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Friends may visit with the family on Monday November 28, 2016 from 4-8PM at the VanderMay Wayne Colonial Funeral Home 567 Ratzer Rd Wayne, NJ 07470.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday November 29 at 8:45AM from the funeral home, then to Calvary Temple, 1111 Preakness Ave, Wayne where at 10AM a funeral service will be celebrated.
Interment will be in 1st Reformed Church Cemetery Pompton Plains.
Richard B. Wallin age 86 of Lincoln Park passed away peacefully on Thursday November 24, 2016.
Richard was born and raised in New Rochelle, NY and lived in New York City for a couple of years until he and his wife moved to Lincoln Park in 1957. Following his graduation from High School, Richard attended New York University where he received his Bachelor Degree in Accounting.
After his graduation but before he started his career, Richard served our country in the United States Army from 1953-1955 and was deployed to Korea just as the war ended. When Richard was honorably discharged from the Army, he then in September of 1955, married his wife Sara (nee Reinartz) who he had been dating for a couple years. It was in Lincoln Park where Sara and Richard would spend the rest of their lives together and raise their four children.
Richard went to work as an accountant for Equitable Life Assurance in New York City. He worked there for thirty years until he was forced into an early retirement in 1985. Richard was not the kind of person to sit around and do nothing, he had a great work ethic and put his skills to use working for several different banks in Northern New Jersey until he finally started to enjoy his full time retirement in his middle sixties.
Aside from being a highly educated and experienced accountant, Richard also was a skilled musician, he played the piano and sang. He was the choir director for the Bloomingdale United Methodist Church. He was a longtime member and very involved at Calvary Temple Church Wayne. He was also one of the founding members of the actor’s club called “Carpenter’s Tools,” which was a ministry of Our Savior's Lutheran Church where his family attended in the 1960's. Richard’s wife Sara was also a gifted musician, she played the organ in church and Richard and Sara would often sing duets together in church.
Richard was a longtime dedicated baseball fan. He and his wife were both Yankee Fans in their later years and Richard was particularly sad to see his favorite team, the New York Giants, move to San Francisco in 1958. He also loved to watch and play tennis as well and enjoyed doing crossword puzzles. Richard even made time to be a Scoutmaster for the local troop of Boy Scouts of America. Aside from his passion of music and his love of sports, Richard’s greatest love and dedication was to his family. He cherished fifty-one years of loving and loyal marriage to his wife Sara and nurtured and loved his four children. He was a devoted Husband, Father, Grandfather, and Great Grandfather. Richard touched the lives of many people and will be sincerely missed by all who knew him.
Richard is survived by three sons; Stephen Wallin of Alexandria, VA, Larry Wallin and his wife Suzanne of Lincoln Park, Ken Wallin and his wife Kelly of Bloomingdale, one daughter; Carolyn Wiser of Baltimore, MD, one brother Spencer Wallin of Somers, NY, four grandchildren; Daniel, Sara, Nathaniel, and Hannah, and one great grandson; Elijah. He was predeceased by his wife Sara (2006) and his brother William (2010).
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Friends may visit with the family on Monday November 28, 2016 from 4-8PM at the VanderMay Wayne Colonial Funeral Home 567 Ratzer Rd Wayne, NJ 07470.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday November 29 at 8:45AM from the funeral home, then to Calvary Temple, 1111 Preakness Ave, Wayne where at 10AM a funeral service will be celebrated.
Interment will be in 1st Reformed Church Cemetery Pompton Plains.
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Monday November 28, 2016 from 4-8PM at the VanderMay Wayne Colonial Funeral Home 567 Ratzer Rd Wayne, NJ 07470.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday November 29 at 8:45AM from the funeral home, then to Calvary Temple, 1111 Preakness Ave, Wayne where at 10AM a funeral service will be celebrated.
Interment will be in 1st Reformed Church Cemetery Pompton Plains.
Richard B. Wallin age 86 of Lincoln Park passed away peacefully on Thursday November 24, 2016.
Richard was born and raised in New Rochelle, NY and lived in New York City for a couple of years until he and his wife moved to Lincoln Park in 1957. Following his graduation from High School, Richard attended New York University where he received his Bachelor Degree in Accounting.
After his graduation but before he started his career, Richard served our country in the United States Army from 1953-1955 and was deployed to Korea just as the war ended. When Richard was honorably discharged from the Army, he then in September of 1955, married his wife Sara (nee Reinartz) who he had been dating for a couple years. It was in Lincoln Park where Sara and Richard would spend the rest of their lives together and raise their four children.
Richard went to work as an accountant for Equitable Life Assurance in New York City. He worked there for thirty years until he was forced into an early retirement in 1985. Richard was not the kind of person to sit around and do nothing, he had a great work ethic and put his skills to use working for several different banks in Northern New Jersey until he finally started to enjoy his full time retirement in his middle sixties.
Aside from being a highly educated and experienced accountant, Richard also was a skilled musician, he played the piano and sang. He was the choir director for the Bloomingdale United Methodist Church. He was a longtime member and very involved at Calvary Temple Church Wayne. He was also one of the founding members of the actor’s club called “Carpenter’s Tools,” which was a ministry of Our Savior's Lutheran Church where his family attended in the 1960's. Richard’s wife Sara was also a gifted musician, she played the organ in church and Richard and Sara would often sing duets together in church.
Richard was a longtime dedicated baseball fan. He and his wife were both Yankee Fans in their later years and Richard was particularly sad to see his favorite team, the New York Giants, move to San Francisco in 1958. He also loved to watch and play tennis as well and enjoyed doing crossword puzzles. Richard even made time to be a Scoutmaster for the local troop of Boy Scouts of America. Aside from his passion of music and his love of sports, Richard’s greatest love and dedication was to his family. He cherished fifty-one years of loving and loyal marriage to his wife Sara and nurtured and loved his four children. He was a devoted Husband, Father, Grandfather, and Great Grandfather. Richard touched the lives of many people and will be sincerely missed by all who knew him.
Richard is survived by three sons; Stephen Wallin of Alexandria, VA, Larry Wallin and his wife Suzanne of Lincoln Park, Ken Wallin and his wife Kelly of Bloomingdale, one daughter; Carolyn Wiser of Baltimore, MD, one brother Spencer Wallin of Somers, NY, four grandchildren; Daniel, Sara, Nathaniel, and Hannah, and one great grandson; Elijah. He was predeceased by his wife Sara (2006) and his brother William (2010).
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