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September 24, 2007
Edward Joseph Brodhead was born in Scranton, PA, on February 24, 1918, eighth of nine children of Calvin Easton Brodhead and Gertrude (neé McNulty) Brodhead. He died on Monday, September 24, at Renaissance Gardens at Cedar Crest in Pompton Plains, NJ. He was predeceased by his sisters and brothers William, Anne (Sister Anne Marie, Sisters of Charity), Katharine, Philip (Father Martin Brodhead, T.O.R.), Mary, Laura, Gertrude, and Daniel. He is survived by his wife Doris (neé Pettigrew), four daughters, Judith Brodhead (Gary Smith), Patricia Brodhead (Joseph Eastburn), Joan Brodhead (James Mog), and Doris Brodhead (Susan Tracy), as well as eight grandchildren: Matthew, Sarah, and Garrett Smith; Chloe Eastburn; Andrew and Eddy Mog, and Ted and Annie Brodhead.
As a youngster, Ed lived in Glenburn, PA, and later in Redbank, NJ, Bethlehem, PA, and East Orange, NJ, where he graduated from East Orange High School in 1935. His first job after graduation from high school during the Depression was for Macy’s department store in Newark. Because of his lifelong love of the ocean and seagoing vessels, after the war broke out he joined the Coast Guard in 1942. He served at various Coast Guard stations on the Atlantic coast and was then assigned to a Destroyer Escort (the U.S.S. Vance) in 1945, which patrolled in the Pacific. He entered the Coast Guard as Yeoman 3rd class and was honorably discharged as a Yeoman 1st class.
Ed and Doris met at a Christmas party in 1949 and their first date was at Rod’s Road House. They were married on November 18, 1950 at Holy Name in East Orange and were later parishioners at Immaculate Heart of Mary in Wayne. They raised four children in the red Cape Cod on Hillcrest Drive. They bought their house in 1952 and lived in it for 52 years.
He was a lover of sailboats from childhood and enjoyed sailing on Packanack Lake in both a Snipe and a Sunfish. Judy, Pat, Joan, and Doris have many fond memories of their father teaching them how to swim in the summer and ice skate in the winter at the lake. They often invited friends and family to swim at the beach followed by a barbecue at the house.
Ed attended classes at Seton Hall University in South Orange in the early 1950s while working for Peter Kero Construction. Beginning in the mid-1950s he worked for Schiavone Construction Company in Secaucus, N.J., as one of the early employees of the company. He retired in 1982 and spent many years as a volunteer for Skylands and the Wayne Township Public Library. In addition to making many close friends at Schiavone, he and wife Doris enjoyed the yearly trips longtime company employees made together to locations such as Bermuda and Barbados, and as recently as last year attended a Schiavone party at Fiddler’s Elbow in Bedminster. After his retirement, he and Doris enjoyed traveling to Canda, Europe and around the United States, as well as visiting their children and grandchildren, who settled near Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, and Los Angeles.
As an adolescent he spent so much time playing pickup games of ice hockey (breaking his nose twice) that he said he played ice hockey in his dreams. Ed had a wonderful baritone voice, and he and his wife Doris, who also loves to sing, would return from Broadway shows during the 1950s and 60s and sing along with the cast albums of shows like My Fair Lady and Camelot for their children. Later they enjoyed attending the Metropolitan Opera and held season tickets for many years. He also loved crossword puzzles and did the New York Times crossword puzzle into his early 80s.
Ed loved playing bridge with his men’s group and with couples before their move to Cedar Crest as well as playing Crazy Eights with his youngest grandchildren Annie (4) and Ted (7) quite recently. He was a member of the local Toastmasters chapter for several years along with many of his neighbors
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September 24, 2007
Edward Joseph Brodhead was born in Scranton, PA, on February 24, 1918, eighth of nine children of Calvin Easton Brodhead and Gertrude (neé McNulty) Brodhead. He died on Monday, September 24, at Renaissance Gardens at Cedar Crest in Pompton Plains, NJ. He was predeceased by his sisters and brothers William, Anne (Sister Anne Marie, Sisters of Charity), Katharine, Philip (Father Martin Brodhead, T.O.R.), Mary, Laura, Gertrude, and Daniel. He is survived by his wife Doris (neé Pettigrew), four daughters, Judith Brodhead (Gary Smith), Patricia Brodhead (Joseph Eastburn), Joan Brodhead (James Mog), and Doris Brodhead (Susan Tracy), as well as eight grandchildren: Matthew, Sarah, and Garrett Smith; Chloe Eastburn; Andrew and Eddy Mog, and Ted and Annie Brodhead.
As a youngster, Ed lived in Glenburn, PA, and later in Redbank, NJ, Bethlehem, PA, and East Orange, NJ, where he graduated from East Orange High School in 1935. His first job after graduation from high school during the Depression was for Macy’s department store in Newark. Because of his lifelong love of the ocean and seagoing vessels, after the war broke out he joined the Coast Guard in 1942. He served at various Coast Guard stations on the Atlantic coast and was then assigned to a Destroyer Escort (the U.S.S. Vance) in 1945, which patrolled in the Pacific. He entered the Coast Guard as Yeoman 3rd class and was honorably discharged as a Yeoman 1st class.
Ed and Doris met at a Christmas party in 1949 and their first date was at Rod’s Road House. They were married on November 18, 1950 at Holy Name in East Orange and were later parishioners at Immaculate Heart of Mary in Wayne. They raised four children in the red Cape Cod on Hillcrest Drive. They bought their house in 1952 and lived in it for 52 years.
He was a lover of sailboats from childhood and enjoyed sailing on Packanack Lake in both a Snipe and a Sunfish. Judy, Pat, Joan, and Doris have many fond memories of their father teaching them how to swim in the summer and ice skate in the winter at the lake. They often invited friends and family to swim at the beach followed by a barbecue at the house.
Ed attended classes at Seton Hall University in South Orange in the early 1950s while working for Peter Kero Construction. Beginning in the mid-1950s he worked for Schiavone Construction Company in Secaucus, N.J., as one of the early employees of the company. He retired in 1982 and spent many years as a volunteer for Skylands and the Wayne Township Public Library. In addition to making many close friends at Schiavone, he and wife Doris enjoyed the yearly trips longtime company employees made together to locations such as Bermuda and Barbados, and as recently as last year attended a Schiavone party at Fiddler’s Elbow in Bedminster. After his retirement, he and Doris enjoyed traveling to Canda, Europe and around the United States, as well as visiting their children and grandchildren, who settled near Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, and Los Angeles.
As an adolescent he spent so much time playing pickup games of ice hockey (breaking his nose twice) that he said he played ice hockey in his dreams. Ed had a wonderful baritone voice, and he and his wife Doris, who also loves to sing, would return from Broadway shows during the 1950s and 60s and sing along with the cast albums of shows like My Fair Lady and Camelot for their children. Later they enjoyed attending the Metropolitan Opera and held season tickets for many years. He also loved crossword puzzles and did the New York Times crossword puzzle into his early 80s.
Ed loved playing bridge with his men’s group and with couples before their move to Cedar Crest as well as playing Crazy Eights with his youngest grandchildren Annie (4) and Ted (7) quite recently. He was a member of the local Toastmasters chapter for several years along with many of his neighbors
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