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February 15, 2014
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 2-4 and 7-9 PM on Wednesday, February 19, 2014 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 12 noon at the funeral home on Thursday, February 20, 2014.
Interment will be in the 1st Reformed Church Cemetery, Pompton Plains.
Charles F. Zahner age 81 of Wanaque, formerly of Pompton Plains and Wayne passed peacefully at home on Saturday, February 15, 2014.
He was born in Newark and raised in East Orange having graduated from East Orange High School with the Class of 1951. Charles received his Bachelors of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Newark College of Engineering (now NJIT) with the Class of 1955 and went on to receive his Masters in Electrical Engineering with the Class of 1960. He was a member of the Phi Eta Sigma, Eta Kappa Nu, and Tau Beta Pi Honor Societies.
After his education he found work with the Curtiss-Wright Corporation in Electronics Division in East Paterson where he was a Systems Engineering Supervisor. He later worked for the Bendix Corporation in Teterboro as an Assistant Senior Engineer and the Link Group, General Precision, Inc. in Wayne as a Principal Engineer. Before retiring in 1992 he was a Computer Analyst for Dubner Computer Systems in Paramus for twenty years, where he principally worked on election and television automation systems with WABC and WPIX television. He personally held four patents: Electronic Keyer, Digital Electronic Keyer, Radio Compass Signal Strength Computer, and Lambert Projection Navigation Computer.
Charles was a longstanding member of the Pequannock Reformed Church in Wayne and served as the Treasurer for thirty years, as an Elder, Deacon, Sunday School Teacher and Superintendent of the Sunday School. He was dedicated to his faith and church and could be found at just about every church function helping in any way he could, usually as the cashier.
He was very proud and successful in regards to his education, work, holding patents, but Charles was most proud of his family. He found a great deal of joy in having his family together with him and witnessing the accomplishments of his children and grandchildren. Family vacations where they would rent a house and all stay together, fishing trips, dinners, and holidays surrounded by family filled his heart. He enjoyed jigsaw puzzles, even doing them upside-down for a bigger challenge, Sudoku, and especially liked his garden of cucumbers, tomatoes, and flowers.
Charles and Lorraine’s first meeting and courtship is filled with love and persistence - on Charles part. He first eyed Lorraine when she was wearing white buck shoes, red knee socks, and Bermuda shorts. He didn’t get to talk to Lorraine that day but their paths would cross months later on a blind date. Charles and Lorrain’s blind date was marred when the boy to accompany the other girl could not go. Charles had a blind date and Lorraine brought two girlfriends. When Lorraine first laid eyes upon Charles she groaned to her friends about the nerd she had been set up with. He was persistent and when he finally worked up the nerve to ask Lorraine for a kiss she just stared back at him with an, I can’t believe this guy, look. Eventually he did get that kiss and Lorraine soon fell in love. Lorraine’s brothers liked Charles because they heard he was studying to be an engineer and perhaps they could have the good fortune to get a ride on his train someday. Their first date was on June 11, 1953 and they married on June 11, 1955 at the Holy Assumption Russian Orthodox Church in Clifton and honeymooned at the Pocono Mountain Inn. They have enjoyed a loving, caring, and giving marriage of fifty-nine years.
Charles was the beloved husband of Lorraine (Grabowski) Zahner; devoted father of Diane Barany and her husband Harry of Pequannock, Richard Zahner and his wife Cheryl of Butler, Steven Zahner and his wife Denice of Pompton Plains, and Daniel Zahner and his wife Cindy of Pompton Plains; cherished grandfather of Dana, Timothy, Emily, Harrison, Mitchell, Stefanie, Michele, Samuel, Joseph, Rebecca, and Jennifer; dear brother of Mildred Jones of Endicott, NY, and the late Marie Zahner, Dorothy Michal, and Edwin Zahner.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Pequannock Reformed Church, 530 Newark Pompton Tpk., Wayne, NJ 07470 would be appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family from 2-4 and 7-9 PM on Wednesday, February 19, 2014 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 12 noon at the funeral home on Thursday, February 20, 2014.
Interment will be in the 1st Reformed Church Cemetery, Pompton Plains.
February 15, 2014
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 2-4 and 7-9 PM on Wednesday, February 19, 2014 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 12 noon at the funeral home on Thursday, February 20, 2014.
Interment will be in the 1st Reformed Church Cemetery, Pompton Plains.
Charles F. Zahner age 81 of Wanaque, formerly of Pompton Plains and Wayne passed peacefully at home on Saturday, February 15, 2014.
He was born in Newark and raised in East Orange having graduated from East Orange High School with the Class of 1951. Charles received his Bachelors of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Newark College of Engineering (now NJIT) with the Class of 1955 and went on to receive his Masters in Electrical Engineering with the Class of 1960. He was a member of the Phi Eta Sigma, Eta Kappa Nu, and Tau Beta Pi Honor Societies.
After his education he found work with the Curtiss-Wright Corporation in Electronics Division in East Paterson where he was a Systems Engineering Supervisor. He later worked for the Bendix Corporation in Teterboro as an Assistant Senior Engineer and the Link Group, General Precision, Inc. in Wayne as a Principal Engineer. Before retiring in 1992 he was a Computer Analyst for Dubner Computer Systems in Paramus for twenty years, where he principally worked on election and television automation systems with WABC and WPIX television. He personally held four patents: Electronic Keyer, Digital Electronic Keyer, Radio Compass Signal Strength Computer, and Lambert Projection Navigation Computer.
Charles was a longstanding member of the Pequannock Reformed Church in Wayne and served as the Treasurer for thirty years, as an Elder, Deacon, Sunday School Teacher and Superintendent of the Sunday School. He was dedicated to his faith and church and could be found at just about every church function helping in any way he could, usually as the cashier.
He was very proud and successful in regards to his education, work, holding patents, but Charles was most proud of his family. He found a great deal of joy in having his family together with him and witnessing the accomplishments of his children and grandchildren. Family vacations where they would rent a house and all stay together, fishing trips, dinners, and holidays surrounded by family filled his heart. He enjoyed jigsaw puzzles, even doing them upside-down for a bigger challenge, Sudoku, and especially liked his garden of cucumbers, tomatoes, and flowers.
Charles and Lorraine’s first meeting and courtship is filled with love and persistence - on Charles part. He first eyed Lorraine when she was wearing white buck shoes, red knee socks, and Bermuda shorts. He didn’t get to talk to Lorraine that day but their paths would cross months later on a blind date. Charles and Lorrain’s blind date was marred when the boy to accompany the other girl could not go. Charles had a blind date and Lorraine brought two girlfriends. When Lorraine first laid eyes upon Charles she groaned to her friends about the nerd she had been set up with. He was persistent and when he finally worked up the nerve to ask Lorraine for a kiss she just stared back at him with an, I can’t believe this guy, look. Eventually he did get that kiss and Lorraine soon fell in love. Lorraine’s brothers liked Charles because they heard he was studying to be an engineer and perhaps they could have the good fortune to get a ride on his train someday. Their first date was on June 11, 1953 and they married on June 11, 1955 at the Holy Assumption Russian Orthodox Church in Clifton and honeymooned at the Pocono Mountain Inn. They have enjoyed a loving, caring, and giving marriage of fifty-nine years.
Charles was the beloved husband of Lorraine (Grabowski) Zahner; devoted father of Diane Barany and her husband Harry of Pequannock, Richard Zahner and his wife Cheryl of Butler, Steven Zahner and his wife Denice of Pompton Plains, and Daniel Zahner and his wife Cindy of Pompton Plains; cherished grandfather of Dana, Timothy, Emily, Harrison, Mitchell, Stefanie, Michele, Samuel, Joseph, Rebecca, and Jennifer; dear brother of Mildred Jones of Endicott, NY, and the late Marie Zahner, Dorothy Michal, and Edwin Zahner.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Pequannock Reformed Church, 530 Newark Pompton Tpk., Wayne, NJ 07470 would be appreciated.
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