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Friends may visit with the family from 2-7 PM on Saturday, April 16, 2016 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. At 6:45 PM a funeral committal service will be held.
A Memorial Mass will be held at 12 noon on October 15, 2016 at the Holy Innocents Episcopal Church on Long Beach Island, located at 410 South Atlantic Avenue in Beach Haven.
Peter B. Shultis, age 80, of Manchester, formerly of Bloomingdale, passed Monday, April 11, 2016.
He was born in Teaneck and graduated from Hackensack High School with the Class of 1953. During his high school years Peter was very athletic and excelled at baseball. With encouragement from his family he pursued his baseball career and was a pitcher for the Saint Louis Cardinals minor league team for about five years. He was a skilled south paw pitcher who could throw in the high 90 to 100 mph range. It was during this time just after high school that Peter also served in the United States Naval Reserves.
In 1954 Pete met a German girl name Elfriede Heller. They were married at Saint Anthony’s Church in Hackensack in August of 1955.
After his baseball days he and a partner named Frank Holberg, opened an Amoco Gas Station on Essex Street in Hackensack with money borrowed from Peter’s mom. One of the customers at the gas station saw potential in Peter and recruited him to work in the elevator industry. This career in elevators would span some forty years where he worked for companies like Westinghouse, Kone, and Herk. During his career he worked his way up from repairs, to managing, to being a supervisor before retiring in 2001. After retiring he worked as an elevator inspector with the EIC Inspection Agency in Jersey City. Some will also remember a time when Peter was a partner in the construction and excavating company Shultis & Miller in Bloomingdale.
Peter was a dedicated member of his community. As a young man he was a member of the Jaycee’s (United States Junior Chamber) an organization that helps young men develop personal and leadership skills through community service. He served as a Councilman for the Borough of Bloomingdale for six years and served as Mayor of the Borough in 1973. Peter also served Bloomingdale as a special police officer. He was elected by the Freeholders to serve as Chairman of the Board of Passaic County Community College as well.
Those who know Peter will remember his love of fishing and boating. When first dating Elfriede he brought her to Greenwood Lake to go for a ride in his beautiful wooden boat. This trip led to an argument between them as Pete insisted Elfie remove her shoes before boarding his boat. In the 1980’s Pete got his Merchant Marine Captains License and he would go on to own two sport fishing boats, the Bodacious and the For Pete’s Sake. For many years he hung out a shingle as a Charter Fishing Captain in Point Pleasant, NJ.
Any questions about Pete’s athletic ability were also erased when he took up the game of golf. His homes in southern New Jersey and in Fort Myers, Florida were both situated alongside fairways. Pete was also a woodworker, a skill passed along by his father. He was a good craftsman but this may have been another of his competitive driven skills as his brother was a gifted woodworker.
Pete will be lovingly remembered as being a nice, caring, complimentary, person who had a huge heart of gold. He was proud, the hardest worker ever, energetic, charismatic, fun, and loving kind of person who made you feel comfortable. That being said there was no doubt as to who was in charge. He expected a lot from you and he commanded respect.
Peter was the beloved husband of Elfriede (Heller) Shultis; devoted father of Deborah Rapkin of Manchester, John Shultis and his wife Christine of Manalapan, Sandra Sferruzza and her husband Joseph of Wayne, Thomas Shultis and his wife Stephanie of Pompton Plains, and Jill and Frank Gordon of West Creek; cherished grandfather of Brittney Nix and her husband Andrew, Peter Sferruzza, Samantha Shultis, Stephen Sferruzza, Olivia Rapkin, Frank and Thomas Gordon; dear brother of the late John “Jack” Shultis (Dec. 14, 2015).
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Manchester Volunteer Fire Co., 545 Commonwealth Blvd., Manchester, NJ 08759 or the Manchester Township Volunteer First Aid Squad, 44 Clayton Ave., Manchester, NJ 08759 would be appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family from 2-7 PM on Saturday, April 16, 2016 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. At 6:45 PM a funeral committal service will be held.
A Memorial Mass will be held at 12 noon on October 15, 2016 at the Holy Innocents Episcopal Church on Long Beach Island, located at 410 South Atlantic Avenue in Beach Haven.
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 2-7 PM on Saturday, April 16, 2016 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. At 6:45 PM a funeral committal service will be held.
A Memorial Mass will be held at 12 noon on October 15, 2016 at the Holy Innocents Episcopal Church on Long Beach Island, located at 410 South Atlantic Avenue in Beach Haven.
Peter B. Shultis, age 80, of Manchester, formerly of Bloomingdale, passed Monday, April 11, 2016.
He was born in Teaneck and graduated from Hackensack High School with the Class of 1953. During his high school years Peter was very athletic and excelled at baseball. With encouragement from his family he pursued his baseball career and was a pitcher for the Saint Louis Cardinals minor league team for about five years. He was a skilled south paw pitcher who could throw in the high 90 to 100 mph range. It was during this time just after high school that Peter also served in the United States Naval Reserves.
In 1954 Pete met a German girl name Elfriede Heller. They were married at Saint Anthony’s Church in Hackensack in August of 1955.
After his baseball days he and a partner named Frank Holberg, opened an Amoco Gas Station on Essex Street in Hackensack with money borrowed from Peter’s mom. One of the customers at the gas station saw potential in Peter and recruited him to work in the elevator industry. This career in elevators would span some forty years where he worked for companies like Westinghouse, Kone, and Herk. During his career he worked his way up from repairs, to managing, to being a supervisor before retiring in 2001. After retiring he worked as an elevator inspector with the EIC Inspection Agency in Jersey City. Some will also remember a time when Peter was a partner in the construction and excavating company Shultis & Miller in Bloomingdale.
Peter was a dedicated member of his community. As a young man he was a member of the Jaycee’s (United States Junior Chamber) an organization that helps young men develop personal and leadership skills through community service. He served as a Councilman for the Borough of Bloomingdale for six years and served as Mayor of the Borough in 1973. Peter also served Bloomingdale as a special police officer. He was elected by the Freeholders to serve as Chairman of the Board of Passaic County Community College as well.
Those who know Peter will remember his love of fishing and boating. When first dating Elfriede he brought her to Greenwood Lake to go for a ride in his beautiful wooden boat. This trip led to an argument between them as Pete insisted Elfie remove her shoes before boarding his boat. In the 1980’s Pete got his Merchant Marine Captains License and he would go on to own two sport fishing boats, the Bodacious and the For Pete’s Sake. For many years he hung out a shingle as a Charter Fishing Captain in Point Pleasant, NJ.
Any questions about Pete’s athletic ability were also erased when he took up the game of golf. His homes in southern New Jersey and in Fort Myers, Florida were both situated alongside fairways. Pete was also a woodworker, a skill passed along by his father. He was a good craftsman but this may have been another of his competitive driven skills as his brother was a gifted woodworker.
Pete will be lovingly remembered as being a nice, caring, complimentary, person who had a huge heart of gold. He was proud, the hardest worker ever, energetic, charismatic, fun, and loving kind of person who made you feel comfortable. That being said there was no doubt as to who was in charge. He expected a lot from you and he commanded respect.
Peter was the beloved husband of Elfriede (Heller) Shultis; devoted father of Deborah Rapkin of Manchester, John Shultis and his wife Christine of Manalapan, Sandra Sferruzza and her husband Joseph of Wayne, Thomas Shultis and his wife Stephanie of Pompton Plains, and Jill and Frank Gordon of West Creek; cherished grandfather of Brittney Nix and her husband Andrew, Peter Sferruzza, Samantha Shultis, Stephen Sferruzza, Olivia Rapkin, Frank and Thomas Gordon; dear brother of the late John “Jack” Shultis (Dec. 14, 2015).
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Manchester Volunteer Fire Co., 545 Commonwealth Blvd., Manchester, NJ 08759 or the Manchester Township Volunteer First Aid Squad, 44 Clayton Ave., Manchester, NJ 08759 would be appreciated.
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