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December 5, 2025

Obituaries

John B. Kreider Jr., 97

John B. Kreider, Jr., 97, of Ocean City, NJ passed away peacefully on Friday, March 25, 2022 in the Vineland Veterans Memorial Home. Born in Philadelphia, Pa on December 31, 1924.  He raised his family in Haddonfield, NJ and summered in Ocean City.  He loved the shore so much he retired there but eventually moved […]

Loretta Ann Scheetz, 86

Scheetz, Loretta Ann, 86 of Somers Point, NJ passed away at home on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. Loretta was born November 3, 1935 in Easton, PA to Walter and Margaret Hale Scheetz. She grew up in Riegelsville, PA and graduated from Easton High School in 1953 and West Chester University in 1957. Loretta taught one […]

Elizabeth (B.J.) Booth, 97

Elizabeth (B.J.) Booth, nee Campbell, 97, of Ocean City, passed away peacefully March 23rd, 2022, at United Methodist Communities at The Shores with her family by her side.  She was a lifelong resident of Ocean City, born at Scotch Hall in 1924. She graduated salutatorian of the Ocean City High School class of 1942. A […]

Catherine Margaret Casebeer, 96

Catherine Margaret Casebeer, 96, passed away peacefully at her home in Galloway Township, NJ on Friday, March 18, 2022. She was born October 26, 1925 in Camden NJ to Francis (Frank) Hart and Frances Romaine Hart. As a child during the Depression she overcame adversity by excelling at school. During her teen years, she lived […]

Merion ‘Mern’ L. Gouza, 86

Merion “Mern” L. Gouza, 86, of Dataw Island, SC and Ocean City, NJ passed away on February 20, 2022 in Beaufort, SC. Born June 6, 1935 at home in Mt. Airy, Philadelphia, PA. Mern is predeceased by her parents Burns and Merion Lafferty, sisters Jane Sabo, Bernice Simpson, and Betty Altorfer, and a brother Burns […]

Jane Florence Baker Bothwell, 98

Jane Florence Baker Bothwell born May 1, 1923, Philadelphia, Pa. to Charles Pitman Baker and Jane Florence Curran Baker died peacefully in her home of 40 years on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, January 7, 2022 at 98 years old.  Jane grew up in the Colonial Hotel at 11th and Spruce in Philadelphia, where her […]

Antoinette J. Ruggieri, 91 

Antoinette J. Ruggieri, age 91, of Egg Harbor Township, N.J., passed away peacefully on February 1, 2022 in Lakewood Ranch, FL. Toni was born on July 24, 1930 in Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania. She moved to Philadelphia when she was 13 and attended South Philadelphia High School for Girls, Class of 1947. After graduation Toni married […]

William ‘Bill’ A. Salsbery, 76

William “Bill” A. Salsbery, 76, of Somers Point, NJ passed away on February 17, 2022 surrounded by his loving family. Bill was the devoted husband of Barbara (Bunnell) Salsbery, his loving wife of 55 years and will be missed so dearly by his two sons, William P. (Carrie) Salsbery of Cherry Hill and Jason R. […]

John Charles Fallon Sr., 85

John Charles Fallon Sr., of Ocean City, NJ, died Sunday, February 13, 2022 at home surrounded by his loving family.  He was 85. Born May 7, 1936, in Croydon, PA, he was the son of the late Leonard Sr., and Catherine Rafferty Fallon, and the beloved husband of Rosemarie Elizabeth Gaudioso Fallon, to whom he […]

Roy J. Wagner, 94

Former Ocean City Council member Roy John Wagner of Ocean City died on February 15, 2022, at Autumn Lake Healthcare at Oceanview. He was 94 years old. Wagner was born in Camden and attended the former Woodrow Wilson High School. After high school, he attended the then Drexel Institute of Technology in Phila., where he […]