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April 8, 2012
Services
Funeral services will be held Wednesday 6 PM from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to the Packanack Community Church, 120 Lake Drive East, Wayne where at 7 PM a Memorial Service will be held. Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Wednesday from 2-5 PM.
James Patrick Tiger age 76 of Wayne passed away on Easter Sunday, April 8, 2012 at the Fireman’s Home in Boonton. His passing was graciously peaceful.
He was born in Jersey City and had lived his childhood years in Belleville. Jim received his formal education at Belleville High School graduating with the Class of 1953. He went to Newark College of Engineering for one year and could not master calculus.
Soon after his brief college experience he enlisted in the Army while the Korean conflict was still going on. He signed up for an Engineering Battalion and became an expert in heavy excavation equipment. He was first stationed at Fort Knox and then transferred to France.
When he was discharged from the service he worked for Franklin Construction Company In Little Falls where he worked his way up to Supervisor of Road Construction. Construction being a very seasonal business he tried his hand at being an entrepreneur. His product was called Tuff Oil which was one of the first synthetic oil products on the market. He found little joy in sales. He then got a job at Frazzeti Brothers a road construction company in Paterson and worked as a project estimator.
His next position was with the town of Parsippany where he became the supervisor of Roads and Street having responsibility for road repairs and snow plowing. He related a story on that job where he himself had to man a snow plow during a blizzard. As an event on his run with the plow, he heard a rhythmic thump, thump, thump. After hearing that he returned the plow truck to the garage to have it examined. A few days later he found out that he had plowed down about fourteen mail boxes in front of homes. That was the explanation for the thumping noise he experienced. His next job was with Tilcon Corporation as an Estimator at their Mount Hope Quarry operation. It was from there that he retired in 1997 at age 62.
Two years prior to his retirement he went through the tragic experience of losing his beloved wife Lynne “Sue” Forrester Tiger. It was an especially difficult experience because the truly loved each other and had planned a fulfilling retirement together. As thing turned out it was not to be and it was not easy to carry on after they built such a beautiful marriage together. Jim refocused his retirement to help his daughter Jill to rehabilitate her home that she had purchased in Pompton Lakes.
Jim led a very active life in his community of Packanack Lake. He served in many offices in the Packanack Lake Volunteer Fire Company No. 5. Through the effort he donated twenty years of volunteer service and he was held in very high regard by his fellow firemen.
He also had joined his wife in many hours of labor and sacrifice with an organization named “Heal the Children” that was responsible for saving many lives. They would find children in need of medical care and make sure that they received the finest of medical care including surgery where necessary. Their dedication within this organization impacted many lives in a very positive way
Surviving to mourn the loss of this very special man are one son Blair Tiger and his wife Carolyn of Spring Valley, Illinois; one daughter Jill Tiger of Pompton Lakes; one sister Patricia Peterson and her husband Joseph of Easton, Pennsylvania; extended family members including Janette Scrozzo and Linda Mariconda; eight grandchildren and one great grand daughter.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in James Tiger’s memory are asked to consider “Healing The Children”, 112 Fifth Avenue, Hawthorne, NJ 07506.
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Funeral services will be held Wednesday 6 PM from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to the Packanack Community Church, 120 Lake Drive East, Wayne where at 7 PM a Memorial Service will be held. Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Wednesday from 2-5 PM.
April 8, 2012
Services
Funeral services will be held Wednesday 6 PM from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to the Packanack Community Church, 120 Lake Drive East, Wayne where at 7 PM a Memorial Service will be held. Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Wednesday from 2-5 PM.
James Patrick Tiger age 76 of Wayne passed away on Easter Sunday, April 8, 2012 at the Fireman’s Home in Boonton. His passing was graciously peaceful.
He was born in Jersey City and had lived his childhood years in Belleville. Jim received his formal education at Belleville High School graduating with the Class of 1953. He went to Newark College of Engineering for one year and could not master calculus.
Soon after his brief college experience he enlisted in the Army while the Korean conflict was still going on. He signed up for an Engineering Battalion and became an expert in heavy excavation equipment. He was first stationed at Fort Knox and then transferred to France.
When he was discharged from the service he worked for Franklin Construction Company In Little Falls where he worked his way up to Supervisor of Road Construction. Construction being a very seasonal business he tried his hand at being an entrepreneur. His product was called Tuff Oil which was one of the first synthetic oil products on the market. He found little joy in sales. He then got a job at Frazzeti Brothers a road construction company in Paterson and worked as a project estimator.
His next position was with the town of Parsippany where he became the supervisor of Roads and Street having responsibility for road repairs and snow plowing. He related a story on that job where he himself had to man a snow plow during a blizzard. As an event on his run with the plow, he heard a rhythmic thump, thump, thump. After hearing that he returned the plow truck to the garage to have it examined. A few days later he found out that he had plowed down about fourteen mail boxes in front of homes. That was the explanation for the thumping noise he experienced. His next job was with Tilcon Corporation as an Estimator at their Mount Hope Quarry operation. It was from there that he retired in 1997 at age 62.
Two years prior to his retirement he went through the tragic experience of losing his beloved wife Lynne “Sue” Forrester Tiger. It was an especially difficult experience because the truly loved each other and had planned a fulfilling retirement together. As thing turned out it was not to be and it was not easy to carry on after they built such a beautiful marriage together. Jim refocused his retirement to help his daughter Jill to rehabilitate her home that she had purchased in Pompton Lakes.
Jim led a very active life in his community of Packanack Lake. He served in many offices in the Packanack Lake Volunteer Fire Company No. 5. Through the effort he donated twenty years of volunteer service and he was held in very high regard by his fellow firemen.
He also had joined his wife in many hours of labor and sacrifice with an organization named “Heal the Children” that was responsible for saving many lives. They would find children in need of medical care and make sure that they received the finest of medical care including surgery where necessary. Their dedication within this organization impacted many lives in a very positive way
Surviving to mourn the loss of this very special man are one son Blair Tiger and his wife Carolyn of Spring Valley, Illinois; one daughter Jill Tiger of Pompton Lakes; one sister Patricia Peterson and her husband Joseph of Easton, Pennsylvania; extended family members including Janette Scrozzo and Linda Mariconda; eight grandchildren and one great grand daughter.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in James Tiger’s memory are asked to consider “Healing The Children”, 112 Fifth Avenue, Hawthorne, NJ 07506.
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