WENDLER Helen F.-On June 15, 2007. Age 83. (nee Molt). Of Brooklawn. Formerly of Gloucester City. Loving wife of 55 years to the late Robert O. Wendler. Devoted and caring mother of Lynn A. Johnsen and husband Greg of Brooklawn. Beloved grandmother of Derek and Tyler both of Brooklawn. Helen was raised and lived in Gloucester City. She was a resident of Brooklawn for the last 53 years. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend her viewing on Tuesday morning from 9 am to 10 am at the McCANN-HEALEY FUNERAL HOME: 851 Monmouth Street, Gloucester City. Methodist Religious Service 10 am in the funeral home officiated by Pastor Gary Brennan of Westville United Methodist Church. Interment Lakeview Memorial Park, Cinnaminson. There will be no evening viewing. Family requests that memorial donations be made in Helen\’s memory to

Spirit of Hope Lutheran Church: 74 East Kings Highway, Mount Ephraim, NJ 08059. Please write in the memo of the check Helen F. Wendler. Expressions of sympathy can be e-mailed to the family through our funeral home website www.mccannhealey.com under online obituaries of Helen F. Wendler. Funeral Arrangements and Inquires may be made through McCann Funeral Home, 851Monmouth St. Gloucester City 08030

Bill,

Today we got a frantic call from my 10- year old from what my wife could gather was someone had just attempted to steal his cell phone. My son was with three other 11- year- olds so my wife and I rushed from Gaetano\’s around the corner and saw my son\’s friends. They told me that the kid was on a bike and described him. I let my wife out to comfort my son and his friends and then took off after this kid.

As I was driving on Browning Road I spotted this kid and called Gaetano\’s and the owner ran out and grabbed the kid. Within minutes the police arrived with my wife and son. One police officer said they had been looking for this guy. They arrested the kid and when we were summoned back to the police department we found out that this kid is really 19- year- old from Gloucester City; and that he had been sexually assaulting kids in the area recently. A sketch was to go out today about him.

A PROUD PARENT

What I can\’t understand is how starting pitcher Zach Braddock, outfielder/first baseman Michael Brantley, outfielder Chuckie Caufield and third baseman Taylor Green were left off the South Atlantic League All-Star team. Braddock played baseball at Gloucester Catholic and for the Brooklawn American Legion.

Consider:

N Braddock owns a 3-1 record and 1.21 earned run average with 66 strikeouts compared to 14 walks in 44 2/3 innings. Opponents are hitting .166 against him. He doesn\’t have enough innings pitched because of his recent stint on the disabled list with tendonitis. Otherwise, his strikeouts per nine innings rate (13.31) would lead minor league baseball. see more

On Tuesday evening, June 12th, the following 7^th graders, from the Kershaw School, Mount Ephraim, presented Power Point presentations on the Human Body Corporation.

They include: Gina Michael, Lauren Greenwood, Nicholas Duffy, Matthew Rowand, Ryan McErlane, Miranda Mistalski, Gregory Harris, Alaina Chambers, Amanda Pescatore, Jessica Pescatore, Brittany Loughlin, Matthew Henderson, Kaitlyn Alibrando and Breanna Sheldon.

They portrayed an interesting take on several organs of the human body, their characteristics, and gave an explanation of why each is so important to the Human Body Corporation.

The \”Gracie\” has been laid up for the last few weeks with engine problems, but she is now \”ready to go\”. We\’ll be taking her out for Mako\’s this Saturday.

In the meantime, flounders are in and Scott and his wife Deneen, along with John and Terry Flynn connected with nine keeper flounders up to 22\”. They fished from a small boat out in the Stone Harbor back bays.

Stripers are on their way out. Poverty Beach in Cape May has been hot and cold. Babe Berglund took a nice 42\” bass from the surf on Saturday night.

Weak fish have been taken around the rocks on the Cape May jetties. Some fish up to 10 lbs., but it\’s nothing like the old days. The artificial reefs have been spotty, good one day and nothing the next day. The water temperature is up to 64 degrees in the ocean and above 67 degrees in the Bay.

Looking at our log from last year, flounder should be appearing around 19 buoy for the next three weeks. Still have some weekends open. To book a charter, call Eva-Parker Fishing Charters at 856-456-5511. Until later, keep a tight line.

Capt. Bob Bevan and Scott see all stories on Fishing

On June 12, 2007. Age 52. Of Deptford. Loving son of the late John Murphy and Violet (nee Kane). Beloved brother of Wayne Francis Murphy and wife Donna of Westville. Dear Uncle of Matthew and Christopher. Loving Nephew of Thomas Murphy, Catherine Skill, Mary Romania, Veronica White, Patricia White and Joan Murphy. Best friend Elizabeth Makropoulos and grandson Nicholas. Survived by many cousins.

Robert was known to all as \”Gator Bob\” and he loved working in the park and a true zest of life. He was a lifelong resident of Deptford and worked as a Ship Builder for Sun Ship Building Company in Chester, PA for over 10 years.

Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend his viewing on Saturday morning from 8 am to 9:30 am at the McCANN-HEALEY FUNERAL HOME: 851 Monmouth Street, (at Brown Street) Gloucester City. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 10 am at Saint Mary\’s R.C. Church: 426 Monmouth Street, Gloucester City.

Interment New Saint Mary\’s Cemetery, Bellmawr. There will be no evening viewing. Expressions of sympathy can be e-mailed to the family through our funeral home website www.mccannhealey.com under online obituaries of Robert J. Murphy.

By Bill Cleary

A quick review of the good, bad and ugly to cross our radar recently. 

CHEERS: To the Class of 2007. This part of your journey is complete. How excited you must be. One day you will look back on this day and wonder where the time went. Congratulations to all of you. May you find joy when you least expect it and courage when you need it most.

CHEERS: Lions Softball Coach Dave Light on his 200^th win as a Coach. The win came in May when Gloucester High beat New Egypt 2-1. Also congratulations to the players for helping him reach that goal.

CHEERS: The Dining Car Depot, RXD Pharmacy, Jack\’s Bar & Grill and Emerald Isle: Irish Food & Gifts for enhancing the facades of their businesses. The UEZ provided a matching grant to help the businesses finance the improvements.

CHEERS: To the City of Gloucester City on being named by the Philadelphia Magazine as one of the next Hot Communities in the Philadelphia South Jersey region.

CHEERS: Gloucester Catholic High School baseball team won the State Championship Title this past weekend with an 11-6 victory over Newark Academy. Trailing by a run going into the top of the seventh inning, the Rams rallied for six runs winning the game. We are remiss if we didn\’t include the Rams Coaching staff for its guidance to the team. This is the school\’s 13th state championship.

A BIG THUMBS up to Gloucester Catholic\’s Golf team. Last week Gloucester Catholic\’s Zach Sorg, Steve Dougherty, Ryan Cass and P.J. Tighe helped the Rams capture three titles within a span of three days, including the Tournament of Champions crown.

 CHEERS: To the Rams and Lions Softball teams. What thrills these two teams gave their fans this year. Each team put up a great fight and almost made it into the state finals. Cheers also to the Lions baseball team for their fighting spirit too.

CHEERS: We like to join with the Courier Post who recently gave a CHEER to the people and civic groups of Audubon for banding together and doing so much to show the Weiglein family that the borough cares deeply about the loss of Sgt. Joseph Weiglein, who was killed May 29 in Iraq.

JEERS to those individuals in your neighborhood and mine who don\’t maintain their property. You know the ones. The grass needs to be cut; the house needs to be painted. Broken down spouts and gutters. Trash is thrown about in their yards. If they would just show some respect to their neighbors by cleaning up their properties our communities would be much better off.

JEERS to Jay Lamont, real estate radio commentator for his despicable remarks about the community of Gloucester City. Lamont said, (and I am paraphrasing) \”it\’s the armpit of South Jersey\”. He gave no basis for his remarks. Someone wrote in recently we should let it go. And I say not until he makes a public apology will I be satisfied.

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EVANS, GREGORY A., JR.
Suddenly on June 8, 2007. Of Bellmawr, NJ. Age 33.
Loving son of Leah and Bruce McCutcheon and the late Gregory Evans Sr. Dear step brother of Kelly and Alex Evans. Caring nephew of Gary and Shannon McCutcheon. Gregory will also be missed by his devoted friends Brian Adams and Michelle Scharff as well as many other friends and family members.
Relatives and friends are invited to the viewing on Tuesday from 7-9 PM and Wednesday from 10-11 AM at the BRADLEY FUNERAL HOME, Rt.73 and Evesham Rd., Marlton, NJ 08053. A funeral service will be held Wednesday 11 AM at the funeral home. Interment Odd Fellows Cemetery, Medford, NJ.
Memorial donations may be made to Heaven Sent Bulldog Rescue, P.O. Box 816, Medford, NJ 08055 or a Charity of your choice.