Daily News | Bernard M. Weisenfeld, retired Gloucester County spokesman, former reporter, and avid volunteer, has died at 78
Bernard M. Weisenfeld, 78, of Sewell, retired spokesman for the Gloucester County prosecutor’s office, longtime reporter for the Courier-Post newspaper, and tireless volunteer for the Gloucester County chapter of Habitat for Humanity, died Monday, Nov. 21, of a heart attack at Virtua Marlton Hospital.
During his decades at the Courier-Post, he covered Gloucester County news, business, the courts, the port of Philadelphia, general assignment stories, and other assignments. He also served as a night rewrite man and in other roles. After his retirement, Mr. Weisenfeld became active with the Gloucester County chapter of Habitat for Humanity as both a builder and writer. He joined the group in 2018 as a member of the construction team and soon added the role of writing project updates and organization news for other volunteers.
Artistic and curious as a child, he earned a bachelor’s degree in English and literature from Rutgers University and a master’s degree from the University of Delaware. He taught English briefly at Deptford High School before embarking on his journalism career and married Linda Hitchens in 1970. She died in 2017.
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