Watchung Hills Graduate Who Loved Sports Dies At 26

STIRLING, NJ — Watchung Hills Regional High School graduate Christopher Joseph Brennan died at the age of 26.

Brennan of Stirling died on Jan. 28, 2018 in Boynton Beach, Florida.

He was raised in Long Hill Township and was a member of St. Vincent de Paul Parish. He played football and basketball with passion throughout his school years and at WHRHS. He graduated from Rutgers University in 2014 and went on to pursue a career in Sales.

He truly loved sports, music, the Giants, the ocean, his dog Jessie and more recently skydiving and the mechanical bull. He was a good friend to many, with a loveable, funny and generous spirit, according to his obituary by Galloway and Crane Funeral Home.

Brennan is survived by his loving parents, Tim and Melissa (McCarthy) of Stirling. Also, survived by numerous Irish aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. He is pre-deceased by his grandparents Joseph and Carolann Brennan, and Jack and Georgia McCarthy.

A funeral mass was held at St. Vincent de Paul Church, Bebout Ave, Stirling on Feb. 2.

(Image via Galloway and Crane Funeral Home: Christopher Joseph Brennan, 26, of Stirling)

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