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Secretary Who Spent 65 Years At South Jersey HS Dies 11 Days After Car Accident Secretary Who Spent 65 Years At South Jersey HS Dies 11 Days After Car Accident
Secretary Who Spent 65 Years At South Jersey HS Dies 11 Days After Car Accident A woman who spent 65 years of her life at Lenape High School in Burlington County has died at the age of 79, 11 days after suffering a car accident. Mary Jane Mullen passed away on Sunday, May 14. She was hired as a secretary at Lenape High School in July 1961, a month after she graduated from the same high school, where she was president of the the Future Secretary’s Club. The Philadelphia native had lived in Medford for many years, according to her obituary. High School Principal Tony Cattani sent an email Sunday saying: "The Lenape Family suffered a profound loss today with the d…

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by Jon Craig
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South Jersey Teen Who Died Playing Frisbee Was Avid Programmer, Boy Scout South Jersey Teen Who Died Playing Frisbee Was Avid Programmer, Boy Scout
South Jersey Teen Who Died Playing Frisbee Was Avid Programmer, Boy Scout A memorial scholarship has been launched in memory of a 16-year-old boy from South Jersey who died suddenly while playing frisbee with family members. Owen Cotty, a student at Methacton high School, was tossing the frisbee with his dad when he fell to the ground on Saturday, Aug. 6, his dad, Adam Cotty said. CPR was administered before first responders arrived and, despite best efforts, could not resuscitate Owen. "Our son was a caring, sweet young man who loved to be silly," his obituary reads. "He was an avid programmer, coding games in his free time and had a goal to go to college and be…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Report: Morris County Native Samantha Racz, 21, Dies In Florham Park Crash Report: Morris County Native Samantha Racz, 21, Dies In Florham Park Crash
Report: Morris County Native Samantha Racz, 21, Dies In Florham Park Crash A recent news report has identified a 21-year-old Morris County native as the victim of a Florham Park weekend crash. Whippany Park graduate and University of Delaware student Samantha Racz died in the Columbia Turnpike crash on Jan. 16, MorrisFocus reports. The two-car crash occurred on the 300 block of Columbia Turnpike, around 11:25 p.m., Florham Park police said. Racz graduated from Whippany Park High School in 2018 and was a junior majoring in graphic design with a communications minor at the University of Delaware in Newark, her obituary says.  She was also a member of the…

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by Valerie Musson