In Memoriam

Carlos Valencia, a Dover Alderman from 2019 to 2022, died on September 14 after a three-year battle with cancer,

Dick English, who served as an Ocean Township councilman from 1961 to 1979 and the mayor from 1979 to 1987, died on September 10.  He was 85.  English was a U.S. Army Reserve veteran and a Central Power & Light lineman; in retirement, he drove a school bus.

Joe Odenheimer, a former Washington Township (now Robbinsville) mayor and township committeeman, died on September 10.  He was 75.

Maria Vandermeer, a former Orange Council President, died on September 14.  She was 60.

Stephen Kempf, Jr., a former FEMA regional director under President George H.W. Bush, and fire commissioner in Brick, died on September 4.  He was 80.

Lawrence Quigley, a former Fair Haven planning and zoning board member, died on September 10.  He was 96.

Deborah De La Cretaz, who unsuccessfully sought a seat on the Lower Township Board of Education earlier this year, died on September 6.  She was 69.  De La Cretaz was a retired Department of Community Affairs employee.