Robert Hitchings Jr., 90
We mourn the passing of Robert Hitchings Jr. (Bob / Hitch) on June 17, 2024. He died peacefully at The Mennonite Home in Lancaster PA where he received wonderful care from dedicated staff. He recently turned 90 and had a very full life. Bob grew up in Elkins Park and attended Germantown Academy (Class of […]
John Joseph Givens, Jr., 92
John Joseph Givens Jr. passed away on Monday June 3rd, 2024, at the age of 92 surrounded by his loving wife of 70 years, Jane, and his family. Born in Newark, New Jersey on March 3rd, 1932, he served in the U.S. Navy aboard the U.S.S. William T. Powell from 1950 to 1954. Shortly before […]
Rocky Gannon, 99
Rocky Gannon was born in Palermo, NJ on March 8th, 1925. He was born on the kitchen table in a house that did not have electricity or running water. He grew up in Ocean City, NJ, the youngest of five children. He passed away Tuesday, June 4, 2024, at the age of 99 years old. […]
Vincent Anthony Joseph Evangelista, Jr. 85
Vincent Anthony Joseph Evangelista, Jr., 85, of Cape Coral, FL, son of longtime Vineland band director Vincent Evangelista, Sr., passed away on May 13, 2024. Vince was born in Ocean City, graduated from Ocean City High School in 1956 and subsequently earned a Bachelor of Music from the University of Miami. Vince (known musically […]
Donald Pieter van Krieken, Sr. 86
Donald Pieter van Krieken, Sr., 86, died May 30, 2024 at his residence in Lansdowne, PA. Born in Philadelphia, PA, he had lived in Yeadon, PA for several years prior to moving to Lansdowne, PA over 62 years ago. He was a graduate of Yeadon High School, Class of 1956, and REI Technical School. He […]
John H. Andrus II, 83
John H. Andrus II, 83, of Ocean City went to be with the Lord the morning of May 15, 2024. He died peacefully at home, surrounded by his family, after a 4-year battle with metastatic prostate cancer. John was born in Camden, NJ to Dr. David L. Andrus and Bertha Morrison Andrus. John learned to […]
Leigh Carrico Morrison, 61
Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. Proverbs 31:30 NIV Leigh Carrico Morrison, 61, of Punta Gorda, FL and Ocean City, NJ died on May 14, 2024. She was born on February 11, 1963, in Wyandotte, Michigan. She was the loving wife […]
Walter Stanley Szczurek
Walter Stanley Szczurek, of Ocean City, departed this life on May 7, 2024. For 56 years Walt was happily married to Joyce Elaine nee Graff until her death in 2007. They previously lived in Philadelphia, PA, and summered in Ocean City. Walt and Joyce moved permanently to Ocean City in 2001. Walt will be sorely […]
Laura Regina Levin
Laura Regina Levin, the gifted interior designer who used her talents for aesthetics and gastronomy to bring her family and friends together, has died. She was 76. Levin ran a successful interior design business in New Jersey and expertly managed her husband Don’s psychiatric practice, but her crowning achievement was her family: Jesse, CEO of […]
Shirley Ann (Boyd) Crowley
We sadly announce that Shirley Ann (Boyd) Crowley, of Tuckerton, the Matriarch of our family, passed away Wednesday April 17, 2024. She was surrounded by family in her home in Tuckerton, New Jersey. Many summers ago, she was born in Ocean City, the third of four daughters of Thomas and Lillian Foglio Boyd, both predeceased. […]