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July 14, 2011
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Sunday, July 17, 2011 from 2-5 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM on Monday, July 18, 2011 at the funeral home.
Richard E. Seitz, “Dick”, age 89 of Wayne died on Thursday, July 14, 2011. He was at home with his family at his bedside.
Dick was born in West Fairfield, Pennsylvania and graduated from Bolivar High School. He began working for Westinghouse as a tool makers apprentice when World War II broke out. He joined the U.S. Navy in 1943. On D-Day he found himself as a gunner’s mate aboard an LCT, delivering troops from ship to shore on Omaha Beach, supporting the invasion. He was proud of his service and kept in touch with his fellow veterans and attended several reunions over the years.
During his time in the Service, he attended a YWCA dance in New York City where he met a cute Norwegian girl name Olanda Ausland, “Ann” as everyone called her. They hit it off that evening and over the ensuing months they corresponded frequently. Upon his return from the War, they married in 1946 and initially settled in Pennsylvania before moving to New Jersey in 1955. They purchased their home in Wayne in 1957 and have enjoyed sixty five years of loving marriage together.
Dick was a tool maker with E. J. Brooks Company in Newark for many years before retiring in 1985. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge in Mountain View. As a member of the “Sons of Norway” in Rockaway, he was an accomplished horseshoe thrower and enjoyed the camaraderie with his fellow members. His favorite activity by far was golf. Dick would go golfing every day that he could and in the evenings he would walk his dog on the Passaic County course near his home, collecting pockets full of golf balls each time. He would take his golf clubs with him on vacation and always found time to squeeze in a few rounds. He played Pebble Beach while visiting family in California, and even got a hole in one at Fernwood in the Poconos. He and Ann bought a custom van when he retired and would travel all across the country visiting family, friends, and playing golf. They had also travelled to Norway to visit with Ann’s family.
Dick remained an active member of the St. Timothy’s Lutheran Church from the time he moved to Wayne in 1957. He was a member of the construction committee and there are photos of him setting the corner stone of the church in 1960. The church always held a special place in his heart.
Dick is survived by his wife Olanda “Ann” (nee Ausland), and his son James of Highland Lakes, New Jersey, three grandchildren; Valerie Seitz of Pennsylvania, James Seitz Jr. of Pennsylvania, and Jaclyn Seitz of Pennsylvania, one great-grandson; Tyler Seitz, also of Pennsylvania, and his daughter-in-law Susie Seitz of Colorado. He was predeceased by his son Donald of Colorado in 2008, his three brothers and two sisters.
In lieu of flowers, donations to St. Timothy Lutheran Church, 395 Valley Road, Wayne, NJ 07470 or the Alzheimer’s Association, P.O. Box 96011, Washington, DC 20090, Attn; Richard E. Seitz Tribute Fund, would be appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Sunday, July 17, 2011 from 2-5 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM on Monday, July 18, 2011 at the funeral home.
July 14, 2011
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Sunday, July 17, 2011 from 2-5 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM on Monday, July 18, 2011 at the funeral home.
Richard E. Seitz, “Dick”, age 89 of Wayne died on Thursday, July 14, 2011. He was at home with his family at his bedside.
Dick was born in West Fairfield, Pennsylvania and graduated from Bolivar High School. He began working for Westinghouse as a tool makers apprentice when World War II broke out. He joined the U.S. Navy in 1943. On D-Day he found himself as a gunner’s mate aboard an LCT, delivering troops from ship to shore on Omaha Beach, supporting the invasion. He was proud of his service and kept in touch with his fellow veterans and attended several reunions over the years.
During his time in the Service, he attended a YWCA dance in New York City where he met a cute Norwegian girl name Olanda Ausland, “Ann” as everyone called her. They hit it off that evening and over the ensuing months they corresponded frequently. Upon his return from the War, they married in 1946 and initially settled in Pennsylvania before moving to New Jersey in 1955. They purchased their home in Wayne in 1957 and have enjoyed sixty five years of loving marriage together.
Dick was a tool maker with E. J. Brooks Company in Newark for many years before retiring in 1985. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge in Mountain View. As a member of the “Sons of Norway” in Rockaway, he was an accomplished horseshoe thrower and enjoyed the camaraderie with his fellow members. His favorite activity by far was golf. Dick would go golfing every day that he could and in the evenings he would walk his dog on the Passaic County course near his home, collecting pockets full of golf balls each time. He would take his golf clubs with him on vacation and always found time to squeeze in a few rounds. He played Pebble Beach while visiting family in California, and even got a hole in one at Fernwood in the Poconos. He and Ann bought a custom van when he retired and would travel all across the country visiting family, friends, and playing golf. They had also travelled to Norway to visit with Ann’s family.
Dick remained an active member of the St. Timothy’s Lutheran Church from the time he moved to Wayne in 1957. He was a member of the construction committee and there are photos of him setting the corner stone of the church in 1960. The church always held a special place in his heart.
Dick is survived by his wife Olanda “Ann” (nee Ausland), and his son James of Highland Lakes, New Jersey, three grandchildren; Valerie Seitz of Pennsylvania, James Seitz Jr. of Pennsylvania, and Jaclyn Seitz of Pennsylvania, one great-grandson; Tyler Seitz, also of Pennsylvania, and his daughter-in-law Susie Seitz of Colorado. He was predeceased by his son Donald of Colorado in 2008, his three brothers and two sisters.
In lieu of flowers, donations to St. Timothy Lutheran Church, 395 Valley Road, Wayne, NJ 07470 or the Alzheimer’s Association, P.O. Box 96011, Washington, DC 20090, Attn; Richard E. Seitz Tribute Fund, would be appreciated.
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