Sayreville
Edward C. Shymanski age 84 of the Old Bridge Section of Sayreville passed away peacefully on Tuesday October 21, 2014 at his home with his family at his side. Born in Sayreville he was a life long borough resident. Mr. Shymanski was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War serving in Guantanamo, Cuba. He was and active member of the Sayreville American Legion Post 211. Before his retirement he was employed at Phelps Dodge foundry and later as a union laborer and grade foreman for Heavy and General Construction Local 472, Newark, NJ for 32 years. He was recently issued his 60 year service pin from the local. Edward was also a lifelong member of the American Pheasant & Waterfowl Society and American Game Breeders Association where he was pivotal in introducing and sustaining some of the country’s only breeding stock of endangered ornamental partridge and pheasants of which some were transplanted to the San Diego, Washington, DC and Dusseldorf Zoos. Raising birds was in his blood and Ed raised them till just weeks before his passing.

He is predeceased by his wife Mary E. O’Halloran Shymanski of Bayonne in 2001, his parents Stanley and Marianne Silkowski Shymanski and his siblings Nancy Boyler, Aloysius Shymanski, Joseph Zohlo, Anne Biernacki and Eugenia Chunco. Surviving are his 6 children Edward C. Shymanski Jr., Mary Ellen Berdel, Kathleen Wakefield, Michael Shymanski, Diane Markus and Janet Shymanski, 11 grandchildren, 9 great grandchildren and his sister Helen Morrow.

Funeral services will be held Monday 10:30am at the Maliszewski Funeral Home 218 Whitehead Avenue South River with burial to follow at Saint Mary’s Cemetery, East Brunswick.

Calling hours at the funeral home will be held Sunday from 2pm to 6pm. In lieu of flowers that family has requested that donations in Edward’s name be made to The ARC of Hunterdon County 1465 Route 31 South, Suite 23, Annandale, N.J. 08801. Letters of condolence, directions and completed arrangements can be found atwww.maliszewskifuneralhome.com