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September 26, 2014
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Wednesday, October 1, 2014 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, October 2, 2014 at 8:00 AM from the funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary R.C. Church, 580 Ratzer Road, Wayne, where at 9:00 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Interment will follow at Madonna Cemetery, Fort Lee.
Frederick B. Sheeler, age 88 of Wayne, died on Friday, September 26, 2014.
Fred was born in West Hoboken in 1926. As a young boy, he was educated in St. Michael’s Grammar and High School in Union City, graduating in 1944. Soon after, he served in Czechoslovakia for the United States Navy during World War II. After the war ended, he enrolled at Manhattan College, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. He enjoyed a fulfilling career with Kruse Associates of Jersey City where he was instrumental in numerous building projects in New York City and near the Bayonne waterfront. Fred served as the company’s president for twenty-five years and retired in 2001 at the age of seventy-five.
Fred met the love of his life Marie Rieman while summering in Point Pleasant. They bought a wedding ring while vacationing in Washington D.C., married on June 28, 1952 at St. Michaels RC Church, Union City and honeymooned in Charleston, South Carolina. In 1958 they moved to the Packanack section of Wayne where they raised their two boys and had a loving and caring marriage for fifty eight years until Marie’s passing in 2010.
When Fred and Marie moved to Wayne, they soon became involved in church life at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish. Fred served for many years as an usher and, as an engineer, he happily donated time to the parish in the redesign of their roof. Fred continued to attend mass every Sunday until his health no longer allowed.
Fred loved sports. As a young man, he was a Passaic County golf champion. When he moved to Wayne, he became an enthusiastic participant in the town youth sport programs. He served a past-president of the Packanack Lake Athletic Association, where he took great delight in being the coach of the Wayne Lakers baseball team for five years. During those years, his own two sons – Rich and Robert were on the team. He also ran the Packanack Lake Umpires Association and was an umpire himself until he turned sixty-seven! In his spare time Fred was a die-hard Yankees and New York Giants fan.
Fred was easy-going, friendly and service oriented. He never sought the limelight but was always ready to help.
Fred is survived by his two dear sons: Richard Sheeler of Franklin Lakes and Robert Sheeler of Wayne; his cherished grandchildren: Peter, Jeffrey and Adrienne; and his dear sister Ellen Holden of Little Egg Harbor. He was predeceased by his beloved wife Marie in 2010; his brother Charles, and his daughter-in-law Kris.
In lieu of flowers, those planning an expression of sympathy in Frederick’s name are asked to consider the Immaculate Heart of Mary R.C. Church.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Wednesday, October 1, 2014 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, October 2, 2014 at 8:00 AM from the funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary R.C. Church, 580 Ratzer Road, Wayne, where at 9:00 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Interment will follow at Madonna Cemetery, Fort Lee.
September 26, 2014
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Wednesday, October 1, 2014 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, October 2, 2014 at 8:00 AM from the funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary R.C. Church, 580 Ratzer Road, Wayne, where at 9:00 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Interment will follow at Madonna Cemetery, Fort Lee.
Frederick B. Sheeler, age 88 of Wayne, died on Friday, September 26, 2014.
Fred was born in West Hoboken in 1926. As a young boy, he was educated in St. Michael’s Grammar and High School in Union City, graduating in 1944. Soon after, he served in Czechoslovakia for the United States Navy during World War II. After the war ended, he enrolled at Manhattan College, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. He enjoyed a fulfilling career with Kruse Associates of Jersey City where he was instrumental in numerous building projects in New York City and near the Bayonne waterfront. Fred served as the company’s president for twenty-five years and retired in 2001 at the age of seventy-five.
Fred met the love of his life Marie Rieman while summering in Point Pleasant. They bought a wedding ring while vacationing in Washington D.C., married on June 28, 1952 at St. Michaels RC Church, Union City and honeymooned in Charleston, South Carolina. In 1958 they moved to the Packanack section of Wayne where they raised their two boys and had a loving and caring marriage for fifty eight years until Marie’s passing in 2010.
When Fred and Marie moved to Wayne, they soon became involved in church life at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish. Fred served for many years as an usher and, as an engineer, he happily donated time to the parish in the redesign of their roof. Fred continued to attend mass every Sunday until his health no longer allowed.
Fred loved sports. As a young man, he was a Passaic County golf champion. When he moved to Wayne, he became an enthusiastic participant in the town youth sport programs. He served a past-president of the Packanack Lake Athletic Association, where he took great delight in being the coach of the Wayne Lakers baseball team for five years. During those years, his own two sons – Rich and Robert were on the team. He also ran the Packanack Lake Umpires Association and was an umpire himself until he turned sixty-seven! In his spare time Fred was a die-hard Yankees and New York Giants fan.
Fred was easy-going, friendly and service oriented. He never sought the limelight but was always ready to help.
Fred is survived by his two dear sons: Richard Sheeler of Franklin Lakes and Robert Sheeler of Wayne; his cherished grandchildren: Peter, Jeffrey and Adrienne; and his dear sister Ellen Holden of Little Egg Harbor. He was predeceased by his beloved wife Marie in 2010; his brother Charles, and his daughter-in-law Kris.
In lieu of flowers, those planning an expression of sympathy in Frederick’s name are asked to consider the Immaculate Heart of Mary R.C. Church.
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