Gerhard Helmut Fuchs

1930 - 2018  (87 years)

• Name	Gerhard Helmut Fuchs
  Birth	27 Aug 1930	Cottbus, Germany   [1, 2]
  Naturalization	29 Feb 1960 (Age 30)  [2, 3]
  He had immigrated from East Germany.
  	Naturalization Record for Gerhard Helmut Fuchs
  Residence	1965 (Age 35)	Whitehouse Station, Hunterdon County, New Jersey
  Death	13 Jan 2018	Hackettstown, Warren County, New Jersey   [2]
  	Agency: Heath Village
  	He passed away at 4 PM.
  Obituary	18 Jan 2018  [2]
  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
  Burial	Jones Cemetery, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts
  		Gravestone of Gerhard and Nancy Fuchs
  Person ID	I913	| Spouse of a Delvee
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2018

  
  

  Family	Nancy Jane Ward,   b. 6 Apr 1939, Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey d. 14 Sep 2013, Burgaw, Pender County, North Carolina (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	16 Aug 1958	Hoosick, Rensselaer County, New York   [1]
  	Agency: All Saints
  Age at Marriage	He : 28 years - She : 19 years and 4 months.
  Children	1. Fritz Alan Fuchs + 2. Brian Edward Fuchs   3. Christine Bernadette Fuchs,   b. 17 Sep 1964, Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland d. 21 Sep 1964, Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland (Age 0 years)   4. Rebecca Elizabeth "Becca" Fuchs   5. Joachim Daniel Fuchs   6. Richard Otto Fuchs
  Family ID	F514	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 May 2014

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 27 Aug 1930 - Cottbus, Germany Marriage - 16 Aug 1958 - Hoosick, Rensselaer County, New York Child - Christine Bernadette Fuchs - 17 Sep 1964 - Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland Residence - 1965 - Whitehouse Station, Hunterdon County, New Jersey Death - 13 Jan 2018 - Hackettstown, Warren County, New Jersey Burial - - Jones Cemetery, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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• Sources

  [S360] Fuchs, Nancy. letter: 2002-02-04, ( Letter to Robert Roy, 4 February 2002). [S193] Obituary of Gerhard Fuchs, (New Jersey: Hunterdon County Democrat, 18 January 2018). [S883] U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., (2010)).