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December 10, 2009
Services
Funeral services will be held Friday, December 11, 2009 8 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Friday from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
Edward M. Polzer “Eddie” age 90 of Wayne on Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at the Chilton Memorial Hospital in Pompton Plains.
He was born in Paterson and spent his formative years in Totowa Boro where he received his formal education at the Totowa Grammar School. He also, as was the custom of the day, attended Central High School in Paterson. While in school he was very active in sports including football, baseball and basketball.
In his youth he excelled at pitching, was a champion pitcher, for local semi pro leagues and because he was so young the teams would have someone drive him to the game to make sure he was there.
His favorite football teams included the New York Giants and Notra Dame.
Eddie continued his sportsmanship in other areas. He loved the outdoors and enjoyed hunting and fishing. His greatest interest was deer and pheasant hunting. He also pursued his love of deep sea fishing having owned several boats. He even built his own small cabin cruiser with his dad.
Uncle Ed took up interest in race car driving. His nephew Jerry Wilson had a race car and Ed enjoyed participating in that sport.
He also enjoyed snow skiing and golf. His favorite ski slope was Killington in Vermont where he made many trips with his family to enjoy the great outdoors.
Ed was an Iron Worker for Union Local 483 in Paterson for many years until his retirement in 1981.
He was gifted with an extraverted personality and loved to entertain people around him with his wonderful sense of humor. As a result he had many friends.
Eddie and Violet met at a dance in Paterson and married on February 7, 1948 and had sixty-one years of marriage.
He joined the army at age twenty-three and served in World War II. In the service he was a specialist in thirty caliber weapons and saw service in Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland and Central Europe. He received the American Theater Ribbon, European Victory Medal and the African-Middle Eastern Ribbon.
Tragedy struck the Polzer family when in 2007 his daughter Sue Ann Boote died. It was a time of great sadness for the whole family.
Surviving are his loving wife Violet (nee DeMauex) Polzer; one son Mark Polzer and his wife Lisa of Wayne; two daughters Mary Ann McAdams and her husband Robert of Jefferson and Diann Jinks and her husband Peter of Kinnelon; six grandchildren Mara McAdams of Philadelphia, Shara Boote of Hackensack, Kimberly Boote of Westwood, Jessica Boote of Boston, Massachusetts, Justin Bader of Kinnelon and Drew Bader of Kinnelon.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in Edward’s memory are asked to consider The Michael J. Fox Parkinson Foundation, Grand Central Station, PO Box 4777, New York, NY 10163. Link for donations.donations@michaeljfox.org
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Funeral services will be held Friday, December 11, 2009 8 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Friday from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
December 10, 2009
Services
Funeral services will be held Friday, December 11, 2009 8 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Friday from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
Edward M. Polzer “Eddie” age 90 of Wayne on Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at the Chilton Memorial Hospital in Pompton Plains.
He was born in Paterson and spent his formative years in Totowa Boro where he received his formal education at the Totowa Grammar School. He also, as was the custom of the day, attended Central High School in Paterson. While in school he was very active in sports including football, baseball and basketball.
In his youth he excelled at pitching, was a champion pitcher, for local semi pro leagues and because he was so young the teams would have someone drive him to the game to make sure he was there.
His favorite football teams included the New York Giants and Notra Dame.
Eddie continued his sportsmanship in other areas. He loved the outdoors and enjoyed hunting and fishing. His greatest interest was deer and pheasant hunting. He also pursued his love of deep sea fishing having owned several boats. He even built his own small cabin cruiser with his dad.
Uncle Ed took up interest in race car driving. His nephew Jerry Wilson had a race car and Ed enjoyed participating in that sport.
He also enjoyed snow skiing and golf. His favorite ski slope was Killington in Vermont where he made many trips with his family to enjoy the great outdoors.
Ed was an Iron Worker for Union Local 483 in Paterson for many years until his retirement in 1981.
He was gifted with an extraverted personality and loved to entertain people around him with his wonderful sense of humor. As a result he had many friends.
Eddie and Violet met at a dance in Paterson and married on February 7, 1948 and had sixty-one years of marriage.
He joined the army at age twenty-three and served in World War II. In the service he was a specialist in thirty caliber weapons and saw service in Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland and Central Europe. He received the American Theater Ribbon, European Victory Medal and the African-Middle Eastern Ribbon.
Tragedy struck the Polzer family when in 2007 his daughter Sue Ann Boote died. It was a time of great sadness for the whole family.
Surviving are his loving wife Violet (nee DeMauex) Polzer; one son Mark Polzer and his wife Lisa of Wayne; two daughters Mary Ann McAdams and her husband Robert of Jefferson and Diann Jinks and her husband Peter of Kinnelon; six grandchildren Mara McAdams of Philadelphia, Shara Boote of Hackensack, Kimberly Boote of Westwood, Jessica Boote of Boston, Massachusetts, Justin Bader of Kinnelon and Drew Bader of Kinnelon.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in Edward’s memory are asked to consider The Michael J. Fox Parkinson Foundation, Grand Central Station, PO Box 4777, New York, NY 10163. Link for donations.donations@michaeljfox.org
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