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Honoree Liz Garvey Photo courtesy of Katie Kimmel Honoree Robert Johnson Photo courtesy of Tracey Lynch Honoree Morgan Sweeney Photo - Schuyler Hill Funeral Home
TNBA names honorary grand marshals for 2020 parade
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BY KYLE VUILLE
For the 22nd Throggs Neck
St. Patrick’s Day Parade celebration,
not only are those
walking the parade celebrated,
but the event will honor a slew
of Honorary Grand Marshals,
those that supported the parade
but are no longer with us.
On Sunday, March 15, the
parade will kick off on East
Tremont and Lafayette avenues
after a morning Mass at St.
Benedicts Church at 2969 Otis
Avenue.
The celebration is one that
relies heavily on family, tradition
and the Irish culture.
The Throggs Neck Benevolent
Association finds it not
only important, but necessary
to honor those posthumously in
the parade.
Twenty nine individuals
will be remembered as Honorary
Grand Marshals in the parade.
The honorary grand marshals
for the parade are: Gerald
‘Jerry’ Archambault, Stephanie
Brumley, Denis ‘DJ’ Byrne, Patricia
Carter, Thomas Patrick
Delaney, Catherine ‘Eileen’ Devoy,
Daniel Devoy, Eileen Duffy,
Kevin Flynn, Liz Garvey, Hugh
‘Hughie’ Finnegan, John ‘Jack’
Forbes, Patrick J. Frawley,
Mary Hickey, Edward ‘Eddie’
Huber, Robert ‘Bob’ Johnson,
Helen Junta, Robert ‘Bob’ Keaveny,
Agnes LaMacchia, Howard
‘Mickey’ Lent, Eileen Murphy,
Jim ‘Fav’ Murray, Joan
Ninivaggi, John O’Grady, Barbara
Scott-Mongiello, Morgan
Sweeney, Cuban ’Irish’ Al - Alfredo
Vazquez, Jimmy ‘Waldo’
Waldron, and Margie Walsh.
The Bronx Times spoke with
family members of the three
honorary marshals.
Matt Sweeney, son of Morgan
Sweeney, said his father
was a first generation Irish immigrant
and a bartender in the
Throggs Neck/Pelham Bay area
for more than 50 years. Up until
his loss with his battle with
leukemia, Sweeney bartended
at the Locust Point Yacht Club.
“He most definitely worked
or participated in every St. Patrick’s
Day parade,” Sweeney
said.
Sweeney is remembered by
his three siblings, four children
and six grandchildren.
The entire family plans to be at
this year’s parade.
Another longtime resident
and true Irishman, Robert ‘Bob’
Johnson, born and raised along
the Grand Concourse, relocated
to Throggs Neck after leaving
the Navy at a young age.
The natural born athlete
was picked up by a sports
scout and played minor league
baseball before he joined the
Navy.
Upon his arrival to Throggs
Neck, Johnson worked for
Central Oil Company with his
father and was a union organizer
for his fellow workers.
A major milestone during
his labor career was successfully
negotiating a 5-cent an
hour raise.
His love of dancing led him
to the fateful day when he met
his wife Miriam ‘Mimi’ Greiss
at the German Stadium. The
couple have three children
and six-grand children.
Another honorary grand
marshal of Irish descent, Liz
Garvey, lived in the Throggs
Neck area since 1970s.
Garvey attended St. Frances
de Chantel School and
Preston High School.
Garvey was a staple in the
community being an ELA
teacher at St. Frances de Chantel
School for 18 years.
“She probably taught English
to a lot of members of this
community,” her daughter Katie
Kimmel said.
Garvey left behind two
daughters, Katie Kimmel and
Sheila Garvey-Badalati and
five grandchildren who all
live in Silver Beach.
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