New Jersey flags are flying at half staff today in honor of Congressman Bill Pascrell, as his remembrance services get underway.
NEW YORK -- New Jersey flags will fly at half staff Tuesday in honor of Congressman Bill Pascrell, as his remembrance services get underway.His visitation will be held from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. at St. John the Baptist Cathedral in Paterson. The funeral will take place at 11 a.m. Wednesday. Pascrell's final resting place will be at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery and Mausoleum in Totowa. The longtime congressman died last week at the age of 87.
He is now at peace after a lifetime devoted to our great nation America,' his family wrote.Pascrell graduated from Fordham University and served in the U.S. Army for six years. He was first elected to the New Jersey General Assembly in 1988, and then was elected mayor of Paterson in 1990. He went on to serve in Congress in 1996.Who might replace Pascrell on Nov. ballot?Pascrell, who represented New Jersey's 9th congressional district, was expected to easily win reelection in November.
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