Thursday, December 20, 2012
A group of about 30 mourners stood in the winter night with candles, led in prayer by a convocation of community religious leaders.
The grief of families from Newtown, CT—site of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School last week—continues to reverberate throughout the nation. But, as the saying goes, it's better to light a candle than curse the darkness. In Collingswood, a group of residents gathered together Wednesday evening outside the old Zane School on Haddon Avenue to unite in a silent vigil for those lost in the violence. The group carried votives, sung hymns like "Silent Night" and "O Little Town of Bethlehem," and joined hands for a group prayer. Their mood was appropriately solemn; efforts to keep things quiet were disrupted somewhat by evening traffic and loud chatter from a handful of restaurant patrons across the street. That didn't matter to Kate …
Monday, December 17, 2012
Sherlach was the school psychologist at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, where a gunman opened fire Friday, killing 26 people.
Mary Sherlach, the school psychologist killed in a shooting rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, will be laid to rest this week. A memorial service will be held 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 20 at Abriola Parkview Funeral Home, 419 White Plains Road, Trumbull, CT. Friends are invited to meet directly in St. Stephen Church, 6948 Main St., Trumbull at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 21 for a Memorial Mass. Interment will be private. Condolences may be sent through the funeral home's website. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Fairfield County Community Foundation, Fund for Health and Wellness, 383 Main Ave., Norwalk, CT 06851, to continue Sherlach's work with children and mental health. Sherlach, 56, was …
Friday, December 14, 2012
Mary Sherlach, the mother-in-law of Patch writer Eric Schwartz, was among 27 people killed in the second-deadliest school shooting in American history.
The deadly shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, claimed the life of a Patch writer's family member. Mary Sherlach, the school's psychologist, was among 26 people, including 20 children, who died when a gunman opened fire at the school Friday morning. The gunman, identified as 20-year-old Adam Lanza, also died in the rampage. Sherlach was the mother-in-law of Deptford resident Eric Schwartz, a longtime Patch freelancer who covers high school sports in South Jersey. Sherlach, 56, lived in Trumbull, CT. Schwartz and his wife, Maura, arrived in Connecticut on Friday evening to be with their family. They could not be reached for comment. In the shooting spree, Lanza also reportedly killed his mother, who was a teacher …
Candi Strudwick
12:00 am on Sunday, December 23, 2012
How sweet, I wish I would have know about it we would have definitely been there. Love our Collingswood community! Loving thoughts and prayers to all of the families. more ›