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November 7, 2026

Obituaries

Patricia B. Crowley, 85

Patricia B. Crowley passed away peacefully on October 31, 2026, at the age of 85.  Pat was born on March 17, 1941 to John and Marie Bayne in the Port Richmond neighborhood of Philadelphia. She graduated from Hallahan High School in 1959 and went on to work for Bell Telephone for 30 years.  On November […]

Richard Martin Monihan, MD, 90

Richard (Dick) Martin Monihan, beloved husband, loving father, (great) grandfather, physician and surgeon, friend, world traveler, and scholar, passed away quietly at home on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, at the age of 90. Born December 1, 1935 in Northeast Philadelphia to Cornelius and Katharine Monihan, Dick was proud of his Catholic education. He attended St. […]

Joan Beth Vicari, 69

Joan Beth Vicari, 69, of Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, passed unexpectedly on Wednesday, October 21, 2026. Joan was the wife of the late William “Bill” Fulton. She is survived by her daughter, Laura Fulton Hart (Tyler Hart), grandson Calvin, and siblings Suzanne Hessenthaler and Pete Vicari. Raised in Warminster, Pennsylvania, Joan graduated from William […]

Ralph Henry Clayton, 91

Ralph Henry Clayton, age 91, of Marmora passed away peacefully at home on October 16, 2026.   He was born in Somers Point, NJ, on January 19, 1935 at Atlantic Shores Hospital the predecessor to Shore Medical Center, to Ralph and Wilma Clayton.  He was born in the middle of a January snow storm, he […]

Allen B. Townsend, 97

Allen B. Townsend, 97, of Egg Harbor Township, entered into God’s kingdom peacefully on October 10, 2026, at The Shores, a UMC community. Born on August 31, 1929, at Scotch Hall in Ocean City, New Jersey, Allen was the son of the late Dr. John B. Townsend and Edna Sonenwald King. He was also predeceased […]

Allen B. Townsend, 97 

Allen B. Townsend, 97, of Egg Harbor Township, entered into God’s kingdom peacefully on October 10, 2026, at The Shores, a UMC community. Born on August 31, 1929, at Scotch Hall in Ocean City, New Jersey, Allen was the son of the late Dr. John B. Townsend and Edna Sonenwald King. He was also predeceased […]

Ruth M. Halliday

Ruth M. Halliday died Oct. 7, 2026. Born May 9, 1934 in Collingswood, NJ the beloved daughter of Laura and Russell Moore and sister to Russell Jr., Alice, Bette, and Louise Moore. Ruth was a graduate of Collingswood High School where she met her late husband Albert F. Halliday and started a family for the […]

Major General William Matz, Jr.

Major General William Matz, Jr. went to be with the Lord on February 23, 2026. Bill was born and raised in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, and spent more than 80 summers in the place he loved, Ocean City, New Jersey. He graduated from Lansdowne High School and Gettysburg College and earned his master’s degree from the University […]

Roberta Jane Klimas, 100

Roberta Jane (Reed) Klimas, 100, of Ocean City, NJ, and originally of Tyrone, PA, passed away on September 18, 2026.  She was born on August 11, 1926, in the Village of Northwood; a daughter of the late Walter Adams and Estella LaRue (Piper) Reed.  On June 25, 1955, at St. John’s Church in Philadelphia, she […]

Dotti Greto, 92

Our beloved mother, sister, and grandmother, Dotti “Mom Mom” Greto, passed away peacefully at 92 years old, at Rockridge Retirement Community in Northampton, MA with her devoted son, Andrew, by her side. Dotti is pre-deceased by her father, David Zopher Howell Marvel, her mother, Dorothy (Hargrave) Marvel, and her loving husband, Victor “Bob” Greto. Dotti […]