Memorial Service For Eugene Doleschal Sunday, November 1st, 2009 2:30pm
Update 11/2/2009: A wonderful memorial service was held on a gorgeous Fall afternoon for Harriman Hikers Hike Leader Emeritus, Gene Doleschal on Sunday, November 1st, 2009 at St. John’s Church in the Wilderness, in Harriman State Park, Stony Point, NY. In attendance were Gene’s family, who planned the event, as well as many of Gene’s friends, including a number of Harriman Hikers.
From Gene Doleschal‘s family:
Dear Friends and Family,
Although many of you are already aware, for those of you who are not, we wanted to share the very tragic news that our father, Gene Doleschal, passed away this past Friday, October 23rd, 2009. His death was very sudden and unexpected.
A service in Gene’s memory has been arranged as follows:Sunday, November 1st 2:30pm
St. John’s Church in the Wilderness (not to be confused with St. John’s Church in the Woods)
16 Johnsontown Road, Stony Point, NY 10980-3624 (lat 41.22315724579835, long -74.09317016601562)
(GPS or MapQuest may recognize the town as Pomona instead of Stony Point)
Anyone wishing to share a few words about Gene will be welcome to during the service.
An informal reception will follow at:The Mason Jar, 221 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, NJ (MAP) (WEBSITE)
In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to:New York – New Jersey Trail Conference
156 Ramapo Valley Road
Mahwah, NJ 07430
or donate online at nynjtc.org in Gene’s name
Thank you for your thoughts and prayers and for being a friend to us all.
Eve, Claire, and Adriana
if you cannot view the map above please use the link or the map below
Harriman Hikers
A New York – New Jersey Singles Hiking Club
Established 1974
www.harrimanhikers.org