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Monday, March 06, 2017Haver was Jennie's niece, and continued to oversee the fund for 42 years, serving as its president until her hundredth birthday.Ella Haver graduated from Clinton High School, receiving a degree from Montclair State Teachers College in 1934 and her Master's Degree from Teachers College Columbia University in 1945.Scholarship ends after 6 decades, $2 million givenShe began her teaching career in 1935 with a short stint in a one-room schoolhouse in Hamden, Clinton Township, before going on to teach in North Branch, Green Brook and North Plainfield. She was a science teacher at Cranford High School from 1945-65, and finished her career with five years at Warren Hills Regional High School.A visitation at noon and funeral service at 1 p.m. will be held Monday at the Clinton United Methodist Church on Halstead Street.Instead of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Jennie M. Haver Memorial Scholarship Fund, c/o Nicholas Boxter, CPA, Treasurer, 3582 Route 22 West, P.O. Box 464, Whitehouse, NJ 08888.The fund was organized in memory of New Jersey's first "helping" teacher, Jennie M. Haver, who traveled to rural schools to advise and encourage teachers and supplement their lessons between 1916 and 1950.The fund's board of trustees stated going forward it will be encouraging the community to support the Hunterdon County Vocational School District Education Foundation.
Monday, March 06, 2017Mr. Convery died of cancer on Aug. 30 at his home in Little Egg Harbor. He is survived by his wife of 53 years; his children, Elizabeth Convery of Glen Rock, Karen Ciaramella of Montclair and James Convery of Shrewsbury; three siblings, Dr. Patricia Glover of Huntington Beach, Calif., Charles Convery of Waldwick and Mary Orr of Mahwah; and six grandchildren.The funeral was held Saturday at St. Anthony’s R.C. Church in Hawthorne, under the direction of Browning-Forshay Funeral Home.Email: levin@northjersey.com...
Monday, December 19, 2016MONTCLAIR -- More than 100 people gathered Friday for the tearful funeral of a 20-year-old Montclair college student, who was killed after she came home from school to visit family for Thanksgiving break.Sarah Butler, who studied at New Jersey City University in Jersey City, was remembered as a beloved and talented dancer with a bright future. Her funeral, at St. Mark's United Methodist Church, was packed with loved ones.Students with the Premiere Dance Theatre, where Butler attended, danced through tears at the funeral service in honor of the slain former student."We love Sarah immensely, and I want to tell you about not just how much of a great dancer she was but a great person," Shirlise McKinley-Wiggins, founder and director of the Premiere Dance Theatre, told NJ Advance Media at a vigil outside Butler's family home Saturday.Family members reported Butler missing to Montclair police Nov. 23 and she was last seen the night before, according to authorities. Police found her body in t...
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Monday, March 06, 2017Haver was Jennie's niece, and continued to oversee the fund for 42 years, serving as its president until her hundredth birthday.Ella Haver graduated from Clinton High School, receiving a degree from Montclair State Teachers College in 1934 and her Master's Degree from Teachers College Columbia University in 1945.Scholarship ends after 6 decades, $2 million givenShe began her teaching career in 1935 with a short stint in a one-room schoolhouse in Hamden, Clinton Township, before going on to teach in North Branch, Green Brook and North Plainfield. She was a science teacher at Cranford High School from 1945-65, and finished her career with five years at Warren Hills Regional High School.A visitation at noon and funeral service at 1 p.m. will be held Monday at the Clinton United Methodist Church on Halstead Street.Instead of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Jennie M. Haver Memorial Scholarship Fund, c/o Nicholas Boxter, CPA, Treasurer, 3582 Route 22 West, P.O. Box 464, Whitehouse, NJ 08888.The fund was organized in memory of New Jersey's first "helping" teacher, Jennie M. Haver, who traveled to rural schools to advise and encourage teachers and supplement their lessons between 1916 and 1950.The fund's board of trustees stated going forward it will be encouraging the community to support the Hunterdon County Vocational School District Education Foundation.
Monday, March 06, 2017Mr. Convery died of cancer on Aug. 30 at his home in Little Egg Harbor. He is survived by his wife of 53 years; his children, Elizabeth Convery of Glen Rock, Karen Ciaramella of Montclair and James Convery of Shrewsbury; three siblings, Dr. Patricia Glover of Huntington Beach, Calif., Charles Convery of Waldwick and Mary Orr of Mahwah; and six grandchildren.The funeral was held Saturday at St. Anthony’s R.C. Church in Hawthorne, under the direction of Browning-Forshay Funeral Home.Email: levin@northjersey.com...
Monday, December 19, 2016MONTCLAIR -- More than 100 people gathered Friday for the tearful funeral of a 20-year-old Montclair college student, who was killed after she came home from school to visit family for Thanksgiving break.Sarah Butler, who studied at New Jersey City University in Jersey City, was remembered as a beloved and talented dancer with a bright future. Her funeral, at St. Mark's United Methodist Church, was packed with loved ones.Students with the Premiere Dance Theatre, where Butler attended, danced through tears at the funeral service in honor of the slain former student."We love Sarah immensely, and I want to tell you about not just how much of a great dancer she was but a great person," Shirlise McKinley-Wiggins, founder and director of the Premiere Dance Theatre, told NJ Advance Media at a vigil outside Butler's family home Saturday.Family members reported Butler missing to Montclair police Nov. 23 and she was last seen the night before, according to authorities. Police found her body in t...
