Longtime Little Silver resident, volunteer and civic leader, Susan P. Drury, passed away at her home in Little Silver on Sunday, April 18. She was 83.
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In Memoriam: Longtime Little Silver & Shrewsbury Resident, Stephy’s Place Counselor, Marion Fitzgerald, 83
Longtime Little Silver and Shrewsbury resident, Marion Mylod Fitzgerald, passed away at home on April 18, surrounded by her children. She was 83.
“Her credo was ‘Be kind to
Loved ones of Marion Mylod Fitzgerald
everyone you meet.'”
In Memoriam: Longtime Little Silver Resident, Richard Fuschetti, 83
Longtime Little Silver resident Richard Fuschetti passed away on April 11, his wife and children by his side. He was 83.
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Remembrance of a Neighbor: 62-Year Fair Havenite, Iris Bluford, 99
“Her love, guidance and life lessons taught have made us better people.
Loved ones of Iris Bluford in her obituary
Her generosity has been felt by all …
We all now have another
angel watching over us.”
Another forever Fair Haven neighbor, an angel among neighbors to many, has passed, leaving behind a rich legacy of grace and love of home with heart. Iris Bluford, who lived on Parker Avenue since 1959, passed away peacefully at her home on April 2, Good Friday evening. She was 99, just a couple months shy of her 100th birthday.
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In Memoriam: Longtime Rumsonite, ‘Grady Bunch’ Dad, Daniel Grady, 86
“‘Tis I’ll be here in sunshine or in shadow …” Danny Boy
“Dan loved his family, he loved his friends, he loved his work — Dan loved life.“
Loved ones of Dan Grady
Friends called them The Grady Bunch: A passel of six affable Rumson- and Fair Haven-raised kids, all graduates of Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School. The bunch was headed by patriarch Daniel “Dan” Richard Grady.
Surrounded by his children, the longtime former Rumson and Fair Haven dad passed away on March 9 at his Florida home. He was 86.
The popular dad was laid to rest today, April 14, what would have been his 87th birthday.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Longtime Rumsonite, ‘Grady Bunch’ Dad, Daniel Grady, 86In Memoriam: Longtime Rumsonite, Former Councilman, Dennis Patrick Lynch, 80
“And now, our Dennis dances with the angels.”
Loved ones of Dennis Patrick Lynch
Longtime Rumsonite Dennis Patrick Lynch entered into his eternal life on April 10. He was 80.
The former Borough councilman, Rumson Country Day School Board vice chair, volunteer, consummate businessman and tennis player was known to
“practice what he preached.
He saw the good in every person, and was the gentle, self-effacing one so many sought out for counsel; his patience, understanding, and supportiveness were incomparable
Loved ones of Dennis Lynch in his obituary
(as was his wit!).
Dennis enjoyed the game of Bridge and earned the ACBL rank of ‘regional master.’ His taste in music was eclectic, and he was everyone’s favorite dance partner,
especially his wife’s.”
Photo/family via Thompson Memorial Home
Longtime singles and doubles champion of the Seabright Lawn Tennis & Cricket Club, he served as its president and was recently named an honorary member. In 2000, the Asbury Park Press voted him second best player in the history of Jersey Shore tennis.
Dennis served on the Board of the Navesink House (now The Atrium CCRC) and was vice chair of the Rumson Country Day School Board. He also headed the investment sub-committee of the Meridian Health Group after years on the Riverview Medical Center Foundation.
In addition, Dennis served on the Yale Advisory Committee, and was named a Sterling Fellow. A longstanding member of the Racquet and Tennis Club of N.Y., Dennis was also a member of the Sea Bright Beach Club and Rumson Country Club.
More about Dennis Patrick Lynch …
Born in Jersey City, Dennis was a son of Thomas E. Lynch and Mary Doust Lynch. A longtime resident of Rumson, he was a graduate of Red Bank Catholic High School. After spending a postgraduate year at Phillips Exeter Academy, Dennis earned a B.A. from Yale College in l964.
Upon completion of his service in the Coast Guard, Dennis married his former classmate, Ann Marie Blades, his “best friend for life.”
The newlyweds moved to Philadelphia where Dennis studied for his M.B.A. at Penn’s Wharton School, majoring in finance.
He became a V.P. at Smith, Barney & Co. before cofounding the investment advisory firm of Lynch and Mayer, Inc., N.Y.C., in 1976. For 20 years, L & M ranked nationally in the top quintile of large-cap investment managers. Early retirement years were partly spent in Hanover, N.H., and Essex, CT.
Throughout his school years and thereafter, Dennis pursued an outstanding athletic career, distinguishing himself on both the basketball and tennis courts.
A member of the 1962 Yale Ivy League Basketball Championship Team, Dennis was named an All-Ivy Player in 1963 and 1964, was point guard for the Navy and All-Service Teams in 1965, and was drafted by the N.Y. Knickerbockers.
Dennis was also captain of the 1964 Yale Tennis Team and of the Yale-Harvard Team that played Oxford-Cambridge in the Prentice Cup matches of that year.
He was a decades-long parishioner of Holy Cross Church in Rumson.
Dennis is predeceased by: his brother, Thomas E. Lynch, Jr.; and sister, Maureen Lynch.
Dennis is survived by: his loving wife, Ann Marie; his devoted children, Kathy L. Hale (Jon), Dennis P. Lynch, Jr. (Marshall), William T. Lynch, and Nora A. Lynch; his brother, Vincent; his grandchildren, Ted and Nick Hale, Eleanor and Coley Lynch; nieces, Perri Howard and Meghan Lynch; nephew, Nick Lynch; and several close cousins.
A mass of christian burial and a celebration of Dennis’s life will be held in July.
Donations in his name may be made to the Sisters of Mercy of NJ, Red Bank Catholic H.S. and the SLTCC Landmark Preservation Friends.
— Edited obituary provided by family to Thompson Memorial Home
In Memoriam: Longtime Monmouth Beach Resident Mary Eileen Kelly, 92
Longtime Monmouth Beach resident Mary Eileen Kelly passed away peacefully on March 30 at Care One King James in Atlantic Highlands. She was 92.
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In Memoriam: Fair Havenite, 26-Year Fire Police Member, Bill Copeland, 90
Longtime Fair Havenite and area Fire Police volunteer William D. “Bill” Copeland passed away on April 1. He was 90.
Bill spent 26 years as a member of the Fair Haven Fire Depaertment’s Fire Police. He also served as a Rumson Fire Police member.
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Longtime Rumsonite Paul Fuller Timolat died peacefully at home on March 23. He was 74.
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Mark F. Hughes Jr.: Legacy of a Rumson Dad
“He was a great man, and a humble man … His hearty laughter at a good story or joke, his warm-hearted and frequent expressions of love and support for all of us, his kindness to people from all walks of life, and his keen intellect and insight will be missed, while memories of him live on.”
Nan Hughes Poole, Mark Hughes Jr.’s daughter
Memories. Moments. They’re what live on after we’re gone — what takes on a life of its own, indelibly etched in the minds of future generations. Legacy. There are so very many of those moments, those memories that many could call to mind as they put on their best bowtie and tip their hat to all that comprise the legacy left by longtime Rumsonite Mark F. Hughes Jr..
The husband, dad, grandfather, lawyer and rarest of gems among gentleman died on March 10, just four days shy of his 90th birthday. He and his wife, Marie H. “Mimi” Hughes, a longtime Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) English teacher, lived in Rumson for more than 55 years. They raised their four children there, in their home right across the street from the high school. They welcomed many into the Hughes home, like family, with open hearts and a voracious interest in the passions of all they met and cared to know better.
Anyone who has crossed the Hughes home threshold or been on stage with one or many has a story to tell. One of patriarch Mark, always the gentile Mr. Hughes to me, stands out in my mind. It tells his legacy tale in a mind’s snapshot. It’s a little lost-and-found snippet of a dad and grandfather steeped in a moment that had become tradition — a generational one to be carried on for lifetimes.
In my mind’s eye, a locked frame-freeze cache, it remains …
“Somehow, we’ve lost Dad,” said a content, grinning Paul Hughes, Mark’s son and my longtime friend, at closing day of an RFH show. Decades before, it was we who were at the RFH auditorium, mingling, crying over the ending, collecting accolades and bouquets. “He got caught up chatting with people and he’s still at the high school somewhere. Somehow, he got left behind. Gotta go find him.”
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in Memoriam: Former Area Teacher, Harriet ‘Nana’ Luckenbill, 96
Former area teacher and band “mom” Harriet Ruth Luckenbill, known to many as “Nana,” passed away peacefully on Friday, March 19 at the Chelsea Assisted Living Home. She was 96.
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Former Rumsonite Donald J. White, most recently of Shrewsbury, passed away peacefully at home on March 18.
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