlands, where she was raised. She then attended Burton Hall and Oakland Street schools in Red Bank and graduated from Red Bank High School in 1938, according to her obituary on legacy.com. Marjorie was predeceased by her first husband, William Evans, in 1950, and her second husband, Robert Bramley, in 1983, it said. A child of the Great Depression, Marjorie worked at Fort Monmouth during World War II. Originally having the job of distributing coal to the soldiers stationed in the area, she then worked as a clerk …
Monday, May 6, 2013
Services are Monday afternoon
David Padnes, 66, died at his Fair Haven home on Saturday, May 4, surrounded by family. A 35-year Fair Haven resident, David was a native of the Bronx, NY, who was a patent attorney for Lucent Technologies for most of his career — 31 years — and also was an attorney with Gibbons Law Firm. David was known to spend his free time lending a hand to others, working on cars and being a handyman around the hosue. He is survived by: his wife Patricia Padnes, of Fair Haven; three children, Michael Padnes, of Jersey City, Kevin Padnes and wife Lisa and son Colin John, of Fair Haven, and Kimberly Padnes, of Hoboken; and a brother, Steven Padnes, of Glenside, Pa. A service will held at 1 p.m. on Monday, May 6, at Bloomfield-Cooper Jewish Chapels, …
Karl Niedermayer
1:50 pm on Friday, May 24, 2013
First, my sincerest condolences to the family and friends of Emily Wagner. My father, Alfred O. Niedermayer, graduated from Rumson High in 1938. Dad thinks there may have been a chance that they had crossed paths in those days. Can anyone tell me what Emily Wagner's maiden name was ? more ›