Obituary of Edward L. Sweeney

Norman Dean Home for Services 16 Righter Avenue Denville, New Jersey 07834 (973) 627-1880 Daily Record 1x Sunday 7-1-2012 Edward “Ed” L. Sweeney, 89, passed away on Thursday June 28, 2012 at Saint Clare’s Hospital, Denville , NJ . Ed was born in Chatham and was a longtime resident of Randolph. He served in the Army Air Corp during World War II. He was a long time employee with A&P Supermarkets at the Denville and Randolph stores. After retiring as store manager, he was a mail clerk for a local bank in Morris County. He was a member of the Dover and Randolph Senior Citizens, and a member of American Legion Post 1000, Denville VFW Post 2519 and Peace Pipe Country Club. Ed was also a volunteer at Saint Clare’s Hospital (Denville) for over 20 years. Edward was predeceased by the love of his life and wife E. Doretta Sweeney. He is survived by his sister May Yanacone of Basking Ridge. “Uncle Ed” is survived by nieces and nephews and grand nieces and grand nephews. He was the family’s favorite uncle. Relatives and friends will be received on Monday July 2nd from 4-8pm with 8pm services at the Norman Dean Home for Services 16 Righter Ave., Denville, NJ, www.normandean.com, (please light a candle in memory of Edward on website). The family suggests in lieu of flowers, donations to the Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, Kansas 66675 or online woundedwarriorproject.org.