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Lives Well Lived: Servicemen, educator and artist
Mar 31, 2013
The little borough of Audubon lost two members of the Greatest Generation on the same day last week.
Leonard Jones and Thomas McGettigan both died on Palm Sunday.
The latter was 93 and had volunteered for the service shortly after Pearl Harbor. He spent his active-duty time in the savage Pacific Theatre but was remembered as the uncle with a smile always on his face by Megan Marderosian of Birmingham, Mich.
Mr. McGettigan had a marriage of more than 60 years “to the love of his life,” Peggy, and a long career at PSE&G, where he made the classic post-war progression from rank-and-file employee to manager. He is survived by six children and 10 grandchildren.
Mr. Jones was 89 and an integral part of Audubon. A 1942 graduate of the borough high school, he served in the Army and was commended for his D-Day service. A lifelong Baptist, he served in the American Legion and was inducted into the Audubon Little League Hall of Fame.
Last year, he was the guest of honor in the town’s Fourth of July parade. He leaves behind his wife of 66 years, “Sweetie Pie” June; two children; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Apparently every moment counted for Laura Vivian Davenport of Woodbury Heights. Her obituary notes she died March 22 at 98 — and a half.
She was an educator and coach for nearly 45 years in Woodbury, Riverside and Penns Grove. An accomplished tennis player, Davenport netted 12 championship teams at Woodbury and also coached field hockey. A world traveler, she also spent time at home making the cookies and ice cream sodas for which she was known within her family, and was a longtime volunteer at Underwood-Memorial Hospital in Woodbury.
Never married but sustained by friends and church, Ms. Davenport is survived by more than four dozen nieces and nephews in three generations.
James Hannold hailed from Gloucester City but made his home in Magnolia for half a century. The 87-year-old, who died March 17, was a carpenter and artist who helped design and build the Magnolia Train Station Museum on West Evesham Avenue.
So devoted was Mr. Hannold to his community, where he also served as a councilman for seven years, he earned lifetime commendations from Camden County, Gloucester City, and his own town, which awarded him the Magnolia Medal.
“Mr. Hannold was a very special man,” wrote Magnolia resident Sharon Humphries on the McCann-Healey Funeral Home website. “I had the pleasure of meeting him several times over the years. Magnolia will miss him; he was an asset to the community.
“Nobody will ever replace him.”
He is survived by three of his four children — Lori Ann Hannold died in infancy — and three grandchildren.
Lives Well Lived is a bimonthly tribute to recently deceased South Jersey residents. Reach Christina Mitchell at chmitchell@gannett.com
Lives Well Lived: Servicemen, educator and artist
Mar 31, 2013
The little borough of Audubon lost two members of the Greatest Generation on the same day last week.
Leonard Jones and Thomas McGettigan both died on Palm Sunday.
The latter was 93 and had volunteered for the service shortly after Pearl Harbor. He spent his active-duty time in the savage Pacific Theatre but was remembered as the uncle with a smile always on his face by Megan Marderosian of Birmingham, Mich.
Mr. McGettigan had a marriage of more than 60 years “to the love of his life,” Peggy, and a long career at PSE&G, where he made the classic post-war progression from rank-and-file employee to manager. He is survived by six children and 10 grandchildren.
Mr. Jones was 89 and an integral part of Audubon. A 1942 graduate of the borough high school, he served in the Army and was commended for his D-Day service. A lifelong Baptist, he served in the American Legion and was inducted into the Audubon Little League Hall of Fame.
Last year, he was the guest of honor in the town’s Fourth of July parade. He leaves behind his wife of 66 years, “Sweetie Pie” June; two children; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Apparently every moment counted for Laura Vivian Davenport of Woodbury Heights. Her obituary notes she died March 22 at 98 — and a half.
She was an educator and coach for nearly 45 years in Woodbury, Riverside and Penns Grove. An accomplished tennis player, Davenport netted 12 championship teams at Woodbury and also coached field hockey. A world traveler, she also spent time at home making the cookies and ice cream sodas for which she was known within her family, and was a longtime volunteer at Underwood-Memorial Hospital in Woodbury.
Never married but sustained by friends and church, Ms. Davenport is survived by more than four dozen nieces and nephews in three generations.
James Hannold hailed from Gloucester City but made his home in Magnolia for half a century. The 87-year-old, who died March 17, was a carpenter and artist who helped design and build the Magnolia Train Station Museum on West Evesham Avenue.
So devoted was Mr. Hannold to his community, where he also served as a councilman for seven years, he earned lifetime commendations from Camden County, Gloucester City, and his own town, which awarded him the Magnolia Medal.
“Mr. Hannold was a very special man,” wrote Magnolia resident Sharon Humphries on the McCann-Healey Funeral Home website. “I had the pleasure of meeting him several times over the years. Magnolia will miss him; he was an asset to the community.
“Nobody will ever replace him.”
He is survived by three of his four children — Lori Ann Hannold died in infancy — and three grandchildren.
Lives Well Lived is a bimonthly tribute to recently deceased South Jersey residents. Reach Christina Mitchell at chmitchell@gannett.com