In Memoriam

CATHERINE “MARGIE” PRYOR, 72, of LONG BRANCH, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 1, at Chapin Hill, Red Bank. Margie was born in Red Bank and had previously lived in Fair Haven before moving to Long Branch 24 years ago. Margie worked for MOCEANS of Long Branch, which is an advocacy group for the disabled. Margie was a communicant of the Church of the Nativity, Fair Haven, and a member of P.O.W.E.R., “People on Wheels for Education and Rehabilitation”, where she held [click for more]

HUGH GORDON BLAKE, 81, of FAIR HAVEN Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 03/2/07 HUGH GORDON BLAKE, 81, of FAIR HAVEN, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 28, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. Born in Newton, Mass., he attended grade school and high school in Great Neck, L.I. He attended New York University. For 36 years, Hugh worked at Lily Tulip Company, Holmdel, where he was a plant administrator. He retired in 1983. He was a 33-year life member of [click for more]

JOHN H. DAVIS, 67, of RUMSON, died Sunday, Nov. 19, at his home on the Shrewsbury River. A leading scientist and executive at AT&T Bell Laboratories, John was a pioneer of digital networks and telecommunications, a beloved husband and father, a devoted paramedic and fireman, and an accomplished yachtsman. Born in Paducah, Ky., the grandson of a steamboat captain on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, his passion for electronics originated in his teens when he began building ham radios with [click for more]

Dad’s Dash Several months ago a friend of mine at work sent me a poem, one that had been floating around the Internet. As I was thinking of the remarks I wanted to make today, that poem came to mind. In this poem, it talks about the two dates on a headstone: one for the date of the person’s birth and one for the date the person passed away. Separating these dates is a dash, what appears to be a [click for more]