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Harold John
Ciser
Ciser
1921 - 2014
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Obituary for Harold John Ciser
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Harold John, 92, of Kinnelon, passed away Saturday, January 18, at home surrounded by his loving family. Born in Hoboken, NJ, Mr. Ciser lived in Jersey City in his early years. A WWII Veteran, he served with the rank of Staff Sgt. in the US Army Air Corp in Japan, the Philippines & Okinawa as an airplane engineer crew member of the B-25J “Mitchel” Betty’s Dream presently on display at the Houston, Texas Bomber flying Legends Museum as well as other B-25 aircrafts.
He married in 1946, entered into the home building business and moved to Clifton in 1953 where he remained for 30 years to raise his family. Harold also worked at Continental Can Co., Passaic NJ as a Millwright Foreman during the 1960’s through early 1980’s prior to returning to his contracting business and final retirement. He and his wife Betty retired to Tom’s River in 1983. In 2007 he relocated to Wayne and then to Kinnelon.
Harold was a husband and father who worked tirelessly to support his large family and was always willing to share his skilled labor with family and friends. Harold was a man of integrity and strength in the eyes of all who knew and loved him. There seemed to be no skill attached to building or maintenance that he could not master.
He was an avid golfer, bowler, photographer, gardener and builder of electro-mechanical flying airplanes up until the age of 87.
Harold is predeceased by his wife, Elizabeth (Betty) O’Donnell Ciser in 1999, his father, Henry Ciser, mother, Anna Thomas Ciser, sisters, Catherine Bello, Marie Kossman and Lorraine Chiusolo.
Harold is survived by his daughter Betty Anne Fantasia and her husband Charles of Ogdensburg, NJ and his sons, Harold J. Ciser and his wife Joy of Woodland Park, Michael P. Ciser and his wife Eileen of South Prairie, ND, Patrick J. Ciser and his wife Lisa of Wayne and John D. Ciser of Kinnelon, 18 grandchildren: Charles, Dawn, Stephen, Michael, Billy, Serena, Danielle, Stephanie, Tracy, Nicole, Ryan, Kyle, Shannon, Hildana, Justin, Sean and 10 great-grandchildren: Christopher, Amanda, Aaron, Carson, Maria, Aidan, Lila, Alexa ,Travis and Mikaella.
Funeral Friday gathering 9:30am in the Collins Calhoun Funeral Home, 19 Lincoln Ave., Rutherford for 10:30am Mass of Christian Liturgy in the Church of Saint Mary, Rutherford.
Interment: Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veteran’s Memorial Cemetery, Arneytown, NJ.
Family will receive friends Thursday from 2:00-4:00 and 7:00-9:00pm in the Collins Calhoun Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to: Wounded Warriors 4899 Belfort Road, Suite 300, Jacksonville, FL 32256 www.woundedwarriorproject.com and St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, PO Box 100, Dept 142, Memphis, TN 38101-9908 www.stjude.org
*Thank you Harold for your Military Service in the United States Army Air Corp.*
Harold John, 92, of Kinnelon, passed away Saturday, January 18, at home surrounded by his loving family. Born in Hoboken, NJ, Mr. Ciser lived in Jersey City in his early years. A WWII Veteran, he served with the rank of Staff Sgt. in the US Army Air Corp in Japan, the Philippines & Okinawa as an airplane engineer crew member of the B-25J “Mitchel” Betty’s Dream presently on display at the Houston, Texas Bomber flying Legends Museum as well as other B-25 aircrafts.
He married in 1946, entered into the home building business and moved to Clifton in 1953 where he remained for 30 years to raise his family. Harold also worked at Continental Can Co., Passaic NJ as a Millwright Foreman during the 1960’s through early 1980’s prior to returning to his contracting business and final retirement. He and his wife Betty retired to Tom’s River in 1983. In 2007 he relocated to Wayne and then to Kinnelon.
Harold was a husband and father who worked tirelessly to support his large family and was always willing to share his skilled labor with family and friends. Harold was a man of integrity and strength in the eyes of all who knew and loved him. There seemed to be no skill attached to building or maintenance that he could not master.
He was an avid golfer, bowler, photographer, gardener and builder of electro-mechanical flying airplanes up until the age of 87.
Harold is predeceased by his wife, Elizabeth (Betty) O’Donnell Ciser in 1999, his father, Henry Ciser, mother, Anna Thomas Ciser, sisters, Catherine Bello, Marie Kossman and Lorraine Chiusolo.
Harold is survived by his daughter Betty Anne Fantasia and her husband Charles of Ogdensburg, NJ and his sons, Harold J. Ciser and his wife Joy of Woodland Park, Michael P. Ciser and his wife Eileen of South Prairie, ND, Patrick J. Ciser and his wife Lisa of Wayne and John D. Ciser of Kinnelon, 18 grandchildren: Charles, Dawn, Stephen, Michael, Billy, Serena, Danielle, Stephanie, Tracy, Nicole, Ryan, Kyle, Shannon, Hildana, Justin, Sean and 10 great-grandchildren: Christopher, Amanda, Aaron, Carson, Maria, Aidan, Lila, Alexa ,Travis and Mikaella.
Funeral Friday gathering 9:30am in the Collins Calhoun Funeral Home, 19 Lincoln Ave., Rutherford for 10:30am Mass of Christian Liturgy in the Church of Saint Mary, Rutherford.
Interment: Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veteran’s Memorial Cemetery, Arneytown, NJ.
Family will receive friends Thursday from 2:00-4:00 and 7:00-9:00pm in the Collins Calhoun Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to: Wounded Warriors 4899 Belfort Road, Suite 300, Jacksonville, FL 32256 www.woundedwarriorproject.com and St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, PO Box 100, Dept 142, Memphis, TN 38101-9908 www.stjude.org
*Thank you Harold for your Military Service in the United States Army Air Corp.*
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