William attended Gloucester Catholic High School (GCHS) and proudly served our country in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War. He retired from BP Oil Company as a pipeline operator after 20 years of service. William was a longtime member of the Brooklawn American Legion Post #72 and enjoyed coaching Gloucester City Softball. Doc lived for his grandsons and he never missed any event they participated in. 

Relatives and friends are invited to attend his visitation on Wednesday morning, January 21, 2015 from 9:30 to 11 AM at the McCANN-HEALEY FUNERAL HOME: 851 Monmouth St., Gloucester City. Funeral service 11 AM in the funeral home. Interment New St. Mary’s Cemetery, Bellmawr. 

On October 13, 1998, I held a demonstration in the street outside the theater that hosted \”Corpus Christi,\” the Terrence McNally play that depicted Christ having sex with the apostles. I did not seek to have the government censor the play, but there was a protest of my right to protest the play. The New York Times commented on my demonstration: \”The protest began with a fiery speech from William A. Donohue, the president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights. Holding a bullhorn inside an area barricaded by the police, Mr. Donohue shouted criticisms at the opposition. \’You are the real authoritarians at heart,\’ he said. \’We\’re the ones that believe in tolerance, not you phonies.\’\”

photo courtesy of Bruce Darrow

GLOUCESTER CITY NJ (January 17, 2015)–Gloucester Catholic honored its girls state championship basketball teams from 1981 to 1983 prior to Saturday\’s game against Gloucester Hih. The Lady Rams were coached by Jeff Cohen and Tony Ettore in that time period and once compiled an 82-game win streak over three years. Some of the returning players included Trish McNutt, Mary Klinewski, Michelle Jensen, head coach Lisa Angelotti Gedaka, and Kathy Klinewski.

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Bleacher Creatures (photo courtesy Bruce Darrow)

GLOUCESTER CITY NJ (January 17, 2015)– Decked out in gold T-shirts and on their feet for the entire game, the Bleacher Creatures student section from  Gloucester Catholic High School filled the stands behind one basket. The River Rats from Gloucester City High School formed a whiteout standing on the stage at the other end.

In between, there was not an available inch of real estate in any of the four rows of bleachers that extended the length of the court on each side, and spectators not lucky enough to snag a seat stood three-deep in the four corners of the gym and strained their necks to catch a glimpse of the action.

It is one of the best atmospheres in South Jersey girls basketball: Gloucester vs. Gloucester Catholic.

 Lions Kylar Coughlin (photo courtesy Bruce Darrow)

 Rams Maggy Mc Intyre Lions Nikki Velez (photo Bruce Darrow)