Harral A. Redden Jr., 84, passed away Dec. 7 after a brief illness with leukemia. He was a longtime resident of Little Silver and Rumson, and a graduate of Red Bank High School and Ursinus College where he wrestled. Hal was an insurance broker and owned the Redden Agency-Insurance in Fair Haven for 50-plus years.
Never a summer day went by when Hal was not at Seabright Lawn Tennis & Cricket Club playing tennis or practicing on the ball machine, after maybe a bike ride to Sandy Hook and then to Seabright Beach Club for a swim and to read a book or newspaper. In the winter he was one of the early birds at New Shrewsbury Racquet Club, and did a three-day-a-week gym workout and paddle tennis at Seabright Lawn Tennis & Cricket Club, then lunch with his friends at the Root Beer & Checker Club. An avid sportsman Hal completed the New York City and Boston marathons. In addition to all his sports activities he loved classical music and writing poems for his family and friends’ special occasions.
Hal was predeceased by his parents Harral and Evelyn Schultz Redden. He is survived by his wife of 37 years Bernadine “Sissie” Redden; brother Barry (Deborah) Redden; nephew Alex and niece Julianna Redden; sons Stephen and Scott Redden; stepdaughters Victoria (Leo) Cullen, Pamela Vallas and Christa (Richard) Lippert; and grandchildren Conrad, Justin and Hanna Lippert, Anais and Kai Cullen.
Due to COVID-19 a celebration of Hal’s life will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers please make donations to Lunch Break of Red Bank at lunchbreak.org. Thompson Memorial Home, Red Bank, has been entrusted with the arrangements.
The article originally appeared in the December 24 – 30, 2020 print edition of The Two River Times.
