MEMORIAL

EDWARD T. HEALY

JUNE 26, 2008

Ed passed away in Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank, NJ on June 26, 2008 after a brief hospital stay. The cause of death was Cancer of the Pancreas which his Doctors didn't know he had until the day before he died. His funeral was held at St. James Church, Red Bank. Pallbearers were relatives George Rovder, Christan DeWeever, Brian Ware, Timothy Ware, Shane Rogan and Paul Cummo. Sander Zulauf, Poet Laureate of the Episcopal Diosese of Newark, closed the service with a eulog. Ed was cremated at Day's Funeral Home in Red Bank and his ashes weren't interred until November 24, 2008. Reverend John Campoli, a family friend, led the prayers in Mount Olivet Cemetery's Chapel and poet, Madeline Tiger, also a friend of the family , read the eulogy. Ed is survived by wife, Gloria, daughter Kathleen, stepchildren, Michael and Linda Rovder and daughter in law, Colleen.He is also survived by three grandchildren, Erin , Alyssa and Christian DeWeever and three great grandchildren, Paige and Ryan Cummo and Irelyn Rogan.. Before he retired, Ed was employed by the Federal Court in Newark. After retiring, you could find Ed at Ship Ahoy Beach Club, Sea Bright all summer and the rest of the year, he was at poetry readings through out New Jersey. He enjoyed the readings almost as much as he liked the beach. He knew each poet either by name or by a poem they'd written and how he loved being their book seller.