Fair 73°
Tag:

Loss

News
'Best Years Of My Life:' Johnny Gaudreau's Wife Speaks Out After Deadly Wreck 'Best Years Of My Life:' Johnny Gaudreau's Wife Speaks Out After Deadly Wreck
'Best Years Of My Life:' Johnny Gaudreau's Wife Speaks Out After Deadly Wreck Johnny Gaudreau's wife, Meredith, posted a moving tribute to her late NHL player husband following the South Jersey DUI crash that killed him and his brother, Matthew, this week. "Thank you for the best years of my life," Meredith said in an Instagram post.  View this post on Instagram A post shared by Meredith Gaudreau (@meredithgaudreau_) Meredith graduated from JMU in Virginia and then earned her master's in pediatric nursing from Drexel University, her LinkedIn page shows. She works as a NIICU nurse at CHOP. "Despite losing you…

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine
News
'Knight In Tattooed Armor:' Woman Mourns Loss Of Fiancé Killed In Route 46 Motorcycle Crash 'Knight In Tattooed Armor:' Woman Mourns Loss Of Fiancé Killed In Route 46 Motorcycle Crash
'Knight In Tattooed Armor:' Woman Mourns Loss Of Fiancé Killed In Route 46 Motorcycle Crash Ally Kaufman says she was on the phone with Jeffrey Jacobs just 10 minutes before the crash that took his life. The 40-year-old East Stroudsburg, PA dad was leaving the courthouse to drop off papers, and was on his way back to the office for his job as a hospice home health aide, his 29-year-old fiancé said. Kaufman told her Jacobs she loved him, as the pair did every day, but Jacobs never made it home. Jacobs was riding his motorcycle on Route 46 in Mount Olive Monday afternoon, June 24, when he collided with a vehicle, and was pronounced dead at the scene, the Morris County Pro…

SHARE

by Sam Barron & Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
NJ Sisters, Flood Victims Lose Both Parents After Cancer Battles NJ Sisters, Flood Victims Lose Both Parents After Cancer Battles
NJ Sisters, Flood Victims Lose Both Parents After Cancer Battles Support is on the rise for two sisters from New Jersey who are coping with their parents’ deaths after losing their home to a flood. Longtime Lambertville residents Carly and Maddison Leary lost their mother, Rebecca Leary, from a pulmonary embolism that caused cardiac arrest on Nov. 19 after going through a difficult battle with cancer — hardly three years after the death of their father, William Leary, from cancer on May 2, 2018. Carly, a 23-year-old nursing student, is now raising 13-year-old Maddison with her fiancé, Billy Osmun, according to a GoFundMe launched for the family’s expens…

SHARE

by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Support Surges For Family Of Boy, 7, Killed In Newark Fire Support Surges For Family Of Boy, 7, Killed In Newark Fire
Support Surges For Family Of Boy, 7, Killed In Newark Fire The community is rallying around a Newark family whose 7-year-old son died in a fire that left them homeless Thursday morning. More than $4,400 had been raised as of Friday morning on a GoFundMe for the Hartfield family. "On behalf of my late nephew Saahir Keiron Hartfield and family," Kamilah Richardson writes.  "Today an unexpected fire took place at my niece and her significant others Newark home leaving her and her children with absolutely NOTHING they lost everything.  "Materialistic items can be replaced but this fire took her 7 yr old Saahir’s life." Saahir Keiron Hartfi…

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
'Simply One Of The Best': Beloved Elizabeth Fire Chief Dale Arthur Dies 'Simply One Of The Best': Beloved Elizabeth Fire Chief Dale Arthur Dies
'Simply One Of The Best': Beloved Elizabeth Fire Chief Dale Arthur Dies Dale Arthur -- a beloved battalion chief with the Elizabeth Fire Department -- died at home early Sunday morning, fire officials announced. Arthur spent most of his firefighting career on Ladder 3, and officer years as captain of Rescue 1 and, most recently, Battalion 2, Tour 1. Condolences poured in. "Battalion Chief Arthur was one of the most knowledgeable, aggressive and squared away guys to ever work the job," Elizabeth NJ Fire Officers IAFF Local 2040 wrote on Facebook.  "A true leader and mentor." Condolences pour in for Elizabeth Fire Chief Dale Arthur.Elizabeth NJ Fire Office…

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine