Gerhard Helmut Fuchs

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• Naturalization: 29 Feb 1960; He had immigrated from East Germany.
• Residence: 1965, Whitehouse Station, Hunterdon County, New Jersey
• Obituary: 18 Jan 2018; Gerhard Helmut Fuchs Retired from career with Honeywell; former Oldwick resident and active member of the community Gerhard Helmut Fuchs of Heath Village in Hackettstown, N.J., died on Jan. 13, 2018, at the age of 87. Gerhard was born Aug. 27, 1930, in Cottbus, Germany. He immigrated to the United States from East Germany, becoming a U.S. citizen in 1960. He was predeceased by his wife, Nancy, daughter, Christine, and a brother, Fritz. He is survived by a brother, Eberhard and his wife, Susan, of New York; a son, Fritz of New Mexico; a son, Brian and his wife, Sandy, of New Jersey; a daughter, Rebecca and her partner, Kris, of New Hampshire; a son, Joachim of Virginia; a son, Otto and his wife, Stacy, of North Carolina, and grandchildren, Edward Fuchs and his fiancee, Jenny Ryan, Alexander Fuchs and his wife, Joiceann, Scott Arnold-Stanton, Erika Fuchs, Bailey Arnold-Fuchs and Haley Arnold-Fuchs. He lived for many years in Oldwick, N.J., where he and his wife raised a family before moving to Heath Village in Hackettstown, N.J. Gerhard was very active in local life, being a Cub Scout and Boy Scout leader, serving on the Tewksbury Township school board and planning board, and teaching boat safety for the Long Valley Power Squadron. Gerhard attended at various times, the Technical University of Berlin, New York University, University of Buffalo, and University of Maryland with degrees in chemical engineering, management, and law. Gerhard retired from the Honeywell Corporation after many years of employment working in chemical research, plant management, and as a patent attorney. He was an inventor himself with multiple patents for the manufacture of Oxalic Acid and thermal pane windows. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Cochran Funeral Home Inc, 905 High Street, Hackettstown NJ 07840. All services are private at the request of the family. Those wishing to leave an online condolence may do so at www.cochranfuneral.com/ Cochran Funeral Home 905 High St. Hackettstown, NJ 07840 (908) 852-3361. Published in Hunterdon County Democrat (or) Suburban News on Jan. 18, 2018

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Died:
He passed away at 4 PM.

Gerhard married Nancy Jane Ward on 16 Aug 1958 in Hoosick, Rensselaer County, New York. Nancy (daughter of Lawrence Carlyle Ward and Edith Charlotte Waterman) was born on 6 Apr 1939 in Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey; died on 14 Sep 2013 in Burgaw, Pender County, North Carolina; was buried in Jones Cemetery, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Fritz Alan Fuchs
2. Brian Edward Fuchs
3. Christine Bernadette Fuchs was born on 17 Sep 1964 in Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland; died on 21 Sep 1964 in Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland.
4. Rebecca Elizabeth "Becca" Fuchs
5. Joachim Daniel Fuchs
6. Richard Otto Fuchs