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Bruce Cheney Obituary
AGE: 94 • Randolph
Bruce J. Cheney, 94, passed away Monday, July 16, 2012 at Compassionate Care Hospice at Saint Clares Hospital, Dover. He was born in Dover and graduated from Dover High School in 1937. He also lived in Kenvil before moving to Randolph in 1956. Mr. Cheney worked in Drafting at Picatinny Arsenal, Rockaway Township and he had been a Supervisor Technician there when he retired in 1976 after 35 years of service. He was an 81 year member of the First Memorial Presbyterian Church in Dover where he was an Elder, Trustee and an Usher. He was a 60 year member of Acacia Lodge #20, Free and Accepted Masons. He had been a member of NARFE. He also had been a basketball and baseball coach in Randolph Little League for 13 years.
Mr. Cheney is predeceased by his wife, Elizabeth "Betty" in 2009 and in 1947 by his son, Bruce J. Cheney, Jr. He is survived by two sons, Barry J. and his wife Lynn and Brian J.; three grandchildren, Kristin, Brendan and Bradley, and two great-grandsons, Eamon and Brooks.
Visitation Friday, July 20th, 2012, 3 - 5 & 7 - 9 PM at Tuttle Funeral Home, 272 State Route 10 West, Randolph (tuttlefh.com). Funeral Services will be on Saturday, July 21st, 2012, 10:00 AM at the First Memorial Presbyterian Church, 51 West Blackwell Street, Dover (973-366-0216). Interment will follow at Locust Hill Cemetery, Dover. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to the First Memorial Presbyterian Church, 51 West Blackwell Street, Dover, NJ 07801.
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Brian
July 23, 2012
Sincerest condolences to the Cheney family.
Greg Yocum
July 21, 2012
Our thoughts and prayers go out to Brian and the entire Cheney family for your loss.
Greg, Helen, Beth & Molly
Cat Storzum
July 18, 2012
I met Mr. Cheney at the Dover Little Theatre many years ago. He and Betty were a lovely couple. I'll never forget him saying "I have a hard time understanding women and British accents on the stage (he was hard of hearing)." You will be missed.
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