A reprise from an original 2017 post all about The Hunt. It’s that time of the year, and we always need a little bit of retro cheer, so here’s to fond Hunt memories revisited! Happy Hunting in your dreams …
It takes a … bunch, yeah, a bunch of RFHers to get a Hunt party started.
Continue reading Retro RFH ‘Hunt’ Party Starters
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, 86
Broody and blue-hued as the scene seems down by the river these days, there’s a toasty comfort in the fall breeze.
It whisks by and envelopes with a snug squeeze — one that whispers “You’re home.” Anyone who’s grown up with feet in wet sand on that Fair Haven beach slip, plucking shells that plop a time-honored magic into the palm of the hand, knows the spell cast.
The magic reminds — the sun always peer through the clouds offering that snuggle, that glow that lights the path back home.
— Photos/Elaine Van Develde (Click on one to enlarge and scroll. Enjoy!)
That sun is coming this week. Here’s how and when, according to the National Weather Service …
Fifty-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, 84
Fall was Hunt time. So, we take you back to The Hunt with this classic tailgating reprise Retro Pic of the Day. Have any Hunt photos? Send them over to us at evd@rfhretro.com for a new view feature.
Ahhhh, The Hunt. It was a fall tradition. It’s always remembered. And with that tradition came some elegant tailgating.
Continue reading Retro Hunt Wagon TailgateLongtime Rumson resident, Don J. Summa, passed away peacefully on Sept. 30. He was 95.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Rumsonite Don Summa, 95
Photo/George Day
A reprise from Oct. 1, 2015 to give a little cheer on a dank day. A little tricks and treating among RFH loungers. Always an adventure of some sort at RFH …
There was nothing quite like becoming a senior at RFH and being able to hang out in a special lounge just for you and your classmates, especially on a dismal October day.
Nothing was getting anyone down if they were senior lounging in the cozy RFH indoors. Of course, there was always something seniors were up to. Call it mod. Literally.
Those were the days — in the 1970s.
The whole senior scene, in fact, was quite mod, or literally modular.
It’s high school football season. And what’s a game without a lot of cheering led by none other than cheerleaders, of course.
Continue reading Retro RFH Football CheerLongtime 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, 88
Well, COVID may have put off the sixth graders’ trip to Stokes State Forrest, but it didn’t quash it.
It just moved the tradition and fun to locals’ summer fall instead of spring/summer. And the week full of outdoor learning, pranks and bonding came to an end this week.
Continue reading Retro Stokes Mess Hall TrippingLongtime 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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