Obituary Listing
Local Obituaries for Ocean Grove Memorial Home
W. Daniel Mcchesney
Dec 18, 2021
W. Daniel McChesney, of Medford, NJ passed away on Saturday, December 18th, 2021. He was 61 years of age. Born in Neptune, NJ, Dan resided in Medford, NJ for the past 30 years. Dan was raised in Oakhurst, NJ with his brothers James and Eric McChesney. Dan was an intellect and talented athlete - excelling in anything he did....
Eleanor Anna “Anne” Edelson
Nov 20, 2021
Eleanor Anna Anne Edelson passed away on November 20, 2021, at the age of 82 in Neptune. She was born on November 19, 1939 in Camden to Thomas H. Eagen and Eleanor M. Eagen (formerly Godshall). She graduated from Glassboro State College in 1961, and spent many years inspiring high school students and teaching English.On December 19, 1964, she...
Susan Marie Gainsborg O'Donnell
Nov 14, 2021
Susan Marie Gainsborg O'Donnell of Ocean Grove, NJ passed away on Sunday, November 14, 2021. Susan was born in Taunton, Massachusetts. Daughter of the late Lucille and Laurent Larry Larivee.Susan lived a fulfilling life as a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and friend. Those fortunate to have known her knew her love and devotion were unconditional. Susan graduated...
Leona P. Quigg
Oct 23, 2021
A farm girl from the coal fields of East Ohio, Leona Quigg died on Saturday October 23, 2021 with her boots on from post-surgical complications. Even at age 94, many would say that she was taken in her prime, for she was as full of energy, drive and spunk at the end of her life as she was when...
Dorothy Everitt
Aug 11, 2021
Dorothy Everitt (nee Burkart), 91, died peacefully at home in Ocean Grove, NJ on August 11, 2021 with her two daughters by her side. Dorothy grew up in Hawthorne, NJ a daughter of Isabel Scowcroft Burkart and Edward Burkart, brother to Ted, (Edward) who predeceased her. A graduate of Hawthorne High School, she attended the secretarial school then known...
James T. Lewis
Jul 26, 2021
James T. Lewis, 59, of Ocean Grove, passed away peacefully on July 26, 2021 after a determined, stoic and courageous three-year battle with cancer. Jim is predeceased by his parents, Ted and Jean Lewis, both sets of grandparents, and his uncle, Gary Lewis, among other family members, as well as his father-in-law, Charles Pfau. He is survived by his...
Mary Patricia Fenzel
Jun 11, 2021
Mary Patricia Fenzel, 74, of Bradley Beach, NJ passed away Friday June 11, 2021 at the Jersey Shore University Medical Center with loved ones by her side. She courageouslybattled breast cancer on and off for 12 years.Mary, or often called Patty, was born May 31, 1947 in Baltimore, MD. She was the daughter of the late Mary Katherine Farrell...
Janice E. Flay
Jun 6, 2021
Janice E. Flay, 81, of Ocean Grove, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family at home on June 6, 2021. Born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, she spent the majority of her life residing in Ocean Grove. She worked for June Dairy in Bradley Beach before becoming a certified nurse's aide where she went on to work for Ocean...
Patricia Maria Kremer
May 30, 2021
Patricia (Patty) Maria Kremer, age 59, passed away on Sunday, May 30th, 2021. She was born on September 12th, 1961, in Summit, NJ. She grew up in Marlboro, NJ, and eventually settled in Ocean Township, NJ, with her family. Patty was a Social Worker, working for CPC Behavioral Healthcare for 37 years. She touched the lives of all who...
Kris Fulton
Feb 27, 2021
Kris Rasmusson Fulton passed away peacefully on February 27, 2021.She was born in Jersey City on March 7, 1950. Kris was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She summered in Ocean Grove as a child before moving there permanently in 1977. She attended Bergen School from first to twelfth grade and later got her R.N. from Brookdale Community College....
Philomena Ford
Jan 28, 2021
Philomena Ford, 82, formerly of Bradley Beach, died Thursday January 28, 2021. Phil was a long time communicant of the Church of the Ascension of the Parish of St. Theresa of Calcutta in Bradley Beach. Born in Warrenpoint, County Down, Northern Ireland, she came to the United States in 1966 to Boston as a nurse following her medical training...
Janet Smith
Jan 27, 2021
Janet Smith, a lifelong resident of Ocean Grove, passed away January 27, 2021. Janet was born on July 4, 1932. She studied math at Bucknell University and went on to complete her master's degree at Rutgers University. Janet married her grade-school sweetheart and the love of her life, Howard, with whom she raised two children and traveled the world....
Rodger J. Johnson
Jan 10, 2021
Rodger J Johnson 71, passed away January 10, 2021. Rodger was born in Newark and was a resident of Ocean Grove. He attended NCE, Newark College of Engineering, and also played in a little rock group where he loved playing his guitar. Rodger was a veteran of the United States, Army, serving in the Vietnam from1969 to 1971. He...
Caitlin Marie Kelley
Jan 8, 2021
Caitlin Marie Kelley of Ocean Grove, New Jersey, passed away before the dawn on Jan. 8, 2021, at Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune, New Jersey. She was 32 years old.Caitlin was born on June 22, 1988, in Cooperstown, and raised in nearby Oneonta, where she graduated from Oneonta High School. She attended college first at Brookdale Community College,...
George D. Cannon, Jr.
Jan 7, 2021
George D. Cannon, Jr., 84, of Ocean Grove, died January 7, 2021 at Ocean Medical Center, Brick Township. George was a Professor at New Jersey State University for 35 years. He earned a Bachelors degree from Miami University, a Masters from Montclair State College, and a PhD from IASHS. George served with the United States Army Medical Corps after...
Joe Kane
Nov 1, 2020
Joe Kane, longtime New York Daily News movie critic, writing as The Phantom of the Movies, died Sunday November 1, 2020 at his Ocean Grove home. Joe was also the editor and publisher of the Phantom of the Movies' VideoScope magazine. Surviving are his wife and partner, Nancy Naglin, his sister, Joan Nichols and many nieces and nephews and...
Philip A. Rock, Jr.
Sep 8, 2020
Philip A. Rock, Jr. died on September 8, 2020 at his home in Ocean Grove, NJ at the age of 77. He was born on April 23, 1943 in Plainfield, NJ to Philip A. Rock, Sr., and Julia Sefing Rock. Mr. Rock was raised in Boonton, NJ where he graduated from Boonton High School in 1961.Phil started as a...
Carolyn L. Engelken
Jul 20, 2020
Carolyn Lynch Engelken, 93 of Barnegat, NJ passed away peacefully on July 20, 2020 in Brick, NJ. Carolyn was born in Paterson, New Jersey where she grew up living with her parents and grandparents on 19th Avenue. Her grandparents were from Germany and enjoyed a natural life of herbs and fresh air outings around upstate NY and NJ, especially...
Olive R. Crease
Jul 10, 2020
Olive R. Crease, 91, of Neptune, NJ passed away peacefully Friday, July 10, 2020. Olive received her nursing diploma from Trenton State College and had a distinguished career at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune where she dedicated her 30 plus year career and was lovingly known as Creasey.Olive was predeceased by her husband Samuel F. Crease, her...
Vincent P. Oberlander
Jun 27, 2020
Vincent P. Oberlander, 66 of Ocean Grove, died Saturday June 27, 2020 at home. Mr. Oberlander was a kindergarten teacher for the Thurgood Marshall School in Asbury Park before retiring. He was a graduate of Trenton State College. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he lived in Ocean Grove for over 30 years. He was predeceased by his partner R. Scott...
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