John Mills Easdale, Sr.

John Mills Easdale, Sr., age 89, passed on Tuesday, March 16, 2021.

He was born in Passaic to George and Elizabeth Easdale and was raised in Clifton. He graduated from Clifton High School with the Class of 1948. After high school, John found work at the US Rubber Factory in Passaic. He was drafted into the service, served two years with the US Army during the Korean War, and was Honorably Discharged from his Reserve Duty as a Corporal in 1960.

After his time with the US Army he returned to work at US Rubber, but following an injury at the rubber plant, he found work with the US Postal Service, being appointed to his position as a Letter Carrier in 1961 and being assigned to work in the Township of Wayne, where he and his wife Patricia had moved to raise their family. Through the years he worked at the Packanack Lake Post Office and later the Mountain View Station through his over forty years of service. An interesting fact is that John never took a sick day during his years with the Post Office, and when he retired he received almost three years’ worth of compensation for those unused days. He also worked part-time nights and weekends at Circle Building Supply in Wayne, and would sometimes bring his young children, John and Carol, to work with him, and they have fond memories of playing all around the store, and even recall wandering about in the attic.

You would think John would have had enough with work, but after his retirement he became even more active in his community, and continued to deliver his community's newsletter up until about a year and a half ago.

John will be remembered for his lovable, quiet, and shy way. He was never a complainer and really seemed to come out of his shell during his retirement years. He bowled on three teams and served as president of his bowling, shuffleboard and bocce league through the years. He also loved going to the Atlantic City casinos.

John met the love of his life, Patricia Tierney, while roller skating in Paterson. They married on May 6, 1956 and honeymooned at Niagara Falls, New York. They had a loving and devoted marriage of forty-seven years before Patricia’s passing in 2003.

John was the loving husband of the late Patricia Easdale (d.2003); devoted father of Carol DiPasqule of Riverdale and John Mills Easdale, Jr. of Whittier, CA; cherished grandfather of Danielle DiPasquale, Melody Easdale, Heather Easdale, Eliza Easdale, and Evelyn Easdale; he was the dearly loved great-grandfather of Kayleigh Ann; beloved twin brother of the late George Easdale, and dear brother of the late Adelaide Hutler and the late Margaret Frankenfield.

In lieu of flowers memorial donations to St Judes Children’s Research Hospital would be greatly appreciated.