In Memoriam: Former Longtime Fair Havenite, 65-Year FHFD Auxiliary Member, Bobbie Malinconico, 91

Our thoughts are with her family and friends. We are so grateful for her many years of service. Some Fair Havenites may also recall Barbara as a crossing guard at Hance/River and Fair Haven roads in the 1960s and 70s. ~ FHFD

The woman who was the oldest living member of what was the Fair Haven Fire Department’s Ladies Auxiliary has passed away.

Barbara “Bobbie” Malinconico, a former longtime Fair Havenite and 65-year Auxiliary member, more recently of Freehold Township, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Oct. 15, at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. She was 91.

Born in Neptune and raised in Freehold, had lived in Fair Haven before settling back in Freehold in 1983. She began serving on the Fair Haven Auxiliary in 1959.

“A woman of strong faith, Bobbie was an active member of the First United Methodist Church of Freehold. At the time of her death, in addition to being the oldest living member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Fair Haven Fire Department, Barbara was also a past president of Silvermead Community Club. She worked as an LPN for Riverview Hospital in Red Bank as well as at The Manor in Freehold Township. Barbara’s greatest treasure was her family and she loved nothing more than being a mother, grandmother and great grandmother.”
Loved ones of Bobbie Malinconico in her obituary

She was predeceased by: her first husband, Melvin “Pat” Halleran; her second husband, Tony Malinconico; brother, Louis Lippincott; and sisters, June Whalen and Diane Lippincott.

Bobbie is survived by: her daughter, Gayle Trulli and her husband, David, of Freehold; son, Michael Halleran and his wife, Susan, of Cape Coral, FL; stepdaughter, Phyllis Bickerstaff and her husband, Mac, of Dunwoody, GA; seven grandchildren, Lauren Ciancia and her husband, Tom, Michael Trulli and his wife, Vanessa, Cara Trulli and her fiancé, Julian Korduba, Sean Halleran and his wife, Jessica, Kevin Halleran and his wife, Alicia, Heather Halleran and her fiancé, Nick Diem, and Jefferson Bickerstaff; and great-grandchildren, Leo, Theo, Taylor, Carly and twins, Harper and Nolan.

Relatives and friends are invited to gather at the First United Methodist Church of Freehold, 91 West Main Street on Thursday, Oct. 17, at 10 a.m. with her funeral service to follow at 11. Interment will follow in Fair View Cemetery, Route 35 and Oak Hill Road, Red Bank. For those who desire, memorial contributions in Barbara’s name may be made to First United Methodist Church of Freehold, HERE. For information, directions or to leave condolence messages to the family, visit www.claytonfuneralhome.com.

— Edited obituary prepared by family via Clayton & McGirr Funeral Home