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April 8, 2008
Services
Funeral services will be held at 8:30 PM on Friday, April 11, 2008 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Friends may visit with the family on Friday, April 11, 2008 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the funeral home.
A memorial service will be held at 2 PM on Sunday, April 20, 2008 at the United Methodist Church of Wayne, 99 Parish Dr., Wayne, NJ 07470.
Paul G. Atherton, age 78, of Belvidere, formerly of Wayne, died on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at the Warren Hospital, Phillipsburg.
He was an Engineering Manager for the ITT Aerospace Communications Corporation, Nutley where he worked in the Military Electronics and Communication Division for forty years before retiring in 1991.
He graduated from Purdue University, Indiana with a Bachelors of Electrical Engineering with the class of 1951.
Paul was a dedicated member of the United Methodist Church of Wayne for forty-three years, having been in many leadership positions. He was a member of the choir for all forty-three years, an active bell choir member, a member of the Board of Directors for forty-two years and served on several Methodist Conference committees. After moving to Belvidere, Paul joined the Belvidere United Methodist Church.
Paul’s most outstanding qualities are his church leadership, his love of music, his close family ties, and his open house to people from around the world. His favorite hobby was stamp collecting.
He is the beloved husband of fifty-six years to Dorothy “Dottie” A. (Reimer) Atherton; loving father of Marilyn S. Creamer and her husband Donald, of Oakland, NJ and Douglas W. Atherton and his wife Marianne of Effort, PA. He is the cherished grandfather of Brian Reed Creamer of Oakland, Laura Ann Creamer of Lincoln Park, Paul Joseph Atherton of Effort, PA, Andrew Douglas Atherton of Effort, PA, Sean James Creamer of Oakland and Kristy Van Riper of Oakland, and two sisters; Mildred Eichhorn of Summit, NJ and Mary Schappell of Cedar Grove, NJ. He was predeceased by two brothers.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Memorial Fund of the United Methodist Church in Wayne, 99 Parish Dr., Wayne, NJ 07470 or to the Micheal J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (www.michaeljfox.org). Please click below on "Print out donation form" and use this form to submit your donation. Using this form will ensure that the family is properly acknowledge of your gift.
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Funeral services will be held at 8:30 PM on Friday, April 11, 2008 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Friends may visit with the family on Friday, April 11, 2008 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the funeral home.
A memorial service will be held at 2 PM on Sunday, April 20, 2008 at the United Methodist Church of Wayne, 99 Parish Dr., Wayne, NJ 07470.
April 8, 2008
Services
Funeral services will be held at 8:30 PM on Friday, April 11, 2008 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Friends may visit with the family on Friday, April 11, 2008 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the funeral home.
A memorial service will be held at 2 PM on Sunday, April 20, 2008 at the United Methodist Church of Wayne, 99 Parish Dr., Wayne, NJ 07470.
Paul G. Atherton, age 78, of Belvidere, formerly of Wayne, died on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at the Warren Hospital, Phillipsburg.
He was an Engineering Manager for the ITT Aerospace Communications Corporation, Nutley where he worked in the Military Electronics and Communication Division for forty years before retiring in 1991.
He graduated from Purdue University, Indiana with a Bachelors of Electrical Engineering with the class of 1951.
Paul was a dedicated member of the United Methodist Church of Wayne for forty-three years, having been in many leadership positions. He was a member of the choir for all forty-three years, an active bell choir member, a member of the Board of Directors for forty-two years and served on several Methodist Conference committees. After moving to Belvidere, Paul joined the Belvidere United Methodist Church.
Paul’s most outstanding qualities are his church leadership, his love of music, his close family ties, and his open house to people from around the world. His favorite hobby was stamp collecting.
He is the beloved husband of fifty-six years to Dorothy “Dottie” A. (Reimer) Atherton; loving father of Marilyn S. Creamer and her husband Donald, of Oakland, NJ and Douglas W. Atherton and his wife Marianne of Effort, PA. He is the cherished grandfather of Brian Reed Creamer of Oakland, Laura Ann Creamer of Lincoln Park, Paul Joseph Atherton of Effort, PA, Andrew Douglas Atherton of Effort, PA, Sean James Creamer of Oakland and Kristy Van Riper of Oakland, and two sisters; Mildred Eichhorn of Summit, NJ and Mary Schappell of Cedar Grove, NJ. He was predeceased by two brothers.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Memorial Fund of the United Methodist Church in Wayne, 99 Parish Dr., Wayne, NJ 07470 or to the Micheal J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (www.michaeljfox.org). Please click below on "Print out donation form" and use this form to submit your donation. Using this form will ensure that the family is properly acknowledge of your gift.
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