Chaplain Duties

Peruse local obituaries online (i.e., Trenton Times, Trentonian) for NJDOT retirees and also current employees who have passed away. Legacy.com will help with pinpointing areas. Typically the chaplain will be informed of someone's passing by one of the other DOTRA members before it is even in the paper.

Maintain the Chaplain Report in a Google Drive document. This information consists of the name of the deceased, their age, date of death, and whether or not they were a member of DOTRA.

Let the Facebook Group Page administrator know so that the obituary can be posted on Facebook.

Ahead of the Director’s monthly meeting send the report out to the other directors. Discuss the report at the meeting.

Provide the DOTLine chairperson with the names to be published under the Chaplain Report section of the quarterly newsletter.

Do your due diligence. If someone reaches out to you to say someone has passed, be 100% sure before posting anything anywhere. If not 100% positive, do your own research for the obituary.