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Peter “Pete” Bondi died on Jan. 19, 2016. He received praise for a life well lived. Pete and wife Donna once gave a fond farewell to their Main Street Palace
Doug Stout Guest Columnist On August 15, 1945, World War II ended with the surrender of Japan. American troops were moved quickly to Japan to act as an army of occupation. The Newark Advocate reported in early September that three local men had "probably paraded the streets of Tokyo" with the First Cavalry Division. The three men were listed as Lieutenant John "Pete" McFarland, Fred Hoffman, and former Newark physician Captain James B. Johnson, a surgeon with the First. Also in Tokyo was Hideki Tojo, the former prime minister of Japan and the mastermind behind the attack on Pearl Harbor. Gene...
Foss: Learning from the obituaries | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS You can learn a lot from the obituaries. I started reading the obits in earnest a couple weeks ago because I was searching for people who had died of COVID-19 in Capital Region nursing homes. At first, I scanned the obits quickly for causes of death. But the more I read, the more absorbed I became. Soon I was captivated – not by how people died, but by how they lived, by their achievements and passions and deep roots in the community. Many of the people I’ve learned about were quite elderly, and their obituaries are...