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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 McCarrick.
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.
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 La-
Macchia, 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.
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