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Stanley “Stan” Taylor
Fort Pierce, Fla. resident Stanley “Stan” Taylor died Tuesday, Jan. 27 at the Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. He has familt in Avon.
He was 86 years old.
Born in East Orange on May 12, 1922, Mr. Taylor remained a resident of the shore area before his move to Florida 20 years ago. Mr. Taylor graduated from Clifford J. Scott High School in 1942. He enlisted in the US Coast Guard in 1942, serving on the USS Hutchinson in Australia, and World War II, being honorably discharged in 1945. Mr. Taylor was employed for Monmouth Oil Burner and then for the U.S. Government as a Post Engineer, working at Camp Evans and Fort Monmouth until his retirement in 1977.
Mr. Taylor married
Marietta “Betty” Van Eesteren on Nov. 10, 1945, honeymooned in Asbury Park and settled in Oakhurst in 1950. Mr. Taylor was a member of the Asbury Jordan Lodge No. 142 Free and Accepted Masons, Neptune. He was also an exempt, life member and ex-chief of the Oakhurst Fire Dept., a life member of the Oakhurst First Aid and a Fire Commissioner of Oakhurst for several years. Mr. Taylor loved bowling, fishing, camping and anything else to do with the ocean.
Mr. Taylor is predeceased by his parents Emelia and Edwin A. Taylor Sr., brothers Charles and Edwin Jr., sister Eveyln, and his beloved wife of 53 years Betty.
He is survived by daughters Elizabeth “Betsy” and husband William H. Palmer III of Avon-by-the-Sea, and Barbara and her husband Tom Brennan of Tennessee. He is the loving grandfather to three granddaughters, Kimberly and her husband John Downs of Pennsylvania, Dawn and her husband Bill Hector of Brick, and Lynne and her husband Phil Bevins of Tennessee, as well as six great-grandchildren Jack, Erin, Kylee, Parker, Pryce and Meredith.
His family will hold a memorial service for Mr. Taylor in the Summer of 2009. Contributions in Mr. Taylor’s name may be made to the Oakhurst Fire Department Memorial Fund, 399 Monmouth Road, Ocean 07755. Arrangements are under the direction of the Johnson-McGinley Funeral Home, 2652 Route 138, Wall.
Edward Hamlin Jr.
Neptune resident Edward Hamlin Jr., who has family in Belmar, died Sunday, Feb. 1 at Jersey Shore University Medical Center surrounded by his loving family.
He was born in Florence, S.C. on Feb. 21, 1929, but lived in Neptune for the past 35 years. He served in the U.S. Air Force for 24 years and retired as a Master Sergeant. He played the flute and saxophone in the prestigious Strategic Air Command Band, representing the entire U.S. Air Force at presidential inaugurations, sporting events and concerts. He was a devoted father, grandfather and great-grandfather.
He is survived by his children, Julian Hamlin of Delaware, Fabio Hamlin of Texas, Jennifer Newland of Georgia, Edward Hamlin III of Neptune, and his sisters Myrtle Brown of South Carolina and Ernestine Juett of Long Branch, and his brother Jerome Hamlin of Long Branch. He will be missed by his grandchildren, Eddie, Latoya, Malcolm, Billy, Scarlett, Mariana, Nia, and Little Julian, and his great-grandchildren Aniya and Jaylen.
Visitation will be today from 6-9 p.m. at the Reilly Funeral Home, 801 D St. Belmar. Funeral services will be held Friday at 10 a.m. at Macedonia Baptist Church in Neptune with Pastor Tommy Miles officiating. Internment will be at St. Anne’s Cemetery, Wall.
Thomas Heyes “Tim” Donnelly
Point Pleasant Beach resident Thomas Heyes “Tim” Donnelly died Tuesday, June 3, in Ocean Medical Center, Brick.
He was 88 years old.
Tim was born Dec. 2, 1919 and was the first baby born in Brielle after the borough was incorporated.
Tim attended Manasquan High School and Summerset Hills School.
During World War II, he served in the Navy on the Destroyer, Stephen Decatur.
After the war, he raised blueberries, first on the Kissock property in what is now Brick, and later on his property in Silverton, where he owned and operated Kettle Creek Farms. He served on the boards of the Tru-blue Co-op, the Ocean County Department of Agriculture and the Dover Township Board of Adjustment. Tim retired from Jersey Central Power & Light.
One of Tim’s greatest loves was the Barnegat Bay. He loved to clam, fish and crab in the bay. He knew he was lucky to be able to have the unique opportunity to experience the bay in its most natural state.
He and his wife Doris, [aka Dodie], Donnelly shared a houseboat with Ted and Nancy Skinner on Spizzle Crick off of Island Beach State Park. There was no running water, there was no electricity but it was heaven, even with the mosquitoes and greenhead flies. The Skinner-Donnelly Houseboat is now on display at the Baymen’s Museum at Tuckerton Seaport.
You are who your friends are, and Tim Donnelly had the most wonderful friends from the North Point, the Manasquan River Yacht Club and the Manasquan River Golf Club. The last 20 years of his life, he lived in Point Pleasant Beach, returning to the Manasquan River of his youth.
He was predeceased by his parents, Richard A. Donnelly and Madeline Heyes Donnelly; his brother, Richard A. Donnelly; and his wife, Doris S. Bennett Donnelly.
He is survived by his son, Richard A. Donnelly, of Tabernacle; and his daughter, Danna D. Wylie and her husband, William Wylie, of Bloomington, Ind.
Visitation will be from 10 a.m. Friday until the funeral service at 11 a.m. at the Neary-Quinn Funeral Home, 39 South St., Manasquan.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Save Barnegat Bay, 906B Grand Central Avenue, Route 35 North, Lavallette 08735, or another charity of the donor’s choice.
George D. Amos
Point Pleasant resident George D. Amos died on Sunday, June 8 in his home, with his family by his side.
He was 65 years old.
Born in Altoona, Pa., to the late Charles and Maude Pelter Amos, he was raised in Bellwood, Pa. and had lived in Point Pleasant since 1969.
George was a graduate of Penn State University, State College, Pa. and earned his master’s degree from Colby College, Waterville, Maine.
Retiring in 1997 from Asbury Park High School, where he taught for 33 years, Mr. Amos was co-owner of Heritage Bakery in Matawan for 22 years.
He was also a member of Pat’s 30 Acres, Wall Township, for 20 years, and an avid golfer.
A beloved husband and loving father, surviving are his wife, of nearly 42 years, Barbara Hoyer Amos; his son and daughter-in-law, Steven and Michelle Amos, of Toms River; two daughters and sons-in-law, Karen and Ronald Smith and Cynthia and Scott Doyle, all of Royersford, Pa.; five grandchildren, Hannah, Catherine, Chloe, Amelia, and Charles; and many dear friends.
The Pable-Evertz Funeral Home Of Point Pleasant was in charge of arrangements.
In lieu of flowers, contributions made in his name to Wills Eye Hospital for research in the field of ocular cancer either by the Web at www.willseye.org/donations/give or by mail at Wills Eye, 840 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19001, would be appreciated.
Virginia Schomp Caverly
Bay Head resident Virginia Schomp Caverly died peacefully on Friday, June 6 in Ocean Medical Center, Brick.
She was 91 years old.
Up until recently, Virginia painted in oils every day and there are many, many lucky recipients of her creations.
Virginia was gifted with a great sense of ingenuity, was never wasteful, loved a good party with family and friends, created magic with a sewing machine, had a green thumb, loved a good joke, was prayerful, and was indomitable at cards. Virginia was a very positive lady who always looked at the bright side of life and all it had to offer. Her sunny disposition and love of life will long be remembered and emulated.
Virginia was predeceased by her parents, Moses and Vera Cherry; sisters, Vera Cherry and Alice Waite Heimbold; brothers, Philip and Joseph Cherry; her beloved husbands, Peter T. Schomp and John Caverly; and by her daughter, Mary Jane Sheena.
Virginia is survived by her brothers, Thomas Cherry, of Point Pleasant Beach, and James Cherry, of Laurel, Del.; her sister, Sally Hall, of Bay Head; her loving daughters, Virginia Porter and her husband, Thomas, of Southern Pines, N.C., Vera Gordinier and her husband, Karl, of Little Silver, Debra Lovas of Scottsdale, Ariz., and Sarah Schomp Olsen, of Bay Head. She had 16 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews who loved their “Aunt Gin.”
The Pable-Evertz Funeral Home of Point Pleasant, handled the arrangements.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, 1 Union Street, Suite 301, Robbinsville, 08691.
Gertrude M. Strong
Point Pleasant resident Gertrude M. Strong died Saturday, June 7, in her home.
He was 94 years old.
Miss Strong was a school teacher for the Newark Board of Education where she taught for over 40 years. She was a graduate of the Newark Normal School, and completed her student teaching in Gillette.
She was a lifelong resident of Newark until moving to Point Pleasant 35 years ago.
She was predeceased by her sisters, Madeline Jernick and Edith Strong; and by her brother, Robert H. Strong Jr.
Surviving are her nephew, Robert Jernick, DDS of Avon; a niece, Elizabeth Duffy, of Nutley; and a sister-in-law, Joan Jernick, of Asbury Park. She also leaves many grandnieces and nephews.
The O’Brien Funeral Home, Wall, was in charge of arrangements. Burial
was held at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, East Orange.
Katherine Marchese Napoliello
Bay Head resident Katherine Marchese Napoliello died Monday, June 9, in her home.
She was 97 years old.
Born in Newark to Domenico and Marie Marchese, Katherine lived in East Orange before moving to Bay Head 52 years ago.
A hard-working woman from humble beginnings, Katherine was very supportive of her family’s endeavors in business and was instrumental in helping her husband, Vincent Sr., become one of the founding members of the Napp Grecco Company.
In 1963, Vincent Sr. with his brother Louis and sons, Richard and Vincent Jr., began construction on Raceway Park in Englishtown, which opened in 1965. Always a nurturing person, Katherine enjoyed preparing food for both her family and patrons of Raceway Park, where she worked until retiring in 2001 at the age of 90.
Katherine was greatly admired by her family for her courage, cheerfulness and love of life. She will be sorely missed. Katherine was an active member of Sacred Heart Church, Bay Head.
Katherine was predeceased by her beloved husband, Vincent A. Napoliello Sr., in 1969; her two loving sons, Vincent Alexander Napoliello Jr., in 2000, and Richard Vincent Napoliello Sr., in 2001; her brother, Father Dominic Marchese, in 2002; and a brother, Anthony Marchese.
Surviving are a daughter-in-law, Jo-Ann Napoliello, of Bay Head; 10 grandchildren, Richard Napoliello Jr. and Michael D. Napoliello, both of Colts Neck, James Napoliello of Asheville, N.C., Robert Napoliello and Laura Napoliello, both of Freehold, Vincent A. Napoliello III, of Colts Neck, David P. Napoliello, of Asbury Park, Ryan J. Napoliello, Drew L. Napoliello, and Kent T. Napoliello, all of Bay Head; and six great-grandchildren, Richard III, Kelly M., Christopher M., Jenna K., Vincent A. IV, and Nicholas G. Napoliello, all of Colts Neck.
A Funeral Mass will be offered at 10 a.m. Friday at Sacred Heart Church, Bay Head. The O’Brien Funeral Home, Brick is in charge of arrangements.
Committal will be private.
Barbara Ryder
Point Pleasant resident Barbara Ryder died Monday, June 2, in her home.
She was 73 years old.
She was a former operating room nurse and school nurse for several years, retiring many years ago.
Born in Passaic, she lived in Yorktown Heights, N.Y. before moving to Point Pleasant in 1976.
She was predeceased by her husband, Ferdinand, in 1981.
Surviving are three sons, Ferdinand, of Lakewood, Scott, of Boulder, Colo., and John, of Northglenn, Colo.; a sister, Carol George, of Ithaca, N.Y.; and two grandchildren.
All funeral services were handled privately through Colonial Funeral Home, Brick.
