community news from Livingston

SNACKS FOR NEEDY KIDS: Members of the CKC Kindness Club of Chabad at Short Hills in Livingston recently made homemade granola bars and snack packages for children in need. Livingston residents and CKC members, Zach Turbin, Quinn Branch, Jagger Branch, and Gabe Turbin, shown here, along with many others, helped make more than 300 snacks. Nick Santinelli, a volunteer with Livingston Neighbors Helping Neighbors, delivered the packages to Newark food pantries. The CKC Kindness Club is open to students in grades six through eight. For more information on the Club and other teen volunteer opportunities, call 973-535-1800.

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The Livingston High School bowling team concluded its season last week with wins over Caldwell and Millburn and a loss to West Orange. The team finished with a 12-3 record.

The Lancers swept Caldwell in three games behind Ryan Mullin’s 177 and Chris Mullin’s 202.

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A new group is being formed to connect the Hindu faith-based community in celebrations and festivities, announced Fal Pandya, one of the organizers.

“The Hindu Community of Greater Livingston” will feature news, celebrations and upcoming events in Livingston and neighboring towns.

Livingston has a thriving community that follows Hindu traditions and practice s, noted Pandya. Most of the events are done individually at home, in small groups, or at temples in neighboring towns.

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On Thursday, March 11, 2021, Marilyn Rose Welsch, grandmother, wife, and mother, died peacefully at her home in Livingston, New Jersey, from cardiopulmonary arrest. She was 80 years old.

Born on July 3,1940, in New York City to Gertrude and Harry Rudman, Marilyn grew up in Allentown, Pennsylvania with her older sister, Ellin. Summers were spent traveling and attending Camp Kenwood in Connecticut. An ever-aspiring writer, Marilyn graduated from Allentown High School in 1958 and attended Boston University. She returned to Camp Kenwood and worked as a counselor during the summers. She graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree from BU’s School of Public Relations in 1962.

Francis Joseph “Bud” Murphy of Livingston, New Jersey, passed away on March 12, 2021, at Saint Barnabas Medical Center.

Mr. Murphy, also known as “Frank,” was born in Orange on October 4, 1935. He attended Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School and Orange High School, and honorably served his country as a medic in the United States Army. He resided in Livingston for 58 years.

Mr. Murphy was a talented mechanic. As a young man, he owned and operated Murphy’s Service in West Orange, and then in Montclair. Later, he worked as a Construction Supervisor for Hutton Construction. He was a member of the Friendly Sons of the Shillelagh in West Orange.

Bud’s greatest successes, however, were as a husband, father, and in the number of friends he made through his unceasing kindness, generosity and good humor. Those who were lucky enough to sit near him for any length of time discovered his wit and gift for story-telling.

Eugene J. Howland, 91, of Livingston, passed away at home on March 13, 2021.

Visitation took place yesterday, Wednesday, in the Shook-Farmer Funeral Home, 45 Roseland Avenue, Roseland, NJ 07068, shookfarmer.com.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered today, Thursday, at 10 a.m. at St. Philomena’s Church in Livingston, with entombment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in East Hanover.

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Eugene grew up in Verona and settled in Livingston in 1961. He graduated from St. Benedict’s Prep School in Newark. During the Korean War, he honorably served in the Air Force, attaining the rank of Staff Sergeant. After his time in the Air Force, he was a member of the American Legion and VFW Livingston Posts.

Norman O. Adis, 91, passed away on Friday, March 12, 2021, at his home with his loving family by his side.

Born in Maplewood, Norman resided in Livingston for 49 years. He owned his own plumbing and home improvement company and was a long-standing member of the Master Plumbers’ Association.

A devoted husband and loving father, Norman was an enthusiastic outdoorsman and enjoyed many hobbies, including skiing, camping, gardening, boating, fishing, building elaborate model train sets, and refurbishing his favorite vintage cars, a Ford Thunderbird and International Scout.

The past few weeks have brought some welcome good news in town.

Annual events, including Fourth of July festivities and Summerfest (to be held in the fall), which had to be cancelled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, are actively being planned. Schools are preparing to fully open for students who feel comfortable attending, with the goal of a typical school year come fall.

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So, you have received both of your vaccination shots and waited the appropriate amount of time after the second dose to achieve a satisfactory level of immunity. Congratulations! You have done a service to yourself and your community. But your job is not over.

The vaccinated still need to be thinking about the unvaccinated. As of earlier this week, more than one out of every ten residents in the state had been fully vaccinated, with about a quarter of New Jersey’s residents receiving at least one dose. Those who are vaccinated may now be out and about and may be making life more dangerous for the many millions of New Jersey residents still waiting for their number to be called.

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Joshua Mark Levy
May 4, 1975-March 11, 2021