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September 13, 2009
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday September 17, 2009 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9:30 AM on Friday September 18, 2009 from the funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne, where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Burial will be at Christ the King Cemetery in Franklin Lakes, NJ, immediately following the Mass.
Frederick E. Bernert, age 65 of Wayne, died on Sunday, September 13, 2009 at the Chilton Memorial Hospital in Pompton Plains. His passing was peaceful with his family at his side.
Mr. Bernert was born in Paterson and grew up in Hawthorne, graduating from Hawthorne High School with the class of 1962. Shortly thereafter he joined the U.S. Marine Corps and proudly served during the Vietnam War. His specialty was as a 2542 Communications Center Man and he earned several medals including the Presidential Unit Citation, awarded for extraordinary heroism in action.
After his service in the Marines, Frederick continued in college, earning a Master?s Degree from Rutgers University. He enjoyed many years working at the Anritsu Corporation in Oakland, NJ and later the Radio Detection Company in Mahwah, NJ where he was able to apply his love for electronics engineering.
After attending Rutgers he met his wife, Diane (nee Babich). Frederick and Diane were married in 1975 and enjoyed thirty four years devoted to each other. They enjoyed a dynamic relationship, never a dull moment, which made for a long love affair full of fond memories. Their daughter Kristin recalls a loving father who read to her often when she was a little girl, was nurturing, supportive and encouraging at every turn. He included her in everything throughout the years and strived to provide her with a broad perspective on the world.
Mr. Bernert was also an avid pilot earlier in life and absolutely loved to fly. After he stopped flying privately, he would plan the family vacations so they required a flight to get there, just so he could get some time in the air. Together, Frederick and his wife Diane visited seven countries in Europe, the Midwestern United States, California, The Grand Canyon, and many more destinations. He was an avid reader and enjoyed tropical fish, always keeping an aquarium.
He is survived by his wife of thirty four years; Diane (nee Babich) of Wayne, one daughter; Kristin Shields and her husband Thomas of Wayne, his mother; Gertrude Bernert of Hawthorne, and his brother-in-law; Dennis Babich of Woodland Park.
He was predeceased by his father Emil in 1977.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday September 17, 2009 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9:30 AM on Friday September 18, 2009 from the funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne, where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Burial will be at Christ the King Cemetery in Franklin Lakes, NJ, immediately following the Mass.
September 13, 2009
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday September 17, 2009 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9:30 AM on Friday September 18, 2009 from the funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne, where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Burial will be at Christ the King Cemetery in Franklin Lakes, NJ, immediately following the Mass.
Frederick E. Bernert, age 65 of Wayne, died on Sunday, September 13, 2009 at the Chilton Memorial Hospital in Pompton Plains. His passing was peaceful with his family at his side.
Mr. Bernert was born in Paterson and grew up in Hawthorne, graduating from Hawthorne High School with the class of 1962. Shortly thereafter he joined the U.S. Marine Corps and proudly served during the Vietnam War. His specialty was as a 2542 Communications Center Man and he earned several medals including the Presidential Unit Citation, awarded for extraordinary heroism in action.
After his service in the Marines, Frederick continued in college, earning a Master?s Degree from Rutgers University. He enjoyed many years working at the Anritsu Corporation in Oakland, NJ and later the Radio Detection Company in Mahwah, NJ where he was able to apply his love for electronics engineering.
After attending Rutgers he met his wife, Diane (nee Babich). Frederick and Diane were married in 1975 and enjoyed thirty four years devoted to each other. They enjoyed a dynamic relationship, never a dull moment, which made for a long love affair full of fond memories. Their daughter Kristin recalls a loving father who read to her often when she was a little girl, was nurturing, supportive and encouraging at every turn. He included her in everything throughout the years and strived to provide her with a broad perspective on the world.
Mr. Bernert was also an avid pilot earlier in life and absolutely loved to fly. After he stopped flying privately, he would plan the family vacations so they required a flight to get there, just so he could get some time in the air. Together, Frederick and his wife Diane visited seven countries in Europe, the Midwestern United States, California, The Grand Canyon, and many more destinations. He was an avid reader and enjoyed tropical fish, always keeping an aquarium.
He is survived by his wife of thirty four years; Diane (nee Babich) of Wayne, one daughter; Kristin Shields and her husband Thomas of Wayne, his mother; Gertrude Bernert of Hawthorne, and his brother-in-law; Dennis Babich of Woodland Park.
He was predeceased by his father Emil in 1977.
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