St. Patrick’s Parade honors departed as grand marshal honorees
BY KYLE VUILLE
As Throggs Neck residents
and all people who
feel Irish that day prepare
to march down East
Tremont Avenue for the
annual Throggs Neck St.
Patricks Day Parade, the
Throggs Neck Benevolent
Association, the parade
organizer, wants those
who passed over the last
12 months to be honored
as Honorary Grand Marshals.
The parade kicks off at
noon from East Tremont
and Lafayette avenues on
Sunday, March 15. The
Grand Marshals are Shelia
Haney and Jack Mc-
Carrick.
The honorary grand
marshals include:
Patrick James Frawley
who lived in Throggs
Neck his whole life and
attended St. Benedict’s
and St. Helena’s High
School in his early days.
The son of Irish immigrants
from the counties
of Galway and Clare,
Frawley joined the Navy
after his schooling. Frawley
then became a member
of the NYPD. Frawley
was married for 53 years
to Eileen. The couple had
three children, two sons
and one daughter. Frawley
was a world traveler
and ran in the Running
of the Bulls in Spain in
his later years.
Eileen Murphy was
a big fan of the Throggs
Neck parade. She was
born in 1937 and was a
graduate of St. Vincent
Ferrer High School. After
she married her husband
James, she spent
her life volunteering as a
Girl Scout Leader and as
an administrative volunteer
at Holy Family grammar
school on Castle Hill
Avenue.
Howard ‘Mickey’ Lent,
was a man’s man. He
joined the FDNY in 1957
and fought the burning
of the Bronx as Captain
of Engine 43, Ladder 59.
Lent married in 1955 and
raised fi ve daughters, all
attending St. Benedict’s.
Lent is remembered as a
family man with a knack
for cooking and fi shing.
Margie Walsh was
raised in Kingsbridge.
She attended St. John’s
Elementary School
and St. Barnabas High
School. Walsh married
her husband in 1964 and
had their only child,
Kevin. Walsh was known
for her strong faith and
being a frequent patron
of the Wicked Wolf after
attending Mass.
Cuban ‘Irish’ Al, Alfredo
N. Vazquez was
born in Havana, but fl ed
Cuba with his wife and
three children to New
York. Finally, the family
settled in Throggs Neck
where he earned the monikers
‘Mayor of Throggs
Neck’ or the ‘Go-To Guy’
after opening a bookkeeping
business. Irish
Al performed in an Irish
marching band.
Stephanie Brumley
was born in 1964 and attended
P.S. 72 and Lehman
High School. She
had two children, Edward
and Stephanie.
She was a staple in the
Throggs Neck community,
taking care of the
neighborhood’s elderly
and took great pride in
her Irish heritage.
Edward Huber put
smiles on people’s faces.
He was a rabid Mets and
NY Giants fan his whole
life. Born in 1944, he attended
St. Jerome’s Parish
and later Cardinal
Hayes High School and
was a devout Catholic.
Mary Theresa Hickey
was born in County
Kerry, Ireland in 1929
and was raised on a small
farm. She left for New
York when she was 20 and
worked as live-in nanny
and met her husband at
a dance hall. They were
wed at St. Jerome Church
and had three children.
The family fi nally settled
in Throggs Neck in 1966.
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Hickey loved baking soda
bread and spending time
in her beautiful garden.
Barbara Ellen Scott
was born to Irish parents
from County Cork
and Belfast in 1941. She
became Scott-Mongiello
when she married Anthony
Mongiello in 1966.
The couple had four children
together and lived
on Quincy Avenue where
she was a travel agent.
Gerald Edward Archambault
lived in
Throggs Neck his entire
life. He grew up in Alden
Park and attended
St. Frances de Chantal
and Cardinal Spellman
High School where he
became a standout football
player. After college,
he joined the NYPD and
eventually the FDNY.
Known for his humor
and mischievous antics,
Throggs Neck resident
Denis Byrne ‘DJ’ Jr. was
born in 2001 and was the
youngest of three. Byrne
graduated from Salesian
High School in 2019. He
was an active Boy Scout
up till his high school
years.
James ‘Fav’ Murray
moved to Throggs Neck
in 1973 after marrying
his wife, Mary, whose father
told him he would
give the young couple
permission to marry on
the condition, he got a
‘man’s job’ and offered
him a bus driver position.
Murray was a member of
many local religious and
civic organizations.
John F. O’Grady was
raised in the Bronx and
attended St. Helena’s
Grammar School and
high school. After school,
O’Grady enlisted in the
Navy and remained in
the reserves after retiring
from active duty. He
retired from the NYPD after
20 years. O’Grady met
his wife, Noreen, while
on patrol in his early
NYPD days. He worked
the bar in his later days
and prided himself on his
bartending skills.
Kevin Flynn grew
up in the St. Frances de
Chantal parish alongside
two older siblings. Flynn
was a lover of music and
food. He also enjoyed
swimming and bowling
on Friday nights with his
Throggs Neck friends.
He was named after the
Irish Saint Kevin of Glendalough.
James Patrick Waldron,
a Bronx native, was
happily married to wife
Noreen and raised three
sons. Waldron attended
St. Luke’s Grammar
School as well as Cardinal
Hayes High School.
He was a retired NYPD
offi cer assigned to the
41st Precinct.
Tom Delaney lived in
City Island for the past
49 years. He was an active
board member of Pilot
Cove Manor Senior
Housing and Providence
Rest Nursing Home. Delaney
was once a Lieutenant
in the USMC. After
his military career, he
became president of Cochrane
Hospital Supplies
for 20 years.
Eileen Devoy grew up
in Dublin, Ireland where
she married her childhood
sweetheart, Chris.
The two immigrated to
the states where her husband
joined the Marines,
but after years of traveling,
the family settled in
Throggs Neck in 1968.
The couple had fi ve children.
Eileen’s son, Daniel
Devoy, is also being honored
after losing his fi ght
with cancer in January.
Older brother Chris Jr.
remembered his brother’s
love for golf and being
a diehard Yankees
and Giants fan.
Also being honored
are Joan Ninivaggi,
Agnes LaMacchia,
Helen Junta and Hugh
Finnegan along with several
individuals already
profi led in an earlier
Bronx Times Reporter.
JAMES FRAWLEY
MARY MURPHY
BARBARA SCOTT-MONGIELLO
PATRICK DELANEY
ELLEN & DANIEL DEVOY
JAMES MURRAY
ALFREDO N. VAZQUEZ
JOHN F. O’GRADY
EDWARD HUBER
MARY THERESA HICKEY
GERALD E. ARCHAMBAULT
DENIS BYRNE, JR.