“She opens her arms to the poor and extends her hands to the needy. She is clothed with strength and dignity. She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue. Her children call her blessed.”
Longtime Monmouth Beach resident Ellen Sheehan passed away on Oct. 10. She was 82.
Sporting a sweater vest, a head full of curls and an impish grin, plopped atop a desk and holding court is how many Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) grads remember longtime Social Studies teacher and advisor Geoff Blake.
It’s that image and plenty of lessons learned at his hands that RFHers hold tight in a cache of high school memories as they mourn the popular teacher who passed away at 74 on Oct. 10. He was being laid to rest today.
Continue reading Remembering RFH Teacher Geoff BlakeLongtime former Rumsonite, Rosemarie Ann Sansone, most recently of Asbury Park, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Oct. 10. She was 86.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Rumson Mom, Artist, Rosemarie Sansone, 86Fifty-year Fair Haven resident Sam Rago passed away on Oct. 8 at Riverview Medical Center. He was 84.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Longtime Fair Havenite, Sam Rago, 84Longtime Shrewsbury resident, Ryan Patrick Martin, passed away suddenly on Sept. 28.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Longtime Shrewsbury Resident, Ryan Patrick MartinLongtime Rumson resident, Don J. Summa, passed away peacefully on Sept. 30. He was 95.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Rumsonite Don Summa, 95Longtime Rumsonite John Oliver Byren, also of Jensen Beach, FL, passed away peacefully at home in Rumson on Oct. 1 surrounded by family. He was 88.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Longtime Rumsonite John Oliver Byren, 88Longtime Rumsonite Phyliss Amses died on Sept. 25 at Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank from an undetermined cause. She was 89.
“Phyliss married musician Richard Amses on September 8, 1954 and they had a truly long and loving marriage until his death in 2018. She was no less a truly loving and deeply devoted mother to her
Loved ones of Phyliss Amses in her obituary
two children Denise and Matthew.
Always happy to entertain her beloved family and friends, Phyliss was a gracious and charming hostess, and an accomplished cook and baker. She brought joy to all who knew her … She will be remembered and missed by the legions of family, friends and neighbors whose lives she touched.”
Born on Nov. 6, 1931 in Bayonne, to Irvin and Sophie Gershman, Phyliss graduated from Bayonne High School in1948. After that she worked as a supply clerk for the U.S. Army, a switchboard operator, and then as a seamstress at Flora’s Dress Shop after she moved to Rumson to raise her family.
Phyliss is survived by: her daughter, Denise Amses (husband Christopher Cosma) of Brooklyn; her son, Matthew Amses (wife Kathryn Cordes), of Manhattan; and her two grandsons, Julian and Gabriel Cosma.
Visitation was held at Thompson Memorial Home, Red Bank, on Oct. 1, followed by a graveside service at Mount Lebanon Cemetery in Iselin.
For information as to how to make a donation in Phyliss’ memory, please check back at Thompson Memorial Home here.
Longtime Rumsonite Winifred Steinthal Svikhart passed away peacefully on Sept. 20 at her Little Silver home surrounded by loved ones. She was 88.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Longtime Rumsonite Winifred Svikart, 88Longtime area physician, Angelo T. Scotti, M.D. passed away on Sept. 18. He was 82.
Longtime Fair Havenite and Church of the Nativity business manager, John Barry Phelan, passed away on Sept. 17 with his three children at his side.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Longtime Fair Havenite Barry PhelanTinton Falls resident Deanna M. Siciliano, a Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) Class of 1959 graduate, passed away on Sept.10. She was 80.
Continue reading In Memoriam: RFH Class of ’59 Grad Deanna Siciliano, 80
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