Obituaries

Carol H. Whitehead (nee Kluge), 81, a lifelong resident of Kearny, died peacefully at home Aug. 25, 2020.

Carol was a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She had a generous heart and made friends wherever she went. She cared about and remembered all the little things in life and knew how to make people feel special.

She also had a unique place in her heart for animals, especially kittycats.

Carol was predeceased by her husband Thomas, brothers John and Robert Kluge and sister Audry Zeoli.

She is survived by her children, Wendy Burton, (Bob), Scott (Dina), Bryce and John; her cherished grandchildren, Robert Jr., Jayce, Lacey, Brielle, Daniel, Matthew, Bryce Jr, Tyler, Jack and Skyler; and her beloved great-grandchildren, Isabel, Elijah, Bobby, Luna, Jayden and Lilly, as well as many nieces and nephews.

Donations may be made to the ASPCA or the Wounded Warrior Project in her memory.

Services were private. VERNA TULLO

Verna Tullo (nee Crist) died Aug. 29, 2020.

She was 96.

Born and raised in Harrison, she lived the majority of her life in Kearny.

She was a member of the Henrietta Benstead Senior Club.

Verna was the wife of the late Nicholas Tullo. She is survived by her two sons Richard Tullo (Jean) and Kenneth Tullo. Sister of the late Frank Crist, she was the aunt to Daniel (Lisa) and Christina and her great-granddaughter Willa.

A private family funeral is with the Armitage & Wiggins Funeral Home, Kearny. Her burial will take place in Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington.

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To Our Angel in the Sky...

Carlos “Los” Aguiar 4/20/1981 - 9/7/2019

One year in heaven, you left Earth too soon. I hope you have found peace among the stars and moon. You were something special, nothing like the rest.

I guess God broke our hearts to prove he only takes the best.

One year in heaven, it’s been so hard to be apart. God has you in his keeping, but we always have you in our hearts.

Loving father, son, brother, uncle, grandson, nephew, cousin, and friend.

A fun loving human being and a visionary artist gone too soon.

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ing on their own with safety first as a motto.

As August began, the school had yet to make a decision about a new head coach.

“As it started getting closer and closer, I knew something had to happen,” Jackson said.

At first reluctant to be considered as head coaching material, considering he was only 26 years old, Jackson never gave it a thought about throwing his hat into the ring.

“At the point where we were, I decided, ‘Why not?’” Jackson said. “I have a good relationship with the kids. I said, ‘Here’s my opportunity to be a head coach. With Cap leaving, it opened up the door.”

So last Monday night, when the Harrison Board of Education convened, they decided to act upon Huaranga’s recommendation to hire Jackson as the new head coach.

Jackson was approved at the meeting and has begun to meet with his players as head coach.

The team is currently on a two-week mandatory hiatus, commanded by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, to determine what the best course is going forward for the fall sports. So there are no workouts or practices allowed until September 15.

But it gives Jackson the opportunity to do some administrative work, like hiring assistant coaches, as well as developing a plan as a new head coach.

Jackson is a Hudson County guy, a native of Bayonne, an overall sensational athlete at Bayonne High School, where he played for football for former North Arlington head coach Rick Rodriguez. Jackson then went on to play wide receiver at William Paterson.

“Once my playing days were done, I knew I wanted to find

Photo courtesy of Jonathan Jackson Jonathan Jackson, a Bayonne native who played football at William Paterson, has been promoted to the position of head football coach at Harrison High, where he served as an assistant last season under Brian Capriola. a coaching position,” Jackson said. “I asked a lot of people if they were hiring position coaches. That’s when Cap called me. I was all in on coming to Harrison.”

When the chance to become a head coach arose, Jackson did a lot of soul searching.

“I wondered what my

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The Blue Tide is slated to open their season, albeit abbreviated, Oct. 2.

“At this point, I wish they put me in earlier, but nobody thought there would even be a season,” Jackson said. “It’s a little tough to put everything together like this, but I’ll do it. At least the kids all know me. So that won’t take long.”

Jackson works full-time as a case manager at a halfway house in Newark, so he will be close in proximity to the school.

Incredibly, Jackson becomes the ninth head coach of the Harrison football team since 2008, The last two coaches, Dan Hicks in 2008 and Capriola last year, left after just one season, The previous coach, Mike Hinchcliffe, departed after just two seasons, but the 2016 season was the best Harrison grid season in 23 years, when the Blue Tide went 5-4 and qualified for the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2, Group II playoffs.

There were also stints from Dave Nankivell, Matt Gallo, Rich Glover, Jr. and Tom Ferriero that did not last long. Ferriero never coached a single game.

So Jackson knows that the head coaching position at Harrison has been like a revolving door – one coach goes in, another goes out.

“I’m definitely excited,” Jackson said. “I’m amped up. Most coaches just dream of these situations. I am fortunate to get one. I just want to give the kids the best coaching they can get. I’m going to take all my best coaching experiences and bring them to my head coaching experience. I’m taking this all just one day at a time. But I’m definitely excited. And with excitement comes nerves. When I played football, I loved having those exciting nerves. I have them right now.”

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