[Otclassof1973] Class 73................Sad News

[Tim Kellers]

When I was a little kid living in Wanamassa (we moved to Wayside in 
1964), Eddie lived a few houses away from me and we were young buddies.  
Eddie was a good kid but trouble, even then, jumped him every time he 
did something.  He'd get in trouble for going to church,; he'd get in 
trouble for not going to church.  He'd get in trouble for talking in 
class; he'd get in trouble for not talking in class.  No matter what he 
did, he was always getting into hot water, somewhere.

In the mid-90s, after not having seen him for years, Eddie began 
stopping by my place in Asbury Park.  Sometimes he'd bring the Press by, 
sometime we'd just grab lunch and shoot the breeze about the old 
Evergreen Avenue days.  It was good to get re-acquainted after all those 
years.

I closed the business in the fall of 1996; the last time I saw Eddie was 
sometime in August that year.  I knew he had been working (on and off) 
at Freedman's and I knew he was still getting jumped by trouble from 
time to time. But I never had any trouble with Eddie and he never had 
any trouble with me.  I'm sad that he is gone.

Tim

Morey Garelick wrote:
> I was just thinking about him the other day -- some rambling 
> chain-of-thought involving Mark Aiello and a suitcase, probably set 
> off by thinking about Gary D. in Florida  ...  anyway, those were 
> different times. 
>  
> Master baker, that's pretty cool.  And the jazz festival, alright. 
>
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> *Subject:* [Otclassof1973] Class 73................Sad News
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>   JAMES EDWARD "EDDIE" WESTLAKE, 54, of TINTON FALLS
>
> May 7, 2008
>
> JAMES EDWARD "EDDIE" WESTLAKE, 54, of TINTON FALLS, died Monday, May 
> 5, at home. He was a master baker at Freedman's Bakery. He graduated 
> from Ocean Township High School and Culinary School. He did volunteer 
> work for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 
> Eatontown, and at the jazz festival in Long Branch and Red Bank. Born 
> in Neptune, he lived in Tinton Falls and was a lifelong resident of 
> the Jersey Shore.
>
> He was predeceased by his father, Edward Westlake, in 1988; his 
> mother, Marguiete Westlake, in 1992; a sister, Gail Chidense, in 1998; 
> and a nephew, Joseph Bellino, in 1989. Surviving are a brother, Gary 
> Westlake of Loch Arbour; three sisters, Nancy Francis of Wanamassa, 
> Ocean Township, Patricia O'Connell and her husband Michael of Sea 
> Girt, and Susan Lefferson and her husband Brian of Oakhurst, Ocean 
> Township; three nephews, David Francis, and Kevin and Kyle O'Connell; 
> a great-niece and great-nephew, Nicole and Josh Francis; and extended 
> family at Easter Seals.
>
> Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, with a 
> funeral service at 8:15 p.m. from the Francioni, Taylor & Lopez 
> Funeral Home, 1200 10th Ave. at Atkins Avenue, Neptune. Cremation will 
> be private. In lieu of flowers, please make donations in his name to 
> Easter Seals of Monmouth County.
>
> http://www.app.com/funeralhomes/francioni
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