MEMORIALS
 MEMORIALS

  Richard W. Heidersberger
               1928 - 2009

Richard W. Heidersberger, 81, died recently from
complications at the Hoboken University Hospital.  Born in
Jersey City, Richard was a lifelong reident.  He was a
graduate of Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ.

Richard was a hydraulic engineer for Walter Kidde in
Belleville until 1981.  Several weather satelites were designed
and sent into orbit prior to his resigning from Walter Kidde.

More recently he worked as a private investor until 2005.  He
had worked as an administrator in the Brooklyn Navy Yard in
the 1950's.

Richard was a past president of Bayonne Lodge No.99 F&AM;
a member of Zion Lutheran Church, Jersey City, and an
Alumni of Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken.  He was
also a member of Branch 13, Federation of American Citizens
of German Descent.

On June 16, 1962, Richard was bestman to John Raymond
Lawrora at his marriage to Elsie Adelheidi Gakstetter at St.
John's German Evangelical Lutheran Church, in Jersey City,
NJ with a reception at the Old Swiss Hall in Union City; and
the bestman at Lawrora's renewal of the wedding in 1987 with
the ceremony at St. John's German Evangelical Lutheran
Church, Jersey City, with two pastors officiating, and the
singing of the wedding song by Joan Behrens, her Maid of
Honor.   The reception this time was in the Crystal Ball Room
of Schuetzen Park, North Bergn, New Jersey.  Richard and
John had been best friends for more than fifty years.

Richard was predeceased by his two brothers and sister,
Harold, Alois, and Margaret Heidersberger.  He is survived by
his sister-in-law , Shirley Heidersberger; one nephew Carl
Heidersberger; two nieces Lynn DeZalo and Karen States;
grandnieces and grandnephews, and his companion, Madeline
Francis.

He was a valuable asset to the community and will be missed
by his loving family and friends.

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Death Will Lose

Suggested by Kathe Steinemann
to John R. Lawrora
For Remembrance for Mr. David Young
to His Beloved Family and to His Wife Joyce Young,
His Children, Grandchildren, Nieces and Nephews.
Dated Monday, October 19, 2009

His body lies breathless, in quiet sleep.
We remember his life - Our David Young; we cry and weep.
Life doesn't seem fair; and Death even less,
I don't understand it, I must confess.
We barely exist, in sorrow and pain;
We mourn our loss, we seethe and complain..
But what would he want;
Our David Young, if he were alive?
Would he want us to wallow, to merely survive?
Or would he want more?  Perhaps our courage -
To reject our grief with its cruel bondage!
Lets honor him now and look forward - with hope,
Remembering his life and learning to cope,
With loss as a tool to sculpt our goals -
Not as an anchor that burdens our souls.
Celebrate his life - reminisce with a grin!
Then Death will lose - and he will win!

We will miss you David Young...
A loving father, grandfather, and uncle;
A wonderful and good person for all of His Life.
Let us then Celebrate His Life.
And from Above, He will watch over His Loving Family!!!

By Kathy Steinemann

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Tod Wird Verlieren

Angedeutet von Kathy Steinemann
John R. Lawrora
Fuer die Erinnerung fuer Herrn David Young
zu Seiner Geliebten Familie and seiner Frau Joyce Young,
Seiner Kinder, Enkel, Nichten und Neffen
Datiert Montag, der 19. Oktober 2009

Seine Koerperluegen atemlos, im ruhigen Schlaf.
Wir erinnern uns an sein Leben -
Unser David Young wir schreien und weinen.
Leben scheint schoen, und Tod sogar weniger nicht,
Ich verstehe es nicht, ich muss gestehen.
Wir bestehen kaum, im Kummer und Schmerz;
Wir betrauern unseren Verlust, wir kochen und
beklagen uns...
Aber was er wuerde wollen:
unser David Young; wenn er lebendig war?
Wuerde er wollen, dass wir uns waelzen,
bloss zu ueberleben?
Oder wuerde er mehr wollen? Vielleicht unser Mut -
Unseren Kummer mit seiner grausamen Leieigenschaft
zurueckzuweisen!
Wollen wir ihn jetzt ehren und sich -
mit der Hoffnung freuen,
Das Erinnern an Sein Leben und lernend
gewachsen zu sein.
Mit dem Verlust als ein Werkzeug, um unsere
Absichten zu formen -
Nicht als ein Anker das Lasten unsere Seelen.
Feiern Sie sein Leben - schwelgen mit einem
Grinsen in Erinnerungen!
Dann wird Tod verlieren - und er wird gewinnen!

Wir werden Sie David Young vermissen...
Ein Lieben-Vater, Grossvater, und Onkel;
Eine wunderbare und gute Person
fuer ganzes Sein Leben.
Lassen Sie uns dann Sein Leben Feiern.
Und von oben wird Er ueber Seiner Liebende
Familie wachen!!!


Kathe Steinemann