Office Hours: Monday – Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Calls outside of office hours? No worries! Our team will respond within 10–15 minutes.
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 4-8 PM on Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
A Requiem Mass will be offered at 10 AM on Friday, May 15, 2015 at Our Lady of Fatima Chapel, 32 West Franklin Avenue, Pequannock.(we are not having services on Thursday as the church is celebrating the Feast of the Assumption)
Interment will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery, 106 Bartholdi Ave., Butler.
Edward F. Drag age 91, of the Packanack Lake Section of Wayne, passed peacefully at home on Friday, May 8, 2015.
Born in Brooklyn he lived in Sleepy Hollow, New York before moving to Wayne 53 years ago. He was employed by the American Cyanamid Company for 48 years and retired in 1991 as the Senior Property and Casualty Insurance Claims Administrator. After his retirement Ed volunteered as a tax counselor assisting senior citizens in preparation of federal and state tax returns for over twenty years. Ed was a licensed insurance broker and real estate salesman in New York and New Jersey. He was a veteran of WWII and served with the Army Signal Corp and was attached to the Headquarters of the Second and Fifteenth Air Forces in Colorado and Italy respectively.
He was active with Little League Baseball programs in New York. Mr. Drag coached boys and girls athletic programs in Packanack Lake for many years. He also served as an umpire for men, boys, and girls softball and baseball games.
Beloved husband of the late Ann Lynch Drag(2012); he is survived by his five children, Edward F. Drag II and his wife colleen of Columbus, NJ, Thomas Drag of Pompton Plains, Robert Drag and his wife Suzanne of Maple Grove, MN, Martin Drag and his wife Linda of Pompton Plains, and Jane Crank of Wayne; sixteen grandchildren; Jennifer, Dawn, Tom, Tim, Dan, Michael, Sandy, Eddie, Stephanie, Nicole, Marty, Billy, Sami, Melanie, Johnny, and Rilee; and ten great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his grandson Billy Drag in 1985 and his daughter in law Renee in 2011.
In lieu of flowers, kindly make a mass donation to our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary, PO Box 147, Denton, Nebraska 68339 or a donation to Our Lady of Fatima Chapel, 32 West Franklin Avenue, Pequannock, NJ 07440.
If you would like to send a private condolence directly to the family use this condolence section.
Friends may visit with the family from 4-8 PM on Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
A Requiem Mass will be offered at 10 AM on Friday, May 15, 2015 at Our Lady of Fatima Chapel, 32 West Franklin Avenue, Pequannock.(we are not having services on Thursday as the church is celebrating the Feast of the Assumption)
Interment will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery, 106 Bartholdi Ave., Butler.
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 4-8 PM on Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
A Requiem Mass will be offered at 10 AM on Friday, May 15, 2015 at Our Lady of Fatima Chapel, 32 West Franklin Avenue, Pequannock.(we are not having services on Thursday as the church is celebrating the Feast of the Assumption)
Interment will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery, 106 Bartholdi Ave., Butler.
Edward F. Drag age 91, of the Packanack Lake Section of Wayne, passed peacefully at home on Friday, May 8, 2015.
Born in Brooklyn he lived in Sleepy Hollow, New York before moving to Wayne 53 years ago. He was employed by the American Cyanamid Company for 48 years and retired in 1991 as the Senior Property and Casualty Insurance Claims Administrator. After his retirement Ed volunteered as a tax counselor assisting senior citizens in preparation of federal and state tax returns for over twenty years. Ed was a licensed insurance broker and real estate salesman in New York and New Jersey. He was a veteran of WWII and served with the Army Signal Corp and was attached to the Headquarters of the Second and Fifteenth Air Forces in Colorado and Italy respectively.
He was active with Little League Baseball programs in New York. Mr. Drag coached boys and girls athletic programs in Packanack Lake for many years. He also served as an umpire for men, boys, and girls softball and baseball games.
Beloved husband of the late Ann Lynch Drag(2012); he is survived by his five children, Edward F. Drag II and his wife colleen of Columbus, NJ, Thomas Drag of Pompton Plains, Robert Drag and his wife Suzanne of Maple Grove, MN, Martin Drag and his wife Linda of Pompton Plains, and Jane Crank of Wayne; sixteen grandchildren; Jennifer, Dawn, Tom, Tim, Dan, Michael, Sandy, Eddie, Stephanie, Nicole, Marty, Billy, Sami, Melanie, Johnny, and Rilee; and ten great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his grandson Billy Drag in 1985 and his daughter in law Renee in 2011.
In lieu of flowers, kindly make a mass donation to our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary, PO Box 147, Denton, Nebraska 68339 or a donation to Our Lady of Fatima Chapel, 32 West Franklin Avenue, Pequannock, NJ 07440.
Guestbook