Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Mohn taught history for 36 years in Scotch Plains. The U.S. Air Force Veteran and longtime resident died peacefully on Saturday, May 5.
Jack L. Mohn, a longtime Scotch Plains-Fanwood History teacher and Scotch Plains resident died peacefully on Saturday, May 5, at the age of 83 at the Genesis Health Care Center in Westfield. Mohn, a U.S. Air Force veteran served the students of this community for 36 years. Mohn was born in Bethel, Pennsylvania but moved to Scotch Plains in 1955 to begin his teaching career and raise his two children, Michael and Sue with his wife, Jeanne. After serving in the United States Air Force during the Korean War, Mohn received his Bachelor’s Degree in History from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master’s Degree from Rutgers University. He taught American History at both Park and Terrill Middle Schools for 36 years before retiring in 1991. In…
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
'World's Oldest Teenager' launched iconic American Bandstand, New Year's Rock'n Eve, music careers and many TV shows.
Dick Clark, who brought rock and roll to the masses as the longtime host of "American Bandstand," is dead after suffering a heart attack, according to several news reports. The always smiling 82-year-old TV producer and host had been at St. John's Hospital in Los Angeles after undergoing an outpatient procedure on Tuesday, according to TMZ. Clark reportedly suffered the heart attack following the procedure and died on Wednesday after failed attempts to resuscitate him. The Mount Vernon, NY-born Clark endured a long list of health troubles over the years; a stroke in 2004 that caused him to retire as host of "New Years' Rockin' Eve," the show he created in 1972. Although Ryan Seacrest took over as host, Clark made brief appearances on the …
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Dr. Duddy passed away on Friday after a long battle with lung cancer. Duddy worked as a veterinarian at Fanwood Animal Hospital for over 15 years
Beloved local veterinarian and loyal friend, Dr. Pamela Duddy, of North Plainfield, passed away on Friday, April 13 of lung cancer. She was 47. Dr. Duddy served animal lovers in this community for over 15 years as a veterinarian at Fanwood Animal Hospital, becoming the owner of the practice in 2008. Duddy was an active volunteer at numerous rabies clinics and animal shelters. She also volunteered at the Make-A-Wish foundation. Duddy graduated Valedictorian from Mount Saint Mary’s Academy in 1983 and went on to earn a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University in 1987. She graduated from the Cornell School of Veterinary Medicine in 1991. Dr. Duddy passed away in the Scotch Plains home of Peggy Coloney. She was predeceased by her …
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
The East Broad Street cemetery has been closed to the public since late singer Whitney Houston's Sunday burial.
Whitney Houston fans hoping to pay their respects will have to wait a little longer. Fairview Cemetery, where the late pop star was laid to rest in a private service Sunday morning, remains closed to anyone other than lot owners, a spokesman for the cemetery said Wednesday morning. The private cemetery, where Houston's father, John Russell Houston Jr. was buried in 2003, has admitted those with loved ones interred there but has kept all others outside the gated property. When the cemetery will reopen to the public "has not been determined at this point," the spokesman said. More than 100 fans lined up outside the 105-acre cemetery Sunday morning to say their goodbyes to Houston, who died on Feb. 11 at the age of 48.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Procession arrived at noon Sunday for burial ceremony at Fairview Cemetery. Nearly 100 fans shouted 'We love you, Whitney' as hearse turned into the cemetery.
The vigil at Fairview Cemetery began at first light Sunday morning. There were no mourners, just reporters and photographers mingling congenially as they staked out a good spot for their reports back to the network morning shows or a position for the perfect photo of the funeral procession bringing Whitney Houston to the cemetery for her burial. Police officers arrived before daylight, at 6 a.m., to secure every possible corner of the Fairview property, from the Cranford border along Union County College to the south and E. Broad Street to the north. At the western end of the cemetery, Gallows Hill Road was closed to prevent any neighborhood street from messing up any potential route in which the procession of hearses and limos that would …
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Saturday, February 18, 2012
Visits to gravesites denied Saturday as cemetery prepares for Sunday burial of music icon Whitney Houston.
Roseanne Benjamin lost her father on Feb. 18, 2008 after a long struggle with colon cancer. Her father Dave was a long-time Westfield resident, and there was no question in Roseanne's mind that when he passed, he would be buried in Fairview Cemetery. For the past four years, Benjamin, who now lives in Cranford, would stop by her father's grave to tell him about how his granddaughter was getting married, or how his grandson got into college. But on the fourth anniversary of his death, Benjamin won't be able to place a bouquet of flowers on his grave. She won't even be allowed in the cemetery. "I understand what a tragedy it is that Whitney Houston died, she was the voice of a generation," she said on the phone. "But just because she is …
Friday, February 17, 2012
Though the late pop singer's family has not confirmed when her burial will take place, police are making preparations.
Though the Westfield Police Department said they have not received any confirmation as to when late singer Whitney Houston's burial at Fairview Cemetery will take place, they are making preparations in the event that it will occur this weekend. Houston's official death certificate reveals that she will be laid to rest at the 105-acre East Broad Street cemetery where her father John Houston was buried in 2003 but as of 12:45 p.m. today the WPD said they had received "no confirmation" from the Houston family as to when that might happen. Houston's funeral service will be held at noon Saturday at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark. The ceremony is expected to draw 1,500 mourners, including her mother, Cissy Houston, cousin Dionne Warwick, …
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Rumors continue to circulate as to when and where the late pop star will be laid to rest.
As cruisers from the Westfield and Union County police departments came and went through the front gate of the Fairview Cemetery Thursday, Fairview officials were issuing "no comments" to a barrage of calls from reporters seeking comment and details about the burial plans for Whitney Houston — and calming down concerned family members of those already interred in the Westfield cemetery. Houston's funeral service will be held at noon Saturday at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark. The ceremony is expected to draw 1,500 mourners, including her mother, Cissy Houston, cousin Dionne Warwick, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Kevin Costner and Clive Davis. While those details appear to be firm, speculation swirls around when Houston's body will…
Monday, January 30, 2012
Groups of residents and schoolchildren waving flags spanned from Wood Ave. to St. Gertrude's Cemetery in Colonia.
In an awesome display of patriotism, hundreds of residents lined the 1.5 mile final stretch in Marine Corporal Kevin Reinhard's funeral procession from St. Agnes Church in Clark to St. Gertrude's Cemetery in Colonia. Despite the bitter 30 degree weather, schoolchildren came out from their classrooms and residents from their homes to line Inman Ave and pay respect to the fallen soldier. As the long line of cars drove past, the crowds stood still and silent, most with right hands over their hearts or in a firm salute and flags in their left. Reinhard, 25, was among six who died last week in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan. He was a lifelong Colonia resident and had almost completed his second tour of duty when he was killed. "I want to say…
Monday, January 2, 2012
Margaret Kritsch Anderson graduated from Westfield High School in 1995.
Former Westfield resident Margaret Kritsch Anderson, 34, was shot and killed Sunday, Jan. 1 in Mount Rainier National Park in Washington, according to the National Park Service. A 1995 Westfield High School graduate who went on to pursue her dream of becoming a park ranger, Anderson was shot while on duty New Year's Day during what began as a routine traffic stop. The body of Benjamin Colton Barnes, an Iraq War veteran whom authorities believe fired the shots that killed Anderson, was found Monday afternoon on the slopes of the park. Authorities believe Barnes initially fled to the remote area to hide following an earlier shooting at a New Year's party near Seattle that left four wounded, two critically, before he shot Anderson …
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Emily Everson
10:15 pm on Friday, April 20, 2012
Thank you, Marianne. On behalf of all of us here at Patch, I am so very sorry for your loss. more ›