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In Memoriam: Former Longtime Little Silver Resident, Riverview Volunteer, Nancy MacConnell, 92

Former longtime Little Silver resident, Nancy Ann Birkenmeier MacConnell, more recently of Middletown, passed away at home on Jan. 25. She was 92.

Nancy MacConnell
Photo/family via Thompson Memorial Home

“Nancy was a 65-year member of the Tower Hill Presbyterian Church where she was a deacon from 2002 to 2004. She was a volunteer at Riverview Medical Center where she was president of the Ladies Auxiliary from 1950 to 1960. She was a member for 35 years of the Surfrider Beach Club and later at
Sands Beach Club in Sea Bright.

She was a true nature lover feeding all of the deer and wildlife in her backyard but her favorite was her dog Heidi.”

Loved ones of Nancy MacConnell in her obituary

Nancy was predeceased by: her parents, Robert and Elizabeth Birkenmeier; her sister, Betsy Mueller; brother R. Barrett Birkenmeier; her husband, Donald W. MacConnell, in 1996; and her son, Wylie, in 1960.

She is survived by: her children, Melissa and husband James Sullivan, Debbie and husband Tom Doremus, Peter and wife Cathy MacConnell, and Nancy and husband David Wikoff; her grandchildren, Sean, Shannon, Caitlin, T.D., Taylor, Kristyn, Blaire and Brian; and great-grandchildren, Cole, Teagan, Rhys, Camryn, Tessa, Ruby, Saylor and Brody.

All arrangements are private. Donations to the Monmouth County SPCA, 260 Wall Street, Eatontown, NJ 07724 would be appreciated.

— Edited obituary prepared by family via Thompson Memorial Home

$5 Million Donated to Riverview by Two River Theater Founders Robert & Joan Rechnitz

Hackensack Meridian Health Riverview Medical Center Foundation has announced a $5 million donation from Joan and Robert Rechnitz, founders of the Two River Theater Company, to support the advancement of the robotic surgery program at the Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank.

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Police Report Stolen Narcotics from Hospital, Criminal Mischief & More

The following recent criminal incidents were reported by Red Bank police:

• An incident of criminal mischief was reported to have occurred on Dec. 15 at a Maple Avenue store. The store manager advised that someone threw a metal object at the storefront window and broke it.

Patrolman Tanner Shea took the report.

• An incident of criminal mischief was reported to have occurred sometime between Dec. 11 and 14. on Monmouth Street. The victim reported that someone damaged the fence and streetlight in the rear of the building.

Patrolmam  Benjamin Springer took the report.

• A theft was reported to have occurred on Dec. 17 at Riverview Plaza — Riverview Medical Center.  Someone allegedly stole three vials of narcotics from the operating room.

Patrolman Jonathan Quispe took the report.

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RFH Seniors Garner Scouts’ Gold

The following is an edited press release from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School:

Three Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) seniors recently achieved the highest honor in Girl Scouts — the Gold Award.

In addition to the  connection, the three are members of Girl Scout Troop 1930 in Fair Haven.

To achieve the award, each girl needed to identify an issue affecting her community, devise a plan for helping to resolve it or educate others about it, and lead a team in completing a project that will have lasting effects.

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