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July 14, 2009
Services
Private funeral services will be held at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
A brief story of a person that experienced severe diminishing health in the autumn of his life and welcomed the final peaceful moment of going to his eternal rest.
William H. Tourelle, age 87, of Pompton Plains died peacefully on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at Cedar Crest Village’s Renaissance Gardens. His passing took place while receiving the loving care of his family who were at his bedside.
Bill was born in East Orange and spent his formative years in Verona, graduating from Verona High School in 1939. He lived with his wife, Katherine, in Short Hills for 50 years before their move to Cedar Crest Village in Pompton Plains in 2003.
World War II was in full action when he entered the Army in July of 1943. Because of his gift of intelligence and talent for administration, he attained the rank of Master Sergeant after only sixteen months with the 505 Headquarters 43rd Battalion. His military service was spent in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operation, primarily in the Philippines, New Guinea, and Luzon. He was discharged in 1946 and he received the Asiatic-Pacific Theater Ribbon, the Philippine’s Liberation Ribbon, and a Bronze Star. In addition to these honors he was particularly proud of his service as office secretary for General Douglas MacArthur at his Philippines headquarters.
He was gifted with analytical and logistical skills that he applied to his career as a Maritime Transportation Broker for Dietze Incorporated in New York City. His company specialized in contracting available capacity on oil tankers and coordinating efficient delivery to destinations around the world. He always enjoyed the ever-changing challenge of satisfying customers’ needs. He spent 39 years with Dietze, retiring in 1976.
Though he typically commuted to New York City by train, one day a rail strike forced him to take a bus. It was on that day he met a beautiful girl named Katherine Cederroth, who was commuting to her job in Manhattan. He proposed during their fourth date but they courted for several years before she finally said “yes”. They wed on January 17, 1948.
During their 61 years of marriage they enjoyed exploring the world together; opportunities to travel increased following his early retirement at age 54.
One of Bill’s great joys was tennis, both as an avid player and devoted spectator. For many years, he was a regular on the courts of the Beacon Hill Club in Summit.
Surviving are his wife Katherine (nee Cederroth) Tourelle; one daughter Wendy Minshall and her husband Hap of Montville; two sons Glenn Tourelle and his wife Cynthia of Ocala, Florida, and Robert Tourelle; one brother Frederic Tourelle and his wife Patricia of Parsippany; one granddaughter Elizabeth French.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in William Tourelle’s memory are asked to consider The Alzheimer’s Association-Greater NJ, 400 Morris Avenue, Suite 251, Denville, NJ 07834
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Private funeral services will be held at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
July 14, 2009
Services
Private funeral services will be held at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
A brief story of a person that experienced severe diminishing health in the autumn of his life and welcomed the final peaceful moment of going to his eternal rest.
William H. Tourelle, age 87, of Pompton Plains died peacefully on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at Cedar Crest Village’s Renaissance Gardens. His passing took place while receiving the loving care of his family who were at his bedside.
Bill was born in East Orange and spent his formative years in Verona, graduating from Verona High School in 1939. He lived with his wife, Katherine, in Short Hills for 50 years before their move to Cedar Crest Village in Pompton Plains in 2003.
World War II was in full action when he entered the Army in July of 1943. Because of his gift of intelligence and talent for administration, he attained the rank of Master Sergeant after only sixteen months with the 505 Headquarters 43rd Battalion. His military service was spent in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operation, primarily in the Philippines, New Guinea, and Luzon. He was discharged in 1946 and he received the Asiatic-Pacific Theater Ribbon, the Philippine’s Liberation Ribbon, and a Bronze Star. In addition to these honors he was particularly proud of his service as office secretary for General Douglas MacArthur at his Philippines headquarters.
He was gifted with analytical and logistical skills that he applied to his career as a Maritime Transportation Broker for Dietze Incorporated in New York City. His company specialized in contracting available capacity on oil tankers and coordinating efficient delivery to destinations around the world. He always enjoyed the ever-changing challenge of satisfying customers’ needs. He spent 39 years with Dietze, retiring in 1976.
Though he typically commuted to New York City by train, one day a rail strike forced him to take a bus. It was on that day he met a beautiful girl named Katherine Cederroth, who was commuting to her job in Manhattan. He proposed during their fourth date but they courted for several years before she finally said “yes”. They wed on January 17, 1948.
During their 61 years of marriage they enjoyed exploring the world together; opportunities to travel increased following his early retirement at age 54.
One of Bill’s great joys was tennis, both as an avid player and devoted spectator. For many years, he was a regular on the courts of the Beacon Hill Club in Summit.
Surviving are his wife Katherine (nee Cederroth) Tourelle; one daughter Wendy Minshall and her husband Hap of Montville; two sons Glenn Tourelle and his wife Cynthia of Ocala, Florida, and Robert Tourelle; one brother Frederic Tourelle and his wife Patricia of Parsippany; one granddaughter Elizabeth French.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in William Tourelle’s memory are asked to consider The Alzheimer’s Association-Greater NJ, 400 Morris Avenue, Suite 251, Denville, NJ 07834
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