David J. Shotwell

David J. Shotwell, a lifelong resident of Blairstown, NJ passed away on June 21, 2024 at the age of 81, surrounded by his loving family. He was predeceased by his wife Anna Z. Shotwell, parents Mary (Wintermute) and Herman A. Shotwell. He graduated from both Blair Academy and Lehigh University and met the love of his life, Anna at Crossroads Diner.
During his entire professional career he worked at the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection & Energy where he rose to the rank of site manager. With his entrepreneurial spirit he owned the Country Liquor Store and Country Cousins Clothier. After his retirement from the State, he became co-owner of North Warren Farm and Home Supply.
Over the course of 30 plus years he served on both the school boards of North Warren Regional H.S. and Warren County Vo-Tech H.S. as well as the NJ School Boards Association. The Blairstown Rotary Club named David Citizen of the year in 1997. Warren County Freeholders dedicated Shotwell Drive in Belvidere in honor of the many Shotwell Family members that have served their community. He was Treasurer of the Cedar Ridge Cemetery Association for many years, member of the Blairstown Masonic Lodge #165 and member of the Blairstown Township Agricultural Advisory Committee. His hobbies included train collecting and penny collecting. His main interest, however, was collecting and researching all types of glassware (especially cut-glass) and wrote a book entitled Glass A-Z.
He is survived by his three children, daughter Annamarie Osland and husband David of Pocatello, ID, daughter Stacey Ritchie of Hackettstown, NJ, son Joseph and wife Laura of Templeton, MA. He is also survived by his three grandchildren, Robert, Devin, and Danica and brother-in-law G. Michael Zibulnik and wife Lois of Nazareth, PA, sister-in-law Alice Kuhnsman, and sister Mary Ann Ropek and husband Mark of Columbia, NJ
Relatives and friends may visit on Wednesday June 26th from 2-4 & 6-8 PM and on Thursday June 27th from 10-11 AM at the Newbaker Funeral Home, 200 Route 94, Blairstown, NJ 07825, A Funeral Service will follow the visitation on Thursday starting at 11 AM. Interment will follow at the New Cedar Ridge Cemetery, Jacksonburg Road, Blairstown.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Blairstown Ambulance Corp., Route 94, Blairstown, NJ.