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Arthur A. Ravenell RAVENELL, Arthur A. Ravenell Port Authority employee, Navy veteran, of Plainfield, 78 Arthur A. Ravenell, 78, died Thursday, July 24, 2008, at home. The funeral is Tuesday at 10 a.m. in St. Johns Baptist Church, 2387 Morse Ave., Scotch Plains, preceded by viewing at 9 a.m. Interment is in Brig. Gen. William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Wrightstown. Arrangements are by Browns Funeral Home in Plainfield. Born in Bayonne, Mr. Ravenell lived in Plainfield for 48 years. He was a 1947 graduate of Ferris High School in Jersey City and a graduate of Adelphi University in New York. He was employed with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for 20 years, retiring in 1977. He was a member of St. Johns Baptist Church in Scotch Plains, where he served on the Senior Usher Board and the Mens Fellowship Ministry. He was also a member of the Policemens Benevolent Association and a U.S. Navy veteran. Surviving are his wife, of 57 years, Mildred Ravenell of Plainfield; one daughter, Arlene Aldridge; two sons, Arthur W. Ravenell Sr. (Dean) and Charles J. Ravenell, all of Plainfield; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; one sister, Selma Ann Ladson (Sam) of Woodbridge, and a brother, Morris Ravenell of Newark.
In lieu of flowers,
donations may be made to St. Johns Baptist Church
Scholarship Committee, 2387 Morse Ave., Scotch Plains,
N.J. 07076.
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