“His family is deeply touched by his perseverance, strength, wisdom, and courage, especially through his crippling battle with cancer.” ~ family of Dr. Dobken
Area asthma, allergy and immunology doctor, Jeffrey Hall Dobken, MD, MPH, passed peacefully, surrounded by family, on Tuesday, Oct. 26, after a six-year battle with multiple myeloma. He was 77.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Area Doctor, Jeffrey Hall Dobken, 77Longtime Rumsonite, Judith “Judy” Barrett Wolf, passed away peacefully at home on Oct. 23.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Longtime Rumsonite, Judy Barrett WolfLongtime Shrewsbury resident J. Ronald “Ron” Doran passed away peacefully on Oct. 21. He was 84.
Longtime former Fair Havenite and John E. Day funeral director Cyril “Cy” Sidun passed away peacefully on Saturday, Oct. 16. He was 95.
“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.
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