On Friday, January 10, Ed O'Donnell, a USA Hockey and NIHOA official from Mullica Hill, NJ, suffered a heart attack and died at an arena in Pennsauken, NJ. At the time, he was officiating an NJSIAA game between Brick Township and Bishop Eustace High Schools.
Updates:
Tony Mariconda, Atlantic District Referee-in-Chief, said:
The Atlantic District Officiating Program suffered another loss this weekend. Ed O'Donnell, 45, passed away during a High School game in Pennsauken, NJ Friday night. He was not feeling well during the second period and left the ice. A home team parent who was a doctor went into the locker room to assist him. Unfortunately, Ed apparently suffered a heart attack and could not be revived....
Ed had been a Local Supervisor of Officials and a former member of Seminar Instructors Staff in the Atlantic District. He is survived by his wife Janice and three school-age children.
Read on for information about funeral arrangements....
Tony Mariconda continued:
The arrangements are as follows:
Wake - Wednesday, {January 15, 2002,} 7 to 9 pm
McGunness Funeral Home
573 Egg Harbor Road
Washington Township, NJ 08098
856-582-3800
Funeral - Thursday, 10 am
Holy Name Church
Mullica Hill, NJ
O'Donnell Family
10 Rose Drive
Mullica Hill, NJ 08062