Facebook user Chrissy Cahill Szwedowski posted this photo of Bob Scheetz donning a Santa hat in the 2006 Mayfair Thanksgiving Parade.

Many remember Bobby Scheetz for his bike rides around Wissinoming. Others might recall seeing his friendly face in Frankford’s Bridget & Pratt Cafe, or walking through Northwood.

No matter how you best remember Bob Scheetz, you’ve probably got a nice story to tell about him. Bob died Sunday, and while his cause of death is unknown, we can be certain he’ll be missed.

More than 100 people (as of last night) have joined a Facebook group in Bob’s honor to celebrate his life and share their fondest memories of him. continue reading »

Police have identified the victim who died in a Sunday morning car accident in the Poconos.

Wissinoming’s Richard Kajkowski, 21, died from injuries he sustained after his Mini Cooper hit a tree in Monroe County. Authorities believe ice and snow may have played a role in the crash.

Kajkowski, a Roman High graduate, had an apprenticeship with the steamfitter union. His death notice is below.

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Somerton Civic Association President Mary Jane Hazell (second from left) passed away Sunday, Nov. 8. NEast Philly file photo edited by Bill Achuff.

Mary Jane Hazell was the president of the Somerton Civic Association, and was involved with the group since 1966. Her friends and family honored her memory at last night’s monthly meeting. Her obituary is below. continue reading »

Bill Eder’s best friends remember him as a guy who loved life, and who always wore a smile.

“I can’t remember a time when he didn’t have a smile on his face,” said Rob Venango, a longtime friend of Eder’s.

Eder was one of four men who died in a car crash on I-95 over the weekend when their Mitsubishi Lancer slammed into and ended up partially under a tractor trailer near the Girard Avenue ramp.

Now friends of the 23-year-old Wissinoming resident are mourning his loss and remembering his greatness.

“Bill was by far the best person you could ever meet,” Venango said. He recalled a time when Eder picked him up at 3:30 in the morning, and said his friend would “do anything” for his buddies. continue reading »

Remembering Harry Kalas

Courtesy of the Phillies

By Patrick P. McNally

He was the voice of our springs and summers. Sometimes, on those very special years, he became the voice of our autumns.

His was the voice that crackled in the thousands of radios on the beaches in South Jersey, as familiar as the Fudgy-Wudgy man or the boys who hawked the Daily News. For almost four decades, we watched the Phillies. But we listened to Harry.

Harry Kalas, fittingly, died while preparing to broadcast another baseball game. That day, he was in our Nation’s capital. But it could have been any of the cities that Kalas traveled to during his time announcing the Phillies, and before that, the Houston Astros. For as much as he will be remembered for the home games at Veteran’s Stadium and Citizen’s Bank Park, Harry Kalas spent half of his seasons as America’s guest.

But his descriptions of the games through the airwaves made it seem like he was still here, in our living rooms. Like many Phillies fans, I have my memories of Harry Kalas. Not surprisingly, most of those are remembered from the other side of a radio speaker.

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