Michael J. Whelan

Michael J. Whelan

Michael Whelan Obituary

Published by Legacy on May 4, 2023.
Michael J. Whelan died at the age of 51 on April 29, 2023.

A Funeral Mass will be offered at 11:00 AM on Thursday, May 4, 2023 at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, 1 Eagler Rock Ave. in West Orange following the visitation from 9:30 to 10:30 AM at Dangler Funeral Home of West Orange, 340 Main St.

Michael J. Whelan was born on May 31, 1971, in West Orange, and attended West Orange High School. He worked at Ricoh USA Inc. and resided in Belvidere.

Surviving Michael J. Whelan are his daughter, Elisabeth Whelan, his wife, Alexandra Gehlen Whelan, his mother, Colleen Whelan, his father, James Whelan, his sisters, Theresa Card, Colleen Whelan, Mary Kay Kunz, and Kathleen Morales.

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Rosemary Shannon

May 4, 2023

So sorry to hear about Michael“s passing. Just read it and had we known sooner would have been there for you. Prayers to all the Whelans from the Shannons

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