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September 5, 2014
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Wednesday, September 10, 2014 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 11 AM on Thursday, September 11, 2014 at St. Timothy’s Lutheran Church, 395 Valley Rd., Wayne.
Roy A. Fanslau, age 93 of Wayne, died peacefully on Friday, September 5, 2014. He has been a Wayne resident since 1962.
Roy began his career at ITT, assembling equipment, and later took a position with the U.S. Postal Service. He enjoyed a career as a postman for over twenty years, retiring in 1985.
Roy was a veteran and served proudly in the US Army. He had been a search light technician for much of his time in the Philippines. He had always enjoyed G gauge model trains and while in the Philippines, he built an O scale model train out of salvaged parts from a downed Japanese Zero fighter plane. His love of trains carried through his entire life and he even built a 1-1/2” scale train in his yard that was large enough for his grandchildren to enjoy riding on! He was a member of the Garden State Railroad Club and simply loved his trains. He was also a hobby-printer. He had purchased a used printing press, learned typesetting and all the nuances involved with it, and soon began printing custom invitations in his home. He did all sorts of custom printing with that machine and he really enjoyed it.
How Roy met his wife, Lillian Grace Schifferdecker, is quite a story. When Roy was eighteen and Lillian just twelve, they met on a bus tour to High Point, riding on the church bus together. They had a very nice day, enjoying each other’s company, but afterword Lillian didn’t hear from him again. Sometime later, he wrote to her while serving with the Army in the Philippines and they began corresponding. They fell in love through those letters, back and forth, and when Roy returned, he proposed to her. They were married on May 10, 1947 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church on Smith St. in Paterson and enjoyed a honeymoon traveling throughout New England. Throughout their marriage they traveled on many road trips which were among Roy’s favorite. They visited National Parks such as Zion, Bryce, Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon. They also toured Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Holland, Denmark, and the Scandinavian countries, just to name a few. His favorite destination was, without a doubt, home. Surely Lillian has a trove of memories to keep Roy close to her heart.
Roy is survived by his wife Lillian of sixty seven years, his three children; Richard and his wife Nancy of Saddle Brook, NJ, Wayne and his wife Joan of Pine Beach, NJ, and April Spann and her husband Jeff of Rockaway, NJ, seven grandchildren; Michael Fanslau and his wife Danielle, Sara Hemans and her husband Peter, Megan Rendon and her husband Richard, David Fanslau and his wife Carly, Justin Fanslau, Kelly Spann and Ryan Spann, one great-grandchild; Layla Fanslau, and one brother; Edward Fanslau of Maryland.
Memorial donations in Roy’s name would be greatly appreciated. Please consider St. Timothy Lutheran Church or a charity of your choice.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Wednesday, September 10, 2014 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 11 AM on Thursday, September 11, 2014 at St. Timothy’s Lutheran Church, 395 Valley Rd., Wayne.
September 5, 2014
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Wednesday, September 10, 2014 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 11 AM on Thursday, September 11, 2014 at St. Timothy’s Lutheran Church, 395 Valley Rd., Wayne.
Roy A. Fanslau, age 93 of Wayne, died peacefully on Friday, September 5, 2014. He has been a Wayne resident since 1962.
Roy began his career at ITT, assembling equipment, and later took a position with the U.S. Postal Service. He enjoyed a career as a postman for over twenty years, retiring in 1985.
Roy was a veteran and served proudly in the US Army. He had been a search light technician for much of his time in the Philippines. He had always enjoyed G gauge model trains and while in the Philippines, he built an O scale model train out of salvaged parts from a downed Japanese Zero fighter plane. His love of trains carried through his entire life and he even built a 1-1/2” scale train in his yard that was large enough for his grandchildren to enjoy riding on! He was a member of the Garden State Railroad Club and simply loved his trains. He was also a hobby-printer. He had purchased a used printing press, learned typesetting and all the nuances involved with it, and soon began printing custom invitations in his home. He did all sorts of custom printing with that machine and he really enjoyed it.
How Roy met his wife, Lillian Grace Schifferdecker, is quite a story. When Roy was eighteen and Lillian just twelve, they met on a bus tour to High Point, riding on the church bus together. They had a very nice day, enjoying each other’s company, but afterword Lillian didn’t hear from him again. Sometime later, he wrote to her while serving with the Army in the Philippines and they began corresponding. They fell in love through those letters, back and forth, and when Roy returned, he proposed to her. They were married on May 10, 1947 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church on Smith St. in Paterson and enjoyed a honeymoon traveling throughout New England. Throughout their marriage they traveled on many road trips which were among Roy’s favorite. They visited National Parks such as Zion, Bryce, Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon. They also toured Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Holland, Denmark, and the Scandinavian countries, just to name a few. His favorite destination was, without a doubt, home. Surely Lillian has a trove of memories to keep Roy close to her heart.
Roy is survived by his wife Lillian of sixty seven years, his three children; Richard and his wife Nancy of Saddle Brook, NJ, Wayne and his wife Joan of Pine Beach, NJ, and April Spann and her husband Jeff of Rockaway, NJ, seven grandchildren; Michael Fanslau and his wife Danielle, Sara Hemans and her husband Peter, Megan Rendon and her husband Richard, David Fanslau and his wife Carly, Justin Fanslau, Kelly Spann and Ryan Spann, one great-grandchild; Layla Fanslau, and one brother; Edward Fanslau of Maryland.
Memorial donations in Roy’s name would be greatly appreciated. Please consider St. Timothy Lutheran Church or a charity of your choice.
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