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January 21, 2011
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Monday, January 24, 2011 from 2-4, 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
A graveside service is planned for 11 AM on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at the Rhinebeck Cemetery, 3 Mill Rd., Rhinebeck, NY.
Edward H. Travers, Jr. age 83 of Wayne died Friday, January 21, 2011 at the Valley Hospital, Ridgewood.
He was born in Union City and raised in North Bergen before moving to Wayne in 1957.
He sang soprano in the Boys Choir of Saint James Episcopal Church, Manhattan from 1937 through 1939. Edward graduated from the Dwight School, Manhattan with the Class of 1945.
He went on to attend Brooklyn Polytechnic University. Before graduating Brooklyn Polytechnic he decided to enlist in the United States Army. He attained the rank of sergeant before being discharged in February of 1948.
After his service he attended Rutgers University where he graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business with the Class of 1957 and was elected to the Rutgers University Honor Society that year. He continued his education having graduated from Farleigh Dickinson University with a degree in Mechanical Engineering with the Class of 1969.
His work history includes repairing cash registers for the Pitney Bowes Corporation, assembly work at the Bendix Corporation, Teterboro, NJ, engineering work at the Curtis Wright Corporation, Woodbridge, NJ and finally he took a job in 1956 at the New York Telephone Company where he started out as an installer, was fast-tracked into management, and finally the engineering department before retiring in 1988. While at the New York Telephone company he wrote and taught a course entitled “Accounting for Engineers” which he taught at the historic Thayer Hotel in West Point, NY for several years.
He met the love of his life Lorraine Baechtold at a house party that she initially attended with one boy but left with Edward. Two weeks later Edward gave Lorraine gold earrings for her birthday and she was smitten. They married on September 3, 1955 at the Woodcliff Community Church, North Bergen and honeymooned and trout fished in the Adirondacks. Lorraine didn’t mind accommodating Edward’s second love – trout fishing. She didn’t like traipsing up and down streams in hip-waders, and was more amenable to doing her fishing from a boat. They have enjoyed a loving and devoted marriage of more than fifty-five years.
Edward will be fondly remembered for his ready wit and sharp mind. Even on the day of his passing he was quick with a quip. He loved trout fishing and was especially grateful for the relaxation he came to know while fishing on the Esopus River in New York State.
He was the beloved husband of Lorraine (Baechtold) Travers; loving father of Brian Travers of Wayne and Douglas Travers of Butler; loved brother of Doris Hart of Graham, NC and the late Carol Bullard.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to The Valley Hospital, 223 North Van Dien Ave., Ridgewood, NJ 07450 – Attn: Foundation, would be appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family on Monday, January 24, 2011 from 2-4, 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
A graveside service is planned for 11 AM on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at the Rhinebeck Cemetery, 3 Mill Rd., Rhinebeck, NY.
January 21, 2011
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Monday, January 24, 2011 from 2-4, 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
A graveside service is planned for 11 AM on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at the Rhinebeck Cemetery, 3 Mill Rd., Rhinebeck, NY.
Edward H. Travers, Jr. age 83 of Wayne died Friday, January 21, 2011 at the Valley Hospital, Ridgewood.
He was born in Union City and raised in North Bergen before moving to Wayne in 1957.
He sang soprano in the Boys Choir of Saint James Episcopal Church, Manhattan from 1937 through 1939. Edward graduated from the Dwight School, Manhattan with the Class of 1945.
He went on to attend Brooklyn Polytechnic University. Before graduating Brooklyn Polytechnic he decided to enlist in the United States Army. He attained the rank of sergeant before being discharged in February of 1948.
After his service he attended Rutgers University where he graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business with the Class of 1957 and was elected to the Rutgers University Honor Society that year. He continued his education having graduated from Farleigh Dickinson University with a degree in Mechanical Engineering with the Class of 1969.
His work history includes repairing cash registers for the Pitney Bowes Corporation, assembly work at the Bendix Corporation, Teterboro, NJ, engineering work at the Curtis Wright Corporation, Woodbridge, NJ and finally he took a job in 1956 at the New York Telephone Company where he started out as an installer, was fast-tracked into management, and finally the engineering department before retiring in 1988. While at the New York Telephone company he wrote and taught a course entitled “Accounting for Engineers” which he taught at the historic Thayer Hotel in West Point, NY for several years.
He met the love of his life Lorraine Baechtold at a house party that she initially attended with one boy but left with Edward. Two weeks later Edward gave Lorraine gold earrings for her birthday and she was smitten. They married on September 3, 1955 at the Woodcliff Community Church, North Bergen and honeymooned and trout fished in the Adirondacks. Lorraine didn’t mind accommodating Edward’s second love – trout fishing. She didn’t like traipsing up and down streams in hip-waders, and was more amenable to doing her fishing from a boat. They have enjoyed a loving and devoted marriage of more than fifty-five years.
Edward will be fondly remembered for his ready wit and sharp mind. Even on the day of his passing he was quick with a quip. He loved trout fishing and was especially grateful for the relaxation he came to know while fishing on the Esopus River in New York State.
He was the beloved husband of Lorraine (Baechtold) Travers; loving father of Brian Travers of Wayne and Douglas Travers of Butler; loved brother of Doris Hart of Graham, NC and the late Carol Bullard.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to The Valley Hospital, 223 North Van Dien Ave., Ridgewood, NJ 07450 – Attn: Foundation, would be appreciated.
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