Mary Mulhauser, 90, Paramus Teacher
PARAMUS, N.J. -- Mary Mulhauser, former teacher at Our Lady of the Visitation Academy in Paramus, died Dec. 15. She was 90.In addition to her work as a teacher, she was active at Our Lady of the Visitation parish, serving as a charter member of the parish choir.
She was predeceased by her husband, George, and her siblings, James Prevost, the Rev. Fred Prevost and Jennie Williams.
Survivors include her children, Daniel Mulhauser and his wife Christine of Windham, N.H.; Paul Mulhauser and his wife Linda of New York City; George E. Mulhauser and his wife Christine of Westwood; and Mary Ann Pla…
Edward Charles Thompson, 82, Longtime Ridgewood-Area Priest
RIDGEWOOD, N. J. -- The Rev. Edward Charles Thompson, longtime Catholic priest in northern New Jersey, died Dec. 11 at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. He was 82.Father Ed, as he was known, was born Dec. 15, 1932, the only child of the late Harold and Helen (Hagan) Thompson. He grew up in Newark, and earned a bachelor's degree in divinity at Seton Hall University and a master's in divinity at Immaculate Conception Seminary in Darlington.
He was ordained to the Catholic priesthood May 23, 1959 at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart by Archbishop Thomas Boland.
Soon after, he was assigned as paroc…
Dolores Alfis, 67, Northvale Senior Center Director
NORTHVALE, N.J. -- Dolores Alfis, a longtime Nothvale resident and senior center director, died Saturday, Dec. 12. She was 67.Alfis, director of the James F. McGuire Senior Center for more than a decade, lost her husband David, a Northvale firefighter, earlier this year. Friends and relatives had started a GoFundMe page for her to help with her own medical expenses.
Alfis (nee DeRienzo) started working at the senior center in 1991 as an office worker and volunteer. She became director in 2002.
She was known as the organizer behind several community events, such as the holiday tree lighting …
