Er ist verheiratet mit Alice Ellen "Cookie" Canham.
Sie haben geheiratet am 28. August 1971 in Dennis, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten, er war 45 Jahre alt.Quelle 8
Eugene Joseph Colgan Jr.
Birth 24 Jul 1926
Death 9 Nov 2010 (aged 84)
Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Burial Immaculate Conception Cemetery
Upper Montclair, Essex, New Jersey, USA
Eugene J. Colgan Jr., 84, of Montclair, N.J., passed away peacefully in Belmar, N.J., at the home of his niece, Mary Beth Meehan, on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010. The funeral will be on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010, at 9 a.m. from Hugh M. Moriarty Funeral Home, Inc., 76 Park Street, Montclair, N.J. A Funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. at St. Cassian Church, 187 Bellevue Ave., Upper Montclair, N.J.
Interment will follow at Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Montclair, N.J. "Uncle Gene" can best be characterized by his devout Catholic faith. This faith was reflected in his love of his family, friends and his country. He served proudly in the Army Artillery in World War II.
Those who knew Gene are blessed to have experienced his gentle loving heart, kind wit and true spirit of goodness and generosity. Mr. Colgan loved and cared about each and every one of his students, and devoted over 40 years to teaching in the Montclair School System.
He served as an usher for may years at Saint Cassian Church and was a Fourth Degree Knight, member of the Montclair Council 1277. He was tremendously proud of his Irish Heritage and was an avid New York Mets and New York Giants fan.
He is survived by his beloved sister-in-law, Jeanne Canham; his loving nieces and nephews, Mary Beth Meehan, Bill and Kathy Meehan, Gene Meehan, Joyce Landry, Bob Meehan, Amy Dickinson, John and Celeste Canham, Quinta Thorpe, Heidi and Bill Gamache, Kristin Conville, and several grand nieces and nephews, and his devoted caretaker, Sam.
He was predeceased by his beloved wife, Alice "Cookie" Canham Colgan; his parents, Eugene J. Colgan Sr. and Elizabeth Hone Colgan; his sisters, Mary Clare Meehan, Ann Rose Inks, and his brothers-in-law, Jack Canham, William T. Meehan Sr. and Gordon Inks.
Published in Star-Ledger on November 11, 2010
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