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November 18, 2008
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Friday, November 21, 2008 from 2-4, 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd., Wayne.
On Saturday, November 22, 2008 at 11:00 AM, a Funeral Mass will be offered at St. Lukes RC Church, 340 N. Franklin Tpk., Hohokus.
Thomas James Freeman age 84 of Oakland, formerly of Wayne, died Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at the St. Josephs Wayne Hospital.
He was born in Jersey City and lived in Teaneck and Wayne before moving to Oakland fifteen years ago.
Mr. Freeman was a graduate of Henry Snyder High School, Jersey City with the class of 1946. As a competitive gymnast, Mr. Freemans fall from the swinging rings and the resulting broken elbow dashed his Olympic hopes.
He began his real estate career in 1982 with Century 21 Realtors, Wayne having worked for Schlott Realtors and finally Caldwell-Banker Real Estate in Wayne before his retirement in 1995. Prior to obtaining his broker's license, he was a public relations writer for Flying A Oil, a part of Tidewater Petroleum in Bayonne and transitioned to Getty Oil when the company was acquired. He then served in public relations positions for the GAF Corporation, NYC, the Bozell & Jacobs public relations firm, NYC and ITT, NYC and Nutley. He had served as the editor of the Jersey City Citizen Newspaper in the late fortys through the early fifties, beginning his career as a reporter for the Jersey Journal.
Mr. Freeman was known as the Real Estate Answer Man for the Independent News in the 1990s. He was the recipient of the Freedom Foundations George Washington Medal for a series of articles on the responsibilities of American Citizenship. Formerly a member of the Teaneck Community Church, Teaneck he was last a member of the Preakness Reformed Church, Wayne. He was a member of the Wayne Benevolent Protective Order of Elks Lodge 2181, Wayne; and a fifty-year member of the Masonic Order Publicity Lodge #1000, NYC and later the Mountain View Masonic Lodge, Pompton Lakes and a member of the Salaam Shrine, Livingston.
He was predeceased by his loving wife of sixty years Betty Jane (nee Sprague) Freeman.
Surviving are three devoted daughters Penelope Ann Oross and her husband Robert of Avenel, Donna Lee Christensen and her husband William of San Jose, CA and Gail Lynn Freeman-Szal and her husband Peter of Oakland; one loving son Thomas Edward Freeman and his wife Rosemary of Waldwick; cherished grandfather of Mary Penelope Ault, Julia Louise and Beth Anne Christensen, Catherine Veronica and James Peter Szal, Thomas Eugene, Daniel Patrick and Michael Edward Freeman and great-grandfather of Isabelle Christine and Mark David Ault; devoted brother of Roderick Charles Freeman of Lyons and the late Paul Francis Freeman of Jersey City.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to Eva's Village, 392 Main Street, Paterson, NJ 07505, would be appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family on Friday, November 21, 2008 from 2-4, 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd., Wayne.
On Saturday, November 22, 2008 at 11:00 AM, a Funeral Mass will be offered at St. Lukes RC Church, 340 N. Franklin Tpk., Hohokus.
November 18, 2008
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Friday, November 21, 2008 from 2-4, 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd., Wayne.
On Saturday, November 22, 2008 at 11:00 AM, a Funeral Mass will be offered at St. Lukes RC Church, 340 N. Franklin Tpk., Hohokus.
Thomas James Freeman age 84 of Oakland, formerly of Wayne, died Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at the St. Josephs Wayne Hospital.
He was born in Jersey City and lived in Teaneck and Wayne before moving to Oakland fifteen years ago.
Mr. Freeman was a graduate of Henry Snyder High School, Jersey City with the class of 1946. As a competitive gymnast, Mr. Freemans fall from the swinging rings and the resulting broken elbow dashed his Olympic hopes.
He began his real estate career in 1982 with Century 21 Realtors, Wayne having worked for Schlott Realtors and finally Caldwell-Banker Real Estate in Wayne before his retirement in 1995. Prior to obtaining his broker's license, he was a public relations writer for Flying A Oil, a part of Tidewater Petroleum in Bayonne and transitioned to Getty Oil when the company was acquired. He then served in public relations positions for the GAF Corporation, NYC, the Bozell & Jacobs public relations firm, NYC and ITT, NYC and Nutley. He had served as the editor of the Jersey City Citizen Newspaper in the late fortys through the early fifties, beginning his career as a reporter for the Jersey Journal.
Mr. Freeman was known as the Real Estate Answer Man for the Independent News in the 1990s. He was the recipient of the Freedom Foundations George Washington Medal for a series of articles on the responsibilities of American Citizenship. Formerly a member of the Teaneck Community Church, Teaneck he was last a member of the Preakness Reformed Church, Wayne. He was a member of the Wayne Benevolent Protective Order of Elks Lodge 2181, Wayne; and a fifty-year member of the Masonic Order Publicity Lodge #1000, NYC and later the Mountain View Masonic Lodge, Pompton Lakes and a member of the Salaam Shrine, Livingston.
He was predeceased by his loving wife of sixty years Betty Jane (nee Sprague) Freeman.
Surviving are three devoted daughters Penelope Ann Oross and her husband Robert of Avenel, Donna Lee Christensen and her husband William of San Jose, CA and Gail Lynn Freeman-Szal and her husband Peter of Oakland; one loving son Thomas Edward Freeman and his wife Rosemary of Waldwick; cherished grandfather of Mary Penelope Ault, Julia Louise and Beth Anne Christensen, Catherine Veronica and James Peter Szal, Thomas Eugene, Daniel Patrick and Michael Edward Freeman and great-grandfather of Isabelle Christine and Mark David Ault; devoted brother of Roderick Charles Freeman of Lyons and the late Paul Francis Freeman of Jersey City.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to Eva's Village, 392 Main Street, Paterson, NJ 07505, would be appreciated.
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