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December 6, 2010
Services
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, December 18th, 2010 at 1 PM to celebrate Bill’s “life journey” at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home Saturday prior to the service from 11 AM to 1 PM.
William Henry Hauer Jr. “Bill” age 88 of Pompton Plains passed into life eternal on Monday, December 6, 2010 at home. His passing was graciously peaceful while receiving the loving care of his family who were at his bedside.
Bill was born at home in Irvington, NJ, son of William H. Sr and Othelie Vorberg. He lived his formative years in Nutley, and moving to the Valley area of Wayne. He moved to Cedar Crest Village in Pompton Plains in 2005.
Bill received his formal education at Nutley Grammar School and Nutley High School graduating with the January Class of 1940.
After high school graduation he worked for a time as short order cook, making sandwiches and then as a route salesman. He enlisted in the Army in October 1942.
He served in the Army and was involved in several campaigns and battles including Ardennes, Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland and Central Europe. At his discharge from the service in November 1945, he received the American Service Medal, the European African-Middle Eastern Service Medal and the World War II Victory Medal.
His military duties included being a postal clerk and receiving special training at Camp Crowder wire school where he learned Army regulations regarding electrical drafting. When he was discharged it was a natural inclination for him to put his electrical skills to work at Bell Telephone Company in Newark. The telephone company trained him further in telephone equipment installation. After several promotions, he was retired as Supervisor of Telephone Equipment in 1987, overseeing the transition of telephone service to electronic switching.
Bill was a dedicated family man who always put the needs of his family first. He was a good and faithful husband and a dedicated father to his three daughters. One particular highlight of his life was the arrival of his grandchildren whom he loved with all of his heart. PopPop Hauer provided each grandchild with the kinds of special attention and experiences that only a grandfather can give.
Bill knew his future wife, the former Ada Cole, while in High School, and began seeing each other after he returned from military service. They were married October 7, 1950 and had had sixty years of “devoted and loving” marriage.
Bill's favorite activities involved working crossword puzzles, helping his children remodel their houses, taking care of puppies and dogs, having coffee at McDonald's with Ada and taking his grandchildren on special adventures, including camping in his pop-up tent and RV and going to the zoo and Wild West City.
Surviving to mourn his passing are his loving wife Ada (nee Cole) Hauer; three daughters: Ada Lee Williams and her husband Bill of Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, Patty Valente and her husband Bob of Stockton, NJ and Janice Paulussen and her husband David of Long Valley, NJ; five cherished grandchildren: Glenn Wonsettler, Anne Cole Wonsettler and her husband Nathan Robinson, Lindsay Valente-Posluszny and her husband Russ, Kimberly and Benjamin Paulussen.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in Bill’s Hauer’s memory are asked to consider The Wounded Warrior Project, 7020 AC Skinner Parkway, Suite 100, Jacksonville, Florida 32256.
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A memorial service will be held on Saturday, December 18th, 2010 at 1 PM to celebrate Bill’s “life journey” at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home Saturday prior to the service from 11 AM to 1 PM.
December 6, 2010
Services
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, December 18th, 2010 at 1 PM to celebrate Bill’s “life journey” at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home Saturday prior to the service from 11 AM to 1 PM.
William Henry Hauer Jr. “Bill” age 88 of Pompton Plains passed into life eternal on Monday, December 6, 2010 at home. His passing was graciously peaceful while receiving the loving care of his family who were at his bedside.
Bill was born at home in Irvington, NJ, son of William H. Sr and Othelie Vorberg. He lived his formative years in Nutley, and moving to the Valley area of Wayne. He moved to Cedar Crest Village in Pompton Plains in 2005.
Bill received his formal education at Nutley Grammar School and Nutley High School graduating with the January Class of 1940.
After high school graduation he worked for a time as short order cook, making sandwiches and then as a route salesman. He enlisted in the Army in October 1942.
He served in the Army and was involved in several campaigns and battles including Ardennes, Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland and Central Europe. At his discharge from the service in November 1945, he received the American Service Medal, the European African-Middle Eastern Service Medal and the World War II Victory Medal.
His military duties included being a postal clerk and receiving special training at Camp Crowder wire school where he learned Army regulations regarding electrical drafting. When he was discharged it was a natural inclination for him to put his electrical skills to work at Bell Telephone Company in Newark. The telephone company trained him further in telephone equipment installation. After several promotions, he was retired as Supervisor of Telephone Equipment in 1987, overseeing the transition of telephone service to electronic switching.
Bill was a dedicated family man who always put the needs of his family first. He was a good and faithful husband and a dedicated father to his three daughters. One particular highlight of his life was the arrival of his grandchildren whom he loved with all of his heart. PopPop Hauer provided each grandchild with the kinds of special attention and experiences that only a grandfather can give.
Bill knew his future wife, the former Ada Cole, while in High School, and began seeing each other after he returned from military service. They were married October 7, 1950 and had had sixty years of “devoted and loving” marriage.
Bill's favorite activities involved working crossword puzzles, helping his children remodel their houses, taking care of puppies and dogs, having coffee at McDonald's with Ada and taking his grandchildren on special adventures, including camping in his pop-up tent and RV and going to the zoo and Wild West City.
Surviving to mourn his passing are his loving wife Ada (nee Cole) Hauer; three daughters: Ada Lee Williams and her husband Bill of Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, Patty Valente and her husband Bob of Stockton, NJ and Janice Paulussen and her husband David of Long Valley, NJ; five cherished grandchildren: Glenn Wonsettler, Anne Cole Wonsettler and her husband Nathan Robinson, Lindsay Valente-Posluszny and her husband Russ, Kimberly and Benjamin Paulussen.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in Bill’s Hauer’s memory are asked to consider The Wounded Warrior Project, 7020 AC Skinner Parkway, Suite 100, Jacksonville, Florida 32256.
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