West Orange St. Patrick's Day Parade 2020: Where, When

WEST ORANGE, NJ — The following news release comes courtesy of the West Orange St. Patrick's Day Parade. Learn more about posting announcements or events to your local Patch site.

The 69th Annual West Orange St. Patrick's Day Parade will be held at 12:15 p.m. on Sunday, March 15 at the corners of Mt. Pleasant Avenue and Main Street.

The Parade Committee is proud to honor Mellen Phillips Dangler as the 2020 Grand Marshal.

Mellen is co-owner of The Dangler Funeral Home of West Orange and the Dangler, Lewis & Carey Funeral Home in Boonton with her husband Darren. She is an active member of numerous civic and cultural organizations, including the Giblin Association, Irish American Society of the Oranges, The Eagle Rock Civic Association the Women of Irish Heritage and is a past Financial Secretary.

Mellen’s faith plays a significant role in hers and her family’s life. She, along with her family are devoted parishioners at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, where both Mellen and Darren serve as Holy Communicants. Their children, Kristin, Morgan, Breann & Darren Jr. (DJ) have all attended parochial schools, including, St. Joseph’s School, Our Lady of Lourdes School, Trinity Academy, Villa Walsh Academy, Mt. Saint Domenic Academy and Seton Hall Prep. Mellen and Darren have been strong advocates of their children’s parochial journey and have played an extremely active role in all their school organizations.

Mellen is widely known for her incredible fundraising prowess and has spearheaded many successful charitable events for over 25 years. The “Annual St. Patrick’s Day Party” has aided projects and organizations such as, but not limited to, The Make-A-Wish Foundation, The Lizzie Chern Foundation, The West Orange Police Athletic League, The Police Unity Tour and The Family Reach Foundation.

Serving as Deputy Grand Marshals are John DeMars, Patrick Giblin, Bobby Lamb and Robert Swenson who are all incredibly active within their communities and Irish/Civic Organizations. For more information on all of our candidates, please visit our website at www.westorangeparade.com

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