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PA Boy Dies Days Before Starting 8th Grade: Officials PA Boy Dies Days Before Starting 8th Grade: Officials
PA Boy Dies Days Before Starting 8th Grade: Officials A 13-year-old boy passed away less than four days before starting eighth grade, Donald H. Eichhorn Middle School Principal Michael Sokalzuk told Daily Voice on Wednesday, Aug. 21.  Jaxon Snyder, of Lewisburg, died after "a brief and unexpected illness," on Monday evening, Aug. 19, Sokalzuk said.  The statement from the school reads in full: "The entire Lewisburg Area School District, Donald H. Eichhorn Middle School, and Lewisburg community mourns the passing of 8th grade student Jaxon Snyder. Jaxon passed away after a brief and unexpected illness. Jaxon was a mo…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Dads ID'd As Men Pulled From Creek In PA Park: Police Dads ID'd As Men Pulled From Creek In PA Park: Police
Dads ID'd As Men Pulled From Creek In PA Park: Police Two fathers have left behind young children — including an infant after drowning in a Pennsylvania creek, as detailed in a GoFundMe started for their family. The discovery of the first body led divers to another body, as Daily Voice previously reported.  Bilsón Araél Ramirez, 22 recently of Pittsburgh, but originally of Guatemala, was found "floating in the Montour Run Creek near the Montour Run Trail" around 4:05 p.m. in Moon Township on June 28, according to the police release and identified by the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office on July 9.  After first res…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Support Rising For Children Of Motorcyclist Killed In Route 46 Crash Support Rising For Children Of Motorcyclist Killed In Route 46 Crash
Support Rising For Children Of Motorcyclist Killed In Route 46 Crash Jeffrey Jacobs was on his way home from work when he was killed in a motorcycle crash on Monday, June 24 on Route 46 in Mount Olive. A fundraiser has been set up to assist three of Jacobs' children and their mother, Ashley. Jacobs, an East Stroudsburg, PA resident. Jacobs also had an 4-month old son, Silas, with his fiancée, Ally Kaufman.  As of Friday, June 28, the fundraiser has raised more than $3,400. "Emotionally the road to peace and understanding will be a long and arduous one," Dorothy Pharo, who organized the fundraiser said. "Financially his family is faced wi…

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by Sam Barron
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Support Surges For Family After Sudden Death Of Beloved Warren County Native, 19 Support Surges For Family After Sudden Death Of Beloved Warren County Native, 19
Support Surges For Family After Sudden Death Of Beloved Warren County Native, 19 Support is on the rise for the Warren County family of Tyler Michael Wehrenberg, who died suddenly at Morristown Memorial Hospital on Thursday, March 3. He was 19. Born in Newton, Wehrenberg lived in Hackettstown at the time of his death, his obituary says. Wehrenberg attended West Morris Central High School and Hunterdon County Polytech, according to his Facebook page. Meanwhile, Wehrenberg’s family now faces an “extremely difficult” financial burden, according to a GoFundMe launched for funeral expenses. “…my son was ripped from me and from this earth,” reads a quote from Wehrenberg’s m…

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by Valerie Musson
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‘Unthinkable:’ Devoted PA Mom Erica Alicea Dies Suddenly From Brain Hemorrhage At 42 ‘Unthinkable:’ Devoted PA Mom Erica Alicea Dies Suddenly From Brain Hemorrhage At 42
‘Unthinkable:’ Devoted PA Mom Erica Alicea Dies Suddenly From Brain Hemorrhage At 42 Support is skyrocketing for the heartbroken family of 42-year-old Pennsylvania mother Erica Alicea, who suffered a sudden brain hemorrhage on Jan. 15 and was being taken off life support Wednesday. Originally thought to be a seizure, Alicea suffered the medical episode while waiting for her son to come out of a basketball game, according to a GoFundMe launched by Pierina Darquea. “Unfortunately events took a turn for the worse after discovering a brain hemorrhage in the occipital lobe from which she would not recover,” Darquea writes. “…on January 19, 2022, Erica Alicea, a beloved wife, m…

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by Valerie Musson
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Hunterdon County Mother Of 4, First Aid Squad Volunteer Jamie Perez Dies, 37 Hunterdon County Mother Of 4, First Aid Squad Volunteer Jamie Perez Dies, 37
Hunterdon County Mother Of 4, First Aid Squad Volunteer Jamie Perez Dies, 37 Support is surging for the family of Jamie Lea Perez, a Hunterdon County mother of four and longtime first aid squad volunteer who died at home on Jan. 1 at the age of 37. Born in Somerville, Perez grew up in Lebanon Township and graduated from Voorhees High School in 2002, her obituary says. Perez was known for loving her family and friends, as well as for being a “country girl” with a passion for the outdoors, her obit says. She attended the Warren County Fair each year and loved to participate in tractor pulls and mud bogging. Perez also served for five years as a member of the Lebanon …

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by Valerie Musson