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March 16, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM. The funeral service will be held on Thursday, 9:30 AM at the funeral home. Interment will follow at Crest Haven Memorial Park, Clifton.
Albert L. Sager, age 85 died peacefully on Saturday, March 16, 2013.
Albert was welcomed into the world by his parents Rudolf and Amanda Sager on July 2, 1927. He joined his older brother Walter in the family home in Passaic where he was raised.
After graduation from Passaic High School, Albert continued his education at Upsala College and graduated in 1949 with his B.S. degree in business administration.
Once while attending the dance that was held every Friday night at the Passaic YMCA, Al spotted a pretty young lady named Doris Kaufer. He drew up the nerve to ask her for a dance and, to his delight, she said yes. Al and Doris hit it off, dancing with no one else but each other for the rest of the evening! They married at the East Rutherford Lutheran Church on November 29, 1952 and after honeymooning in Miami they settled in an apartment in Clifton on Trimble Ave.
As a young man, Al took a job as a New York stockbroker but eventually took a position with Curtiss Wright Corporation as a purchasing agent. Meanwhile, Doris worked too and together they squirreled their money and celebrated the day that they could move into their new home in Passaic Park. Eventually, the family grew to three members as they welcomed their first-born, a son they named Al and then to four as they welcomed their second child, a beautiful girl which they named Barbara. In 1967, the Sager family packed the moving trucks one more time and headed for Wayne where they have remained to this day.
Over the span of his career as a purchasing agent Al also worked for Congoleum Nairn of Kearny, Yardley London of Totowa, Revlon in New York City and George Fuller Construction Company of New York City. Following retirement he continued part-time as an independent consultant. Retirement allowed Al to return in earnest to one of the earlier loves of his life – stock trading. Al spent a good portion of his time absorbing stock information on a daily basis from The Wall Street Journal and on a weekly basis from Baron’s Weekly to help him make his trades. He also enjoyed being a member of the Lessing-Passaic Masonic Lodge and working in the yard or doing odd-jobs around the house.
Throughout his life, Al enjoyed traveling and vacationing. When the kids were younger, the family would vacation every summer in Seaside Park, NJ with Doris’ parents. Al and Doris have a home in Venice, FL which they enjoy very much and the trip to Alaska will never be forgotten as they were there on 9/11/2001.
Al loved his two granddaughters, Kristin and Jennifer. He and Doris would visit them in California and they would come with their parents to NJ to visit too. He was especially proud of the girl’s golfing accomplishments and their participation in the U.S.G.A. Girls Junior Golf Tournament at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster where he had the opportunity to meet Donald Trump.
Al was a former member of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Passaic where he served on the church council. When they moved to Wayne, he and Doris became members of St. Timothy Lutheran Church in Wayne.
Al will be remembered for being a hard-working man who was dedicated to his family, home and work.
Surviving are his beloved wife of sixty years, Doris (nee Kaufer), his son Al Sager of Wayne, his daughter Barbara and husband Colin Coleman of Rolling Hills Estates, CA and his two granddaughters: Kristin and Jennifer Coleman. Al was predeceased by his brother Walter in 1994.
As expressions of sympathy, if friends so wish, donations may be made in Albert’s memory to St. Timothy Lutheran Church, 395 Valley Road, Wayne, NJ 07470, or to a charity of your choice.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM. The funeral service will be held on Thursday, 9:30 AM at the funeral home. Interment will follow at Crest Haven Memorial Park, Clifton.
March 16, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM. The funeral service will be held on Thursday, 9:30 AM at the funeral home. Interment will follow at Crest Haven Memorial Park, Clifton.
Albert L. Sager, age 85 died peacefully on Saturday, March 16, 2013.
Albert was welcomed into the world by his parents Rudolf and Amanda Sager on July 2, 1927. He joined his older brother Walter in the family home in Passaic where he was raised.
After graduation from Passaic High School, Albert continued his education at Upsala College and graduated in 1949 with his B.S. degree in business administration.
Once while attending the dance that was held every Friday night at the Passaic YMCA, Al spotted a pretty young lady named Doris Kaufer. He drew up the nerve to ask her for a dance and, to his delight, she said yes. Al and Doris hit it off, dancing with no one else but each other for the rest of the evening! They married at the East Rutherford Lutheran Church on November 29, 1952 and after honeymooning in Miami they settled in an apartment in Clifton on Trimble Ave.
As a young man, Al took a job as a New York stockbroker but eventually took a position with Curtiss Wright Corporation as a purchasing agent. Meanwhile, Doris worked too and together they squirreled their money and celebrated the day that they could move into their new home in Passaic Park. Eventually, the family grew to three members as they welcomed their first-born, a son they named Al and then to four as they welcomed their second child, a beautiful girl which they named Barbara. In 1967, the Sager family packed the moving trucks one more time and headed for Wayne where they have remained to this day.
Over the span of his career as a purchasing agent Al also worked for Congoleum Nairn of Kearny, Yardley London of Totowa, Revlon in New York City and George Fuller Construction Company of New York City. Following retirement he continued part-time as an independent consultant. Retirement allowed Al to return in earnest to one of the earlier loves of his life – stock trading. Al spent a good portion of his time absorbing stock information on a daily basis from The Wall Street Journal and on a weekly basis from Baron’s Weekly to help him make his trades. He also enjoyed being a member of the Lessing-Passaic Masonic Lodge and working in the yard or doing odd-jobs around the house.
Throughout his life, Al enjoyed traveling and vacationing. When the kids were younger, the family would vacation every summer in Seaside Park, NJ with Doris’ parents. Al and Doris have a home in Venice, FL which they enjoy very much and the trip to Alaska will never be forgotten as they were there on 9/11/2001.
Al loved his two granddaughters, Kristin and Jennifer. He and Doris would visit them in California and they would come with their parents to NJ to visit too. He was especially proud of the girl’s golfing accomplishments and their participation in the U.S.G.A. Girls Junior Golf Tournament at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster where he had the opportunity to meet Donald Trump.
Al was a former member of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Passaic where he served on the church council. When they moved to Wayne, he and Doris became members of St. Timothy Lutheran Church in Wayne.
Al will be remembered for being a hard-working man who was dedicated to his family, home and work.
Surviving are his beloved wife of sixty years, Doris (nee Kaufer), his son Al Sager of Wayne, his daughter Barbara and husband Colin Coleman of Rolling Hills Estates, CA and his two granddaughters: Kristin and Jennifer Coleman. Al was predeceased by his brother Walter in 1994.
As expressions of sympathy, if friends so wish, donations may be made in Albert’s memory to St. Timothy Lutheran Church, 395 Valley Road, Wayne, NJ 07470, or to a charity of your choice.
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