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Joan L. Egan
Executive Secretary
Red Bank resident Joan L. Egan, formerly of Avon-by-the-Sea, died Saturday, Jan. 26, 2002 in her home.
She was 76 years old.
Born in Elizabeth, Mrs. Egan lived in Newark and Avon before moving to Red Bank five years ago.
She was employed for 23 years as an executive secretary with the Monmouth County Department of Public Information, before retiring.
She was predeceased in 1989 by her husband, John.
Surviving are three sons, Bill, Neptune, Jay, Wall Township, and Joseph, Asbury Park; four daughters, Joan Patricia McDonald, Avon, Ellen Egan, Red Bank, and Ann Losch and Marguerite Fallon, both of Shrewsbury; two brothers, Joseph Long, Potomac, Md., and Jack Long, Sea Girt; one sister, Mary Virginia MacDonald, Spring Lake, and 16 grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements are from the Reilly Funeral Home, Belmar. A funeral service will be at 10 a.m. today in the funeral home, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. in St. Elizabeth Church, Avon.
In lieu of flowers, contributions in Mrs. Eaganıs memory may be made to the Arthritis Foundation, 200 Middlesex Turnpike, Iselin, 08830.
Genevieve Domchick
Secretary
Berkeley Township resident Genevieve J. Domchick, whose niece lives in Sea Girt, died Monday, Jan. 28, 2002 in King Manor Care Center, Neptune.
She was 85 years old.
Born in Harrison, Mrs. Domchick lived in Livingston for many years before moving to the Holiday City Carefree section of Berkeley Township in 1979.
She was employed for 30 years as a secretary with RCA Corporation, Harrison, retiring in 1967.
She was a former parishioner of St. Maximilian Kolbe Church, Berkeley, Township, where she belonged to the parishıs Altar Rosary Society.
She was a member of the Carefree Singles, the Womenıs Club and the Garden Club.
She was a volunteer with Deborah and the Polish American Club, Toms River.
She was predeceased in 1987 by her husband, Daniel.
Surviving are one sister, Lorraine Nitek, Lake Hopatcong, a niece, Linda DıAlessandro, Sea Girt, and other nieces and a nephew.
Funeral arrangements are from the Neary-Quinn Funeral Home, Manasquan. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 9:30 a.m. today in St. Denis Church, Manasquan.
Alfred E. Siemers
Public Works Superintendent
Wall Township resident Alfred E. Siemers died Monday, Dec. 31, 2001 in Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune.
He was 83 years old.
Born in Newark, Mr. Siemers lived in Wall most of his life.
He was employed by the Township of Wall, retiring as the superintendent of the Department of Public Works after 25 years.
He was an active member of the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Manasquan.
He was a charter member of the Wall First Aid Squad, an exempt member of the Glendola Fire Company, and a member of the Free & Accepted Masons Lodge No. 710, Ridgewood.
He enjoyed square dancing and was a former member of the Jersey Shore Promenaders and the Monmouth Squarers.
He was predeceased in 1982 by his brother, Herman.
Surviving are his wife of 57 years, Frances Williams Siemers; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral arrangements were from the Johnson-McGinley Funeral Home, Wall.
Contributions in Mr. Siemersı memory may be made to the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church organ Fund, Main St. & Osborn Ave., Manasquan.
William C. Nowels
Prominent Attorney
Brielle resident William C. "Nowosielski" Nowels died Monday, Jan. 28, 2002 in Burnt Tavern Rehabilitation & Care Center, Brick Township.
He was 93 years old.
Born and raised in Newark, Mr. Nowels lived in Wall Township before moving to Brielle 30 years ago.
While a young student he played the trombone and trumpet in the Ozzie Nelson Band and actively trained as a professional boxer.
He was a graduate of Rutgers Law School, and was admitted to the New Jersey Bar in 1931.
Mr. Nowels began his career as an attorney practicing in Newark and in 1941 was appointed a deputy attorney general and participated in the Charles Lindbergh kidnapping trial under former Governor Harold Hoffman's administration. In 1953 he formed a law partnership with Joseph Mirne in Asbury Park, and they opened the first law office in Wall in the early 1960s at the time the firm was known as Mirne, Nowels, Tumen, Fundler, Cornblatt, and Magee. In later years he became ³Of Counsel² to the firm Shebell & Schibell, Ocean Township, retiring in 1992.
He was both the Wall Township Municipal and Board of Education attorney for many years. He also served as borough attorney for Brielle for several years, and as the board of adjustment and planning board attorney for several municipalities in Monmouth and Ocean counties. In the late 70s, he served as municipal magistrate in Point Pleasant Beach.
He was the past president of the New Jersey League of Municipalities and the Institute of Municipal Attorneys.
He was an avid boater, fisherman, and golfer and conducted classes in seamanship and rules of navigation for the U.S. Coast Guard. He was a longtime member of the Brielle Riverview Seniors, serving as a board of director member. He enjoyed his lunch meetings with Tom Birdsall, Joe Ehret, Peter Schebell, and Lou Mauro.
He was predeceased by his parents, Felix and Mary Boleslaw Nowosielski, his former wife, Florence Sauickie Nowels, one brother and 12 sisters.
Surviving are his wife of 29 years, Edith Thorne Nowels; three sons, William C. Nowels Jr., a novelist in New York City, Dr. Anthony Nowels, a forensic, regulatory and administrative psychiatric consultant, and his wife Kathy, Pampano Beach, Fla., and John R, Lentz, Brielle; one daughter, Kathy Lentz Habick, and her husband Randal, Spring Lake; six grandchildren, Christian Nowels, California, Matthew and Michael Nowels, Florida, and Kristyn, Bryan, and Courtney Habick, Spring Lake.
Funeral arrangements are from the OıBrien Funeral Home, Wall. Visitation will be 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today in the funeral home, followed by a funeral service at 9 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, contributions in Mr. Nowelsı memory may be made to Riverview Seniors, c/o Brielle Borough Hall, Union Lane, Brielle, 08730.
Arlene M. Hennessey
Loving Mother
Manasquan resident Arlene Mary Hennessey died Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2002 in Lankenau Hospital, Montgomery, Pa.
Born in Bayonne, Ms. Hennessey lived in Washington, D.C. before moving permanently to Manasquan 16 years ago. She had been a life-long summer resident of Manasquan.
She was employed as an international gate agent with Continental Airlines at Newark Airport. Previously, she was employed for 25 years as an administrative assistant with the United States House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., retiring in 1985.
She was a communicant of St. Denis Church, Manasquan.
Surviving are her son, Edward J. Hennessey, Manasquan; one brother and sister-in-law, William E. and Margaret Hennessey, Elizabeth; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Grace C. and Michael Gilmartin, Glastonbury, Conn., and Patricia Hennessey and Patrick Hunt, Washington, D.C.; and many nieces and nephews, Kelly and Luke Helson, Erin Hennessey, Kevin Gilmartin, Thomas and Nancy Gilmartin, Bridget Hennessey, and Eamonn Hennessey.
Funeral arrangements are from the Neary-Quinn Funeral Home, Manasquan. Visiting will be 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today in the funeral home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m. tomorrow in St. Denis Church, Manasquan.
Contributions in Ms. Hennesseyıs memory may be made to the Education Fund for Edward Hennessey, c/o Jean-Luc Helson, 53 Marcellus Avenue, Manasquan, 08736.
Charles F. Kiley, Sr.
Charles F. Kiley, Sr., 87, Was Deacon; Had Distinguished Journalism Career
Charles F. Kiley, Sr., 87, of Westfield died on Saturday, January 27, at home. Born on November 23, 1913 in Jersey City, he lived in Westfield for 50 years. From 1945 until 1966, Mr. Kiley had worked for the New York Herald Tribune as a reporter and editor. He was Assistant to the Editor, James Bellows, at the time the newspaper ceased publication in 1966. He subsequently served as Editor of the New York Law Journal from 1967 until his retirement in 1989. He attended St. Aloysius High School in Jersey City and worked for the Jersey Journal until he was drafted in 1941. The following year, he was assigned as a Staff Sergeant to the Stars and Stripes Army newspaper. He covered the air war from England for the newspaper, then followed the Normandy invasion force to France. One of his Stars and Stripes stories was produced by the March of Time radio show. In 1945, Mr. Kiley served as Combined Press Representative for SHAEF (Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force), headed by General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Mr. Kiley witnessed the German surrender to Western Allies at Rheims and covered the formal surrender ceremony in Berlin. His account of the surrender was picked up by major international news services and is today considered the primary contemporary printed source by historians. It was included in the recent bestseller, "The Last Day of the War," by Martin Gilbert. In 1975, Mr. Kiley was a member of the inaugural ordination class of Permanent Deacons in the Archdiocese of Newark. Upon ordination, he was appointed Associate Director of Newark's Diaconate program, and served in this position and as Deacon to the Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church in Westfield until his death. During his 25 years as a Deacon, he also volunteered with many organizations and agencies, especially St. Joseph's Social Services Center in Elizabeth. Surviving are his wife of 56 years, Billee Kiley; five sons, Charles Kiley of Mountainside, Edward Kiley of Leesburg, Va., Paul Kiley of Clifton, John Kiley of Laurel, Md. and David Kiley of Ann Arbor, Mich.; a daughter, Anne Kiley of Hammondsport, N.Y.; two sisters, Eleanor Haines of Spring Lake and Betty Phillips of Lyndhurst; 12 grandchildren and a great-grandchild. A requiem Mass was celebrated yesterday, Wednesday, January 31, in the Holy Trinity Church. Private interment will take place today, Thursday, February 1, in Fairview Cemetery in Westfield. Arrangements were under the direction of the Dooley Colonial Home, 556 Westfield Avenue in Westfield. Memorial donations may be made to St. Joseph Social Services Center, 118 Division Street, Elizabeth, 07201.
February 1, 2001
Heye DeBuhr, Sr., 77
Heye O. DeBuhr, Sr., 77, of Mountainside died on Thursday, January 25, at Overlook Hospital in Summit. Born in Plainfield, he was a lifelong resident of Mountainside. A self-employed general contractor, Mr. DeBuhr had been the owner of H. O. DeBuhr Contracting in Mountainside for 50 years before retiring in 1995. Mr. DeBuhr was a Private First Class in the United States Army from 1946 to 1948. He was a former Trustee and a member of the Redeemer Lutheran Church in Westfield. Surviving are his wife of 47 years, Georgette Ruehl; a daughter, Georgette DeBuhr of Mountainside; a son, Heye O. DeBuhr, Jr. of Lincoln Park; a brother, Rhinehart DeBuhr of Florida, and a grandson. A funeral service took place on Saturday, January 27, in the Redeemer Lutheran Church. Cremation was private. Arrangements were under the direction of the Gray Funeral Home, 318 East Broad Street in Westfield.
February 1, 2001
Marguerite H. Ayers
Marguerite H. Ayers, 98, Was Rosarian, Charter Member of Immaculate Heart
Marguerite Helen Masenior Ayers, 98, of Scotch Plains died on Saturday, January 27, at Union Hospital in Union. Born in Jersey City, she was a lifelong resident of Scotch Plains. Mrs. Ayers and her family had been farmers for many years in Scotch Plains and she was a member of the New Jersey Farm Bureau. She was a charter member of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Roman Catholic Church in Scotch Plains and its Rosary Society. She was additionally active with the local Democratic Party. She was predeceased by her husband, Samuel E. Ayers, in 1957; two brothers, George E. Masenior, Jr. and Harold D. Masenior, and a sister, Lillian Apgar. Surviving are a daughter, Donna M. Ayers of Scotch Plains; a brother, Roger W. Masenior of Washington; a sister, Dorothy A. Bass of Lansdale, Pa.; a granddaughter and a great-grandson. Funeral services were held yesterday, Wednesday, January 31, from the Higgins Home for Funerals in Plainfield, followed by a Mass at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church. Interment took place at the Holy Redeemer Cemetery in South Plainfield. Memorial contributions may be made to the Scotch Plains Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 325, Scotch Plains, 07076.
February 1, 2001
