COSTANZO, ROSE MARIE
(Nee Overnack), on May 21, 2007, of Gloucester City. Age 75.
Beloved wife of Samuel J. Devoted mother of John Costanzo and his wife Angela Cella of Alexandria, VA and Lisa Pyffer and her husband Michael T., Sr. of Dennisville, NJ. Loving grandmotherof Michael, Jr. and Samantha Rose Pyffer, also of Dennis-ville. Dear sister-in-law of Mary Colletti. Also survived by many nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Costanzo was a waitress at Max\’s Café in Gloucester City for 20 years.
There will be a viewing from 7 to 9pm Thursday eve and 8 to 9am Friday morning at GARDNER FUNERAL HOME, RUNNEMEDE. Funeral Mass 10amFriday at St. Mary\’s RC Church, Gloucester City. Interment New St. Mary\’s Cemetery, Bellmawr.
Family requests in lieu of flowers, donations be made in Mrs. Costanzo\’s memory to the Deborah Hospital Foundation, P.O. Box 820 Browns Mills, NJ 08015. Expressions of sympathy may be e-mailed to Condolences@Gardner FuneralHome.com.

The company overseeing the Brownsfield remedial cleanup at Klemm Avenue and Highland Blvd. site gave a report by letter to the Gloucester City Council for the month of May. The report was read at the Work Session of Council on May 17. The report reads as follows:

The prime contractor is continuing the excavation of contaminated soli. The soil that they are excavating is being trucked to the Transshipment Facility (TSF) located at Stinsman and Brick Roads via the approved shipping route. Work has started on the remediation work on Klemm Avenue 4 (b). The road has been closed to all traffic.

The new 100 gpm waste water treatment plant is continuing to process and discharged water while meeting the states discharge permit criteria. Backfill of the Klemm/Highland site was started on May 7.

On May 1 while excavating SES unearthed three 75 gallon drums. The drums are in the process of being analyzed for any product residue. At this time it appears the drums are empty and not radioactive.

Load out and shipping of rail cars with radiological contaminated waste is continuing at TSF. Waste is being transported to permitted disposal facilities at either US Ecology of Idaho or Energy Solutions of Utah. The waste water treatment plant at this facility will be on line by mid May.

Sgt. Allen James Dunckley, age 25, of Glassboro was killed last Monday, May 14 in an ambush in Salman Park, Iraq by small arms fire and an improvised explosive device.

Sgt. Dunckley was a sniper and paratrooper in the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division from Fort Benning, Ga.

He is survived by his wife Jen, of Philadelphia, his three and half- year- old son Joshua, his two -year- old daughter Hannah and his parents Mae and Allen Dunckley, of Glassboro.

The family will celebrate Allan James Dunckley at his funeral Thursday — a military service at Calvary Chapel of Philadelphia, 13500 Philmont Ave. The viewing is from 9 to 11 a.m. The service begins at 11 a.m.

An Army general will present the family with medals, likely the Purple Heart and Global War on Terrorism medal.

COSTANZO, ROSE MARIE
(Nee Overnack), on May 21, 2007, of Gloucester City. Age 75.
Beloved wife of Samuel J. Devoted mother of John Costanzo and his wife Angela Cella of Alexandria, VA and Lisa Pyffer and her husband Michael T., Sr. of Dennisville, NJ. Loving grandmotherof Michael, Jr. and Samantha Rose Pyffer, also of Dennis-ville. Dear sister-in-law of Mary Colletti. Also survived by many nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Costanzo was a waitress at Max\’s Café in Gloucester City for 20 years.
There will be a viewing from 7 to 9pm Thursday eve and 8 to 9am Friday morning at GARDNER FUNERAL HOME, RUNNEMEDE. Funeral Mass 10amFriday at St. Mary\’s RC Church, Gloucester City. Interment New St. Mary\’s Cemetery, Bellmawr.
Family requests in lieu of flowers, donations be made in Mrs. Costanzo\’s memory to the Deborah Hospital Foundation, P.O. Box 820 Browns Mills, NJ 08015. Expressions of sympathy may be e-mailed to Condolences@Gardner FuneralHome.com.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday May, 24 at 11:30 a.m. at Saint Mary\’s Church, Monmouth and Atlantic Sts., for Charles A. Hagan Sr., of Gloucester City who passed away suddenly on May 21. He was 50 years old.

According to media reports a relative went to check on Mr. Hagen late Monday afternoon when no one had heard from him. The relative saw soot on the curtains and called 911. Police went in and found Mr. Hagen dead in his bedroom. He apparently died of smoke inhalation. The fire had smoldered in the basement and burned itself out. Cause of the fire is still under investigation, but believed to be accidental.

Charles was a lifelong resident of Gloucester City and proudly served as a volunteer firefighter from 1976 to 2003. He rose to the rank of Battalion Chief of Gloucester Heights Fire Department. Charles loved to go crabbing, fix cars and these were his passions in life.

Mr. Hagan is survived by his wife of 11 years, Colleen B. Hagan (nee Sweeney) of Gloucester City. His children, Christine Twiford of West Lawn, PA, Megan A. Sweeney of Gloucester City and the late Charles A. Hagan, Jr.

Son of City Councilman William R. Hagan, Sr. and Effie M. (nee Harker) of Gloucester Heights. Brother of William R. Hagan, Jr. (Dawn), City Fire Chief Brian \”Fuzzy\” Hagan (Anne) and Michael J. Hagan (Jennifer) all of Gloucester City.

Grandfather of Alison Hagan, Kevin C. Twiford, Felicia Twiford and Brody Minder. Survived by many nieces, nephews and cousins.

Relatives, friends and fellow firefighters are kindly invited to attend his viewing on Thursday morning from 9 am to 11 am at the McCann-Healey Funeral Home, 851 Monmouth Street, Gloucester City. There will be no evening viewing. Interment New Saint Mary\’s Cemetery, Bellmawr.

Family requests that memorial donations be made in Charles\’ memory to the Crozer-Chester Foundation: One Medical Center Boulevard: Upland, PA 19013. Attn: Burn Treatment Center. Please write in the memo of the check Charles A. Hagan, Sr.

Expressions of sympathy can be e-mailed to the family through our funeral home website www.mccannhealey.com under online obituaries of Charles A. Hagan, Sr.

 

Mount Ephraim Community Wide Yard Sale

Saturday, June 2

 

(Rain Date: Sunday, June 3)

 

To Get Your Address Listed

Contact Laura Oehlert at 933-2024.

 

For More Information, please visit www.freewebs.com/mountephraimyardsale/

PHOTOS BY BILL BATES

Bagpipers from the Camden County Emerald Society play \”Amazing Grace\” at the CamCo Fire Chief\’s & Fire Officer\’s Annual Installation Banquet held at the Bellmawr Ballroom on Thursday, January 11th.

Mount Ephraim Fire Department Honor Guard members (L to R) Firefighter Nikki Campanell, Battalion Chief Jeff Vilardo, Captain Mark Campanell, and Captain Joe Imielinski exit the ballroom after they concluded posting the colors for the evening.

CAMCO FIRE CHIEF\’S & OFFICER\’S INSTALLATION BANQUET HELD

By Bill Bates

NEWS Correspondent

 

Bellmawr, NJ – On Thursday, January 11, 2007, the Camden County Fire Chief\’s and Fire Officer\’s Association of New Jersey held their Annual Installation Banquet at the Bellmawr Ballroom adjacent to Bellmawr Fire & Rescue – Station 32. The evening started off with bagpipers from the Camden County Emerald Society playing several selections including \”Amazing Grace\”. Joining them were members from the Mount Ephraim Fire Department Honor Guard who were given the honor of displaying and posting the colors of this great country.

MSGR Michael T. Mannion from the Immaculate Conception of Camden performed the invocation just before dinner. MSGR Mannion is known to many in the CamCo Emergency Services Field as \”Father Mike\” as he has been assisting many departments and communities through-out Camden County since the dreadful morning of July 4, 2002 when he provided his assistance in the removal of the victims from the fatal house fire at 200 N. Broadway in Gloucester City where three firefighters and three children lost their lives.

Master of Ceremonies for the evening was Chief Joseph A. Riggs, Jr., from the Haddon Fire Company #1 in Haddonfield. Chief Riggs introduced the Honored Guests including executives from All Risk – Property Damage Experts who pledged to donate $10,000 a year, for the next four years to the C.C.F.C.F.O.A. to use for training, education, and scholarship programs through-out Camden County. Also in attendance was the family of Fallen Camden City Firefighter George Jackson who passed away last year as a result of injuries he sustained at a house fire in the early 90\’s. His family was presented with a special plaque followed by several kind and encouraging words from President Michael A. Hall.

Chief Riggs introduced the 2007 Officers and Board of Directors prior to being sworn in by Bellmawr Mayor Frank Filipek. The 2007 Officers are; President Michael Hall, 1^st Vice President Robert Mortka, 2^nd Vice President Robert Giorgio, Secretary Scott Longfellow, Treasurer Michael Croissette. Chief Fire Marshall Paul Hartstein, County Fire Coordinator William Schaefer, and Chief of Communications John Waechtler. The 2007 Board of Directors are; Sal Catania, William Glassman, Thomas Calhoun, Joseph Reichert Jr., Randall Freiling, Samuel Funches, and John Amet. Chief Riggs also mentioned for all of those in attendance to keep Camden County Chief Fire Marshall Paul Hartstein and Camden County Assistant Fire Marshal Andy Braig in their thoughts and prayers. Both men have been recently hospitalized, Andy Braig is the more serious of the two, he may possibly lose his right leg from the knee down due to his diabetes. A 50/50 raffle and collection raised over $1500.00 which was done by fellow county employee\’s to help with Andy\’s expenses. A motion was made by Past President Jack Plasket, with numerous seconds, to donate all proceeds collected from the 50/50 raffle to go to assist Andy Braig in his time of need. The motion was successfully carried.

The guest speaker for the evening was Fire Chief Ronald Kanterman, from Merek Pharmaceutical located in Union County, NJ. Chief Kanterman grabbed his audiences attention right from the beginning as he told several humorous fire related jokes and then began address the audience on his topic; \”You can\’t know where you are going until you know where you have been\”. Many in attendance found his topic very interesting as well as educational. He did a great job driving home several key points for fellow Chief Officers and Fire Officers to remember and hopefully to utilize in the future.

At the conclusion of the evening, Chaplains MSGR. Michael Mannion, Robert Harper Jr., Robert Cummings, and Anthony Saranchak performed the memorial service were the reading of the names of the deceased firefighters from Camden County who passed away last year and the ringing of the memorial bells took place. A fabulous job was done and a special thank you to Chief Gary Burgin who sang The Lord\’s Prayer. Another special thank you goes out to Camden County Fire Photographers Curt Hudson, Bob Bartosz, and John Axford who created a special slide show of 2006 incidents for the Annual Installation Banquet and also a special slide show of deceased firefighters from 2006 for the memorial service and candle lighting.