A memorial has been set for longtime Fair Havenite Nancy Badt Drake on what would have been her 89th birthday, from 1 to 4 p.m. on Wednesday at John E. Day Funeral Home, Red Bank. A service will begin at 2:30 p.m.
Nancy passed away on Nov. 7 at Brandywine Assisted Living in Shrewsbury.
Continue reading Memorial Set for Longtime Fair Havenite & Volunteer, Nancy DrakeFormer president of Oceanic Free Library and Rumson Country Day School Head Master Donald “Skip” Sykes passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 26 at his Rumson home after a long illness.
Continue reading In Memorium: Former Rumson Country Day Head Master & Oceanic Library President, Skip SykesLongtime Fair Havenite, philanthropist and Rumson Country Day School trustee John Hugh Devlin passed away on Nov. 21. He was 77.
Continue reading In Memorium: Longtime Fair Havenite & Philanthropist, Hugh Devlin, 77Former Rumson and Fair Haven resident Mary Jane Barron died of natural causes on Nov. 6.
A longtime member of St. George’s-by-the-River Episcopal Church in Rumson, she was the first woman to have been elected warden of the church, her obituary said. In addition to being very active in the church, she was known to love spending time on the beach in Sea Bright, playing bridge and tennis and gardening.
Continue reading In Memorium: Former Rumson & Fair Haven Resident, Mary Jane BarronAnother Fair Haven dad, husband, neighbor and friend has passed away.
Longtime Fair Havenite and Korean War veteran Adolph S. “Rudy” Garcia, known to many as a loving husband and father, world traveler and kind friend, “passed gracefully and peacefully from this Earth” on Oct. 20, his family said. He was 88.
Continue reading Remembrance: Fair Haven’s Rudy GarciaLongtime Rumson resident Ann M. Connor passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 15. She was 90.
Continue reading In Memorium: Longtime Rumsonite Ann ConnorLongtime Rumsonite Patience “Pat” Martin passed away on Sept. 7 surrounded by her five loving children. She was 80.
Born in Brooklyn, NY, Pat’s family moved to Rumson at a young age. There, she lived most other life, having spent much time in Manchester, VT, skiing with family. She retired to Vero Beach, FL with her husband, Donal. Pat moved to Rumson, where she lived most of her life. She spent a fair amount of time in Manchester, VT, skiing with her family and retired to Vero Beach, FL with her husband, Donal. She returned home to Rumson for her final journey, her loved ones said in her obituary.
Having graduated from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School as a valedictorian, Pat attended Dickinson College in Pennsylvania and and studied Shakespeare at Brookdale Community College.
Continue reading In Memorium: Longtime Rumsonite Pat Martin, 80Longtime former Rumsonite and World War II vet Howard Heinsius has passed away. He was 94. A memorial service has been set for 11 a.m. on Wednesday at St. George’s-by-the-River church in Rumson where was a devoted and long-time member having served on the vestry and as a warden and member of the choir.
Continue reading In Memorium: Longtime Rumsonite, WWII Vet, Howard HeinsiusLongtime Rumson resident Patricia Elsas passed away peacefully at her home on Aug. 5. She was 78.
Continue reading Memorial Set for Longtime Rumsonite Patricia Elsas, 78Lifetime Rumsonite Barbara Krouse Williamson passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family, on Aug. 1. She was 77.
Continue reading In Memorium: Lifetime Rumsonite Barbara Krouse Williamson, 77An obituary isn’t long enough to relay all of the cool things a person got to accomplish in their lifetime. My mom got to travel all over the world … Had homes in California, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Dragged her four girls all over the country and Canada (sometimes kicking and screaming, because we didn’t know we were gonna do and see something cool). One time she asked us if we wanted to go see Chicago? We started moaning, so she went by herself. Turns out that she meant THE BAND CHICAGO! Which I loved … I had to listen from out side the stadium … but I learned to pay attention when plans where being made … Rest in Peace Mom!
Suzanne Robertson Tranfaglia ~ Remembering Mom Maryana
Longtime Fair Haven and Sea Bright resident Maryana Sheahan Robertson passed away on June 11 after a long illness. She was 80.
Known as a spirited adventurer and traveler with a passion for cultural immersion, Maryana was born in Cambridge MA. She graduated from Hopkinton High School there, where she played on the girls basketball team and was in glee club, in 1956. She then met her late husband James Robertson and they moved to Fair Haven and raised four daughters there. The Robertson couple lived in Fair Haven until 2000. Maryana then lived in Sea Bright until 2019.
To the Stokes trip students of the 1970s era, the Robertson parents may be remembered as the birding couple, leading kids through the woods with binoculars and teaching them about various species, their sounds and distinguishing characteristics.
At home, James was president of the Mommouth Wine Society and for years the two hosted wine tastings at their Fair Haven home. “They loved being close enough to NYC to go into the city every chance they could for dinner and a play or musical,” daughter Suzanne Robertson Tranfaglia said.
Maryana had a nursing degree from Brookdale Community College. In addition to her zest for adventure, travel and cultural immersion, she was known as a passionate animal lover who rescued many cats, dogs and even a duck. She loved spending home and travel time with family.
Predeceased by her husband, Maryana is survived by: her brother Paul Sheahan and wife Lydia, of Brooksville FL; her daughters and their spouses, Suzanne and George Tranfaglia, of Orlando, FL, Kathleen and Mike Grady, of Long Branch, Sheila and Joseph Eskridge, of Sea Bright, and Bonnie and John Travers, of PA.; and her grandchildren, Maria Tranfaglia, Ryan Eskridge, and Patrick and Christopher Travers.
A private memorial is being planned.
Longtime Rumsonite and Vietnam War vet Benjamin A. Bailey passed away on May 10 after a short, heroic battle with an aggressive form of cancer. He was 68.
Continue reading In Memorium: Longtime Rumsonite, Benjamin A. Bailey, 68
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