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Hermann J. Ehringer
Engineer with humor
When Westinghouse came out with a new, longer-lasting electric light bulb in the 1960s, the design for the improved filament was the work of company engineer Hermann Ehringer.
The tungsten at the center of the bulb was quickly dubbed "E metal" for Mr. Ehringer, in whose name the patent was issued. But during a celebration at the company, Mr. Ehringer deadpanned that the new filament was named not for him, but for his wife. Her name, of course, was also Ehringer.
"Some engineers are fairly humorless" said his son, Stephen Ehringer of Scotch Plains. "My father was an engineer with asense of humor.
Mr. Ehringer, a retired Westinghouse engineer who held numerous patents died Saturday. He was 90.
The longtime West Orange resident had been hospitalized for about 10 days in Franciscan Oaks Health Care Center in Denville, where he died of complications from asthma and other illnesses, his son said.
An engineer in the Lamp Division of Westinghouse Corp. in Bloomfield for more than 35 years before he retired in 1975, Mr. Ehringer exhibited and engineer's mind from early youth, his son said.
When he was about 10, for example, Mr. Ehringer was taking apart a radio in the family kitchen in Newark when his father, a German immigrant, came upon him. "Are you looking for its soul?" his father asked, in German, according to a story passed down to family members.
When Mr. Ehringer had children of his own, this fascination with figuring things out and making things asserted itself again.
Many parents are satisfied with a sanbox as a simple sandbox, but Mr. Ehringer insisted on engineering his son's sandbox to make it something more. He took precise measurements on the wooden frame and enclosed the sandbox with painted wood and chicken wire- "the whole nine yards"- his son recalled.
"He was very methodicial, " his son said.
And that engineer's mind was also applied around the house at the family's 1910 home in West Orange. Mr. Ehringer, among other projects, rigged special pipes to drain rainwater from window wells.
"His word was putterer", recalled his son, an editor at The Star Ledger. The house was filled with boxes and jars of every imaginable sort of nut, bolt or spare part.
It was at Westinghouse that Mr. Ehringer applied his talents professionally, garnering numerous patents during his long career.
It was also while working at Westinghouse that Mr. Ehringer met his future bride.
In the 1950s, during a strike ath the Bloomfield plant, company engineers were relocated to a plant in Elmira, NY, to avoid crossing a picket line.
There, Mr. Ehringer and several colleagues were given transportation to the plant by a company secreatary, a widow with two school age children.
The couple hit it off. " He had a great sense of humor", his future bride recalled.
And when she, by then an elementary school teacher, needed an escort to a Junior League Christmas ball, they began dating. Mr. Ehringer and his wife Harriet, were married
the next year on May 19, 1956.
Born in Newark, Mr. Ehringer was a1950 graduate of New Jersey Institute of Technology, then known as the Newark College of Engineering. He received a bachelor's degree in metallurgy. He moved to West Orange in 1957.
In addition to his wife, Harriet, and his son, Stephen, Mr. Ehringer is survived by a stedaughter, Margaret Waring of Surprise, AZ; a brother Frank Ehringer of Mountain Lakes, NJ; several nieces and nephews and six grandchildren, and a predeceased stepson David Pallesen.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral services on Tuesday Oct. 9th at 12:00PM at the Norman Dean Home for Services 16 Righter Ave., Denville, (973) 627-1880. Entombment Restland Memorial Park Mausoleum East Hanover, NJ. Friends will be received Monday Oct 8th 2-4 and 7-9PM. Memorial donations to The Center for Hospice Care 187 Millburn Ave., Millburn, NJ 07041.
Dickson Caldwell Brown Sr.
Mr. Dickson Caldwell Brown Sr. died on Thursday October 11, 2001 at St. Clare's Hospital in Denville, N. J.. He was 76 years old. He was born in Jersey City, NJ, but he spent his early youth in Kilchatten Bay, Isle of Bute, Scotland. He came back to Jersey City where he lived for 25 years, before moving to White Meadow Lake section of Rockaway Township, NJ in 1973.
Mr. Brown Graduated from Seton Hall University in South Orange, NJ, in 1952, with a B.S. in Chemistry.
He was in the U.S. Army during WWII.
Mr. Brown was an Analytical Research Chemist for the Sandoz Research Institute in East Hanover, N.J. Retiring in 1995.
He had been very active in many Civic activities;
1. Member Bluestone - Mystic Tie Malta Doric Masonic Lodge# 35, F. & A. M. in Secaucus, NJ.
A. He had been Past Master in 1970.
2. He has been a frequent visitor at the Jephthah Masonic Lodge #233, in Rockaway, NJ.
3. He was Past Chief of the Clan MacLeod O. S. C. (Order of Scotish Clans)
4. Rockaway Township American Legion Post # 344.
5. White Meadow Lake Property Owners Assoc.
6. Honorary Member of the White Meadow Lake Fire Company #5.
7. He had Served on the Rockaway Township Environmental Commission from 1986 to 1989.
His First Wife Christina died Previously.
A son, Daniel, a Granddaughter Colleen B. Brown and a Grandson John Fasulo also died previously.
He is Survived by:
Wife Betty Brown whom he has been married
to for 23 years.
5 Sons: Dickson C. Brown Jr. South Windsor, Ct.
Donald A. Brown, Wharton, NJ
Douglas A. Brown, Boynton Beach, Fla.
David W. BrownRockaway Boro, NJ
Marty Cuspilich Rockaway Twp., NJ
A Daughter: Maryann Fasulo Tunkhannock, Pa.
15 Grandchildren
4 Great Grandchildren
Funeral Services will be held on Monday October 15, 2001 at 10:00 AM at the Norman Dean Home For Services.
Friends may visit with the Family on Saturday Evening 7 to 9 PM and Sunday from 2-4 & 7-9 PM
Donations To:
Masonic Charities Foundation
Post Office Box #308
Burlington, New Jersey 08016
Nancy L. Jauch
Nancy Louise Jauch died on Friday September 14, 2001 at St. Clare's Hospital in Denville, NJ. She was 63.
She lived in Hillsboro, NJ before moving to Denville in 1964.
She had been a SchoolTeacher at Thomas Jefferson Jr. High School in Rockaway, NJ for 19 years before retiring in 1997. She was a special education teacher, and had also been very active with the Morris County A.R.C. Association of Retarded Citizens. She received the Governors Teachers Recognition Award in 1988.
She is survived by her daughter Jan Karen Malecki of Denville, NJ, and Sons: William John, and Jon Jon William Jauch. Grandchildren Christopher and Kimberly Malecki.
Friends may visit with the family on Tuesday Sept. 18, from 2-4 & 7-9PM at the Norman Dean Funeral Home.
Donations may be made to: Rockaway Boro School 103 East Main St. Rockaway, NJ 07866 *In Memory of Nancy L. Jauch.
Peter Luzzi
Peter Luzzi died on Sunday September 16, 201, at St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, NJ. He was 46.
He was born and raised, living his entire life in Denville, NJ.
He had been a Real Estate Sales Associate for Caldwell Banker Real Estate in Mt. Lakes, NJ. He received his License in 1997. He also achieved the Million Dollar Sales Club in 2000.
He was a graduate of Morris Knolls High School, and attended County College of Morris.
He had been a life time member of the Indian Lake Community Club in Denville, and was almost King of the Lake in 1973.
He also was a member of the New Jersey Associates of Realtors.
He is survived by his wife Jeanne M. (Karl) Luzzi, with whom he was married
for 13 years. Daughters: Deidre S., Kara P., and Aidan D. Luzzi all of Denville, NJ. His Mother: Patricia J. Luzzi of Denville, NJ.
Brothers: Daniel of Denville, NJ, Michael of Mt. Arlington, NJ, David of Hopatcong, NJ, and Patrick of Randolph, NJ.
A Liturgy of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday September 20, at 10:30 AM at St. Mary's R.C. Church in Denville, NJ. Friends may visit on Wednesday 1:00 -4:00PM and 6:00 - 9:00PM at the funeral Home.
Donations are being accepted to: "Trust for the benefit of the children of Peter Luzzi" C/O Skylands Community Bank 272 Route 46 Rockaway, NJ 07866.
Les J. Leifken
Les J. Leifken died Thursday at St. Clare's Hospital Denville, NJ after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 48.
Born in Newark, NJ Mr. Leifken grew up in Denville and then Rockaway where he lived at the time of his death.
Mr. Leifken co-owned and operated Denville Bear and Body Services with his brothers and was started by his father Joseph Leifken.
Mr. Leifken had his license for drag racing through the National Hot Rod Association in New Jersey. He loved to play guitar in several bands, one of which ministered to prisons. He also loved fishing.
His daughter, Kayla L. died in 1986, and his mother Joan Leifken died in 1967.
Survivors include his Loving wife of 19 years Kelly L. (Nee Huebner).
Beloved father of two daughters Lindsey E., Chelsea R., one son Cody M. all at home. His father and step mother Joseph and Margaret Leifken of Rockaway, three brothers Greg of Allamuchy, Joseph of Jefferson, Kurt of Rockaway, Two sisters, Patricia Ceballos of Redmond, Washington, Mary Leifken of Roanoke, Virginia, three step brothers, Thomas and James Crowell both of Wayne, David Crowell of Ledgewood, one step sister, Cindy Rec of Budd Lake.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday Sept. 22nd at 9:30AM at the Church Alive 791 Rt 10 East Randolph, NJ. Family will receive friends on Friday Sept. 21st 6:00 to 9:00PM at the Norman Dean Home for Services 16 Righter Ave., Denville, NJ (973)-627-1880. Memorials are being accepted to the Les Leifken Memorial Fund c/o Oregon Health Sciences University Foundation 1121 S.W. Salmon St. Portland, Oregon 97205.
John Kevin Kearns
Met Life Marketing Dept.
Mr. Kearns died Saturday Sept. 22nd at the Andover Nursing Home in Andover, NJ he was 67 years old. Mr. Kearns was born in Brooklyn, NY and lived in Bayside LI, NY before moving to Denville, NJ in 1970. Mr. Kearns was employed in the Marketing Dept. of Met Life Insurance Co., NYNY for 25 years retiring in 1991. Mr. Kearns was a peacetime US Army Veteran serving from 1957 to 1963.
Mr. Kearns was the beloved husband of Mary J. Kearns. Father of David of Danville, Michael of Bethlehem Twp., PA, Kevin of Hackettstown, and Diana of Bethlehem Twp., PA. Grandfather of Kayla. Brother of Richard of Berkeley Heights, Rev. David Kearns of Bronx, NY, Kathleen and Regina Kearns both of Bayside LI, NY.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend the Liturgy of Christian Burial Service on Tuesday Sept. 25th at 11:00AM at St. Mary's Church Denville, NJ Interment Denville cemetery, Denville, NJ. Memorial donations to American Parkinson Disease Assoc. Robert Wood Johnson Place, Box 260 New Brunswick, NJ 08903-2601 would be appreciated.
Miriam R. Baker
Homemaker
Mrs. Baker died on Thursday Sept 27th at St. Clare's Hospital Denville, NJ. She was 83 years old. Mrs. Baker was born in Belleville, NJ and lived in Bedminister for 4 years and the last 4 years in Franciscan Oaks Denville, NJ.
Mrs. Baker was the beloved wife of the late William A. Baker. Mrs. Baker is survived by two sons William A. of Ft Worth Texas and John R. of Bedminister. Grandmother of six grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
A sister survives Mrs. Baker, Eleanor Schwartz of Franciscan Oaks Denville, NJ.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend the Liturgy of Christian Burial Service at St. Mary's Church Denville, NJ on Monday Oct.1st at 10:00AM Interment Immaculate Conception cemetery Montclair, NJ.
Al Nowak
Master Machinist
Alan P. Nowakowski, "Al Nowak" Died Saturday Sept.22nd at home after a long illness. Born in South Plainfield he lived in Parsippany before moving to Denville in 1964. Mr. Nowakowski was self-employed for over forty years and a master machinist. He served in the Army Reserve from 1957 to 1963. Beloved husband of June A. (Nee Williams) for 43 years. Loving father of Ken Nowak of Boonton, Mark Nowak of Denville, and Debbra Koeppel of Landing. Grandfather of Kenny, Danny, and Stephanie. Brother of Gail Peterson, Karen Keene, and Helene Nowakowski all of Summerville, SC.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend a memorial service on Oct. 10, 2001 RSVP by Oct. 5, 2001 Phone 1-973-366-7208. Memorial contributions to Compassionate Care Hospice 66 Mt. Prospect Ave. Bldg C, Clifton, NJ 07013.
