ALICE D. MICHAK, 90, of Ocean Grove passed away peacefully on Monday, July 31, 2006 at the Manor by the Sea, Ocean Grove. Born in Long Branch, she was a lifelong resident of Ocean Grove. Alice was a loving wife, mother, sister, grandmother, aunt, cousin and kind friend to many. She will be dearly missed. For many years, she worked at the Earle NWS Depot and at Ft. Monmouth before retiring to be a homemaker. As a young girl, she worked in Steinbach's Department Store in Asbury Park. She was a graduate of Neptune High School and the Asbury Park Business School. Mrs. Michak was a lifelong member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Ocean Grove and a member of the church's Anne Forrester Circle and the Frances Stern Circle. Together with her late sister, Katherine Sullivan, she volunteered in the Sunday school at St. Pauls and she was a volunteer with Meals on Wheels. For many years she was a Brownie and Girl Scout leader. Alice loved birds, nature, art, music and berry picking. She was predeceased by her husband, Lawrence, in 1997, by her parents, Charles and Kezia Wilkins Bilms and by her sisters, Katherine Sullivan, Ruth Douglas and Leila Marjorie Bilms. Surviving are her daughter, Diane V. Brockel and her husband Donald, of West Allenhurst, and her grandchildren, Candice, Kellie and Erik. Friends were invited to call from 2-4 and 7-9 Thursday at the Ocean Grove Memorial Home, 118 Main Avenue, Ocean Grove. Interment was at 9:30 Friday morning at Monmouth Memorial Park, Tinton Falls. A memorial service at 11:00 at the Bishop Janes Tabernacle in the Auditorium Square in Ocean Grove followed the interment. To honor her love of church and children, the family requests donations in lieu of flowers to the Sunday School at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 80 Embury Avenue, Ocean Grove, NJ 07756.

Rev. ANDREW CULVER GORDON, 95, of Raphine, VA, formerly of Ocean Grove, died Tuesday, August 1, 2006 at the Blue Ridge Christian Home, Raphine, VA. He was born in Philadelphia, PA on April 6, 1911 to Robert and Margaret Gordon. He was named after the pastor of his family's church, Rev. Andrew Culver. He married Eleanor Evans on December 29, 1937 and they celebrated 67 anniversaries until her death in 2005. He graduated from Central High School in Philadelphia in 1929, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL in 1933, Westminster Seminary, Philadelphia in 1936 and in 1949 he received a Masters Degree in Church history from Temple University, Philadelphia. Ordained to the pastoral ministry in 1936, he served three church parishes of Orthodox Presbyterian churchs in South Dakota from 1936-1941. He joined the US Army as a chaplain in 1941 and served 36 months in the Aleutian Islands during World War II. He spent another 16 years in the US Army reserve, rising to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He was the pastor of the Third Reformed Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia from 1946 to 1951. He was moderator of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in North America, General Synod in 1949. He served as pastor of Grace Presbyterian Church (UPCUSA) in Paterson and Wayne from 1952 to 1978. Rev. Gordon served as a stated supply pastor of the Whiting Reformed fellowship from 1979 to 1992. He did some preaching and a lot of teaching Sunday School at Redeemer Orthodox Presbyterian Church until 2000. He was predeceased by his brothers, Robert and Alexander, by his sister, Margaret, by his son Andrew Chase Gordon in 2003 and by his wife Eleanor Evans Gordon in 2005. Surviving are his son, Rev. Robert Gordon of Lexington, VA, a daughter, Margaret Mongin of Roxbury, CT, nine grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. A funeral service was held on Monday morning, August 7th at 11:00 at the Ocean Grove Memorial Home, 118 Main Avenue, Ocean Grove, with interment following at 2:00 PM at the Westminster Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA. Friends were invited to call from 10:00 to 11:00 at the funeral home.