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March 13, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Sunday, March 17, 2013 from 2-6 PM.
Funeral Services will be held 9:30 AM on Monday, March 18, 2013 from the funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne, where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East Hanover, NJ.
Theodore J. Ryan, age 72 of Wayne, died on Wednesday, March 13, 2013.
Ted was born in Orange, NJ and raised in Montclair. Sadly, he lost his mother and father at a very young age and was raised by his caring foster parents; Harold and Frances Eltholtz. Mr. Eltholtz was a plumber and he taught Ted everything he knew. Ted actually dropped out of high school to work for the family business. In 1961 he decided to join the U.S. Navy and served aboard the USS Fulton, a submarine tender, and aboard the USS John Hood. He served in the waters off of Cuba during the Bay of Pigs Invasion, but never divulged too many details of his service there. He was transferred to the Naval Reserves in 1965 and honorably discharged in 1967. He was very proud of his time in the U.S. Navy.
After returning to civilian life, he dreamed of becoming a fireman and had applied as such with the city of Montclair. No openings were available so he joined the police department and figured he would work as a policeman until an opportunity opened at the fire department. As fate would have it, he enjoyed the police force a great deal and chose to never leave that career. He stayed on for twenty five years with the Montclair Police Department before retiring in 1994. Having had so much expertise as a plumber too, Ted worked part time as a boiler inspector for Peter Vallas Associates of Hackensack and he did fire sprinkler systems in his retirement. He managed to keep himself very busy.
In his leisure time, Ted enjoyed fishing and was a member of the Packanack Anglers Club. You could frequently find him on the Packanack Lake peninsula casting his line out into the water. He and his wife Lucille enjoyed raising their Huskies, six in all. When their kids were young, they also raised two litters of Huskies, with the pups being born right at home. It was a great experience for their children, and a lot of hard work. Ted was also a member of the Knights of Columbus.
Ted met his wife Lucille (nee Rosi) at a club down at the Jersey Shore. They hit it off together and were married in 1969 in Elmhurst, NY at St. Bartholomew Church. They enjoyed a honeymoon to Jamaica and had a wonderful time. Their family continued to vacation at the Jersey Shore as well as a few trips to Disney World and Myrtle Beach too.
Ted is survived by his wife of forty three years; Lucille of Wayne, three children; Daniel Ryan of Wayne, Christina Kindler and her husband Paul of Wayne, and Suzanne Serini and her husband Dr. Dominic of Holmdel, NJ, five grandchildren; Brandon and Aidan Kindler of Wayne and Frankie, Anthony, and Josephine Serini of Holmdel, NJ, one brother; Michael of Florida, and his foster sister; Mary Middleton of Staunton, Virginia.
Memorial donations in Ted’s honor, if friends so wish, would be appreciated. Please consider “Brandon’s Bunch”. Donation information can be found at: www.marchforbabies.com/kindler
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Sunday, March 17, 2013 from 2-6 PM.
Funeral Services will be held 9:30 AM on Monday, March 18, 2013 from the funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne, where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East Hanover, NJ.
March 13, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Sunday, March 17, 2013 from 2-6 PM.
Funeral Services will be held 9:30 AM on Monday, March 18, 2013 from the funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne, where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East Hanover, NJ.
Theodore J. Ryan, age 72 of Wayne, died on Wednesday, March 13, 2013.
Ted was born in Orange, NJ and raised in Montclair. Sadly, he lost his mother and father at a very young age and was raised by his caring foster parents; Harold and Frances Eltholtz. Mr. Eltholtz was a plumber and he taught Ted everything he knew. Ted actually dropped out of high school to work for the family business. In 1961 he decided to join the U.S. Navy and served aboard the USS Fulton, a submarine tender, and aboard the USS John Hood. He served in the waters off of Cuba during the Bay of Pigs Invasion, but never divulged too many details of his service there. He was transferred to the Naval Reserves in 1965 and honorably discharged in 1967. He was very proud of his time in the U.S. Navy.
After returning to civilian life, he dreamed of becoming a fireman and had applied as such with the city of Montclair. No openings were available so he joined the police department and figured he would work as a policeman until an opportunity opened at the fire department. As fate would have it, he enjoyed the police force a great deal and chose to never leave that career. He stayed on for twenty five years with the Montclair Police Department before retiring in 1994. Having had so much expertise as a plumber too, Ted worked part time as a boiler inspector for Peter Vallas Associates of Hackensack and he did fire sprinkler systems in his retirement. He managed to keep himself very busy.
In his leisure time, Ted enjoyed fishing and was a member of the Packanack Anglers Club. You could frequently find him on the Packanack Lake peninsula casting his line out into the water. He and his wife Lucille enjoyed raising their Huskies, six in all. When their kids were young, they also raised two litters of Huskies, with the pups being born right at home. It was a great experience for their children, and a lot of hard work. Ted was also a member of the Knights of Columbus.
Ted met his wife Lucille (nee Rosi) at a club down at the Jersey Shore. They hit it off together and were married in 1969 in Elmhurst, NY at St. Bartholomew Church. They enjoyed a honeymoon to Jamaica and had a wonderful time. Their family continued to vacation at the Jersey Shore as well as a few trips to Disney World and Myrtle Beach too.
Ted is survived by his wife of forty three years; Lucille of Wayne, three children; Daniel Ryan of Wayne, Christina Kindler and her husband Paul of Wayne, and Suzanne Serini and her husband Dr. Dominic of Holmdel, NJ, five grandchildren; Brandon and Aidan Kindler of Wayne and Frankie, Anthony, and Josephine Serini of Holmdel, NJ, one brother; Michael of Florida, and his foster sister; Mary Middleton of Staunton, Virginia.
Memorial donations in Ted’s honor, if friends so wish, would be appreciated. Please consider “Brandon’s Bunch”. Donation information can be found at: www.marchforbabies.com/kindler
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