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Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, February 13, 2015 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9:30 AM on Saturday, February 14, 2015 from the funeral home, then to Annunciation RC Church, Wayne, where at 10:30AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Robert J. Heberling, age 75 of Wayne died suddenly on Tuesday, February 10, 2015 from complications related to his recent hip surgery. He had lived in Stockholm for twenty two years before moving to Wayne in 1990.
Bob was a teenager when his parents moved to Wayne, during a time when the town was still comprised mostly of farms and a lot of horses. He graduated from the Passaic County Vocational & Technical High School and soon thereafter started working for the U. S. Postal Service in Wayne. Over the years, Bob had several routes throughout town, currently working out of the Sheffield office, marking an unprecedented fifty six years as a letter carrier! His most recent delivery route was along the Newark Pompton Turnpike where many of the residents know him personally. Bob loved his job and had no intentions of retiring anytime soon. Just days ago he was making plans to get back to work with his new hip.
Bob was a real character too, with a nutty sense of humor and he never complained or took anything too seriously. He was an ambitious prankster and you always had to be on your guard with him. It was often difficult to know when he was being serious or not. Even his doctors weren’t safe from his humor and when they would ask Bob “how do you feel?” he would quip back “With my hands. How do you feel?” Despite the wise cracks, Bob was a genuine and caring individual. He was always helpful towards anyone in need, sometimes to fault, even when he didn’t have the means himself.
Bob was devoted to his family. He met his wife, Elizabeth “Bunny” McGrogan, at Hinchman’s Beach in Wayne when they were just teenagers. Although it wasn't love at first site, their relationship grew stronger and they married on June 13, 1959. He’s been making her laugh for fifty five years now. Bob was a great husband and a wonderful father,too. Loving the kids so much, he even changed dirty diapers and helped Bunny out with the babies however he could. He’s the funniest “Pop-Pop” his grandchildren could have ever hoped for and he loved all of them dearly.
Bob is survived by his wife Elizabeth “Bunny” Heberling of Wayne, three daughters; Theresa Martin and her husband David of Dingmans Ferry, PA, Mary Whitehead and her husband John of Plano, TX, and Denise Kane and her husband William of Whitehouse Station, NJ, five grandchildren; Sean, Ryan, Michael, Kayleigh, and Brianna, and two brothers; Donald of Eatontown, NJ and Richard of Mooresville, NC.
Donations in Bob’s memory would be greatly appreciated to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 or visit www.stjude.org.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, February 13, 2015 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9:30 AM on Saturday, February 14, 2015 from the funeral home, then to Annunciation RC Church, Wayne, where at 10:30AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, February 13, 2015 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9:30 AM on Saturday, February 14, 2015 from the funeral home, then to Annunciation RC Church, Wayne, where at 10:30AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Robert J. Heberling, age 75 of Wayne died suddenly on Tuesday, February 10, 2015 from complications related to his recent hip surgery. He had lived in Stockholm for twenty two years before moving to Wayne in 1990.
Bob was a teenager when his parents moved to Wayne, during a time when the town was still comprised mostly of farms and a lot of horses. He graduated from the Passaic County Vocational & Technical High School and soon thereafter started working for the U. S. Postal Service in Wayne. Over the years, Bob had several routes throughout town, currently working out of the Sheffield office, marking an unprecedented fifty six years as a letter carrier! His most recent delivery route was along the Newark Pompton Turnpike where many of the residents know him personally. Bob loved his job and had no intentions of retiring anytime soon. Just days ago he was making plans to get back to work with his new hip.
Bob was a real character too, with a nutty sense of humor and he never complained or took anything too seriously. He was an ambitious prankster and you always had to be on your guard with him. It was often difficult to know when he was being serious or not. Even his doctors weren’t safe from his humor and when they would ask Bob “how do you feel?” he would quip back “With my hands. How do you feel?” Despite the wise cracks, Bob was a genuine and caring individual. He was always helpful towards anyone in need, sometimes to fault, even when he didn’t have the means himself.
Bob was devoted to his family. He met his wife, Elizabeth “Bunny” McGrogan, at Hinchman’s Beach in Wayne when they were just teenagers. Although it wasn't love at first site, their relationship grew stronger and they married on June 13, 1959. He’s been making her laugh for fifty five years now. Bob was a great husband and a wonderful father,too. Loving the kids so much, he even changed dirty diapers and helped Bunny out with the babies however he could. He’s the funniest “Pop-Pop” his grandchildren could have ever hoped for and he loved all of them dearly.
Bob is survived by his wife Elizabeth “Bunny” Heberling of Wayne, three daughters; Theresa Martin and her husband David of Dingmans Ferry, PA, Mary Whitehead and her husband John of Plano, TX, and Denise Kane and her husband William of Whitehouse Station, NJ, five grandchildren; Sean, Ryan, Michael, Kayleigh, and Brianna, and two brothers; Donald of Eatontown, NJ and Richard of Mooresville, NC.
Donations in Bob’s memory would be greatly appreciated to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 or visit www.stjude.org.
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