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March 27, 2009
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Wednesday, April 1, 2009 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the funeral home.
Funeral services will be held 11 AM on Thursday, April 2, 2009 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd., Wayne.
Interment will be in Laurel Grove Cemetery, Totowa.
Earl was born on December 11, 1917 in Paterson, NJ and graduated from Central High School, Paterson with the class of 1937 where he starred on the Swimming Team and held several NJ State titles.
He graduated from the McAllister School of Embalming, NYC and received his funeral director and embalmer license in 1941. He worked with his father and brother at the P.G. Plavier & Sons Funeral Home, Paterson until January of 1942 when he joined the Marine Corps. Earl was a member of the First Marine Division and participated in action on Guadalcanal, Cape Glouster, New Britain, Solomon Islands and Peleliu. He received the Good Conduct Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, American Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal and four Bronze Stars during the capture and defense of Guadalcanal, Eastern New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago and the Western Caroline Islands Operations; his unit received a Presidential Unit Citation. After four years in the Marine Corps he was honorably discharged and returned to Paterson and continued working the his father and brother at the funeral home.
While attending the Third Presbyterian Church in Paterson, Earl met Margaret Foster. Their first date was to the Howard Johnsons in Clifton. They married in 1949 at the Third Presbyterian Church in Paterson and honeymooned for two days in New York City. They recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary.
In 1947 Earl took the Civil Service Exam and was appointed to the Paterson Fire Department. He was awarded the Paterson Fire Department Valor Award in 1975. He served from thirty-one years having retired as a Captain in 1978. Once retired he and his wife Margaret moved to Crestwood Village in Ocean County, NJ.
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Friends may visit with the family on Wednesday, April 1, 2009 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the funeral home.
Funeral services will be held 11 AM on Thursday, April 2, 2009 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd., Wayne.
Interment will be in Laurel Grove Cemetery, Totowa.
March 27, 2009
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Wednesday, April 1, 2009 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the funeral home.
Funeral services will be held 11 AM on Thursday, April 2, 2009 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd., Wayne.
Interment will be in Laurel Grove Cemetery, Totowa.
Earl was born on December 11, 1917 in Paterson, NJ and graduated from Central High School, Paterson with the class of 1937 where he starred on the Swimming Team and held several NJ State titles.
He graduated from the McAllister School of Embalming, NYC and received his funeral director and embalmer license in 1941. He worked with his father and brother at the P.G. Plavier & Sons Funeral Home, Paterson until January of 1942 when he joined the Marine Corps. Earl was a member of the First Marine Division and participated in action on Guadalcanal, Cape Glouster, New Britain, Solomon Islands and Peleliu. He received the Good Conduct Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, American Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal and four Bronze Stars during the capture and defense of Guadalcanal, Eastern New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago and the Western Caroline Islands Operations; his unit received a Presidential Unit Citation. After four years in the Marine Corps he was honorably discharged and returned to Paterson and continued working the his father and brother at the funeral home.
While attending the Third Presbyterian Church in Paterson, Earl met Margaret Foster. Their first date was to the Howard Johnsons in Clifton. They married in 1949 at the Third Presbyterian Church in Paterson and honeymooned for two days in New York City. They recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary.
In 1947 Earl took the Civil Service Exam and was appointed to the Paterson Fire Department. He was awarded the Paterson Fire Department Valor Award in 1975. He served from thirty-one years having retired as a Captain in 1978. Once retired he and his wife Margaret moved to Crestwood Village in Ocean County, NJ.
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