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NJ Town Mourns Loss Of 'Teddy Bear With Heart Of Gold' Killed Practically On His Own Property
If you're from Andover, you knew Joey Luchetti.
He was the one driving the Joe Veg trucks. Big, silver cross necklace.
And a personality larger than life.
The lifelong Andover resident, 60, died on Friday, May 31, when his 1963 Pontiac veered off of Yates Avenue, local police said.
The car went down into a culvert and Luchetti was ejected into a wooded area, just behind his house, where he died.
"On his own property," said friend of 40 years Joe Pepe, of Fredon. "That's how close to home he was."
Joe Veg famously lived on Luchetti Way, a roadway named after his mo…
Proceeds From GoFundMe For Fredon Mom's New Liver Instead Go To Grieving Daughter, 10
The money that was being raised on a public campaign for a 38-year-old single Fredon mom battling a liver disease will instead go to her 10-year-old daughter following her passing.
More than $6,500 had been raised on a GoFundMe as of Monday for Lola, 10, who is mourning the loss of mom Stephanie Murch. She died at University Hospital in Newark on Aug. 7, her obituary says.
"Stephanie loved her family, friends, her community, and was a true American," the page says. "But more than anything, she loved her Lola and loved being a mom."
A funeral service will begin at 11 a.m., Tuesday, Aug…
