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In Memoriam – 2024

21 Nov 2024, Posted by admin in Meetings and Events, News, State News

We, the delegates to the 106th Annual Meeting of NJ Farm Bureau gathered in
Cherry Hill, NJ hereby mourn the passing and recognize the lifetime accomplishments
of our fellow Farm Bureau members and NJ agriculturalists listed below.

Wally Johnson, Retired Farmer – Monmouth County

Evans Neale, Farmer – Gloucester County

Dan Farrand, Farmer – Morris County

Dorothy Pettit, Farmer – Burlington County

James Durr, Farmer – Burlington County

Bill Brooks, Farmer  – Salem County

Bob Hughey, Former NJDEP Commissioner

Fred and Jean Wainwright, Jr., Farmer – Burlington County

Joe & Donarose Atchison, Parents of Joe Atchison, III – Asst. Secretary of Ag

Congressman Bill Pascrell, New Jersey’s 9th Congressional District

Congressman Donald Payne, New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District

Assemblyman Chuck Haytaian, Former New Jersey Assembly Speaker

Elizabeth Infante, Mother of Michelle Casella – County Ag Agent-Gloucester County

                                   Mother-in-law of Ben Casella – NJFB staff

Sam Alloway, III, Farmer – Burlington County

Janice Krowicki, Co-owner of Krowicki Farm and Greenhouses – Ocean County

Chris Kleinguenther, Staff – NJ Department of Agriculture

Edward Kralovich, Farmer – Somerset County

Michael Thompson, Husband of Liz Thompson – NJFB staff

Ginny Murray, Mother of Al Murray – NJFB consultant

Franklyn Wooden, Beekeeper – Hunterdon County

Robert Best, Sr., Farmer – Warren County

Sam Race, Farmer – Farm Bureau director – NJDA Soil Conservation official

John Rigolizzo, Jr., Former NJFB president; farmer – Camden County

Frank Zamensky, Sr., Farmer – Burlington County

Steve DuBois, Farmer – Salem County

Mary Duffield, Farmer – Gloucester County                          

(November 18, 2024)