Fair Haven has lost another longtime resident. The lady who countless people saw year after year manning the Fair Haven Firemen’s Fair’s Grab Bag Booth, affectionately known by many as “the balloon lady,” Jeanette Choma, passed away on Nov. 20. She was 88.
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In Memoriam: Fair Havenite John Cifaretto, 81
Fair Havenite John Cifaretto, also of West Caldwell, passed away after a two-and-a-half-year battle with multiple health challenges on Nov. 6 at Bayshore Hospital in Holmdel. He was 81.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Fair Havenite John Cifaretto, 81In Memoriam: Fair Havenite, Real Estate Agent, Leon Lonczak
Fair Havenite and Rumson real estate agent Leon Lonczak passed away on Oct. 30.
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In Memoriam: Former Sea Bright, Red Bank Resident, Michael Coolahan, 55
Former Red Bank and Sea Bright resident Michael John Coolahan, more recently of Highlands, passed away peacefully on Oct. 19. He was 55.
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In Memoriam: Former Fair Havenite Susanne Chernavsky Smith-Gween, 71
Former Fair Havenite Susanne (Chernavsky) Smith-Gween passed away on Oct. 13 at Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank. She was 71.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Former Fair Havenite Susanne Chernavsky Smith-Gween, 71In Memoriam: Former Fair Havenite, Junior Pilot, T.J. Sullivan III, 20
Former Fair Havenite and son, brother, friend and junior pilot Timothy John Sullivan, III (T.J.), passed away on Oct. 12. He was 20 years old. and a junior at Oklahoma State University.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Former Fair Havenite, Junior Pilot, T.J. Sullivan III, 20In Memoriam: Longtime Fair Havenite, VNA Hospice Volunteer, Diane Vigilante, 88
Longtime Fair Havenite and VNA hospice volunteer Diane B. Vigilante passed away peacefully at home on Oct. 12. She was 88.
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Remembering Joan Blake: Ode to the Fair Haven Mom, Schools’ Aide
Photo/screenshot of RFH yearbook
When you’ve grown up in a small town, your memories often revolve around the comforting kind of feeling that anyone else’s mother, no matter their child-rearing differences or life circumstances, is a surrogate of your very own. That’s just how it is. The neighborhood concept.
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Focus: Rich Chandler’s Fair Haven Goodbye
The picture of his childhood friend caught his eye. Among the cozy chatter of old friends and family, he left the conversation at the table staring, transfixed for a brief moment. The sudden silence in his own head overcame him, welled up a bit in his eyes as he moved toward the picture of his old friend that seemed to call to him.
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His Beat Goes On: Saying Goodbye to Rich Chandler
“It’s the honesty you apply to your playing that makes music enjoyable. The style of the music has little to do with it. It’s only honesty that makes it beautiful.”
Elvin Jones
That stark, shining, honest beauty straight from the heart is what emanated a bright light to countless people from the soul of Richard Chandler. The 60-year-old professional drummer, husband, dad, uncle and friend, who was known to never skip a beat when generously giving his love and talent, lost his years-long battle with cancer on Sunday, Oct. 4.
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In Memoriam: RFH ’68 Grad, Episcopal Priest, Rev. Geoffrey Collis
Former Rumsonite and Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) Class of 1968 graduate, Episcopal priest, the Rev. Geoffrey Collis, passed away on Oct. 2.
Continue reading In Memoriam: RFH ’68 Grad, Episcopal Priest, Rev. Geoffrey CollisIn Memoriam: Former Fair Haven Library Director, Gloria Price, 89, of Red Bank
Former Fair Haven Library director Gloria Anne Price, of Red Bank, passed away peacefully, her family by her side, on Oct. 3. She was 89.
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