In Memoriam: Harrington Park mayor dies – New Jersey Globe

Paul Hoelscher, the mayor of Harrington Park since 1992 and a councilman from 1977 to 1983, died on June 13.  He was 82.  Since he was elected as an independent, the governing body will fill his seat on an interim basis and a special election to fill the remaining 37 months of his term.  The Democratic and Republican county committees will pick their nominees, if any, and a new filing period for independent candidates will open up.

Steven DuBois, the husband of former Salem County Republican Chair Linda Dubois, died on June 10.  He was 72.

Gordon Lawshe, the Caldwell Republican municipal chairman and a former councilman, died on June 12.  He was 72.

Richard Bowe, who served as mayor of Byram Township for sixteen years and then spent a decade as the municipal court judge.  He was

David Boynton, a former mayor of Frelinghuysen and a township committeeman for 27 years, died on June 12.  He was 77.  A Marine veteran, Boynton served in the Vietnam War.

Tina Larsen, a ten-year member of the Newton Board of Education, was killed in a car accident on March 6.  She was 54.

Ronald Gibbins, a Korean War veteran who served on the Frankford Planning Board, died on April 18.  He was 87.

Ethel Henderson, whose late husband, Henry, served as a commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, died on June 12.  She was 97.