{"id":226821,"date":"2025-01-12T21:03:56","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T02:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mafw.org\/bill-zalans-passing\/"},"modified":"2025-01-15T14:24:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T19:24:43","slug":"bill-zalans-passing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mafw.org\/staging\/bill-zalans-passing\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Zalan&#8217;s Passing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am sad to say that I have just learned that longtime MAFW member Bill Zalan lost his battle with lymphoma on Thursday, January 9.&nbsp; Bill took up cycling to complement his running and prepare him for triathlons.&nbsp; &nbsp;He had great success as a runner and a cyclist, and enjoyed many days of riding with MAFW.&nbsp; He enjoyed the company of MAFW members on the Bon Ton Roulet and Bike Virginia.&nbsp; He joined a People Cycling trip, going most of the way across the US, and then paralleling the Rhine River from Switzerland to Amsterdam.&nbsp; &nbsp;In addition, Bill tried his luck with triathlons, and competed up to the Ironman distance.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Funeral services will be at 10:00 am on Saturday (January 18, 2025) , St. Ladislaus Roman Catholic Church..&nbsp; 213 Somerset St.&nbsp; New Brunswick&nbsp; NJ 08901<br>There will be a reception at the Hungarian American Athletic Club (233 Somerset St. New Brunswick NJ&nbsp; 08901) immediately following.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bill was the longtime companion of former&nbsp;MAFW&nbsp; President Liz Jennison.(<a href=\"mailto:drlizjen@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drlizjen@gmail.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An informal gathering celebrating Bill&#8217;s sporting life (running, biking, hiking, skiing) will be held on Sunday, January 19, 2025 from 1-4 pm at the home of Mike Falcone (14 Southwood Dr. Morris Plains, NJ)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am sad to say that I have just learned that longtime MAFW member Bill Zalan lost his battle with lymphoma on Thursday, January 9.&nbsp; Bill took up cycling to complement his running and prepare him for triathlons.&nbsp; &nbsp;He had great success as a runner and a cyclist, and enjoyed many days of riding with &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Bill Zalan&#8217;s Passing\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/mafw.org\/staging\/bill-zalans-passing\/#more-226821\" aria-label=\"Read more about Bill Zalan&#8217;s Passing\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4145,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-226821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-from-the-president"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mafw.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mafw.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mafw.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mafw.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mafw.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mafw.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226821\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mafw.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mafw.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mafw.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}