B. Neil Strang, 71, of Upper
Deerfield Township, died in Fox Chase Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pa.,
on Wednesday, December 12, 2007, after a brief illness. He had been a
patient at the hospital for the past week.
The husband of Alayne J. Shimp Strang, he was born in Elmer and was the
son of the late Harold C. Strang, Sr. and Beulah Glaspey Strang. He had
lived in Upper Deerfield Township for 51 years and prior to that had
been a resident of Elmer.
Retired since 2001, Neil had been employed as Postmaster of Monroeville,
Rosenhayn and Fairton after 33 years of service with the U. S. Postal
Service.. Prior to that he had worked at the former Owens-Illinois Glass
Co. in Bridgeton.
He was an avid bowler and had formerly played with “Wednesday Night
Owls” and the South Jersey Industrial League. He was very active with
and a past president of the National Association of Post Masters of the
United States. Neil was also an avid fisherman and a devoted
grandfather.
Besides his wife, survivors include: two sons, Alan Strang and Mark
Strang and his wife Stephanie, both of Upper Deerfield Township; one
daughter, Tracy Sareyka and her husband Kyle of Mullica Hill; two
sisters, Nancy Hutchinson, Upper Pittsgrove Township and Joy Burlingame,
Mullica Hill and six grandchildren, Zachary Strang, Markie Strang, Colin
Sareyka, Hannah Sareyka, Grant Sareyka and Evan Sareyka. He was preceded
in death by a brother, Harold C. Strang, Jr. and a sister, Maryann
White.
Funeral services will be held in the PADGETT FUNERAL HOME, 1107 State
Highway 77, Upper Deerfield Township, on Tuesday morning, Dec. 18, at
11:00 O’clock. Burial will be in Friendship-Finley Cemetery, Upper
Deerfield Township. A viewing will be held at the funeral home on Monday
evening between 6:00 and 8:00 O’clock and on Tuesday morning between
10:00 and 11:00 O’clock. In lieu of flowers the family suggests
donations, in Mr. Strang’s memory, to either Fox-Chase Cancer Center
Leukemia Research, 333 Cottman Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 19111, Gloucester
County Christian School, 151 Golf Club Road, Sewell, N. J. 08080 or
Deerfield United Methodist Church, 1561 State Highway 77, Bridgeton, N.
J. 08302. Written condolences may be sent to the family via the funeral
home website at www.padgettfuneralhome.com.
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