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October 23, 2023
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Sunday, October 29, 2023 from 12noon - 3:00 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. There will be a 3:00 memorial service at the conclusion of the visitation hours.
Daniel (Dan) J. Schreck, age 67, of Wayne and North Beach, NJ passed away unexpectedly Monday, October 23, 2023.
Dan was born in Jersey City, NJ to Joseph and Barbara (Reilly) Schreck on September 11, 1956. Dan grew up in Ridgefield Park, NJ with his two sisters: Maureen and Elizabeth. Dan played football for Ridgefield Park High School, where he graduated in 1974. Growing up, Dan spent his summers with his family in the Highlands where he began his lifelong love affair with the Jersey Shore. After high school, Dan went on to play football at Glassboro State College (now Rowan University), where he and his teammates won the Division 3 NCAA Conference Championship all four years that he played. Dan graduated with a degree in accounting in 1978. While in college, Dan spent his summers in Belmar and Sea Bright where he was an ocean lifeguard, beer delivery guy, bouncer, and full-time beach bum.
Dan received his CPA license and started his career in accounting in 1978. He then joined Rayfield and Co. in where he became a partner in 1986. Always ambitious, Dan left Rayfield to start his own practice in 1991, when he and his partner formed Schreck, Bavaro and Co.
Dan spent the next three decades building a highly successful firm with offices in Morristown and Princeton. During this time, Dan served on numerous corporate and not-for-profit boards, including D.A.R.E. NJ. A respected member of the NJ business community, Dan took immense pleasure in helping nurture and grow countless businesses in the tri-state area.
Dan was a giant of a man, in both stature and personality. His love of his friends, family, work, and desire to succeed drove him to constantly push himself. Long after many would have hung up their spurs, Dan continued to hit the gym, the links, and the waves, nurturing those hobbies and relationships that would sustain him throughout his life. His special love for the Jersey Shore continually pulled to LBI, where Dan would spend as much time as he could cycling the boulevard, catching the morning sun on the beach, or floating in pool in the afternoon sun.
Dan met his biggest supporter and lifelong cheerleader, Patricia (Trish) Resco while working together at Rayfield and Co. in 1982. Trish and Dan married on July 11th, 1987, in Wayne, NJ surrounded by their friends and family. They had their first and only child, Kristen—the light of his life, on March 6, 1989, in Morris County, before moving to Wayne, where they built their lives together. Dan was an enthusiastic (if not exactly expert) coach of Kristen’s soccer team while she was growing up and gifted her his competitive nature during countless afternoon tennis matches and mini-golf tournaments. He also nurtured in her his love of the beach, teaching her to bodysurf on warm summer days at the shore.
As a family, they enjoyed going to sporting events, traveling to the Caribbean, lazy days in LBI, live music, and long dinners where Dan was sure to quiz everyone at the table about batting averages for former Yankee sluggers, fun-facts about the Garden State, and obscure points in US history.
Dan is loved and missed immensely by his wife, Trish; his daughter, Kristen; his son-in-law, Grant; his step-granddaughters Margot and Ella; his sister Maureen and her husband, David Campbell of Paramus, NJ; his in-laws: Lydia and her husband John Hirsch of Wayne, NJ; Bob Resco and his wife Linda of Crozet, VA; his nieces Kim, Colleen, Katie, Carolyn, and Kayla; his nephews, Chris, Andy, and Kyle; as well as his innumerable friends, family, and associates. Dan was predeceased by his sister Liz Converse, brother-in-law Frank Converse, and his parents Joe and Barbara Schreck.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Barnegat Light First Aid Squad, 15 W 10th Street, Barnegat Light, NJ 08006 or the Surf City Volunteer Fire & EMS, 713 Long Beach Bld., Surf City, NJ 08008 would be greatly appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family on Sunday, October 29, 2023 from 12noon - 3:00 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. There will be a 3:00 memorial service at the conclusion of the visitation hours.
October 23, 2023
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Sunday, October 29, 2023 from 12noon - 3:00 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. There will be a 3:00 memorial service at the conclusion of the visitation hours.
Daniel (Dan) J. Schreck, age 67, of Wayne and North Beach, NJ passed away unexpectedly Monday, October 23, 2023.
Dan was born in Jersey City, NJ to Joseph and Barbara (Reilly) Schreck on September 11, 1956. Dan grew up in Ridgefield Park, NJ with his two sisters: Maureen and Elizabeth. Dan played football for Ridgefield Park High School, where he graduated in 1974. Growing up, Dan spent his summers with his family in the Highlands where he began his lifelong love affair with the Jersey Shore. After high school, Dan went on to play football at Glassboro State College (now Rowan University), where he and his teammates won the Division 3 NCAA Conference Championship all four years that he played. Dan graduated with a degree in accounting in 1978. While in college, Dan spent his summers in Belmar and Sea Bright where he was an ocean lifeguard, beer delivery guy, bouncer, and full-time beach bum.
Dan received his CPA license and started his career in accounting in 1978. He then joined Rayfield and Co. in where he became a partner in 1986. Always ambitious, Dan left Rayfield to start his own practice in 1991, when he and his partner formed Schreck, Bavaro and Co.
Dan spent the next three decades building a highly successful firm with offices in Morristown and Princeton. During this time, Dan served on numerous corporate and not-for-profit boards, including D.A.R.E. NJ. A respected member of the NJ business community, Dan took immense pleasure in helping nurture and grow countless businesses in the tri-state area.
Dan was a giant of a man, in both stature and personality. His love of his friends, family, work, and desire to succeed drove him to constantly push himself. Long after many would have hung up their spurs, Dan continued to hit the gym, the links, and the waves, nurturing those hobbies and relationships that would sustain him throughout his life. His special love for the Jersey Shore continually pulled to LBI, where Dan would spend as much time as he could cycling the boulevard, catching the morning sun on the beach, or floating in pool in the afternoon sun.
Dan met his biggest supporter and lifelong cheerleader, Patricia (Trish) Resco while working together at Rayfield and Co. in 1982. Trish and Dan married on July 11th, 1987, in Wayne, NJ surrounded by their friends and family. They had their first and only child, Kristen—the light of his life, on March 6, 1989, in Morris County, before moving to Wayne, where they built their lives together. Dan was an enthusiastic (if not exactly expert) coach of Kristen’s soccer team while she was growing up and gifted her his competitive nature during countless afternoon tennis matches and mini-golf tournaments. He also nurtured in her his love of the beach, teaching her to bodysurf on warm summer days at the shore.
As a family, they enjoyed going to sporting events, traveling to the Caribbean, lazy days in LBI, live music, and long dinners where Dan was sure to quiz everyone at the table about batting averages for former Yankee sluggers, fun-facts about the Garden State, and obscure points in US history.
Dan is loved and missed immensely by his wife, Trish; his daughter, Kristen; his son-in-law, Grant; his step-granddaughters Margot and Ella; his sister Maureen and her husband, David Campbell of Paramus, NJ; his in-laws: Lydia and her husband John Hirsch of Wayne, NJ; Bob Resco and his wife Linda of Crozet, VA; his nieces Kim, Colleen, Katie, Carolyn, and Kayla; his nephews, Chris, Andy, and Kyle; as well as his innumerable friends, family, and associates. Dan was predeceased by his sister Liz Converse, brother-in-law Frank Converse, and his parents Joe and Barbara Schreck.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Barnegat Light First Aid Squad, 15 W 10th Street, Barnegat Light, NJ 08006 or the Surf City Volunteer Fire & EMS, 713 Long Beach Bld., Surf City, NJ 08008 would be greatly appreciated.
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