Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement work is on its status quo schedule this week, from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. through Friday Aug. 1, weather permitting. Specific construction scheduled for the week are listed below the travel advisory information.
Longtime Rumson resident, Mary Frances Croft, passed away at home on July 25 after a long illness. She was 78.
Born on September 28, 1946, in Jersey City, Mary grew up in West New York, NJ. She graduated from St. Joseph’s High School and Berkeley School, New York City in 1966.
After graduation, “Mary began her career at Cowles Communications (LOOK magazine) and continued to work with the Cowles family and foundation long after LOOK magazine ceased publication. At her time of death Mary was still working for the Cowles family.
Loved ones of Mary Frances Croft in her obituary
“Mary loved to travel and took many trips to see Europe, Canada, and the USA. Some of her favorites were Nantucket, Cape Cod and the National Parks. She spent her early travel years tent camping with family and friends and later in a camper with her sister and her beloved golden retrievers.”
Mary is survived by: her beloved sister, Betty; her brothers, Donald and Walter and sister-in-law Rose Mary Croft; her nieces, Jennifer Lehman and Vanessa Croft; her nephew, Christopher Croft; and two grand-nephews and a grand-niece.
Memorial visitation will be held on Thursday, July 31, from 3 to 6 p.m., with the prayer service at 5:30 at Thompson Memorial Home, 310 Broad St., Red Bank, NJ 07701. Donations welcomed to Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation, 733 Third Avenue, Suite 510, New York, NY 10017.
— Edited obituary prepared by family via Thompson Memorial Home
Back in the day, Rumson summers weren’t all about going to the beach club from dawn ’til dusk.
For some, it was as simple skipping the packing up of the family, not to mention the cost, and just laying a blanket out on the lawn and catching some rays while the kids played.
You’ll see him around the towns. Rumson-Fair Haven Retrospect (R-FH Retro) has a new intern and he’s on the Rumson-Fair Haven area beat and ready to help out and get the towns covered a bit more. David is eager to capture hyperlocal news, fun scenes around the towns, a little history and events.
It’s just plain campy! There’s nothing like a nice summer day replete with some bubble-blowing, power-posing, bathing suited, short-sporting kids on a mission to make some summer fun — at camp … or something like it.
Former Rumsonite, Kathleen Dwyer, passed away on Sunday morning, July 20, “after a tough fight with endometrial cancer.” She was 62.
Native Rumsonite Phyllis Pardi passed away on Sunday, July 20. She was 98.
Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement activity is on its status quo schedule this week, with work continuing daily from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. through through Friday, weather permitting. Specific construction projects for the week are listed below the travel advisory information.
Don’t try this at home!
It’s the balloons. Yeah, the balloons are the dangerous party tools, not the girls. Yet, while it’s doubtful that anyone would call these “innocents” of the ’70s tools, it’s a sure bet that the combination of RFH girls could be dangerous — dangerously fun, that is.
There’s nothing quite like river time in the summertime, especially if you’re a Rumson kid with a boat and a best life to bait.
Longtime What’s Your Beef server, Nancy Ruth Kochanski, of Middletown, died peacefully at home on Friday, July 11. She was 85.
It’s the Fourth of July. Cheers to the pint-sized patriots of yesteryear!
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