Edmund Guzik

Edmund S. Guzik, age 97, of Pompton Lakes, died peacefully Wednesday evening at the home of his daughter, Cinthia, in Doylestown, PA.  He resided in Pompton Lakes for 46 years before moving to Doylestown 5 years ago.

He was born in the family home on Lewis Street in Paterson and attended Saint Stephens School in Paterson.  Edmund attended Central High School and in a short time decided to go to Passaic County Technical High School in Paterson to learn to be an auto mechanic. He didn’t like that either, quit school, and found an ad in the newspaper for a job working with upholstery at Saks Brothers Upholstery Company in Paterson.  Being one of twelve children, the income was necessary to keep the household functioning.  He later found work at Wrights Aeronautical in Fair Lawn where he would clean airplane engine cylinder heads and their cooling fins.

He was drafted into the US Army during WWII and began serving on April 27, 1943.  He was assigned to the 1st Armored Division, was proficient in many types of arms, and specialized as a machine gunner.  His service brought him to places like Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, North Apennines, and the Po Valley.  He received decorations and citations including the European-African-Middle Eastern Theater Ribbon, the Good Conduct Medal, the Victory Medal, a Bronze Star, the Infantry Badge, the Germany-Occupation Badge and four Battle Stars.

Upon being discharged from the military on December 6, 1945 he returned home to Paterson and once again established employment in the upholstery business.  He met the love of his life, Helen Rog, through her extended family.  They married on September 13, 1947 at Saint Joseph’s Church in Passaic.  They took a bus to the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania for their honeymoon and established their home in Paterson.  Edmund and Helen had three of their four children while living in Paterson and later moved to Pompton Lakes where they had their fourth child.

Edmund enjoyed fishing both locally at Greenwood Lake and in the Atlantic Ocean at the Jersey Shore.  It is also rumored he liked to skinny-dip in the Passaic Falls in Paterson.  He always enjoyed keeping up with current events by reading the newspaper.  In later life he enjoyed jig-saw puzzles, bird watching, watching golf and poker on TV.

Before moving to Doylestown, he was a parishioner and usher at Church of the Annunciation of the BVM in Wayne.  He was a member of the Knights of Columbus and he belonged to the VFW.

Edmund was the loving husband of the late Helen Guzik (d.2012), he was the devoted father of Stephen Guzik and his wife Susan of Milltown, the late Glenn Guzik (d.2002), Cinthia Irwin and her husband Kenneth of Doylestown, PA, and Sharon Woelfel and her husband Eric of Long Valley; he was the cherished grandfather of Jonathan Guzik of Clark and Luke Woelfel of Long Valley; he was the brother-in-law of Patricia Guzik; he was the dear brother of Sophie Pohl of Wyckoff, Stella Cleaver of Peoria, AZ and the late Anne Guzik, Adolph “Otto” Guzik, John Guzik, Janie Jazwinski, Helen Jakubowski, Eleanor Waszak, Irene Guzik, Alice Welch and Chester Guzik.

In lieu of flowers donations in Edmund's name may be made to St. Stephens Parish, 86 Martin St. Paterson, NJ 07501.