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August 30, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, September 3, 2013 from 6-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9:30 AM on Wednesday, September 4, 2013 from the funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary R.C. Church, 580 Ratzer Road, Wayne where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Interment will follow at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East Hanover.
Peter A. Schweitzer, age 92 of Wayne, died peacefully on Friday, August 30, 2013 surrounded by the love of his family.
Peter was born in Newark and had lived in the Packanack Lake area of Wayne for 55 years.
He spent his formative years in Newark where he graduated from Central High School with the Class of 1938. During his school days he was advised by a teacher to take courses in typing and short hand that would give him tools to make a living. Although he frowned on the idea, he headed the advice and took the classes anyway. As life went on, it turned out to be the smartest thing he could have done, because his life’s vocation ended up centering on those skills.
Peter served in the U.S. Army and, when he was in the first part of Boot Camp, the commander of the camp learned that this new recruit had typing and short hand writing skills. He was immediately assigned to a military legal team. Somehow through that assignment, he bypassed the usual basic training.
Peter eventually took a job with the State of New Jersey as a court reporter. He worked for the state in the Passaic and Bergen County Superior Courts for thirty-five years until retiring in 1986 at the age of 65. It was because he served in the Army during World War II that he received credit for those years of military service which had the cumulative effect of allowing him to retire at an early age!
Peter was a parishioner of Immaculate Heart of Mary R.C. Church in Wayne and served his parish as a Eucharistic Minister.
Peter and Regina Schweitzer had 71years of “wonderful as could be”, “two peas in a pod” marriage together. They met at a roller skating rink and Peter was immediately smitten by this beautiful girl. He proposed marriage not long afterward and the married on May 2, 1942. Peter spoke on this subject with personal glee saying that his wife Regina was his best friend and a good woman. She was always checking on him in very caring ways and was a terrific shopper with true skills in gathering coupons to save money. He further stated that he had a great life and his greatest joy was a good marriage and loving family.
Peter is survived by his loving wife Regina (nee Price); his three children: Thomas Schweitzer and wife Janet of Randolph, Diane Pattin of Wood Ridge, and Donna Carey of Wall Township; nine grandchildren: Peter and wife Nancy, Patricia and husband Jeff, Kathryn and husband Kenny, Elizabeth, Andrew, Ashley, Rachel, Nicole and Tiffany; three great-grandchildren: Madeline, Gage and Thomas; and his brother Eugene of Summit.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, September 3, 2013 from 6-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9:30 AM on Wednesday, September 4, 2013 from the funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary R.C. Church, 580 Ratzer Road, Wayne where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Interment will follow at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East Hanover.
August 30, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, September 3, 2013 from 6-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9:30 AM on Wednesday, September 4, 2013 from the funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary R.C. Church, 580 Ratzer Road, Wayne where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Interment will follow at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East Hanover.
Peter A. Schweitzer, age 92 of Wayne, died peacefully on Friday, August 30, 2013 surrounded by the love of his family.
Peter was born in Newark and had lived in the Packanack Lake area of Wayne for 55 years.
He spent his formative years in Newark where he graduated from Central High School with the Class of 1938. During his school days he was advised by a teacher to take courses in typing and short hand that would give him tools to make a living. Although he frowned on the idea, he headed the advice and took the classes anyway. As life went on, it turned out to be the smartest thing he could have done, because his life’s vocation ended up centering on those skills.
Peter served in the U.S. Army and, when he was in the first part of Boot Camp, the commander of the camp learned that this new recruit had typing and short hand writing skills. He was immediately assigned to a military legal team. Somehow through that assignment, he bypassed the usual basic training.
Peter eventually took a job with the State of New Jersey as a court reporter. He worked for the state in the Passaic and Bergen County Superior Courts for thirty-five years until retiring in 1986 at the age of 65. It was because he served in the Army during World War II that he received credit for those years of military service which had the cumulative effect of allowing him to retire at an early age!
Peter was a parishioner of Immaculate Heart of Mary R.C. Church in Wayne and served his parish as a Eucharistic Minister.
Peter and Regina Schweitzer had 71years of “wonderful as could be”, “two peas in a pod” marriage together. They met at a roller skating rink and Peter was immediately smitten by this beautiful girl. He proposed marriage not long afterward and the married on May 2, 1942. Peter spoke on this subject with personal glee saying that his wife Regina was his best friend and a good woman. She was always checking on him in very caring ways and was a terrific shopper with true skills in gathering coupons to save money. He further stated that he had a great life and his greatest joy was a good marriage and loving family.
Peter is survived by his loving wife Regina (nee Price); his three children: Thomas Schweitzer and wife Janet of Randolph, Diane Pattin of Wood Ridge, and Donna Carey of Wall Township; nine grandchildren: Peter and wife Nancy, Patricia and husband Jeff, Kathryn and husband Kenny, Elizabeth, Andrew, Ashley, Rachel, Nicole and Tiffany; three great-grandchildren: Madeline, Gage and Thomas; and his brother Eugene of Summit.
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