Vincent Rimbach

Vincent “Vince” Henry Rimbach, age 86 of Boonton, passed peacefully on Monday, August 12, 2019.

He was born in Orange, New Jersey and raised at 68 Roosevelt Avenue in West Orange by Vincent and Anna Rimbach.  Vince graduated from the West Orange High School with the Class of 1951. After high school he worked in the construction trade and soon was called to serve in the United States Army.  On April 17, 1953 he was inducted into the service and served during the Korean War.  Vince was honorably discharged on March 31, 1953 as a Corporal.  For his service he was awarded the Korean Service Medal, the National Service Medal, and the United Nations Service Medal.

After his military service Vince met a cute girl named Ann Gossweiler who lived in the neighborhood.  He was told through Vincent's sister Fern that Ann was available and he called her a few days later.  After a first date to the movies and falling in love they decided to get married.  When Vince was over at Ann’s house helping to shovel snow out of the driveway he worked up the nerve to go inside and speak to Ann’s father.  Ann’s father had a bit of a sense of humor and when Vince told him he wanted to marry his daughter he said: “I’m not losing a daughter…I’m gaining a shovel.”  They married at the Pleasantdale Presbyterian Church in West Orange on November 15, 1958.  They honeymooned at Niagara Falls, New York and Ann remembers there were very few people there in November.   Ann and Vince had over sixty years of a loving, caring marriage that was blessed with three children and rooted in a strong commitment to God.

For many years Vince has been a member of the Trinity Baptist Church of Montville.  He worked in the building trades his entire life.  He had a strong work ethic and worked for other contractors, struck out on his own a couple of times and even worked for Western Exterminating and the Becton Dickenson Company’s warehouse at night while working as a carpenter by day. Although he thought he was too young to retire at 71 years old he did so in 2004.  In his retirement he devoted himself to helping at the church.

Vince was the loving husband of Ann Rimbach; devoted father of Laura Martin and her husband Arthur of Stroudsburg, PA, Vincent Rimbach and his wife Sylvie of Ottawa, Canada, and Carl Rimbach of Montville; he was the cherished grandfather of Jason and Tara Martin and Daniel and Sarah Rimbach; and he is the cherished adopted grandfather to Julie Morrison (nee Carlson), Sheryl Larrazbal (nee Carlson), and Andrew Carlson;  he was the dearly loved great-grandfather of Hailey and Jason Martin; he was the loved brother of Fern MacGrath of Kinnelon and Charles Rimbach of Rome, New York.

In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Trinity Baptist Church of Montville, 160 Changebridge Road, Montville, NJ 07045 would be greatly appreciated.