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Support Surges For Family After Sudden Death Of PA HS Volleyball Player Support Surges For Family After Sudden Death Of PA HS Volleyball Player
Support Surges For Family After Sudden Death Of PA HS Volleyball Player Support is on the rise for the heartbroken family of a former high school volleyball player in Pennsylvania, who died suddenly on Thursday, Feb. 17. Ijeoma “IJ” Aguocha was a 2019 graduate of Cardinal O’Hara High School, and played for the school's volleyball team from 2015 to 2018, the team wrote in a Facebook tribute. The Cardinal O’Hara Volleyball family mourns the loss of Ijeoma (IJ) Aguocha – class of 2019. IJ was a treasured and... Posted by Cardinal O'Hara Girls Volleyball on Saturday, February 19, 2022 "IJ left an indelible mark on both the program and school with her larger-th…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Support Surges For MontCo Man Who Sacrificed Himself To Save Wife In Bucks County Flood Waters Support Surges For MontCo Man Who Sacrificed Himself To Save Wife In Bucks County Flood Waters
Support Surges For MontCo Man Who Sacrificed Himself To Save Wife In Bucks County Flood Waters Support is surging the wife of a 65-year-old man who died last week as the remnants of Hurricane Ida caused record amounts of flooding across southeastern Pennsylvania. Donald and Kate Bauer, of Perkiomenville, were hit by a flash flood near the Unami Creek in Milford Township while driving home from their daughter's volleyball game on Sept. 1. Kate was able to get out of the car and clung to a tree for more than an hour before she was rescued.  As conditions were too severe, rescue crews had to return the next morning in search of the car. He never made it out of the car and dro…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Air Force Vet, Correctional Officer Jeremy Callender Of Schwenksville Dies, 35 Air Force Vet, Correctional Officer Jeremy Callender Of Schwenksville Dies, 35
Air Force Vet, Correctional Officer Jeremy Callender Of Schwenksville Dies, 35 Air Force veteran and correctional officer Jeremy Callender of Schwenksville died on April 3. He was 35 years old. Born in Sellersville, Callender graduated from Souderton Area High School in 2003, and graduated from American Military University in 2015 with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice, according to his obituary. Callender worked in logistics with the United States Air Force for 11 years, and later worked at the Bureau of Corrections in Graterford, his memorial says. Callender's obituary remembered him as someone who "loved being in the outdoors enjoying camping, voll…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Northampton Math Teacher, Volleyball Coach Jessica Finlayson Dies After Brain Cancer Battle, 28 Northampton Math Teacher, Volleyball Coach Jessica Finlayson Dies After Brain Cancer Battle, 28
Northampton Math Teacher, Volleyball Coach Jessica Finlayson Dies After Brain Cancer Battle, 28 The Northampton County community is mourning the death of local math teacher and volleyball coach Jessica Finlayson on Jan. 22 following a valiant battle with brain cancer. She was 28 years old. Finlayson, of Whitehall, graduated from Emmaus High School and received a degree in mathematics from Lebanon Valley College, her obituary says. Finlayson taught eighth grade math at Northampton Middle School and served as the head varsity coach of the girls’ high school volleyball team, her obit says. She earned her master’s degree while continuing to teach, coach and undergo treatment for brain ca…

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by Valerie Musson