December 18, 2008 Issue                                       

©2007 The Chestnut Hill Local

Obituaries

Jere J. Sullivan III

Jere J. Sullivan III, 57, of Erdenheim, a widely known radio personality who used the on-air name of “C. Jonathan Morgan,” died Dec. 9 of heart failure at Abington Memorial Hospital.

In the 1970s, Mr. Sullivan was the host of Fascinatin’ Rhythm, a mid-day program of disco music on WCAU-FM.

At the time of his death, he was vice president of operations for Traffic.com, a national traffic reporting service. He had worked in the course of his career at radio stations in Philadelphia, New York, New Jersey, Florida and California, spending much of the time behind the scenes as a programmer and consultant.

Born in Lancaster, Mr. Sullivan was raised in Wyndmoor and graduated from Springfield High School. He immediately went to work sorting mail at the radio and TV offices of WFIL in Philadelphia, then landed a position on the production staff of The World Around Us, a morning show on Channel 6. He left Channel 6 to become the overnight disc jockey at WIOQ-FM and, later, to take on the position at WCAU-FM.

Mr. Sullivan left Philadelphia to become music director and an evening host at WYNY-FM, an NBC affiliate in New York. Moving on to Florida, he was a programmer for several radio stations and radio network coordinator for the Miami Dolphins and the University of Miami Hurricanes. He also appeared in two episodes of the TV series Miami Vice.

Returning to Philadelphia in 1988, he was a programmer for WSNI-FM and WPGR-AM and worked with local broadcast celebrities Jerry Blavat and Don Cannon.

Mr. Sullivan is survived by a daughter, Katie Sullivan-Gilbert; two brothers; two sisters; his father, Jere J. Sullivan Jr., and a former wife, Gretchen Schmidt.

A funeral Mass was celebrated Dec. 13 at St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church in Ambler. Interment was in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Cheltenham.

Memorial contributions may be sent to the Abington Heart Clinic, Abington Memorial Hospital, 1200 Old York Rd., Abington, PA 19001.

David J. Brady Sr

David  J. “The Barracuda” Brady Sr., 70, of Chestnut Hill, died Dec. 2 at Keystone Hospice in Wyndmoor.

Mr. Brady is survived by his son, David J. Jr.; a stepson, Wayne Heimbach; a sister, Helen Veneziale; his longtime companion Bette Phelan, and one grandchild.

A funeral Mass was celebrated Dec. 9 at Our Mother of Consolation Church in Chestnut Hill. Interment was private.

Memorial contributions may be made to Keystone Hospice, 8765 Stenton Ave., Wyndmoor, PA 19038-8317.

Susan H. Goodner

Susan Hinman Goodner, 66, of Chestnut Hill, died Dec. 15 at Chestnut Hill Hospital.

Mrs. Goodner is survived by her husband, David M. Goodner; a son, Blake Goodner; a daughter, Alyson Goodner; a brother, Louis Hinman III; a sister, Carol Ingram, and two grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 19, at the Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, 8000 St. Martins Lane, in Chestnut Hill.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 399 Market St., Suite 102, Philadelphia, PA 19106, or the Salvation Army, 701 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, PA 19123.