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May 27, 2008
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Sunday June 1, 2008 from 2-6 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held at 930 AM on Monday June 2, 2008 from the funeral home then to Gate of Heaven Mausoleum in East Hanover.
Bernard Gelb, age 75 of Lincoln Park, died peacefully at home on Tuesday, May 27, 2008. He was born in the Bronx, lived in East Paterson for a short while, before moving to Lincoln Park with his wife forty years ago.
Bernie was a veteran of the Korean War, serving from 1951 to 1954. He earned the Purple Heart as a result of injuries received during the war. He was a proud and active member of VFW Post 279 for fifty years.
Bernard was a Martial Arts instructor, having taught Karate and Judo for many years.
He was one of those people that everyone knew. Whether it was at the local deli, pharmacy, or just around town, everybody knew and loved Bernie. He was a real charmer too and the nurses at the hospital can attest to that – they all enjoyed his company while he was there with them. He was an avid reader, mostly of war novels. The hobby he most enjoyed had to be playing the Crossword scratch-off game. You could almost always find him with a ticket in his hand and somehow he always seemed to win. Although Bernie was a devoted Yankees fan, nothing was dearer to him than his family. Time spent with this wife and sons was always important, and Bernie had a special fondness for his daughter-in-law Isabella.
Beloved husband of the late Barbara Gelb who passed in 2005 after forty seven years of wonderful marriage; loving father of Michael Gelb and his wife Isabella of Bloomfield. Bernard lost his son, Neil Gelb, on January 1, 2008. He is also survived by his faithful dog Damian who was by his side for the past 15 years.
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Friends may visit with the family on Sunday June 1, 2008 from 2-6 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held at 930 AM on Monday June 2, 2008 from the funeral home then to Gate of Heaven Mausoleum in East Hanover.
May 27, 2008
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Sunday June 1, 2008 from 2-6 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held at 930 AM on Monday June 2, 2008 from the funeral home then to Gate of Heaven Mausoleum in East Hanover.
Bernard Gelb, age 75 of Lincoln Park, died peacefully at home on Tuesday, May 27, 2008. He was born in the Bronx, lived in East Paterson for a short while, before moving to Lincoln Park with his wife forty years ago.
Bernie was a veteran of the Korean War, serving from 1951 to 1954. He earned the Purple Heart as a result of injuries received during the war. He was a proud and active member of VFW Post 279 for fifty years.
Bernard was a Martial Arts instructor, having taught Karate and Judo for many years.
He was one of those people that everyone knew. Whether it was at the local deli, pharmacy, or just around town, everybody knew and loved Bernie. He was a real charmer too and the nurses at the hospital can attest to that – they all enjoyed his company while he was there with them. He was an avid reader, mostly of war novels. The hobby he most enjoyed had to be playing the Crossword scratch-off game. You could almost always find him with a ticket in his hand and somehow he always seemed to win. Although Bernie was a devoted Yankees fan, nothing was dearer to him than his family. Time spent with this wife and sons was always important, and Bernie had a special fondness for his daughter-in-law Isabella.
Beloved husband of the late Barbara Gelb who passed in 2005 after forty seven years of wonderful marriage; loving father of Michael Gelb and his wife Isabella of Bloomfield. Bernard lost his son, Neil Gelb, on January 1, 2008. He is also survived by his faithful dog Damian who was by his side for the past 15 years.
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