Marie Virginia Thomas, (nee Fruncillo) of Brooklawn went home to be with the Lord on December 29, 2007. She was 82. Marie was born in Philadelphia, PA and was a longtime resident of Brooklawn.

Loving wife of 64 years to Anthony J. Thomas. Beloved mother of Kathleen Vaux (Stephen)of Little Egg Harbor, Donna M. Firlein (Fran) of Westville, Dee MacAdams(Thomas) of Brooklawn and Christine Dwight (Don)of Woodbury Heights. Dee is the owner of Erin\’s Gardens in Gloucester City

Devoted grandmother of 9 (Ryan, Brett, Bryan, Toni, Shane, Colin, Erin, Samantha, Kyle).

Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend her visitation on Thursday 11 am to 1 pm at the McCANN-HEALEY FUNERAL HOME: 851 Monmouth Street, (at Brown Street) Gloucester City. Phone: 856-456-1142. Catholic Service 1 pm in the funeral home

Marie loved her animals so to honor her in lieu of flowers donations to Furrever Friends: P.O. Box 141, Woodbury, NJ 08096. Please write Marie V. Thomas in memo of check. Expressions of sympathy can be e-mailed to the family through our funeral home website www.mccannhealey.com under online obituaries of Marie Virginia Thomas.  

Bill Connelly went home to be with our Lord on Dec. 19, 2007.

Born on April 24, 1940 in Brooklawn, N.J., he raised his family in West Deptford, N.J., until he retired to Naples, Florida in 1991.

Survivors are his wife of 49 years, Elaine; his four children, Janet, Shellie, Bill, Norman; his eight grandchildren and his brother Norman.

Bill was the founder of Colonial Wallcovering, a lifetime member of the Colonial Manor Fire Association and a member of the American Legion # 135 in Florida.

Bill¹s love of life and the beauty he saw in God¹s nature took his adventurous spirit camping, canoeing, fishing, hunting, boating and on motorcycle trips.

Family and friends are invited to share in the celebration of Bill¹s life at a memorial service on Jan. 5, 2008 at 11 a.m. to be held at the Southwood Baptist Church (11 Griscom Avenue, Woodbury).

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the American Cancer Society (800) ACS-2345). Published in the Gloucester County Times on 12/30/2007.

James Seltzer, 22 of Deptford, N.J. on December 24, 2007.

Beloved son of James Seltzer and step-son of Karyn (Brown) Seltzer of North Carolina. Loving grandson of Bertha Dugan. Dear nephew of Steven Seltzer and Linda Burrow. Step-brother of Justin and Colin Emerle.

Private Services were held on Thursday Dec. 27, 2007 under the direction of the McGUINNESS FUNERAL HOME, Woodbury.

J.J. will be sadly missed by his father, family and friends.

UNIS, RICHARD J. SR.
On December 26, 2007, age 63 years, of Gibbstown, and formerly of Audubon. Beloved husband of the late Virgie M. (Cherokee) (nee Byrd). Loving father of Ray, Debbie Connell, Lone Wolf, Sheila Unis, Richard Jr. and Lisa Holland. Also survived by his mother IsabelAllen, 1 sister Sheila Murchell, 28 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren.

Relatives and friends of the family may call Monday, 10-11:00am at the EVOY-BANASZFUNERAL HOME, 129 White Horse Pike, Haddon Heights where a Religious Service will be celebrated at 11:00am. Interment Calvary Cemetery, Cherry Hill.

EVANSTON, ILLINOIS—The Broncs are competing this weekend at the 45^th Annual Midlands Wrestling Tournament, hosted by Northwestern University, with three wrestlers in the semi-finals and three in the consolation wrestle backs.

Senior Don Fisch (Williamstown, N.J./Delsea), the eighth seed at 149, will face the fifth seed, Jake Patacsil of Purdue in the semi-finals Sunday. Fisch defeated Grant Paswall of Illinois 7-3 in the quarter-finals. Fisch defeated Matt Cusick of Virginia Tech 3-0 in the round of 16. Fisch won a major decision (14-0) in the first round over Chris Szabolcs of Air Force and defeated Ashtin Primus of Missouri 7-2 in the second round.

Senior T.J. Morrison (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cedar Cliff), the fourth seed at 197, will face the top seed, Josh Glenn of American, in the semi-finals Sunday. Morrison defeated the fifth seed, Matt Koz of Tennessee-Chatanooga 3-1 in the quarter-finals. T. J. Morrison defeated CAA-foe Jon Oplinger of Drexel 3-1 in the round of 16 after defeating Alec Bonander of Luther 7-4 in the first round.

Junior 165 Jason Lapham (West Chazy, N.Y./Beekmantown) will face the fifth seed, Jon Reader of Iowa State in the semi-finals Sunday. In the quarter-finals Lapham defeated the eighth seed, Tim Palmer of Wisconsin-LaCrosse 3-1. Lapham defeated Benjamin Hoover of Nebraska 8-7 in the round of 16. Lapham received a first-round bye before defeating TH Leet of Iowa 4-2.

Junior Doug Umbehauer (Shamong, N.J./Lenape) won 7-1 in the consolations against Brendan Faust of Wisconsin-LaCrosse and will now face Josh Edmonson of Tennessee-Chattanooga. Umbehauer lost 3-1 in sudden victory to Phil Keddy of in the round of 16. The sixth seed at 184, Umbehauer received a first round bye before defeating Dave Sullivan of Pittsburgh 9-2.

Sophomore 174 Mike Miller (Wilmington, Del./Brandywine) was pinned (4:20) by the sixth seed, Jay Borschel of Iowa in the round of 16. Miller received a first round bye before defeating Mitch Artist of Iowa State 11-7, and will now compete in the consolations against Ryan Smith of Great Falls.

Junior Ed Bordas (Montgomery, N.Y./Valley Central) defeated Mike Sprigg of Army 7-4 in the consolations, and will now face Dustin Bauman of Northern Iowa. Bordas received a first round bye before losing 17-4 to the eighth seed, Nik Fekete of Hawk Wrestling Club.

Sophomore Rob Morrison (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cedar Cliff) lost 5-4 in the 157 pound consolations to Clint Arlis of Illinois. Rob Morrison lost 7-4 in the first round to Emanual Brooks of Missouri.

In the 141 pound consolations, sophomore Fred Rodgers (Perkiomenville, Pa./Boyertown) lost 5-3 to Michael Bonora of Rhode Island. Rodgers lost 4-2 to Nick Shumate of Southern Illinois in the first round.

In the 133 pound consolations, junior Zac Cunliffe (Farmingdale, N.J./Howell) will face Steve Siokos of Harper. After a first round bye Cunliffe lost 9-0 to the #2 seed, Jim Kennedy of Illinois.

In the consolations sophomore 125 Tommy Lorenzo (West Orange) defaulted to Andrew Taylor of Dubuque. Lorenzo was pinned (1:28) by TJ Wunnicke of Northern Illinois in the first round.

The Broncs placed a best-ever 13^th at Midlands last year, with Umbehauer finishing runner-up and T.J. Morrison placing fifth.

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