RFH Irish Sweater Club teens of 1980 Photo/Daily Register/clip, courtesy of Chris Rowett
In light of Sunday’s Rumson St. Patrick’s Day Parade, we are reprising this popular Retro Pic of the Day, originally posted on Feb. 28, 2022. There was an Irish Sweater Club marching with a host of mini sweater wearers on the parade route. But, back in the day …
Well, St. Patrick’s Day is looming. Considering the Irish festivities that have abounded lately in the spirit of the day, thoughts turn back to a club that took the chill out of the winter’s gala holiday — the RFH Irish Sweater Society of 1980.
Former longtime Rumsonite and Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) graduate, Marianne Cermak Williams, more recently of Eatontown, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family. She was 76.
Good times in study hall among RFH buds Photo/George Day
Rainy days and Thursdays always get an RFHer confined to study hall … or some sort of cubicle cut off from high school antics. But, sometimes students find their own fun in a cube bound by books and school rules.
RFH Tower Singers in Winter Concert 2022 Photo/RFH PAS
Well, the RFH Winter Concert this week was a smashing success. Songs were sung by the Tower Singers, the instrumental groups played on and color guard twirled. And, the show had a special guest — The Grinch, a/k/a Evan Callas with, of course, the Tower Singers.
Let’s hear it for the … RFH spirit? Something like that.
Considering the close call with Group II State Championship over the weekend for RFH Football, it seemed called for, or cheered for, to revisit a cheer of a different kind — the staged kind, courtesy of the guys.
RFH Tower Singers breaking from caroling on Saturday Photo/RFH PAS
They were unmasked, on key and merrily singing their way into the holiday season.
Donning school signature purple and season-appropriate Santa hats, the Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) Tower Singers caroled their way from Rumson to Red Bank, with four stopping points along the way and high-pitch Christmas spirit to spread.
Jenny and Nick Costello celebrate the RFH Varsity Football state championship winning moment Photo/courtesy of Jenny Costello
It’s double the RFH pride when the Bulldogs win the varsity state football championship, you’re a player and your cheering section is headed by your RFH grad mom.
Of course, moms are number one fans; but, the RFH connection between this mother and son just makes this on-the-field capture all the more Bulldog meaningful. That’s because the moment is one between 1993 grad Jenny Jones Costello and son Nick, an RFH senior and linebacker for the team.
Yes, by now, most know that the RFH Varsity Football team won the state championship with Friday night’s playoff win against Hazlet’s Raritan High School 34-27, making them the NJSIAA South Jersey Group 2 champions.
Those winning two-generation RFH smiles say it all.
Rumson-raised Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) Class of 1989 graduate Karen Anderson Bogue passed away at home on Thursday, Nov. 3. She was 51.
Born May 5, 1971, to James and Priscilla Anderson, Karen was of nine children raised in Rumson.
Karen Anderson Bogue Photo/family via John E. Day Funeral Home
An RFH graduate, “Karen will be remembered by all who knew her in her high school as a gifted athlete, excelling in the sports of basketball and soccer. She was honored to be inducted into the RFH Athletic Hall of Fame in 2012 … Karen will be remembered as a valued friend to all who knew and cared for her.”
Karen spent much of her life in Middletown, where she raised her two children, Chase Buczny and Christopher Repmann, and was an active member of the community. “She had a successful business career but always took time to focus on her children’s interests,” family said in her obituary. “Her son Christopher’s success as a successful athlete remains the product of her passion and stewardship.
Karen is predeceased by her parents, James and Priscilla Anderson (2021) and her brother John (Buff) Anderson, most recently.
She is survived by: her children; seven siblings, Jim, Kevin, Cathy, Rob, Sue, Dave and Jennifer; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
A memorial gathering is slated for Friday, Nov. 11 from 5 to 7 p.m. at John E. Day Funeral Home, Red Bank.
— Edited obituary prepared by family via John E. Day Funeral Home
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