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September 20, 2009
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Friends are invited to visit with the family on Saturday, September 26, 2009 from 2-5 PM at 301 Feather Lane, Franklin Lakes.
Edwin Foster Arthur, 90, died on September 20, 2009. He had been a resident of Wayne for 30 years before retirement.
Foster is survived by his wife of 55 years, Anne (nee) Fleming of Pompton Plains, New Jersey; his loving son Raymond of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Franklin Lakes, NJ; daughter-in-law Tracy of Franklin Lakes, and his loving grandsons Thomas Carey Arthur and Michael Raymond Arthur, both of California. Mr. Arthur was predeceased by newborn son Gordon Holt Arthur in 1956 and son Lt. Carey Alan Arthur, USN, who was killed while serving his country aboard the USS Nimitz in 1981. Foster’s brother, Capt. Charles Snowden Arthur, USN (retired), died in 2004.
Born in Golden, Colorado and raised in Denver, Colorado, Foster joined the Navy in 1940 and was an ensign aboard the USS Oklahoma at the time of the attack at Pearl Harbor. After the Oklahoma was capsized, Arthur was stationed on the USS South Dakota, where he participated in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands and the Naval Battle at Guadalcanal. He retired from the Navy in 1946 as a Commander.
Foster received his undergraduate degree from the University of Colorado, and Masters and Doctorate degrees in Chemistry from Columbia University. He served as Chairman of the Science Department at William Paterson College. He was an Eagle Scout and was awarded the Silver Beaver Medal by the Passaic County Boy Scout Council.
In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to the memorial scholarship for Lt. Carey Arthur at Wayne Scholarship & Honors Board, c/o E. Zambrano, Wayne Hills High School, 272 Berdan Avenue, Wayne, NJ 07470, or the Thomas C. Arthur Scholarship, in care of Skyline Theatre Company, P. O. Box 128, Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417, or online at http://www.skylinetheatrecompany.org (donation forms for both organizations can be printed by clicking the "print donation form" below.)
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Friends are invited to visit with the family on Saturday, September 26, 2009 from 2-5 PM at 301 Feather Lane, Franklin Lakes.
September 20, 2009
Services
Friends are invited to visit with the family on Saturday, September 26, 2009 from 2-5 PM at 301 Feather Lane, Franklin Lakes.
Edwin Foster Arthur, 90, died on September 20, 2009. He had been a resident of Wayne for 30 years before retirement.
Foster is survived by his wife of 55 years, Anne (nee) Fleming of Pompton Plains, New Jersey; his loving son Raymond of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Franklin Lakes, NJ; daughter-in-law Tracy of Franklin Lakes, and his loving grandsons Thomas Carey Arthur and Michael Raymond Arthur, both of California. Mr. Arthur was predeceased by newborn son Gordon Holt Arthur in 1956 and son Lt. Carey Alan Arthur, USN, who was killed while serving his country aboard the USS Nimitz in 1981. Foster’s brother, Capt. Charles Snowden Arthur, USN (retired), died in 2004.
Born in Golden, Colorado and raised in Denver, Colorado, Foster joined the Navy in 1940 and was an ensign aboard the USS Oklahoma at the time of the attack at Pearl Harbor. After the Oklahoma was capsized, Arthur was stationed on the USS South Dakota, where he participated in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands and the Naval Battle at Guadalcanal. He retired from the Navy in 1946 as a Commander.
Foster received his undergraduate degree from the University of Colorado, and Masters and Doctorate degrees in Chemistry from Columbia University. He served as Chairman of the Science Department at William Paterson College. He was an Eagle Scout and was awarded the Silver Beaver Medal by the Passaic County Boy Scout Council.
In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to the memorial scholarship for Lt. Carey Arthur at Wayne Scholarship & Honors Board, c/o E. Zambrano, Wayne Hills High School, 272 Berdan Avenue, Wayne, NJ 07470, or the Thomas C. Arthur Scholarship, in care of Skyline Theatre Company, P. O. Box 128, Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417, or online at http://www.skylinetheatrecompany.org (donation forms for both organizations can be printed by clicking the "print donation form" below.)
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