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Cecelia 'Ceil' Murphy, 87, Longtime Fair Lawn Resident, School Aide
FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- Cecelia "Ceil" Agnes Murphy, of Fair Lawn, died on Wednesday, Sept. 28. She was 88.
Born in the Bronx, Murphy lived in Fair Lawn for nearly 60 years. She was a clerk aide at Westmoreland Elementary School in Fair Lawn for 39 years, and when she retired -- at 81 -- the school's playground was named in her honor.
"She loved her family and her job at Westmoreland and was an avid Yankee fan," information at the funeral home noted. She was a parishioner of St. Catharine Church, in Glen Rock, and she was a member of the Fair Lawn Fire Company No. 2 Ladies…
John J. McFadden III, 72, Hackensack Resident
HACKENSACK, N.J. -- John J. McFadden III, of Hackensack, died on Monday, Sept. 26. He was 72.
Born in Washington, D.C., McFadden was raised in Radburn. He graduated from St. Bonaventure University with a degree in classics and then served with the U.S. Army Reserve for six years. His professional career began as a Latin teacher in Cattaraugus County, New York.
McFadden then joined the training program at First Boston Cooperation, where he would work for 26 years. At Credit Suisse First Boston, he was both treasurer and vice president of Reinvestments. After he retired in 1994, he was a…
Tonia McLaughlin, 69, Dumont Resident
DUMONT, N.J. -- Tonia McLaughlin, of Dumont, died on Wednesday, Sept. 28. She was 69.
McLaughlin was born Nov. 13, 1946.
She is survived by her husband, William McLaughlin, and her siblings, Marianne Robbins and Nicholas Campanella.
Visiting hours will be from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 29, at Riewerts Memorial Home, 187 South Washington Ave., in Bergenfield. The funeral will leave the funeral home at 9 a.m. on Friday, for a 9:30 a.m. funeral mass at St. Therese Roman Catholic Church, in Cresskill. Interment will be at St. Charles Cemetery, in Farmingdale, New York.
