Scene Around: One Eyed Jack Sighting

Call it the real macaw — up close and personal.

“Well, that made my night!” a woman could be overheard exclaiming after a chance meeting with a special parrot that broke the table wait tedium at a packed Barnacle Bill’s in Rumson on Saturday night.

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In Memoriam: Little Silver Resident Claire Deverin, 93

There is a saying ~ “People may not remember what you said, but will always remember how you made them feel.”  If you were fortunate enough to know and spend time with Claire you felt loved.

Loved ones of Claire Deverin in her obituary

Little Silver and Jupiter, Florida resident Claire Deverin passed away peacefully on Aug. 6 with her family by her side. She was 93.

Claire Deverin
Photo/family via John E. Day Funeral Home

“She was a former member of Holy Cross Church in Rumson and St. Christopher Church in Hope Sound, FL. 
Claire was a member of the Navesink and Jupiter Hills country clubs, where she enjoyed playing competitive golf, paddle and tennis.  For many years she was a volunteer and committee member at
the Children’s Psychiatric Center of Monmouth County and
several other local charities.   
Most of all, she was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother who cherished the time spent with family and friends.”

Claire Deverin’s family



Claire is predeceased by: her husband of 65 years, Bernard; her son, Gerry; and her two sisters, Myrna Anderson and Jean Frank.

She is survived by: her four children, Bernie (wife Midge), Sean, Charlene (husband Robin Kirtley), Eileen (husband Harry Radovich); daughter-in-law, Lori Deverin; sister, Lucille Roberts; and her adored sixteen grandchildren, Margaux, James, Walter, Grace, Sean, Macauley, Conor, Hugh, Tori, Harry, Kendall, Hayden, Peter, Ryan, Peter, and Kathleen.

The Deverin family would like to extend a very warm and special thank you to her friends and aides Paula, Desere, Sandy, Tina and Milly for their love, kindness and care over the last several years.

There will be a Mass of Christian Burial on Wednesday, Aug. 11, at 11:15 a.m. at St. James Roman Catholic Church in Red Bank.

— Edited obituary prepared by family via John E. Day Funeral Home